Geek Pride Day 2019
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There were circus freaks labeled as 'geeks' for the horrors they imparted as part of those theatrics meant to repulse the paying customers coming to see them.
Later that parlance evolved into describing others who are accomplished in science or technology ... but retaining the aforementioned social ineptitude.
Be all of this as it may, I was always rejected for being the fat new kid with acne and as such nobody really cared anything about my abilities or lack thereof.
Flash foward to Geek Pride Day.
This celebration of geek culture has never really been my cup of tea, though I am completely immersed in that environment which causes it's existential aspects and have been so for the entirety of my career. The thing originates in Spain back in 2006 and was propagated by the internet into that which exists presently.
A number of technophiles were instrumental in the startup of Geek Pride Day and though some really are into it to a fault; personally I always preferred a paycheck to be my primary source of pride and I'm afraid that the pursuit of the almighty dollar has been my personal motivator throughout my evolution as the consumate subject matter expert and therefore "geek" I am today.
I care not for fifth avenue parades featuring floats centered around prime numbers nor even the Big Bang Theory even though I watched up to the time they became too complicated and tedious with their various love interests and/or whiny lack thereof.
Suffice it to say, I'm a geek and I'm proud — but not for those reasons which might first come to mind.