- What is nerdfighteria?

We are aware that some of you may {unfortunately} be unfamiliar with the concept, so here is a brief explanation. Nerdfighteria is an online community subculture that was started by the VlogBrothers {John and Hank Green} on YouTube in 2007. Its main aim is to spread the power of awesome and followers of the community are called nerdfighters. According to the two brothers, a nerdfighter is 'a person who instead of being made out of, like, bones and skin and tissue, is made entirely of awesome'. Nerdfighters believe in decreasing worldsuck by proving the awesome of the intellect of society. The community has a little motto {DFTBA - Don't Forget To Be Awesome} and also has collaborated with many other organisations to fully spread the awesome. They also have a holiday {3rd of August} or Esther Earl Day, in order to commemorate the 'community's hero', who died of cancer. Esther was one of the earliest nerdfighters and was the inspiration behind the character of Hazel in TFIOS. She wanted the third of August to be about 'family and love'.

- Why do we want to celebrate it?

Both of the founders of this project identify as nerdfighters and decreasing worldsuck is the essence of what we want to achieve. We want to show that being a nerd is truly a fantastic thing and totally not 'lame'. We hope to include the community in Project Awesomesauce in three ways:

- Having a post centered on the actual community and what awesomeness they are getting up to. We may discuss a YouTube video, a blog post, a podcast, a John Green novel/Hank Green song, etc.

- General nerd stuff, for example, science articles and random spurts of knowledge.

- General awesomesauceing, including the sharing of cake recipes and other such beautiful things.

- Requirements to be a guest writer for this topic:

You must be made of awesome. That is all.

Note: Guest writers will be kept anonymous if they so wish. However, abusive and offensive language will not be tolerated {unless it is being used to make a point or describe an experience} and any accounts we deem as inappropriate will not be published.

A very nerdy LTAC!