Nerdfighters fight for nerds not against them, similar to a freedom fighter. The goal of a Nerdfighter is to reduce the amount of suck in the world, otherwise known as worldsuck. Unlike regular humans, who are made of flesh and blood, Nerdfighters are made of awesome.
Typically a young person (high school-college age) with a socially awkward personality, high intelligence and a strong interest in many offbeat topics and media.
To give you an idea of their awesomeness, they have managed to achieve many wonderful things. Most noteworthy being, raising money and awareness for many charities during the Vlogbrothers annual βProject for Awesomeβ, raising $10,000 for the This Star Wonβt Go Out campaign (a cancer benefit fund), and lending over $1,750,000 to entrepreneurs in developing countries on Kiva.
However, they do not describe these achievements as βdoing something goodβ or βbeing a nice personβ like a boring person would. Instead they employ their quirky, inventive and highly amusing catchphrases, like βdecreasing world suckβ and being βmade of awesomeβ.
Ultimately they are terrific people, who always strive to do good in the world and go about it in the most unique, brilliant, memorable manner you will ever have the fortune to witness.
Ordinary person: So what's a nerdfighter, and how can I become one? Nerdfighter: A nerdfighter is a person who never forgets to be awesome and helps to get rid of all the suck in the world. It helps if you watch videos on the vlogbrothers YouTube channel, but chances are, if you want to be a nerdfighter, you probably are one.
Newfound nerdfighter: Fantastic!
Typically a white, american, suburban, middle class teenager with below average social skills and an obsession with certain children's books/tv series/and video games that they maintain well into their twenties and thirties (probably longer though it remains to be seen).
To give them credit, they have managed to achieve things as a group. Most noteworthy being, raising money and awareness for many charities during the Vlogbrothers annual 'Project for Awesome'.
However, they are unable to describe these achievements as 'doing something good' or 'being a nice person' like you would expect. Instead they like to employ their pretentious, irritating and painfully unfunny catchphrases 'decreasing world suck' and being 'made of awesome'.
Ultimately they are harmless people, who try to do good in the world but go about it in the most obnoxious, styleless and cringeworthy manner I have ever had the misfortune to witness.
Normal Person: Yeah, I volunteer at the Homeless Shelter on weekends.
Nerdfighter: Thats so cool, you are made of awesome! DFTBA man! Lolol don't you think I'm quirky and adorable?
Normal Person: I'm going to leave now.
Nerdfighter: *goes to write quotes from a John Green book all over their shoes or some stupid shit*
Nerdfighters are just like regular people except instead of being made out of bones and tissue and organs and exetra they're made out of awesome. Nerdfighters fight against suck and fight for awesome. They fight using their brains, their hearts, their calculators and their trombones.
"I'm such a nerdfighter!"
"Why?"
"I believe in awesome, hate suck, enjoy being a nerd and have watched all of the 500 vlogbrother videos!"
"Awesome!"
Nerds who fight, usually against popular people. This term originated from the videoblog Brotherhood 2.0. John Green, one of the two participants in the videoblog, noticed a game called Nerd Fighters at an airport. Eventually, the viewers of the videoblog began being dubbed nerdfighters.
Nerdfighters are considered to be "made of awesome" by John, Hank (the other participant in the videoblog), and other nerdfighters. The nerdfighters often send in pictures of nerdfighter related activities to the videoblog, such as nerdfighter embroidered pillows. It is unknown what will happen to nerdfighting when the videoblog ends.
Nerdfighter: Any dedicated John and Hank Green fan who knows that fighting for nerds, not against them is the right way to live. They enjoy being uncontrollably excited and they know that growing up is the option, not growing old. Tuesday and Fridays aren't just days to them, they are days when they "Don't Forget To Be Awesome!"
If you see a person who is uncontrollably excited about the price of soup and they make two Spocksigns with their hands and place their arms across each other, they are a Nerdfighter.
A nerdfighter is a person who is proud to be nerdy and intelligent, and who fights to decrease WorldSuck. Nerdfighters are not composed of cells and tissue, but instead made entirely of awesome. Nerdfighters are known to perform their Happy dances when they are joyful, and each Happy dance is unique to its respective Nerdfighter. Nerdfighters are diverse in their hobbies, which can range from writing Nerdfighter songs to playing D&D. Nerdfighters have also been described as someone who is "Outgoing, intelligent and awesome enough to accept nerd as a compliment". The polar opposite of a Nerdfighter is a Decepticon.
People who instead of being made up of cells and organs and stuff are actually made out of awesome. They fightdecepticons on behalf of Nerds everywhere!