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New York - Nerd Alarm

I know we've already made our feelings on British nerd culture clear but Jesus fuck, what is going on over there? Have their jocks or whatever they call them been taking a break for the past decade? It was bad enough when Blighty's social lesser-rans decided it'd be "clever" to help one another marry their cats and dogs. But the top of the nerd chain knows no equal. Take a look at the two geniuses representing the over 390,000 people in the UK who want the UN to recognize self-proclaimed "Jedis"…

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as members of a bona fide religious community. Some reject even donned a full Chewbacca costume to try and convince the rest of the world to make November 16th the "Interstellar Day of Tolerance." This is either one of the best orchestrated jokes of the past 20 years or the greatest argument for older brothers since that Julian Lennon video.