[ WP ] Hundreds of years in the future , nerds fondly over-romanticize the late 20th/ early 21st century in completely historically inaccurate and anachronistic festivals akin to modern Renfaires .

Generations of misfits and dreamers had come to the Society for Creative Anachronism to escape for awhile. 
 
 The grandest event of the SCA ’ s calendar was at the end of May, with members flocking to the East Coast for two weeks of fellowship, competition and the galvanizing of the traditional reenactor ’ s grief: the way things likely were versus the way they wished history to be. 
 
 Authenticity nazis combed gel into their hair and flocked to the beach to drink, flirt and brawl. Wishful thinkers rose early to witness somber parades, moments of silence and twenty-one gun salutes at volunteer built cenotaphs. 

