

FiveThirtyEight blogger, modern-day Nostradamus and possible "witch," Nate Silver, had political pundits up in arms last week at his very favorable view of President Barack Obama's Election Day chances. Now that Silver's near-perfect predictions have been validated -- he correctly called all 50 states -- the numbers wizard is enjoying unprecedented adulation, garnering titles like "The David Blaine of Political Science" and "Lord and god of the algorithm." It finally came to a head on Thursday when America's biggest math-geek-turned-rock-star earned himself a Twitter meme, "Drunk Nate Silver." Because what's more hilarious than a drunk statistician? Nothing.
Witness:
Drunk Nate Silver is riding the subway, telling strangers the day they will die
— Dan Levitan (@levitandan) November 8, 2012
Drunk Nate Silver, with Mayor Bloomberg, standing at the pump deciding exactly how much gas everyone needs.
— Samir Mezrahi (@samir) November 8, 2012
Nate Silver is drunk, yelling at a snow flake: I PREDICTEDYOU!!
— Dan Levitan (@levitandan) November 8, 2012
Drunk Nate Silver sends you at Text at 2:00am thats says "It's 9:32am." And thats when you read it.#drunknatesilver
— Shelby (@Kamber) November 8, 2012
I don't see why Nate Silver needs to be drunk in any of these scenarios, probability-wise.
— Ana Marie Cox (@anamariecox) November 8, 2012
Drunk Nate Silver counting out exactly five hundred and thirty-eight french fries at McDonalds, then slowly dipping 206 of them in ketchup
— Ben Jackson (@benjaminjackson) November 8, 2012
Drunk Nate Silver stumbles through traffic on the Jersey Turnpike, screaming out what time each driver will get home. #DrunkNateSilver
— Dave Levitan (@davelevitan) November 8, 2012
Drunk Nate Silver waits 20 minutes for the G train, nods silently when it arrives, walks out of the station
— Josh Fruhlinger (@jfruh) November 8, 2012
Drunk Nate Silver squared a man in Reno just to watch him pi.
— Dustin Rowles (@pajiba) November 8, 2012
Drunk Nate Silver only reads his Choose Your Own Adventure book one time. The correct way.#drunknatesilver
— Danielle Ivory (@danielle_ivory) November 8, 2012
Drunk Nate Silver angrily tells a stuffed owl that it takes 183 licks to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop.
— Jake Cowan (@captain_jake) November 8, 2012
Drunk Nate Silver shouting at jukebox blasting Biggie, "No! Mo money only correlates with a 42% chance of mo problems!" #drunknatesilver
— Lincoln Michel (@TheLincoln) November 8, 2012
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