What RL moments make you think, "yup, I frequent uselectionatlas.org"?

[Boris]

I blacked out last night, and when I checked my phone the morning, the Wikipedia page for Jobbik was displayed.

[Lambsbread]

I'm friends with Phil on Facebook.

[Keystone Phil]

I'm friends with Phil on Facebook.

Explain why this particular friendship makes you think of the Forum more so than your other Forum friendships on Facebook. Our vastly different interests?

[memphis]

Whenever somebody makes a cringeworthy factual error about history or politics.

[Joe Republic]

Whenever somebody makes a cringeworthy factual error about history or politics.

Haha, yes.  I recently overheard some people discussing the last election; both were Obama supporters, and one of them claimed that Obama had won Texas.  The other person was of course like, "yeah I know, that was so cool!"

[minionofmidas]

Well, it was.

[Mad Deadly Worldwide Communist Gangster Computer God]

I am sometimes tempted to use words like "poors," "olds," etc. in conversations.

Whenever somebody makes a cringeworthy factual error about history or politics.

Haha, yes.  I recently overheard some people discussing the last election; both were Obama supporters, and one of them claimed that Obama had won Texas.  The other person was of course like, "yeah I know, that was so cool!"

My dad had thought the Deep South was heavily Democratic due to the black population.  I guess he was still living in the 1970s or something.

[minionofmidas]

he was still living in the 1970s or something.

It's cheaper.

[DC Al Fine]

That weird look people give you after you casually mention that Ross Perot got 30% of the vote in Maine in 1992.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

That weird look people give you after you casually mention that Ross Perot got 30% of the vote in Maine in 1992.

In what possible conversation are you able to casually mention that?

Your Friend: So where are you thinking of taking your vacation?

You: Maine. After all, Ross Perot got 30% of the vote there in 1992.

Your ex-Friend: *weird look* Riiiiiight.

[Joe Republic]

I think we're all forgetting the most basic evidence of this:  looking at the mainstream media's political maps and taking a second to realize that they have red-blue the wrong way round, and then sneering.

[Hatman 🍁]

That weird look people give you after you casually mention that Ross Perot got 30% of the vote in Maine in 1992.

In what possible conversation are you able to casually mention that?

Your Friend: So where are you thinking of taking your vacation?

You: Maine. After all, Ross Perot got 30% of the vote there in 1992.

Your ex-Friend: *weird look* Riiiiiight.

Best reason ever to visit Maine!

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

The fact that I have not had sex.

[Supersonic]

The fact that I have not had sex.

LOL.

[sentinel]

The fact that I have not had sex.

Leave, come back when you do so.

[King]

Whenever somebody makes a cringeworthy factual error about history or politics.

Haha, yes.  I recently overheard some people discussing the last election; both were Obama supporters, and one of them claimed that Obama had won Texas.  The other person was of course like, "yeah I know, that was so cool!"

There are a lot of people I know who don't know the difference between a Senator and Representative.

[Leftbehind]

Attempting to explain to my family why I needed to turn over the telly to see the Venezuelan result.

[Lambsbread]

I'm friends with Phil on Facebook.

Explain why this particular friendship makes you think of the Forum more so than your other Forum friendships on Facebook. Our vastly different interests?

You're the most famous forumite i'm friends with.

[Starbucks Union Thug HokeyPuck]

When I posted my perfect 2012 prediction on Facebook and I used Red for Obama and Blue for Romney, and some of my friends thought I actual got every state wrong.  Also, the fact that the lamestream media use Blue for the Democrats tends to annoy me.  

[DC Al Fine]

That weird look people give you after you casually mention that Ross Perot got 30% of the vote in Maine in 1992.

In what possible conversation are you able to casually mention that?

Your Friend: So where are you thinking of taking your vacation?

You: Maine. After all, Ross Perot got 30% of the vote there in 1992.

Your ex-Friend: *weird look* Riiiiiight.

Best reason ever to visit Maine!

That's suspiciously close to a conversation I had in 2010... I've since gotten better at hiding my political nerdiness.

[free my dawg]

When I realize I'm single.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

The fact that not only is it basically impossible for me to hear about a county without thinking of/wondering how it votes, I can't even hear about foreign locales without wondering the same.

[Hash]

Couldn()t help but think of Bushie()s comment about OK City being better than Rome and oakvale()s IRC joke about the painting of Jesus and NASCAR drivers on the MickeyDees ceiling in OK City being cooler than the Sistine Chapel when I was actually in the Sistine Chapel today.

[TDAS04]

When I end up talking too much about county voting patterns with those who are not that interested.

[Keystone Phil]

Couldn()t help but think of Bushie()s comment about OK City being better than Rome and oakvale()s IRC joke about the painting of Jesus and NASCAR drivers on the MickeyDees ceiling in OK City being cooler than the Sistine Chapel when I was actually in the Sistine Chapel today.

I'm all about "different strokes for different folks" but dear Lord...