Nate Silver hopped on Twitter Tuesday night to pass on some gender-based election forecasts. The results were fairly interesting (spoiler: women are preventing men from destroying the country), and became a popular source of discussion on Twitter. Naturally, a few users repurposed Silver’s factoid for less informative means.
Is Nate Silver okay? His tweets are becoming quite troubling: pic.twitter.com/ZbEUyE18WK
— pixelatedboat aka “mr tweets” (@pixelatedboat) October 12, 2016
Before long, a meme was born.
here’s what the electoral map would look like if only dogs could vote pic.twitter.com/wppzieRkmG
— dan mentos (@DanMentos) October 12, 2016
Here's What The Electoral Map Would Look Like If Only Dragons Could Vote pic.twitter.com/fSL68NHcUA
— Jared Keller (@jaredbkeller) October 12, 2016
https://twitter.com/robwhisman/status/786327767365263360
Here's what the electoral map would look like if only people who died of dysentery on the Oregon Trail voted. pic.twitter.com/cAsJObAyNj
— Rex Huppke (@RexHuppke) October 12, 2016
It didn’t take long for the meme to fully enter the mainstream, and #SportsTwitter was ready to answer the call.
Here's what the electoral map would look like if Hall of Fame voters got it right. #EdgarHOF pic.twitter.com/5rsQzEq2J4
— Seattle Mariners (@Mariners) October 12, 2016
https://twitter.com/thefarmerjones/status/786300044983070723
https://twitter.com/atf13atf/status/786294678450765824
Here's what the electoral map would look like if only @JonHeyman voted pic.twitter.com/Vm3yL2erZm
— jesse spector (@jessespector) October 12, 2016
Here's what the electoral map would look like if only Auston Matthews' 1st NHL Game Goals voted pic.twitter.com/dpW0ClzYZC
— Jen LC (@RegressedPDO) October 13, 2016
Of course, Sports Twitter’s take on this meme would not be complete without reminding everyone that the 73-win Warriors blew a 3-1 in the NBA Finals with the first unanimous MVP in league history.
here's what the electoral map would look like if only steph curry could vote but kevin love was in between him and the voting booth pic.twitter.com/vC2wgwKFad
— conrad kaz (@conradkaz) October 12, 2016
https://twitter.com/MattSBN/status/786296120611840000
We even got a crying Jordan crossover.
https://twitter.com/APF429/status/786325580245442560
It’s rare for a meme take off so quickly like this. But it is rarer still for that meme to fly so close to the sun without getting burnt.
RIP, electoral map meme. Oct. 11, 2016 — Oct. 12, 2016.
