The Latest: Tagged 'meme'

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Heads up, innumerate. Twitter has gone post-election punchy with a new game — #DrunkNateSilver.

Here's how to play:

Pretend that statistics superhero Nate Silver is drunk.
Make up things he can predict.

Dan Levitan is credited as the typhoid Mary of this lastest meme. Gawker, BuzzFeed and others followed the tweet-trail to his Wednesday night communique that read: "Drunk Nate Silver is riding the subway, telling strangers the day they will die."

Below, imaginary forecasts for the Los Angeles region and elsewhere:

View the story "'Drunk Nate Silver' tweets are adding up in L.A." on Storify'Drunk Nate Silver' tweets are adding up in L.A.Full story at KPCC.orgStorified by Lisa Brenner · Thu, Nov 08 2012 14:30:03Drunk Nate Silver is riding the subway, telling strangers the day they will dieDan LevitanWhat if the whole world is only drunk Nate Silver playing Dungeons and Dragons?Maria BustillosDrunk Nate Silver yelling at Crystal Waters that love can't actually be 100% pure and here's whythe joe formidableDrunk Nate Silver drunk-dials 867-5309. Knows who will pick up. (Hint: It's not Jenny.) #drunknatesilverLeslie BerntsenDrunk Nate Silver taking the average of all these "Drunk Nate Silver" tweets to find out what Drunk Nate Silver will most likely do.DC PiersonDrunk Nate Silver knows what you did next summer. #DrunkNateSilverSimon SaysThe songs on Drunk Nate Silver's mixtapes go right up to the end of the tape!€ric $piegelmanDrunk Nate Silver predicted I'd write this tweet 47hours ago.Todd ZebertDrunk Nate Silver records voice reminder for himself to not forget to record reminder. Universe Implodes #drunkNateSilverdratsum#DrunkNateSilver accurately predicts how many drinks it will take to get you to buy a New York Times subscription from him.Mike RoeDrunk Nate Silver is tweeting the winners of the next 7 seasons of Celebrity Apprentice. #drunknatesilverKendall HawleyDrunk Nate Silver could tell what Bill Murray said to Scarlett Johannsen at the end of "Lost in Translation".Henry HarrisonDrunk Nate Silver yelling at the Subway sandwich artist that his foot-long meatball cheese isn't being tessellated.#DrunkNateSilverKeith GarseeDrunk Nate Silver telling the Whole Foods cashier how much more he'll be paying for the same load of groceries in 6 months. #drunknatesilverNicholas BurnsDrunk Nate Silver predicts how likely you are to divorce, is a terrible wedding guest.Peter Kazarian