The New York Times stats wizard was spot-on in his election forecasts, defying his many critics. And all the thanks he got was Twitter immortality

Of all the memes and internet inside jokes spawned by the long-gestating presidential election on Nov. 6, the liveliest one involves New York Times statistical prognosticator Nate Silver arguably the campaign's most celebrated and controversial figure not named Barack or Mitt. Silver got a lot of flak from Mitt Romney supporters and more gut-based political commentators, but he correctly predicted how all 50 states would vote, and came within a hair of calling the popular vote. So on Nov. 7, after the eerie accuracy of Silver's data model became clear and Silver informed his readers that he was "going to get some sleep and grab a beer" campaign consultant Dan Levitan mocked Silver's seeming compulsion to issue forecasts, tweeting: "Drunk Nate Silver is riding the subway, telling strangers the day they will die." Twitter took over from there:

"Drunk Nate Silver, updating the Wikipedia page of the 8 year-old who'll win the 2052 election" Jack Bohrer

SEE MORE: The failed 'war on women': 5 big election victories for women

"Drunk Nate Silver crashing weddings, yelling out the number of years until divorce" Ben Keegan

"Drunk Nate Silver stumbles over to people singing, 'Hey, I just met you. And this is crazy. But isn't this your number?'" Kimera Chetty

SEE MORE: Is Puerto Rico on the verge of becoming the 51st state?

"Drunk Nate Silver sends you a text at 2:00 am thatsays 'It's 9:32 am.' And that's when you read it." Shelby

"Drunk Nate Silver looking at the Mayan calendar, shaking his head calmly, X'ing out Dec 21 and circling Dec 31" Aaron Brazell

SEE MORE: Indiana Senate race: First reactions to Democrat Joe Donnelly's victory

Original post:
'Drunk Nate Silver': The best tweets from the funniest post-election meme