Would you like some John McCain with those Sun Chips?

[alexiscartwheel]

The election is getting kind of boring. We've had the Barack's minister scandal then the Hillary's imaginary Bosnian snipers scandal and we're still nearly away from the Pennsylvania primary. (Of course, if the Franklin County Board of Elections had just sent me my absentee ballet, this'd all be over by now. I was the missing Ohio swing vote.) Luckily, the folks over at the New York Times have found a way to make the election interesting and relevant lulz-worthy again with their feature on microtrends. Pollsters want to predict your vote based on what cereal you eat! Check it out:

You Might Be a Clinton Supporter if... you like Boca burgers.

You Might Be a McCain Supporter if... you like Power Bars.

You Might Be an Obama Supporter if... you like olive oil.

But what if I like Sun Chips, Panera Bread, and Whole Paycheck Foods? What if I have no idea what my beef ate (before I ate it)? Who's going to market to me? How the hell do I decide who to vote for now?

Also: Since when is fishing a form of exercise, hypothetical John McCain supporters? I thought it was most sitting and waiting for something to bite.

Comments

[somerled.livejournal.com]

Is that woman in your icon wearing nothing but the ink stains from the Washington Post?

[alexiscartwheel.livejournal.com]

Yep.

[tsukara.livejournal.com]

THAT IS THE SEXIEST ICON IN THE WORLD. TRUFAX. Oh, Allison Janney, ILU.

As for the foods...Well, I eat at least two-three things on each list...But it is lulz-worthy.

Panera counts as fast food now? Fishing counts as exercise? Trail running is....well, I don't even know what to do with that. My Eugene instincts tell me to make a running joke, but he's pretty damn popular here...

Hee!

[alexiscartwheel.livejournal.com]

I KNOW, RIGHT? Allison Janney is more than a little bit awesome.

I guess technically Panera is fast and does serve food, but I wouldn't consider it fast food really. I mean, what bakery is slow? Can I get a baked to order bagel?

You won't catch me trail running! I like trail running shoes cause they're grey and thus don't show dirt like white shoes do, but running on a trail would I think result in me with a yummy mouthful of dirt and some nice scrapes.

[tsukara.livejournal.com]

...but I wouldn't consider it fast food really.

Exactly!

...but running on a trail would I think result in me with a yummy mouthful of dirt and some nice scrapes.

Yeh, it has resulted in this for me more than a few times, but the times that it doesn't are really nice! And I'm bound to end up with more than a few scrapes no matter what surface I'm running on. The only consolation is that trail dirt is significantly less hard on my knees than concrete...

[alexiscartwheel.livejournal.com]

The only consolation is that trail dirt is significantly less hard on my knees than concrete...

Uh, yeah. Last year I had a fun experience involving a paved trail, a bicycle, and my airborn self. Kinda humiliating, even though it wasn't my fault... and then I had to ride seven miles home. Yay for helmets though!

[tsukara.livejournal.com]

Ooooo, yowch.

Hence my avoidance of bikes and uneven surfaces. Trail-running is my thing. I'm less likely to become dramatically airborne...unless I run myself off a cliff on accident...