Up from the depths of Sector XIV of the Myers-Briggs-Nolan-Pournelle-Gygax Continuum

[mmcirvin]

pnh, who usually posts elsewhere, makes a rare LJ post about the dangers of taking the "which presidential candidate do you match?" quiz too seriously. It's worth reading and matches my own feelings pretty closely, though you may have to adjust for your own political alignment.

Comments

[smashingstars.livejournal.com]

Have you seen anyone who took the quiz and literally said, "Now I know who to vote for?" I haven't.

[mmcirvin.livejournal.com]

No, not really. I think the post that set him off may have actually been by somebody in the UK who was trying to figure out the race from a distance.

[eb-oesch.livejournal.com]

Me! I never heard of this Hitler fellow before, but I'm definitely intrigued now. I assume he's a Libertarian? Because I took another one of these Internet political quizzes a while back and learned that that's what I am, a Libertarian.

[pvck.livejournal.com]

Congratulations, you win the Best LJ Subject Line for the year so far award.

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure that it really matters whether you take a quiz seriously or if you just go with your gut or if you just pick a candidate based on a couple of issues. To make a truly informed decision requires a lot of homework, and at the end of the day, what happens if you don't end up supporting a frontrunner? You're told you're "wasting your vote." Fuck that noise.