Past Election Clicky

[madDawg228]

This clicky was brought on because a 29-yr old coworker of mine didn't know the answer to either :-|

I'm guessing this is common knowledge for even our youngest poster

[jennlin]

Oct 24, 2012 11:16:02 GMT -5 madDawg228 said:

I'm guessing this is common knowledge for even our youngest poster

are you our youngest?


i only know what the hanging chad is because of how i met your mother.

but i *do* know about the race that it caused a huge issue (i later learned), but i didn't know that's what it was called at the time.

[madDawg228]

I'm 27, I think there are younger posters here (by a few years).

I was a political nerd as a teen, and I followed that election like a crazy person (even though I couldn't vote at the time).

[fiddles]

haha I remember the race at the time it was happening!

I felt old the other day. Listening to the radio they had an intern on and he was talking about how he doesn't remember ever not having the internet.

[Deleted]

I don't remember this at all. Is it like hanging brain?

[jennlin]

was it publicized in the news with the name "hanging chad"?

[Deleted]

Ok I just looked it up. I remember now.

[madDawg228]

Oct 24, 2012 11:29:43 GMT -5 jennlin said:

was it publicized in the news with the name "hanging chad"?

I believe so, there were also Pregnant Chads.

[jennlin]

Oct 24, 2012 11:31:55 GMT -5 madDawg228 said:

Oct 24, 2012 11:29:43 GMT -5 jennlin said:

was it publicized in the news with the name "hanging chad"?

I believe so, there were also Pregnant Chads.

is that if it was pushed, but didn't "pop"? i guess i just didn't pay attention to the actual words used during the news casts

[jennlin]

Oct 24, 2012 11:48:15 GMT -5 @jennuinne said:

And, more recently, a halloween costume on HIMYM:

this is when i learned the term.

[Deleted]

I'm 26 and I know what this means and what election it was for.

[tacocat]

I was abroad during all of the hullabaloo and never heard it referred to as a "hanging chad", I figured out what it was about though when it was said.