Each time Sargon says "I just wanted to play video games" I believe him less and less.

@alyx i just don't listen to sargon

@icedquinn @alyx UKIP candidacy was peak carl benjamin change my mind, i'm not sure anyone actually took him seriously at that point though

Somehow his subreddit did (maybe still does) seem active

@Neidhardt @icedquinn
I don't think anyone actually believed he'd win anything, but I think it was a good thing for him to go out into the world, and actually meet common folk outside of the internet.