Brianna Wu / John Walker Flynt - "Biggest Victim of Gamergate," Failed Game Developer, Failed Congressional Candidate

[Mola Ram]

My friend sent me screen shots of a bunch of Brianna's FB posts and most are a little boring or also made on Twitter, but here are some gifts for you.

These I'M SUCH AN AWESOME NATURAL POLITISHUN LOLZ posts are going to be indescribably hilarious after his campaign crashes into the ground.

 

[Dr. Merkwurdichliebe]

My friend sent me screen shots of a bunch of Brianna's FB posts and most are a little boring or also made on Twitter, but here are some gifts for you.

It's rare to see sociopaths brag about the tricks they use in their attempts to appear normal, but it's no surprise that Flynt/Wu lacks the self-awareness to realize that this is exactly what he's doing in those posts.

 

[Dr. Boe Jangles Esq.]

My friend sent me screen shots of a bunch of Brianna's FB posts and most are a little boring or also made on Twitter, but here are some gifts for you.

DRAMATIC PAUSE.

So after "hundreds of interviews", you've amassed the same skills as anyone in an entry-level sales job after about 6 months.
Bravo.

She's unlocked eldrich secrets like "eye contact", "empathy", and "help them mirror your enthusiasm".
Well golly gosh, Mrs. Wu, you're ready for a part time job at the T-Mobile store. Look at you go.

Seriously though, is this weirdly CWC-like when talking about body language?
"I-yuhh, I was givin' her good eye contact and my voice was charged with muh love power"

 

[CWCissey]

DRAMATIC PAUSE.

So after "hundreds of interviews", you've amassed the same skills as anyone in an entry-level sales job after about 6 months.
Bravo.

She's unlocked eldrich secrets like "eye contact", "empathy", and "help them mirror your enthusiasm".
Well golly gosh, Mrs. Wu, you're ready for a part time job at the T-Mobile store. Look at you go.

Seriously though, is this weirdly CWC-like when talking about body language?
"I-yuhh, I was givin' her good eye contact and my voice was charged with muh love power"

Just wait until Johnny mentions lobbyists taking him out for a light beverage.

 

[AnOminous]

My friend sent me screen shots of a bunch of Brianna's FB posts and most are a little boring or also made on Twitter, but here are some gifts for you.

I'm sure everyone was struck dumb by this snarl ticcing feral ghoul getting up and shrieking crazily, while obviously being a dude, about shit completely irrelevant to the campaign.

 

[RandomNobody]

My friend sent me screen shots of a bunch of Brianna's FB posts and most are a little boring or also made on Twitter, but here are some gifts for you.

It's cute watching John pretend to be a human with emotions. Reminds me of robot Zuckerberg.

"Hello, fellow humans. My name is Joh... er, Brianna Wu, and like you, I am definitely a human female woman with genuine human feelings and emotions. I empathize with you, look at how well I express my human feelings and how well I relate to you, my fellow genuine humans."

 

[AnOminous]

"Hello, fellow humans. My name is Joh... er, Brianna Wu, and like you, I am definitely a human female woman with genuine human feelings and emotions. I empathize with you, look at how well I express my human feelings and how well I relate to you, my fellow genuine humans."

Meanwhile, he's staring, bugeyed, at the person he's talking to, ticcing uncontrollably and snarling crazily every ten seconds. John interprets their fear and confusion as they back away slowly with being persuaded.

 

[Kosher Dill]

My friend sent me screen shots of a bunch of Brianna's FB posts and most are a little boring or also made on Twitter, but here are some gifts for you.

Any idea if he really "did a caucus" or if this is all just RPing?
Also, nice to see John outright admit that he's been recycling the same stump speech since 2014

 

[Water-T]

This is presumably the documentary Wu is being featured in. God knows why they'd want Wu's opinion on holywood sex scandals. I suppose you can't fill out your oppressed women bingo card without throwing in gamergate somehow.

"I was literally raped by the #gamergate hashtag, and Twitter did nothing to stop it!"

Either Wu is the complete Fake Gamer "Girl" we all know he is, or he's doing this on purpose to bait trolls so he can cry "harassment!", because the SNES Classic doesn't have Chrono Trigger on it.

 

[Chompy]

Either Wu is the complete Fake Gamer "Girl" we all know he is, or he's doing this on purpose to bait trolls so he can cry "harassment!", because the SNES Classic doesn't have Chrono Trigger on it.

Or Wu loaded it with roms and forgot what was really legit in there. Remember Wu, videogame developer and videogame studio owner, bragged online about how easy it was to load those things with Roms and how cool she was for pirating videogames

 

[Florence]

My friend sent me screen shots of a bunch of Brianna's FB posts and most are a little boring or also made on Twitter, but here are some gifts for you.

How do I into human emotions?

 

[KerryDixon9]

"I stood up and gave a compelling story...."

YOU think you gave a compelling story Brianna, but it's what the audience thought that matters.

"I LOVE THIS JOB."

It's not a job unless you get elected. At the moment you're just blowing OPM like you did with the animation studio and game studio.

In the film Chronicle, written by fellow lolcow Max Landis, Michael B Jordan plays a high school kid who has ambitions of being a politician. To me he nailed that role because he was a super popular, confident dude that automatically made friends with everyone. Because of his ambitions he knew he had to act properly all the time, because everyone would be watching him and remembering if he fucked up. Even though politicians are generally disliked, they thing that shines throw with nearly all the best ones is that they naturally drawn to people and good communicators.

I don't think Brianna Wu has any of the natural skills to be a politician and I think she's kidding herself massively by believing she does.

You know the earliest episodes of American Idol where deluded fools get up and screech and are then shocked when Simon Cowell tells them they should be sent to prison if they attempt to sing again? That is pretty much what Brianna's scampaign is like.

 

[AnOminous]

It's not a job unless you get elected. At the moment you're just blowing OPM like you did with the animation studio and game studio.

Trust a man who has never held a job in his life not to know the difference between a job interview and a job.

 

[RandomNobody]

"I took dramatic pauses"

"I slowed down and looked women in the audience directly in the eye"

"I let my voice tremble with emotion"

"When you meet strangers, talk to them as though you are already friends"

 

[UselessRubberKeyboard]

Except when people you don't know immediately start talking to you as if you're friends, it's incredibly off-putting. I might be Britfagging here, but being in that situation feels as though you're supposed to humour the nutter who obviously doesn't give a shit about you, or how you feel, but wants to feel good about the interaction themselves. People who do this come across as incredibly selfish.

At least he's being honest.

 

[Jaimas]

One of the funniest fucking things you can ever do if you watch Brianna Wu is watch any event where she's live and has to give up the microphone to someone else. She fucking loses it. It's fucking sublime.

 

[Pope Negro Joe the XIIIth]

Except when people you don't know immediately start talking to you as if you're friends, it's incredibly off-putting. I might be Britfagging here, but being in that situation feels as though you're supposed to humour the nutter

I feel that way coming from a City with a lot of crazy people running around in the US too, I think it's just a human reaction more than a cultural one. Personally, I just automatically assume that anyone who tries to get my attention in the street just wants something from me or is going to ask me for money.

 

[GleamingTheQ-Bert]

The "compliments are great!" part can be seen every time John says "That's a really great question!" (He's done this constantly since goobergrape; watch any interview) to give himself time to think of more BS.

LOL. Someone back in the thread called it when they guessed Johnny had read some books on power politics and "How to tic crazily and influence no-one" or somesuch.

 

[BurningPewter]

those "I can do eye contact and dramatic pauses" posts are as PUA as heck. Though even PUAs know better than to describe their manipulation and "emulating the normies social skills" to the people they're trying to charm.

 

[Ghostse]

Except when people you don't know immediately start talking to you as if you're friends, it's incredibly off-putting. I might be Britfagging here, but being in that situation feels as though you're supposed to humour the nutter who obviously doesn't give a shit about you, or how you feel, but wants to feel good about the interaction themselves. People who do this come across as incredibly selfish.

At least he's being honest.

You are Britfagging a bit. I know on fognigger island you don't want to get too chummy with too many people so its not as crushing when they drop dead from the plague, but in countries where the checkout lady saying "have a nice day" doesn't leave over half of the population triggered, its only off putting if done incorrectly (aka the way John is almost assuredly doing it) by assuming TOO close of a friendship or by appearing to not be genuine. "Treat everyone like your friend" also assumes you have actual, real friends. Something John doesn't have.

Spoiler: blah blah psych 101 blah

The strategy is basically counting on two factors.
the first, I forget the proper name, but once you have a good feeling about someone you tend to continue to have a good feeling about them even in the face of mounting evidence they are a complete shitbag. Because you have a good feeling about them, your brain figures there has to be a reason you like them since your brain doesn't like to be wrong or illogical. By acting like you're their friend, you're hoping to trigger the innate instinct to copy other people, so they'll like you and then continue to like you.

The second is you're trying to keep yourself relaxed and natural. You want open body language, and to seem calm and in control, which are things people look for in leaders. You just keep telling yourself "this is my good friend, we're having a nice chat, I don't need to worry about them judging me because they are my friend who likes me and not a total stranger" and it keeps you from assuming defensive body language.
It also... again I can't remember the right term, but if that person sees you with someone they know you are close friends with, and you believe with your close friend they way you behaved with them, they will believe you see them also as a close friend.

Again, this all assumes you actually have friends, and don't just view people as useful assets to exploit to further your career or to screech at in an attempt to feel superior.