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

Julius Evola said:
"Throwing rocks from the moon" was a central trope to Heinlein's (excellent) novel "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" and while it would work if the rocks were big enough
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It can work in the same way a large enough boat with a large enough wave machine can hold the world hostage by sailing around and threatening to tsunami coastal cities.

And assuming Wu got the idea from reading a book seems optimistic. The previous episode of The Expanse, the current object of Wu's adoration, was about a big rock being launched at earth from the orbit of one of Jupiter's(I think) moons.
 
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SmaugsSmokeyHole said:
And assuming Wu got the idea from reading a book seems optimistic. The previous episode of The Expanse, the current object of Wu's adoration, was about a big rock being launched at earth from the orbit of one of Jupiter's(I think) moons.
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Didn't the bugs in Starship Troopers use an asteroid to destroy Brazil?
It seems to be fairly common in Scifi stories, though anyone with half a brain can see that with current (and foreseeable future) technology it wouldn't be worth the hassle.
 
SmaugsSmokeyHole said:
It can work in the same way a large enough boat with a large enough wave machine can hold the world hostage by sailing around and threatening to tsunami coastal cities.

And assuming Wu got the idea from reading a book seems optimistic. The previous episode of The Expanse, the current object of Wu's adoration, was about a big rock being launched at earth from the orbit of one of Jupiter's(I think) moons.
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No I would never assume that John actually read a book. He most likely got the idea from a lamer source, like a movie or an anime. Heinlein was just the first example of it in fiction I could think of.
 
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GREEDY FIREMAN said:
Didn't the bugs in Starship Troopers use an asteroid to destroy Brazil?
It seems to be fairly common in Scifi stories, though anyone with half a brain can see that with current (and foreseeable future) technology it wouldn't be worth the hassle.
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It goes back at least as far as the '50s "Lensmen" series, where they eventually use entire planets as projectiles. But E. E. Smith, being an actual engineer, knew that a piece of fanciful super-science was needed to make it work.
 
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Wu’s Life. Wu’s lack of a job. Wu’s joke of a career. Wu’s estranged family. Wu’s fucking crater of an animation studio, Wu’s patreon money laundering, motorcycle with no license, cash sink car and failed game studio.

Wu’s poor health, smoking habit and weird elephant nail teeth. Wu’s total lack of financial management. Wu’s free home that he got kicked out of. Wu’s zero friends.

Wu’s gutbelt of fail and dust covered filthy fucking figurine collection. Wu’s bomb of a political career and moon bomb fiasco. Wu’s twitter filled existence and wondering who the fuck you are on a Sunday morning. Wu sitting on a couch playing peggle and eating soylent and blue apron.

Wu’s rotting away at the end of it all, pissing your last in a miserable home, nothing more than a laughing stock to everyone. Wu’s future. Wu’s life.

But why would John want to do a thing like that?

Wu chose not to choose life. Wu chose something else. And the reasons? There are no reasons. Who needs reasons when Wu’s got Frank?

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pandawan said:
That's exactly what Wu thinks

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John is, as always, completely wrong. Congress has the power to issue subpoenas, not every individual member. Congress delegates this power to committees. Committees act through their chairs. John would be lucky even to get on a committee as a hated junior Congressman who displaced an incumbent with seniority. Even if he did get on a committee, any subpoena would have to be relevant to something the committee was actually doing, which would again require the chair to have authorized it. A chair who would be a Republican.

Also, a subpoena is meaningless without the power to enforce failure to comply with it. The committee would itself have to authorize a resolution on imposing contempt sanctions, and then, the chamber of Congress in question itself would have to agree with that. That would be the House. A Republican House.

So even in the weird event that John got a Republican Congressional committee to issue a subpoena in the first place, anyone who got it could safely thumb their nose at it and tell John to go fuck himself.
 
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zap2theextreme said:
whoa, hey Bush has gotten to be a pretty good painter. I remember seeing his earlier paintings of puppies and flowers looking like shit.
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When you have nothing but time and a burning desire, you can git gud at fucking anything.

To keep it on topic, Wu lacks the burning desire, as all he really wants is recognition and not to do good work.
 
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Kiras left nipple said:
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I don't think it's legal to have a patreon as well as a congressional election fundraising campaign. You have to disclose ALL donations when you're running for public office, and there's a limit as to how much you can receive from a single person. I don't think Patreon even provides such details required for disclosure to the people receiving the funds.
 
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