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Post by stevep on Jul 27, 2020 10:16:51 GMT
'Barack Obama Wins 100% of the Popular Vote in 2008'.
Presuming the ASB impact only lasts until the election has occurred there are a lot more conspiracy theories against him and many more would list to them as such an election result would be so unreal. I don't know what those anti-Obama people who suddenly voted for him would feel but their likely to be very angry. Things could get nasty very quickly.
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Post by Zyobot on Jul 27, 2020 15:24:01 GMT
'Barack Obama Wins 100% of the Popular Vote in 2008'.
Presuming the ASB impact only lasts until the election has occurred there are a lot more conspiracy theories against him and many more would list to them as such an election result would be so unreal. I don't know what those anti-Obama people who suddenly voted for him would feel but their likely to be very angry. Things could get nasty very quickly. Yeah, judging by the rather immature behavior of some of John McCain’s more, ah, publicized voters...I fear that you may be right about at least a handful of them overreacting. That said, I think that initial investigations of voter fraud or other dirty tricks pulled by the Obama camp on the part of the authorities would be reasonable. They’ll ultimately find none thanks to the fact that ASB gave the Democrats the boost of a century without their knowledge (and successfully covered their tracks, to boot). So with those rumors now dispelled, Obama will probably go down in history as perhaps the only candidate to have won one-hundred percent of the popular vote down to the ballot—and not even as the incumbent POTUS, no less! Nevertheless, I think that the electorate’s more right-leaning elements will remain suspicious of Obama’s unprecedented victory for a considerable while. In the meantime, it’ll be elated Democrats who rub their victory in the other side’s face, while the media moves on after the invariable shock and fanfare of Obama having won all ~131 million votes cast ITTL 2008 election.
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Post by stevep on Jul 28, 2020 10:01:43 GMT
Presuming the ASB impact only lasts until the election has occurred there are a lot more conspiracy theories against him and many more would list to them as such an election result would be so unreal. I don't know what those anti-Obama people who suddenly voted for him would feel but their likely to be very angry. Things could get nasty very quickly. Yeah, judging by the rather immature behavior of some of John McCain’s more, ah, publicized voters...I fear that you may be right about at least a handful of them overreacting. That said, I think that initial investigations of voter fraud or other dirty tricks pulled by the Obama camp on the part of the authorities would be reasonable. They’ll ultimately find none thanks to the fact that ASB gave the Democrats the boost of a century without their knowledge (and successfully covered their tracks, to boot). So with those rumors now dispelled, Obama will probably go down in history as perhaps the only candidate to have won one-hundred percent of the popular vote down to the ballot—and not even as the incumbent POTUS, no less! Nevertheless, I think that the electorate’s more right-leaning elements will remain suspicious of Obama’s unprecedented victory for a considerable while. In the meantime, it’ll be elated Democrats who rub their victory in the other side’s face, while the media moves on after the invariable shock and fanfare of Obama having won all ~131 million votes cast ITTL 2008 election.
I must admit I can't see the result standing. Even if there's no clear evidence as to whom was responsible the fact that all Republicans including those standing for office voted for him shows that something very odd happened. Its going to be ever more massively divisive than the US is at the moment.
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Post by Zyobot on Jul 28, 2020 14:46:38 GMT
Yeah, judging by the rather immature behavior of some of John McCain’s more, ah, publicized voters...I fear that you may be right about at least a handful of them overreacting. That said, I think that initial investigations of voter fraud or other dirty tricks pulled by the Obama camp on the part of the authorities would be reasonable. They’ll ultimately find none thanks to the fact that ASB gave the Democrats the boost of a century without their knowledge (and successfully covered their tracks, to boot). So with those rumors now dispelled, Obama will probably go down in history as perhaps the only candidate to have won one-hundred percent of the popular vote down to the ballot—and not even as the incumbent POTUS, no less! Nevertheless, I think that the electorate’s more right-leaning elements will remain suspicious of Obama’s unprecedented victory for a considerable while. In the meantime, it’ll be elated Democrats who rub their victory in the other side’s face, while the media moves on after the invariable shock and fanfare of Obama having won all ~131 million votes cast ITTL 2008 election.
I must admit I can't see the result standing. Even if there's no clear evidence as to whom was responsible the fact that all Republicans including those standing for office voted for him shows that something very odd happened. Its going to be ever more massively divisive than the US is at the moment.
...Yeah, that's fair. Which probably renders the consequences of something like 'George Bush wins one-hundred percent of votes in 2004' similarly divisive and suspicious, it seems. Ah, well; I suppose that's just what the 'Frivolous ASB Thread' is for, I suppose.
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Post by Zyobot on Jul 29, 2020 14:47:55 GMT
'All Silicon Valley Infrastructure Becomes Actual Silicon'.
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Post by Zyobot on Jul 30, 2020 16:39:56 GMT
‘Giant And Colossal Squids Become Actual Krakens’. Specifically the kind who live up to the legends of oversized tentacled monstrosities that terrorized sailors and dragged whole ships into the depths with ease.
Which, I assume, will require that average seafaring boats, fishing vessels, cargo ships and even cruises be armed so that they can ward off whatever krakens try to get the best of them. Actual naval forces probably won't have as much of a problem defending themselves, if I were to guess.
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Post by lordroel on Jul 30, 2020 16:41:46 GMT
‘Giant And Colossal Squids Become Actual Krakens’. Specifically the kind who live up to the legends of oversized tentacled monstrosities that terrorized sailors and dragged whole ships into the depths with ease. Which, I assume, will require that average seafaring boats, fishing vessels, cargo ships and even cruises be armed so that they can ward off whatever krakens try to get the best of them. Actual naval forces probably won't have as much of a problem defending themselves, if I were to guess. We are going to see a lot of attacks most likely, also can we kill them, like anti ship missile style ore something.
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Post by Zyobot on Jul 30, 2020 23:49:50 GMT
‘Giant And Colossal Squids Become Actual Krakens’. Specifically the kind who live up to the legends of oversized tentacled monstrosities that terrorized sailors and dragged whole ships into the depths with ease. Which, I assume, will require that average seafaring boats, fishing vessels, cargo ships and even cruises be armed so that they can ward off whatever krakens try to get the best of them. Actual naval forces probably won't have as much of a problem defending themselves, if I were to guess. We are going to see a lot of attacks most likely, also can we kill them, like anti ship missile style ore something. Sure, you could. Even if they've now gargantuan mythical sea monsters with enough strength to pull ships straight into the depths, that doesn't make them impervious to ships' defense systems. Heck, even concentrated small arms fire would probably sting them to the point where they reflexively ease their grip. And naval artillery would certainly draw blood and blow off chunks of flesh, with the eyes being particularly good targets if the crews can manage to fire onto them.
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Post by Zyobot on Aug 1, 2020 0:38:57 GMT
'‘Ted Cruz Becomes A Talking Cruise Ship’.
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Post by Zyobot on Aug 2, 2020 14:46:29 GMT
'Lots of Logs Materialize in Hollywood'.
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Post by lordroel on Aug 2, 2020 14:53:39 GMT
'Lots of Logs Materialize in Hollywood'. Why logs and what kind of logs.
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Post by Zyobot on Aug 4, 2020 22:43:35 GMT
'Lots of Logs Materialize in Hollywood'. Why logs and what kind of logs. Eh, oak wood I suppose? And it was a play on the name 'Hollywood', with boatloads of wooden logs materializing there and all.
For another frivolous ASB scenario, 'All Lost Records Permanently Posted Online'. Which means that assuming proper verification and/or people being made to believe it's all legit, historians will go to town pouring over everything that must've been housed in the Library of Alexandria--and then some.
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Post by stevep on Aug 5, 2020 9:46:23 GMT
Why logs and what kind of logs. Eh, oak wood I suppose? And it was a play on the name 'Hollywood', with boatloads of wooden logs materializing there and all.
For another frivolous ASB scenario, 'All Lost Records Permanently Posted Online'. Which means that assuming proper verification and/or people being made to believe it's all legit, historians will go to town pouring over everything that must've been housed in the Library of Alexandria--and then some.
That would be very interesting for anyone who likes history. Going to have a huge amount as you would have both stuff historically lost from known cultures and also from those who have left virtually nothing behind like the Hittites. Also the Inca and Aztec knotted rope records that were largely destroyed by the Spanish invaders would become available again. Albeit that in many cases its going to take years if not decades to translate many of those lost records. Also going to have a lot of lost classical literature and records from Persia, Greece, Rome etc as well as pre-Han China among others.
Could be interest as well as very controversial as you could see earlier versions of important works, such as religious books. Say an early bible in Aramaic. It would be interesting to see how it differs from later let alone current versions. Albeit there is likely to be multiple such versions from different writers and areas which would cloud matters more.
More recently when Terry Prachett died he had the hard disk with his unfinished work destroyed. While that was his wish a lot of fans would probably like to see what he had under development at the time.
Also more recently we would probably get a lot of suppressed information from assorted rulers/politicians which was later changed to look more acceptable. A lot of cover ups could be exposed, albeit again requiring a huge amount of work.
Plus such records might well include fakes deliberately used to rewrite history so you could get some cases like the notorious "Chronicles of the Elders of Zion" which is going to cloud the issue a lot. Along with simply many bureaucrats 'modifying' records to cover their backs.
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Post by Zyobot on Aug 5, 2020 15:51:46 GMT
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Post by Zyobot on Aug 6, 2020 20:49:10 GMT
‘ASB Removes Gravity’.
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