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Post by stevep on Jan 25, 2020 11:38:37 GMT
If they where Modern Politicians from 2020 yes, that would belong in Politics and Current Affairs, but if you say Modern Politicians from 2010, than it would be okay, but is 1960 America ready to be lead by the first black president. Well, if we're using the slate of politicians in office in 2010, I'm guessing 'no'. If those then consumed by Obama Derangement Syndrome tarred and feathered the man without necessarily criticizing him where he may have legitimately deserved it, then the Jim-Crow Dixiecrats and other racist elements of the Deep South would wreck a thousand times more havoc.
There's also the fact that these uptimer politicians have suddenly replaced the ones that they knew and elected to office, so there's definitely a question of whether the population will willingly submit to their diktats. Even if law enforcement, the armed forces, and the other arms of the federal government have magically placed themselves at the beck and call of the 2010 political class, I'm still guessing that they'd be in for the tamp-down of a lifetime.
I would agree with this. Its a recipe for massive resistance, quite probably violent if the modern politicians don't step down quickly. Even apart from social differences the down-timers would be deeply offended that the people they have elected have been replaced by strangers.
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Post by Zyobot on Jan 25, 2020 16:29:51 GMT
Well, if we're using the slate of politicians in office in 2010, I'm guessing 'no'. If those then consumed by Obama Derangement Syndrome tarred and feathered the man without necessarily criticizing him where he may have legitimately deserved it, then the Jim-Crow Dixiecrats and other racist elements of the Deep South would wreck a thousand times more havoc.
There's also the fact that these uptimer politicians have suddenly replaced the ones that they knew and elected to office, so there's definitely a question of whether the population will willingly submit to their diktats. Even if law enforcement, the armed forces, and the other arms of the federal government have magically placed themselves at the beck and call of the 2010 political class, I'm still guessing that they'd be in for the tamp-down of a lifetime.
I would agree with this. Its a recipe for massive resistance, quite probably violent if the modern politicians don't step down quickly. Even apart from social differences the down-timers would be deeply offended that the people they have elected have been replaced by strangers.
Oh, hell yes. In addition, I'm guessing that all of the revelations of the future that'd come with the uptimers' arrival--Civil Rights legislation, anti-Vietnam War fervor, the Sexual Revolution, the latter half of the Cold War before the USSR collapsed in 1991, 9/11 and the subsequent War on Terror, the release of the iPhone which exploded the already-burgeoning internet in 2007, and the first black POTUS being elected in 2008--would probably set the tone for a worse future as the masses overreact once they get over the initiate shock and awe. |
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Post by lordroel on Jan 25, 2020 21:47:59 GMT
What if the First World War was decided by a rap battle like this one posted below.
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Post by stevep on Jan 26, 2020 12:16:24 GMT
What if the First World War was decided by a rap battle like this one posted below.
Well it would be a lot shorter, far, far less bloody and destructive and probably remembered with a smile. On my main PC at the moment where the sound doesn't work but will have a listen a bit later on the other one.  |
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Post by Zyobot on Jan 26, 2020 17:06:44 GMT
'People Get Battle Force 5 Vehicles'. I'd link to the playlist of episodes online so that you guys know what I'm talking about, but then they're copyrighted material. As such, this Wiki article or searching Google for yourself will probably have to do. |
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Post by lordroel on Jan 26, 2020 17:08:48 GMT
'People Get Battle Force 5 Vehicles'. I'd link to the playlist of episodes online so that you guys know what I'm talking about, but then they're copyrighted material. As such, this Wiki article or searching Google for yourself will probably have to do. How many people get those vehicles, only those who have driving license, those above legal driving age. |
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Post by Zyobot on Jan 26, 2020 17:15:38 GMT
'People Get Battle Force 5 Vehicles'. I'd link to the playlist of episodes online so that you guys know what I'm talking about, but then they're copyrighted material. As such, this Wiki article or searching Google for yourself will probably have to do. How many people get those vehicles, only those who have driving license, those above legal driving age. Yes, those with drivers' licensing and the other needed qualifications do indeed get those vehicles. Maybe while private citizens get the BF5's cars, law enforcement and military personnel get access to the more advanced heavy hitters like Mobias Command Centers (which also come with options like 'Onslaught Mode' when the going gets tough). |
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Post by Zyobot on Jan 27, 2020 21:03:37 GMT
'ASB Reboots All Discontinued TV Shows'.
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Post by lordroel on Jan 28, 2020 4:16:53 GMT
'ASB Reboots All Discontinued TV Shows'. A would love to see a reboot of space above and beyond. |
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Post by Zyobot on Jan 28, 2020 4:19:58 GMT
'ASB Reboots All Discontinued TV Shows'. A would love to see a reboot of space above and beyond. Uh-huh. In my case, a reboot of various shows like Battle Force 5 as well as Star Wars: The Clone Wars beyond just the final season coming out next month would be nice. Even if their revival requires ASB shenanigans to happen rather than adult humans making choices based on their own volition. |
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Post by lordroel on Jan 28, 2020 4:21:10 GMT
A would love to see a reboot of space above and beyond. Uh-huh. In my case, a reboot of various shows like Battle Force 5 as well as Star Wars: The Clone Wars beyond just the final season coming out next month would be nice. Even if their revival requires ASB shenanigans to happen rather than adult humans making choices based on their own volition. But Star Wars: The Clone Wars is not discontinued, it ends, is that not different. |
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Post by Zyobot on Jan 28, 2020 20:51:12 GMT
Uh-huh. In my case, a reboot of various shows like Battle Force 5 as well as Star Wars: The Clone Wars beyond just the final season coming out next month would be nice. Even if their revival requires ASB shenanigans to happen rather than adult humans making choices based on their own volition. But Star Wars: The Clone Wars is not discontinued, it ends, is that not different. I'm actually not sure; perhaps I could've been more specific when I proposed the initial scenario. Even though I may have used terminology that was a bit off, my meaning was that all TV shows that have ended for whatever reason get rebooted by ASB. |
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Post by Zyobot on Jan 29, 2020 23:58:54 GMT
'All Construction Machinery Becomes Caterpillar Yellow'. ...Well, for starters, Caterpillar itself will have a hell of a time suing the rest of the industry for what would ordinarily be a violation of its trademarked color scheme, when it's not their fault that this happened to all their equipment. |
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Post by lordroel on Jan 30, 2020 4:20:43 GMT
'All Construction Machinery Becomes Caterpillar Yellow'. ...Well, for starters, Caterpillar itself will have a hell of a time suing the rest of the industry for what would ordinarily be a violation of its trademarked color scheme, when it's not their fault that this happened to all their equipment. Well, then paint shops will be busy for a while, painting over many Construction Machinery's. |
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Post by Zyobot on Jan 30, 2020 4:35:24 GMT
'All Construction Machinery Becomes Caterpillar Yellow'. ...Well, for starters, Caterpillar itself will have a hell of a time suing the rest of the industry for what would ordinarily be a violation of its trademarked color scheme, when it's not their fault that this happened to all their equipment. Well, then paint shops will be busy for a while, painting over many Construction Machinery's. So it would seem, though I do wonder how much it’d cost the other firms to repaint all of their machines with less IP-infringing colors and insignia. Once that mess is over, however, I guess things would go more or less back to normal—with the exception of the scientific community, political class and conspiracy theorists of the world speculating as to why on earth ASB would so do something so frivolous to begin with. |
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