Miscellaneous, Non-Frivolous ASB Ideas

[Zyobot]

'Armed Libertarians To 1776'.

[lordroel]

Dec 22, 2019 0:07:38 GMT Zyobot said:

'Armed Libertarians To 1776'.

You sure love Libertarians do you Zyobot.

[Zyobot]

Dec 22, 2019 9:14:53 GMT lordroel said:

Dec 22, 2019 0:07:38 GMT Zyobot said:

'Armed Libertarians To 1776'.

You sure love Libertarians do you Zyobot.

Well, I enjoy scenarios involving them—especially when they stand a chance of making a difference. Plus, I’m sympathetic to the case for libertarianism myself (even though whether I entirely agree with it is another concern altogether).

[Zyobot]

‘2004 US To 1914’, specifically on January 1st of both years. No question as to who will be the dominant global superpower ITTL, now is there?

[lordroel]

Dec 23, 2019 16:29:48 GMT Zyobot said:

‘2004 US To 1914’, specifically on January 1st of both years. No question as to who will be the dominant global superpower ITTL, now is there?

`Well as there is no Great War yet, maybe the US can make sure tension in Europe are kept where they are before they explode.

[Zyobot]

Dec 23, 2019 16:36:34 GMT lordroel said:

Dec 23, 2019 16:29:48 GMT Zyobot said:

‘2004 US To 1914’, specifically on January 1st of both years. No question as to who will be the dominant global superpower ITTL, now is there?

`Well as there is no Great War yet, maybe the US can make sure tension in Europe are kept where they are before they explode.

Once they gather their bearings as much as is immediately possible, I assume you’re right. Maybe they can follow up introducing themselves with a “strong suggestion” that the European empires “play nice”, and just so happen to demonstrate their firepower by, say, dropping a nuke somewhere in the ocean so that they have a semblance of what the consequences will be if they don’t try and get along. Granted, maybe dropping bombs—even on uninhabited targets—might make them look unhinged to the rest of the world, but I’m guessing that 2004 America has other ways of showcasing its sheer dominance.

And since it’s holding a presidential election year, how might the 2004 (or rather, 1914) election unfold ITTL? In addition to the obvious questions of how the US will recover from the loss of its uptimer trading partners and what its role in global affairs ought to be, they’ll also need a plan to reintegrate downtimer Americans who were overseas when the ISOT happened.

[Zyobot]

As another self-insert scenario, ‘2019 Ron Paul SI To 1979 Ronald Reagan’.

For another mass ISOT, ‘2012 US South And Southwest To 1972’. Boy, will that year's election be fun!

[Zyobot]

'2009 George W. Bush SI To 1989 George H.W. Bush'.

[lordroel]

Dec 25, 2019 18:05:36 GMT Zyobot said:

'2009 George W. Bush SI To 1989 George H.W. Bush'.

Well that will be awkward.

[Zyobot]

Dec 25, 2019 18:12:12 GMT lordroel said:

Dec 25, 2019 18:05:36 GMT Zyobot said:

'2009 George W. Bush SI To 1989 George H.W. Bush'.

Well that will be awkward.

Indeed. For one thing, he'll have to be a proper father to his younger, forty-three-year-old self. Maybe he'll pull some strings behind the scenes so that Dubya the Younger gets a leg-up in life compared to how he ended up IOTL, which was still at the highest office in the land (however unpopular he was at the time).

[lordroel]

Dec 25, 2019 18:15:56 GMT Zyobot said:

Dec 25, 2019 18:12:12 GMT lordroel said:

Well that will be awkward.

Indeed. For one thing, he'll have to be a proper father to his younger, forty-three-year-old self. Maybe he'll pull some strings behind the scenes so that Dubya the Younger gets a leg-up in life compared to how he ended up IOTL, which was still at the highest office in the land (however unpopular he was at the time).

So will he go for a regime change in Iraq in the Gulf War ore will he even allow it to happen, maybe by deploying American troops to Kuwait before Saddam decides to invade.

[Zyobot]

Dec 25, 2019 18:18:33 GMT lordroel said:

Dec 25, 2019 18:15:56 GMT Zyobot said:

Indeed. For one thing, he'll have to be a proper father to his younger, forty-three-year-old self. Maybe he'll pull some strings behind the scenes so that Dubya the Younger gets a leg-up in life compared to how he ended up IOTL, which was still at the highest office in the land (however unpopular he was at the time).

So will he go for a regime change in Iraq in the Gulf War ore will he even allow it to happen, maybe by deploying American troops to Kuwait before Saddam decides to invade.

Maybe, though I wonder if he’d be more cautious about it to preserve what popularity he has as POTUS. After all, Dubya is surely aware of how his approval ratings tumbled when he went into Iraq in the 2000s.

[lordroel]

Dec 29, 2019 1:29:27 GMT Zyobot said:

Dec 25, 2019 18:18:33 GMT lordroel said:

So will he go for a regime change in Iraq in the Gulf War ore will he even allow it to happen, maybe by deploying American troops to Kuwait before Saddam decides to invade.

Maybe, though I wonder if he’d be more cautious about it to preserve what popularity he has as POTUS. After all, Dubya is surely aware of how his approval ratings tumbled when he went into Iraq in the 2000s.

But this time he will truly be in charge of a international coalition.

[Zyobot]

Dec 29, 2019 8:53:49 GMT lordroel said:

Dec 29, 2019 1:29:27 GMT Zyobot said:

Maybe, though I wonder if he’d be more cautious about it to preserve what popularity he has as POTUS. After all, Dubya is surely aware of how his approval ratings tumbled when he went into Iraq in the 2000s.

But this time he will truly be in charge of a international coalition.

I suppose so. For his sake, he best not make the rest of said coalition regret helping him.

[lordroel]

Dec 29, 2019 23:49:23 GMT Zyobot said:

Dec 29, 2019 8:53:49 GMT lordroel said:

But this time he will truly be in charge of a international coalition.

I suppose so. For his sake, he best not make the rest of said coalition regret helping him.

Also he could if he can do something about the collapse of Yugoslavia.