White House Rejects Death Star Petition

[Strazdas]

Anyway I would rather we had an Emperor class battleship.

pick one

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personally i like babylon ships the most.

 

[Squilookle]

You lot make the Death Star- we'll rustle up a squad of X-wings... and we'll meet you at Yavin.

 

[Wraith]

No, they are actually making it. They are just doing it in secret.

 

[Tiamattt]

Perhaps they'll have better luck if they petition for something that doesn't have a history of blowing up.

 

[Arcane Azmadi]

I don't care for the White House's response to our request. They seem not to be taking us seriously, which is a big problem for an administration. This is especially worrying, since this project is strictly concerned with the defense of American citizens and not a laughing matter.

Dude, I can't even take you seriously and I'm one of the same "fanboy community" that came up with this nonsense! Build a massive orbital weapons platform that'd cost as much as the planet, probably not even be scientifically feasible and would have a billion and one things that could go wrong with it, just because it would be cool? Why the hell would you want a massive orbital defence platform anyway? So America can take over the world as "divine right" dictates? You know manifest destiny went out of fashion years ago, right?

Just because a petition gets tens of thousands of signatures doesn't mean it's not a crackpot idea. You should be happy they replied with as much good humour as they did.

 

[repeating integers]

I don't care for the White House's response to our request. They seem not to be taking us seriously, which is a big problem for an administration. This is especially worrying, since this project is strictly concerned with the defense of American citizens and not a laughing matter.

Dude, I can't even take you seriously and I'm one of the same "fanboy community" that came up with this nonsense! Build a massive orbital weapons platform that'd cost as much as the planet, probably not even be scientifically feasible and would have a billion and one things that could go wrong with it, just because it would be cool? Why the hell would you want a massive orbital defence platform anyway? So America can take over the world as "divine right" dictates? You know manifest destiny went out of fashion years ago, right?

Just because a petition gets tens of thousands of signatures doesn't mean it's not a crackpot idea. You should be happy they replied with as much good humour as they did.

As if we needed more proof that certain Escapists can't take a bloody joke.

 

[frobalt]

I don't care for the White House's response to our request. They seem not to be taking us seriously, which is a big problem for an administration. This is especially worrying, since this project is strictly concerned with the defense of American citizens and not a laughing matter.

Dude, I can't even take you seriously and I'm one of the same "fanboy community" that came up with this nonsense! Build a massive orbital weapons platform that'd cost as much as the planet, probably not even be scientifically feasible and would have a billion and one things that could go wrong with it, just because it would be cool? Why the hell would you want a massive orbital defence platform anyway? So America can take over the world as "divine right" dictates? You know manifest destiny went out of fashion years ago, right?

Just because a petition gets tens of thousands of signatures doesn't mean it's not a crackpot idea. You should be happy they replied with as much good humour as they did.

As if we needed more proof that certain Escapists can't take a bloody joke.

Even though I realised it was a joke as well, the sad fact it, some people can actually be stupid enough to say things like that and not be joking. It's not always so easy to tell on the internet.

 

[Lyvric]

A deathstar might not be the best idea; however, I do think making a large ship or planet openly hospitable isn't a bad idea.

 

[Dandark]

This is why we can't have nice things.

We have a means of getting our voices heard and get a direct response from the White House, and stupid crap like this is how we waste it. This is on level with the petitions for Texas to secede and deport Piers Morgan.

We can't even agree if all humans should have equal rights, I doubt we will ever agree on something unless it is very silly or about something that doesn't really matter.

Anyway I would rather we had an Emperor class battleship.

GW never really quantified exactly how big their stuff is supposed to be, and authors are all over the place in their size comparisons; some going for the super big like your picture, and some going for more reasonably sized (1-2km for the largest of the ships).

Of course, its most likely closer to that scale, but Eclipse-class super star destroyers are a good 8-10 km larger than the best estimate I can get for the Emperor-class size.

Therefore, we really need an Eclipse-class. Much more practical too, since we can use that to start colonizing stuff. The only downside is the luna-sized celestial object we would need to hallow out to get the materials.

An eclipse-class? Meh, they are far too small. What we need is one of these

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Yes that is a mecha, a very glowy mecha but still a mecha.

We can afford that? Right?

 

[Varrdy]

This is why we can't have nice things.

We have a means of getting our voices heard and get a direct response from the White House, and stupid crap like this is how we waste it. This is on level with the petitions for Texas to secede and deport Piers Morgan.

Perhaps it's just nice to know the people in charge aren't political robots and actually have a sense of humor? Maybe it's just because people take life far to seriously sometimes, hell they could have just replied with "No go away." Just because one silly petition goes through, doesn't suddenly make it so that EVARY PERTISHUN ERVAR is now going to be ridiculous or lose all meaning.

THANK-YOU!!!

It's a JOKE! People were just having a giggle and, in all fairness and to their credit, the White House responded in good humour. They also added a little suggestion that people study such topics as science and engineering, so if this little aside actually results in M.I.T producing more boffins then it will have had a positive impact, too!

Lighten up, people!

CAPTCHA: "Cool Heads Prevail" - Well, quite!

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

I agree America. Let's focus on getting our own X-wings first before deploying something so valuable and vulnerable. With our own X-wings, we can shoot down any enterprising rebel scum terrorists out to get us.

 

[BehattedWanderer]

You know, this is probably for the best. I mean, the Death Star was blown up twice. And if we built one, it's not like any alien invaders couldn't check out our available history and learn immediately, from the source, how to destroy our best defense. The worst part is, they wouldn't even need the lives of many Bothans to recover the information, so they luck out there.

 

[Carrots_macduff]

too bad the terms of participation don't say anything about rejecting obvious joke petitions. sure makes for an intersting read, but if i was an american i might be bothered by the thought that whoever wrote this was probably payed with my tax money

 

[Arcane Azmadi]

I don't care for the White House's response to our request. They seem not to be taking us seriously, which is a big problem for an administration. This is especially worrying, since this project is strictly concerned with the defense of American citizens and not a laughing matter.

Dude, I can't even take you seriously and I'm one of the same "fanboy community" that came up with this nonsense! Build a massive orbital weapons platform that'd cost as much as the planet, probably not even be scientifically feasible and would have a billion and one things that could go wrong with it, just because it would be cool? Why the hell would you want a massive orbital defence platform anyway? So America can take over the world as "divine right" dictates? You know manifest destiny went out of fashion years ago, right?

Just because a petition gets tens of thousands of signatures doesn't mean it's not a crackpot idea. You should be happy they replied with as much good humour as they did.

As if we needed more proof that certain Escapists can't take a bloody joke.

Even though I realised it was a joke as well, the sad fact it, some people can actually be stupid enough to say things like that and not be joking. It's not always so easy to tell on the internet.

Yup. If I didn't get a joke, it was because it sounded so completely plausible that someone would be dumb enough to say that.

 

[Quazimofo]

This is why we can't bla bla bla Morgan Freeman.

We can't have equal rights, I doubt we will ever matter.

Anyway I would rather we had an Emperor class battleship.


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words. Much more practical too, since we can use that to start colonizing stuff. The only downside is words.

Bla bla reasonable points I agree to blah.

I have but one retort.

Spoiler: My dad can beat up your dad

Oh yeah? Well how is he gonna beat up Sidious when he has been pouting on his high chair for 10,000 years because his son was a rebellious teenager?

OH YEAH! I WENT THERE!

 

[Quazimofo]

You know, this is probably for the best. I mean, the Death Star was blown up twice. And if we built one, it's not like any alien invaders couldn't check out our available history and learn immediately, from the source, how to destroy our best defense. The worst part is, they wouldn't even need the lives of many Bothans to recover the information, so they luck out there.

It probably wouldn't even cost them 1 Bothan to get the info. All they have to do is pirate a copy of "A New Hope", and figure it out.

 

[2fish]

words words words this is getting silly WORDS!

Oh yeah? Well how is he gonna beat up Sidious when he has been pouting on his high chair for 10,000 years because his son was a rebellious teenager?

OH YEAH! I WENT THERE!

He has been on vacation, nothing worthy of his effort in the 40k universe. He has been playing warhammer fantasy.

Spoiler: recent photo

I swear whis is gonna be one of those nerd fights where no one can win due to the fact that we are all too blind to see we are all wrong.

 

[Quazimofo]

words words words this is getting silly WORDS!

Oh yeah? Well how is he gonna beat up Sidious when he has been pouting on his high chair for 10,000 years because his son was a rebellious teenager?

OH YEAH! I WENT THERE!

He has been on vacation, nothing worthy of his effort in the 40k universe. He has been playing warhammer fantasy.

Spoiler: recent photo

I swear whis is gonna be one of those nerd fights where no one can win due to the fact that we are all too blind to see we are all wrong.

Oh, so that's where he went. Huh.
Eh whatever. I was just trying to play this for laughs at this point, since a lot of these "nerd fights" are pretty damn hilarious, or at least can be, but I can't think of anywhere to go with the fantasy vacation since I only recently got into fantasy and am much less well versed in the lore.

 

[BehattedWanderer]

You know, this is probably for the best. I mean, the Death Star was blown up twice. And if we built one, it's not like any alien invaders couldn't check out our available history and learn immediately, from the source, how to destroy our best defense. The worst part is, they wouldn't even need the lives of many Bothans to recover the information, so they luck out there.

It probably wouldn't even cost them 1 Bothan to get the info. All they have to do is pirate a copy of "A New Hope", and figure it out.

More or less exactly what I meant. Glad you picked up on that.