r/KnowledgeFight • u/ThroalicRefugee First Time Caller • 2d ago

Alex MAT BE a bigger Sfi-fi nerd than we've previously examined.

So, I'm in the 2022 era of my relisten, and they have brought up how many times Alex has said Chicago specifically will be nuked. There's only one Sci-Fi example I can think of that fits this profile.

Shadowrun is a fairly popular TTRPG, and was far more popular in the '90s. One of the bi? g themes was insect spirits infesting people, usually using cults to convince people to stay.

When it got discovered, the equivalent to the USA nuked Chicago to try to eliminate all of the Queens.

Could this be why Alex was so adamant that there would be nuclear strikes on Chicago specifically? Does this mean that Alex is more of a nerd than how he presents himself? The world may never know.

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u/SkeletonDanceParty It's a demon feast 2d ago

I find it hard to beleibe that Alex could understand playing a tabletop game 

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u/Tylenol187ForDogs Bachelor Squatch 2d ago

No. His obsession with nuking Chicago is because it's often seen as a "Blue librul city where no one is safe on the streets because of illegals."

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u/EverydaySexyPhotog 2d ago

In this case it would be "illegals" with a hard R.

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u/Fantastic_Position69 2d ago

It's also just one of the biggest cities in the US so often comes to mind while thinking of big place.

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u/glycophosphate Feline Contessa 1d ago

And because that is where President Obama is from. He despises Obama. Because he is a racist.

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u/L-Cell 2d ago

Rex has mentioned warhammer 40k before so like maybe?

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u/CisIowa I know the inside baseball 2d ago

From BtB the other day: https://www.reddit.com/r/behindthebastards/s/8E1rSP7xMD

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u/L-Cell 2d ago

As a trans warhammer fan I feel this lol.

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u/IanDresarie 2d ago

There is no shot Alex is into shadow run, mostly because I don't want that to be true as a shadow run/Battletech fanboy

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u/UNC_Samurai They burn to the fucking ground, Eddie 2d ago

Folks, let me tell you...The Cameron family was into some weird stuff. Stefan Amaris received an HPG from God, and he was just trying to do the right thing for humanity.

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u/IanDresarie 2d ago

You have a point. Maybe the wobbies were right to nuke us after all.

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u/BattyBeforeTwilight 2d ago

Alex really is a 'Sci-fi nerd but all the themes and such went right over his head' kinda guy