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>"US gov shoots down Chinese little girl science project" "Cool balloon Mei, want to bring it to the White House?"

• davikr 4y ago
  And then they it turns out they just bought the balloon from like Alibaba and painted it or something?
  • vuln 4y ago
    I believe they are referencing Former President Barak Obama's tweet. >Cool clock, Ahmed. Want to bring it to the White House? We should inspire more kids like you to like science. It's what makes America great. https://twitter.com/POTUS44/status/644193755814342656 https://twitter.com/POTUS44/status/644193755814342656 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/09/16/440890750/obama-invites-texas-teen-to-white-house-after-bomb-hoax-incident https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/09/16/440890750...
    • cjbgkagh 4y ago
      It’s quite likely that was an extension of the joke, the repurposing of a comercial off the shelf item that already does the job the young inventor set out to do.
    • idontwantthis 4y ago
      I just looked up the conclusion of that. So awful. His whole family ended up moving to Qatar because of harassment.
      • mshake2 4y ago
        Moving to Qatar is a very common response to harassment and a failed lawsuit against local government for $15M