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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