"It's Time For Some Game Theory"

"It's Time For Some Game Theory"

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Updated Dec 13, 2016 at 02:26PM EST by Adam.

Added Dec 13, 2016 at 11:38AM EST by Adam.

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"It's Time For Some Game Theory" refers to a series of tweets mocking a long Twitter thread analyzing Russia's influence in the 2016 United States Presidential Election by "strategic analyst" Eric Garland that begins "Guys, it's time for some game theory."

Origin

On December 11th, 2016, Garland began a 120-tweet long thread[1] explaining Russian election interference while tying in many different factors, including 9/11, Bill Clinton, Edward Snowden, and Chelsea Manning. The first tweet has gained over 5,300 retweets and 10,000 likes as of December 13th, 2016.


Eric Garland @ericgarland Follow <THREAD> I'm now hearing this meme that says Obama, Clinton, et al. are doing nothing, just gave up. Guys. It's time for some game theory

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Over the next few days Garland's thread and those who shared his thread drew mockery from those who found its premise to be fantastical and the introductory "it's time for some game theory" phrase laughable. It inspired a series of jokes that used "it's time for some game theory" as a punchline and a series of jokes that began "it's time for some game theory" then went on to offer theories about video games games. The spread of the jokes was covered by The Daily Dot.[2] Garland's thread also inspired a Gizmodo post[3] which asked for men to stop "manthreading," a practice defined as men of Twitter using long threads to explain unimportant concepts.

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I would like to suggest that "Guys, it's time for some game theory" is another universal New Yorker cartoon caption. Guys, t's time for some game theory" Luke Savage @LukewSavage * Follow Mfw it's time for some game theory GIF Liam Kirkaldy @HolyroodLiam Follow Guys. It's time for some game theory Justin Wolfers * Follow JustinWolfers "Guys, it's time for some game theory," was actually the first sentence of my lecture on game theory. It was, in fact, time for game theory thomas violence @thomas_violence * Follow THREAD〉 Guys. It's time for some game theory: I managed to somehow drive over my own balls in my 1994 Mazda 323 and am in incredible pain. The Discourse Lover Follow Trillburne Guys. It's time for some game theory Games are fun, I like it when my team (the US ruling class) beats the bad team (journalists, Putin)

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