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[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 159 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

The font was chosen in an effort to make documents easier to read for the vision impaired.

So It's Republican policy that the government must not, even in the smallest way, make life any easier for disabled people? And the government must not do nothing and leave in place something that already makes life easier for them, but must actively intervene to make it harder? Of course it is, but what the fuck is wrong with these people that they dedicate their entire life to getting into government so they can punch down and hurt others? How have they not even accidentally stumbled into being better than the worst they can be?

Gotta hurt. Thats the policy.

[–] lectricleopard@lemmy.world 59 points 1 week ago

Its the culling of the herd. They feel they know best what the make up of the country should be. Its the same thing as eugenics. It makes sense if you think helping the disabled is a waste of resources.

How do you develop this point of view? How did people become convinced the h man was right? People are susceptible to propaganda. I heard the comments on popular sites about Taylor Swift being pro right after her last album was 25% astroturf. Heard from Phil Defranco on yt, there was a study.

Go look at the shit on truth social. I've met people that only look at the conservative part of the web, like fox news junkies of the last 25 years. They're radicalized by astroturf, then hide in these echo chambers. Most of the discourse is directed by people with vested interest in political outcomes.

People I was friendly with were trying to say Charlie Kirk would have been a good president when he died. He was such a kind and selfless Christian, they say. I cant find anything defendable in his media output, but once you're radicalized, its just about hitting the talking points. "Woke ideology." "Trans mind virus." "Communists and Socialists." "Empathy is bad for our coutry." Once you believe you're surrounded by enemies, its easy to be manipulated by fear.

[–] athatet@lemmy.zip 45 points 1 week ago

Fascists always go after disabled people first because it’s harder for them to fight back and fascists are cowards.

[–] obinice@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

Surely if you want to kill disabled people, it's a good idea to start by making them feel shunned and their lives extremely difficult first, no?

That way, a lot of them die off, lose their power and voice in society, and are way easier to purge when the time comes!

You can't build a Christiofascist Oligarchy without obliterating a few societal eggs, after all!

[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 77 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Were the Epstein files too legible?

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[–] spongebue@lemmy.world 70 points 1 week ago
[–] teft@piefed.social 60 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"Small government" but also lets waste money on dumb shit like this that doesn't matter.

Also wouldn't a serif font cost more in ink over the course of millions of documents printed? Those serifs might not take a lot of ink to add but they do add up.

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 40 points 1 week ago (2 children)

They've never been for small government. This lie needs to be called out every single time.

[–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"small government" is just a dog whistle for "lower rich people taxes".

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 17 points 1 week ago

And deregulation so they're unfettered by pesky things like safety standards and such.

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[–] switcheroo@lemmy.world 56 points 1 week ago

Oh they found that the font was helping someone. Can't have that.

These people are such fucking trash...

[–] Rhoeri@lemmy.world 55 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Reminder that Donald J. Trump fucks children and there is proof of this that they are trying to distract us from in order to protect him and the rest of the kidfuckers.

STAY ON POINT.

[–] PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.world 42 points 1 week ago

Imagine being so much snowflake that a simple font upsets you. Words fail.

[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 38 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Ugh.

At least Arial exists. And Helvetica. But Times New Roman? What is this, English class in the early aughts? 12pt font, double spaced with one inch margins?

Hell, if you want wanna make America great again make it Courier; tech bros'll think you're coding but we know you really just want to take us back to late 1800s when typewriters and bad economic policy were in. Or maybe something appropriate for this administration, like Wingdings.

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[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 32 points 1 week ago

its a nice distraction of whats going in with the epstein files, and immigration.

[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 26 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This has got to be one of the dumbest things I’ve ever heard.

[–] Tryenjer@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

They should ban toilet paper, it's too woke.

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[–] umbraroze@slrpnk.net 25 points 1 week ago (13 children)

Times New Roman is wayyyy too classy for Trump Administration. They should switch to Comic Sans MS.

...Oh no, I'm re-heating font jokes that people older than me found funny decades ago. What has this present political climate reduced us to?

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[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago (6 children)

I have never in my life tied a font to politics or morality.

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[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago (1 children)

i mean you can't spell calibri without lib. where's your god now, atheists?

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[–] Marshezezz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 points 1 week ago

More distractions

[–] My_IFAKs___gone@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago

Must be a slow day in the state department...

[–] Bosht@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago

So this is 100 percent true, verifiable, by me. Just keep in mind this is the same admin that wanted to cut 'frivolous spending'. Think for a minute the wasted development hours changing the font on every webpage on every portal that DoS uses. Seriously, it's fucking stupid.

[–] Bwaz@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago

What. An. Idiot.

[–] cenzorrll@piefed.ca 18 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Calibri kind of sucks, it's better on screen then TNR, but it's ugly as shit still. A better font could probably be found that reads well on screen and in print. But:

Rubio did admit in the memo that Calibri wasn’t the “most illegal, immoral, radical or wasteful” example of DEI to his mind’s eye, but he still berated the font for contributing to “the degradation” of the State Department’s official correspondence.

Fuck this guy, regardless.

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[–] oftenawake@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"Adolf Hitler bans Gothic font from Nazi publications for being too Jewish"

Man, I fucking hate how much history rhymes

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[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Marco Rubio apparently doesn't have enough shit to do at work.

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fuck me what a sad bastard.

[–] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 16 points 1 week ago (2 children)

You know how if you're reading a headline from the onion and you mistake it for real you've "eaten the onion?"

Is there a name for the reverse phenomenon? Where a real headline reflecting actual reality is so ridiculous that you reject it out of hand as satire only to realize it was genuine? Regurgitating the onion? What's the name for this?

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[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 week ago

That's it, were only going to use comic Sans serif from now on!

[–] IonTempted@lemmynsfw.com 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"Unlike you woke snowflakes I use Times New Roman"

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 week ago (5 children)
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[–] NutWrench@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

So just how gay CAN the Calibri font make you? Merely fabulous? Or are we talking about midriff-baring T-shirt and nut-hugger shorts gay?

[–] My_IFAKs___gone@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

I hope this gets incorporated in a College Humor font wars sketch...

[–] MrSulu@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This has been, and certainly now will firmly remain my favourite font.

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[–] Saeveo@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (5 children)

All future documents must be in Fraktur.

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[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 week ago

What a weird flex

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

He wanted to make it Times Neo Nazi but was informed that didn't exist

(please no one check or inform me if that's actually a thing or even close to real)

[–] oftenawake@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 week ago

Rubio’s memo has designated Times New Roman as his tenure’s official font, stating it will “restore decorum and professionalism” to documents.

Bro it's going to take more than a font change!

[–] myfunnyaccountname@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 week ago

We are a Wingdings nation!

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