It doesn’t get a lot dumber than this:

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio has ordered diplomatic correspondence to stop using the Calibri font and return to the more traditional Times New Roman effective Wednesday, reversing a Biden administration shift to the less formal typeface that he called wasteful, confusing and unbefitting the dignity of U.S. government documents.

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In [his cable], he said the 2023 shift to the sans serif Calibri font emerged from misguided diversity, equity and inclusion policies pursued by his predecessor, Antony Blinken. Rubio ordered an immediate return to Times New Roman, which had been among the standard fonts mandated by previous administrations.

I guess wasting your life on stupid shit like this makes you look like the saddest little boy in the world:

We’re boarding a ferry to the Mexican mainland today, so I wanted to see where I shouldn’t travel. Of course I used the Canadian government’s travel advice, because I can’t trust the US State Department to do anything right.

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Busted Knee11 months ago

As a vet let me tell you about evil powerpoint and comic sans documents!

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Kay W.11 months ago

Remember when we were told Marco Rubio was a Reasonable Republican? He’s as much a nut job lawbreaker as the rest of them.

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Joe is Wypoxic11 months ago

At the very least, he’s a craven amoral, aethical coward who wants to be near power…

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Scott H11 months ago

And remember when "we" said that statement was crap?

Cole said this back in 2015 when the Orange Fart Cloud declared his candidacy:

Trump is heavy cover for the kinder, gentler racist fascism of Cruz, Rubio, Carson, and the rest of the GOP.

One of my favorite cracks about Rubio and Edward Rafael "Calgary!" Cruz is:

Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz are to Latinos what Herman Cain and Clarence Thomas are to:

a) Deep thinkers. b) African Americans. c) Hair Pieces. d) Dinesh D'Souza's mistresses.

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C P11 months ago

"Reasonable Republican" is a thing that hasn't existed since... 2010, at the absolute latest. (And even in the 2000s and 1990s, those that existed were dinosaurs, and those that were trumpeted as such in the media, like John McCain, were nothing of the kind).

In the modern era, "Reasonable/Moderate Republican" is just another vibes thing. It means you're the kind of Republican that East Coast elites feel comfortable with. Policy-wise, these people are indistinguishable from the other kind of Republican.

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David J11 months ago

I'm old enough to remember when the February 13, 2013 cover of Time magazine declared Marco the Republican Savior.

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TBone Dinosaur11 months ago

Adam Serwer: "I think a (perhaps underappreciated) aspect of this whole situation is the extent to which every elite profession is filled with people who excel at drawing attention and want to be famous more than they want to do the actual job"

Also.in that vein::

https://bsky.app/profile/dennycarter.bsky.social/post/3m7pq6zp5vk2m

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C P11 months ago

"Do you want to be a cop, or do you want to appear to be a cop? It's an honest question. Lots of people want to appear to be cops. The badge, the gun, pretend you're on TV..." "Lots of them just want to put a [deleted]'s head through a plate-glass window!"

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Scott H11 months ago

This issue misses the real problem:

We nEeD A SaRcAsM FoNt.

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C P11 months ago

Wait until they found out all their government departments use Arabic numerals.

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Joe is Wypoxic11 months ago

Hahaha

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Butch Fries11 months ago

Arial, Times New Roman, and Calibri walk into a bar. The bartender takes one look and says "get out. We don't serve your type."

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TBone Dinosaur11 months ago

I can't help it, I adore dad jokes.

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C P11 months ago

I am font of these kinds of jokes.

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TBone Dinosaur11 months ago

A favorite old meme that used to REALLY piss off the cult when I was on social media:

Jesus getting "nailed" on the cross by some Roman soldiers.

The cultists would lose their shit every single time and just simply STFU, sorry they even tried to comment in the first place.

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TBone Dinosaur11 months ago

Good thinking all the way around, M.M.

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TBone Dinosaur11 months ago

Yes, I saved this in my collection for posterity:

https://web-cdn.bsky.app/profile/theonion.com/post/3m7o2nnrwc323