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Rubio stages font coup: Times New Roman ousts Calibri

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386 points italophil | 23 comments | 10 Dec 25 00:08 UTC | HN request time: 1.713s | source | bottom
1. rsynnott ◴[10 Dec 25 01:06 UTC] No.46212838[source]▶
This is Michael Scott levels of managerial nonsense, bloody hell.

Is Trump incapable of hiring anyone borderline competent?

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2. QuercusMax ◴[10 Dec 25 01:13 UTC] No.46212894[source]▶
The only thing these morons understand are surface level appearances. That's why we have so many TV people.

- Trump: The Apprentice

- Defense: Hegseth: Fox News

- Transportation: Sean Duffy: Real World / Road Rules

- Education: Linda McMahon: WWE (yes, wrestling)

... I don't feel like going any further, it's too depressing.

Edit: I just realized that Duffy is SecTrans because he was on Road Rules.

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3. butvacuum ◴[10 Dec 25 01:32 UTC] No.46213014[source]▶
Dear Lord... I'd not picked up on this- if true (I need to validate it for myself).
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4. QuercusMax ◴[10 Dec 25 03:16 UTC] No.46213590{3}[source]▶
I forgot Dr. Oz, who is in charge of Health and Human Services.

Lots of articles about this; here's a random one: https://deadline.com/gallery/fox-news-personalities-trump-wh...

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5. manoDev ◴[10 Dec 25 13:48 UTC] No.46217668[source]▶
The "Idiocracy" movie is now a documentary from the future.
6. The_President ◴[10 Dec 25 14:17 UTC] No.46217957[source]▶
Blinken was the name of the blind character sidekick in Men in Tights back in the day, so the preference of an actually less appropriate font for reading is on script.
7. cbm-vic-20 ◴[10 Dec 25 16:30 UTC] No.46219783[source]▶
There's a difference between "Let's use Calibri to make our documents more readable" and "Let's go back to TNR becuase using Calibri is woke nonsense by Biden's guy". They could have used pretty much any other reason to switch back to TNR, but decided to make it a childish DEI/"woke" jab.
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8. greenhearth ◴[10 Dec 25 16:43 UTC] No.46219965[source]▶
"TDS" is not a real thing, you clown. Grow up.
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9. xigoi ◴[10 Dec 25 16:53 UTC] No.46220083{3}[source]▶
Is there any evidence that sans-serif typefaces are more readable? I’ve previously seen headlines claiming the opposite.
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10. IAmBroom ◴[10 Dec 25 19:41 UTC] No.46222591{4}[source]▶
You can find evidence for both sides, because life is more complicated than that. Do you have 20/20 vision? Hi-def screen? High contrast? Floaters in your eyes? Cataracts? Are you tired? How is the text laid out? Line spacing?

Literally all of these can impact the answer.

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11. BobaFloutist ◴[10 Dec 25 20:14 UTC] No.46223094{5}[source]▶
Ok, now insert "broadly" or "generally" into the previous comment and respond to what they actually meant.
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12. jazzyjackson ◴[10 Dec 25 23:24 UTC] No.46225490{4}[source]▶
Secretary of HHS is RFk Jr, oz is in charge of Medicare and Medicaid
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13. jazzyjackson ◴[10 Dec 25 23:30 UTC] No.46225548[source]▶
I don't know that being a contestant in a couple of reality tv shows in college makes Sean Duffy a TV person

McMahon on the other hand was founder and president of WWE

14. jazzyjackson ◴[10 Dec 25 23:31 UTC] No.46225565{6}[source]▶
Mixed evidence like they said, it depends
15. abhinavk ◴[10 Dec 25 23:41 UTC] No.46225661{5}[source]▶
I'm sorry but the vaccine-skeptic RFKjr is US Health Secretary?
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16. wtfwhateven ◴[11 Dec 25 00:10 UTC] No.46225942[source]▶
https://ktla.com/news/gop-lawmaker-solicitation-arrest/
17. jazzyjackson ◴[11 Dec 25 00:26 UTC] No.46226072{6}[source]▶
Welcome to 2025
18. jesterson ◴[11 Dec 25 00:57 UTC] No.46226298{3}[source]▶
You understand both justifications are actually made up? As there is no evidence Calibri has better readability, certainly it doesn't have anything to do with wokeism.
19. anigbrowl ◴[11 Dec 25 01:37 UTC] No.46226608{4}[source]▶
...says the person who hasn't mastered basic grammar.
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20. jesterson ◴[11 Dec 25 02:00 UTC] No.46226751{5}[source]▶
You must be proud of mastering the grammar, aren't you? I guess there is nothing else to be proud of.
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21. anigbrowl ◴[11 Dec 25 02:07 UTC] No.46226803{6}[source]▶
If you are going to make snide comments about the intelligence of others, be prepared for your own to be scrutinized.
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22. jesterson ◴[11 Dec 25 05:53 UTC] No.46228122{7}[source]▶
If you reduce intelligence to knowledge of grammar, I can just pity you. Must be good to feel superiour.
23. QuercusMax ◴[11 Dec 25 17:47 UTC] No.46234582{5}[source]▶
Whoops, you're right. Too many clowns in this circus.