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    Rubio stages font coup: Times New Roman ousts Calibri

    (www.reuters.com)
    375 points italophil | 12 comments | 10 Dec 25 00:08 UTC | HN request time: 1.285s | source | bottom
    1. loadingcmd ◴[10 Dec 25 03:33 UTC] No.46213715[source]▶
    As the administration steps back from global affairs, it seems the State Department is searching for direction. Rubio would go like - we’re done with managing world affairs via the NSS, what should we do next? Let’s change the font for a new perspective!
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    2. seanmcdirmid ◴[10 Dec 25 23:37 UTC] No.46225629[source]▶
    Times New Roman is an old perspective. It’s all part of Trump’s plan to take America back to 1950 and pretend 2050 isn’t coming up.
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    3. xdennis ◴[10 Dec 25 23:48 UTC] No.46225737[source]▶
    From the article:

    > The department under Blinken in early January 2023 had switched to Calibri

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    4. jasonlotito ◴[10 Dec 25 23:54 UTC] No.46225805{3}[source]▶
    Times New Roman existed in 1950. Your comment does not in ANY way contest the parent comment.
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    5. morshu9001 ◴[10 Dec 25 23:56 UTC] No.46225823{4}[source]▶
    So did sans serif fonts
    6. 01HNNWZ0MV43FF ◴[11 Dec 25 00:03 UTC] No.46225877[source]▶
    They should bring back mid-Atlantic accents, then there'd be some silver lining to all this bullshit
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    7. hightrix ◴[11 Dec 25 00:04 UTC] No.46225893[source]▶
    > it seems the State Department is searching for direction

    I would argue that it seems more like the State Department is searching for distraction moreso than direction. From the murders, theft, and the epstien files.

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    8. actionfromafar ◴[11 Dec 25 00:07 UTC] No.46225922{3}[source]▶
    Yeah, we all thought the fascists at least would be stylish when they came.

    No, it’s all just fake gold and baseball caps.

    9. WastedCucumber ◴[11 Dec 25 04:26 UTC] No.46227655{4}[source]▶
    I think the comment points to the other possible motivation - undo everything that was done under the Biden admin out of principle/spite.
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    10. dehugger ◴[11 Dec 25 06:28 UTC] No.46228299[source]▶
    which murders? are we talking about ICE or Venezuela or something else?
    11. platevoltage ◴[11 Dec 25 08:23 UTC] No.46228923[source]▶
    Gotta get that typeface looking good before the regime change starts.
    12. platevoltage ◴[11 Dec 25 08:25 UTC] No.46228933{5}[source]▶
    And tell everyone that it's to get rid of DEI or something, because thats how much you respect your voters' intelligence.