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Rubio stages font coup: Times New Roman ousts Calibri

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386 points italophil | 8 comments | 10 Dec 25 00:08 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source | bottom
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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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1. 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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2. 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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3. jasonlotito ◴[10 Dec 25 23:54 UTC] No.46225805[source]▶
Times New Roman existed in 1950. Your comment does not in ANY way contest the parent comment.
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4. morshu9001 ◴[10 Dec 25 23:56 UTC] No.46225823{3}[source]▶
So did sans serif fonts
5. 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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6. actionfromafar ◴[11 Dec 25 00:07 UTC] No.46225922[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.

7. WastedCucumber ◴[11 Dec 25 04:26 UTC] No.46227655{3}[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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8. platevoltage ◴[11 Dec 25 08:25 UTC] No.46228933{4}[source]▶
And tell everyone that it's to get rid of DEI or something, because thats how much you respect your voters' intelligence.