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[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 week ago (9 children)

Sorry to all the Blakes, Dylans, Ashleys, Francises, Shannons, Frankies, Charlies, Rorys, Blairs, Leslies, Angels, Billies, Sams, Kellys, Danas, Harleys, Adins, Caseys, and all the other non-binary/gender neutral names that I can't think of right now.

-signed a person with a non-binary name

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 week ago (1 children)

MAGA voters couldn't identify a pronoun in high school. How are they supposed to figure it out now?

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Does that mean no-one can call him 'President' Trump or 'Mr' President any more?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

Isn't president just a regular noun?

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The communist leader of northern Venezuela is mandating how to conduct your business, how to write, how to speak.

Party of small government, rule of law and free markets.

[–] stevedice 1 points 1 week ago

Mexican here. We're Northern Venezuela. We'll let you have Northern Cuba.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago

Legal disclaimers often have pronouns, right?

"The information contained in this email message is intended only for the personal use of the recipient(s) named above. If you are not an intended recipient of this email, you are hereby notified that any review, dissemination or copying of this email is strictly prohibited. If you received this email in error, please immediately notify me by replying to this message and then delete this email from your system."

Malicious compliance it and replace all of the pronouns: "The information contained in this email message is intended only for the personal use of the recipient(s) named above. If the recipient is not an intended recipient of this email, the recipient is hereby notified that any review, dissemination or copying of this email is strictly prohibited. If the recipient received this email in error, please immediately notify John Doe by replying to this message and then delete this email from the recipient's system."

Fuck 'em. I'm sure with a bit of work they could come up with some stuff that renders it nearly unreadable.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Sucks for anyone named Jamie or Alex. Trump is acting like he won in a landslide, even though he wasn’t even able to scrape together a majority of votes; more people voted against him than for him.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I thought he actually got the majority of voters this time?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago

He got a plurality of the voting population, not quite over 50% though.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

Sadly it’s a mandate until people actually start pushing back.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

even though he wasn’t even able to scrape together a majority of votes; more people voted against him than for him.

What makes you think he cares, or that it makes any difference? He's steamrolling ahead regardless and most of people in his way seem much happier to bend their knee than to resist in any meaningful way.

There's good reason we say you can't vote fascism away.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago
[–] TacoButtPlug 7 points 1 week ago

All fascists need to take dirt naps

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