InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 days agoThe ELON MUSK Act (Eliminate Looting of Our Nation by Mitigating Unethical State Kleptocracy) would ban "special government employees" from having federal contracts.techcrunch.comexternal-linkmessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1136arrow-down10cross-posted to: news@lemmy.worldnews@hexbear.netusa@midwest.social
arrow-up1136arrow-down1external-linkThe ELON MUSK Act (Eliminate Looting of Our Nation by Mitigating Unethical State Kleptocracy) would ban "special government employees" from having federal contracts.techcrunch.comInevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square32fedilinkcross-posted to: news@lemmy.worldnews@hexbear.netusa@midwest.social
minus-squareCammy [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up58·2 days agoDo normal countries make so many dumb acronyms? And if so, are there any worse ones? The only redeeming thing of it is that it’s against musk
minus-squareDirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up44·2 days agoI mean sometimes yeah, but the USAs are always extra stupid sounding. I always hear POTUS and SCOTUS and think, oh no that sounds like an illness or some kind of slur. If someone called me SCOTUS I’s be like “The fuck you just call me?”
minus-squareTheRealChrisR [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·2 days agoScotus sounds like scrotum to me
minus-squaretactical_trans_karen [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 day agoSCROTUS
minus-squarePeeOnYou [he/him]@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agosame… i pretty much always see that
minus-squareHorse {they/them}@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·2 days agothe POTUS and FLOTUS gave the SCOTUS a LOTUS
minus-squareDirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·2 days agoI left a FLOTUS in the toilet bowl
minus-squareRobert_Kennedy_Jr [xe/xem, xey/xem]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·2 days agoGot a bad case of scotus all over my ass.
minus-squareblame [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39·2 days agoNo, normal countries do completely boring things like call bills Bill F-82: Miscellaneous statute laws related to owning extra large pairs of shorts in 2023.
minus-squareAcute_Engles [he/him, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·2 days agoOurs start with “C-” because Canada
minus-squareREgon [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·2 days agoSmart. That way if you forget what country you’re making laws for, you have an easy way to remember
minus-squareBrad@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·2 days agoOoh, ours could start with “A-” for America
minus-squareCloutAtlas [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·2 days agoThe F-82 anti JNCO Jorts bill was harsh, but not uncalled for.
minus-squareSoyViking [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·2 days agoI pulled up the most recent law on the Danish law portal. It’s title is: Law on independent declaration providers regarding sustainability reporting Very boring and bureaucratic. The wacky shit comes immediately after the title: We FREDERIK THE TENTH, by the Grace of God Denmark’s King proclaim: Parliament has passed and We have by Our consent ratified the following Law: Which seems like way too much bombast to have immediately after that title.
minus-squareREgon [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 days agoIf you wanna see the real wacky stuff you gotta go to the citizens proposals. They’re always good fun
Do normal countries make so many dumb acronyms?
And if so, are there any worse ones?
The only redeeming thing of it is that it’s against musk
I mean sometimes yeah, but the USAs are always extra stupid sounding.
I always hear POTUS and SCOTUS and think, oh no that sounds like an illness or some kind of slur.
If someone called me SCOTUS I’s be like “The fuck you just call me?”
Scotus sounds like scrotum to me
SCROTUS
same… i pretty much always see that
the POTUS and FLOTUS gave the SCOTUS a LOTUS
I left a FLOTUS in the toilet bowl
Got a bad case of scotus all over my ass.
No, normal countries do completely boring things like call bills Bill F-82: Miscellaneous statute laws related to owning extra large pairs of shorts in 2023.
Ours start with “C-” because Canada
Smart. That way if you forget what country you’re making laws for, you have an easy way to remember
Ooh, ours could start with “A-” for America
The F-82 anti JNCO Jorts bill was harsh, but not uncalled for.
I pulled up the most recent law on the Danish law portal. It’s title is:
Very boring and bureaucratic.
The wacky shit comes immediately after the title:
Which seems like way too much bombast to have immediately after that title.
If you wanna see the real wacky stuff you gotta go to the citizens proposals. They’re always good fun