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Also, looking past that spelling mistake, what the hell is a War Room White House? Is that meant to refer to the situation room? The briefing room? Is it that she's in two places at once, the White House and a virtual War Room of whatever media organisation she represents?
Or is it, as I may be forced to suspect, a perpetual state of mind, a designation not in conflict of course with any of the above, but indicative of someone who not only cannot spell their job but is just there to, as the phrase goes, perpetually and obsequiously stir shit?
War Room is a podcast of Steve Bannon. So she's the White House correspondent for that podcast.
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To be fair, a mate of mine had 'Incident Reponse' in his professional signature for more than a month. At least the Cyber Analyst part was spelled correctly I guess?
Incident reponse is not that bad of a typo hell it has roughly the same meaning. Reponse meaning to answer in French, so incident reponse would mean the same thing as incident response. Mind you thats cause we get responses from Norman French but hey it works.
She’s a core respondent. Get woke libtard.
I almost wish that hadn't been sarcasm, only because I haven't seen libtard in the wild in a long time. 😀
The term meritocracy was originally created as a satirical joke. It was never meant to actually be taken seriously
We should totally go back to “I’m in charge because my daddy built me a goon squad”.
/s
see: Daylight Savings
I dont see the reason why it shouldnt be used. Merit - earned, cracy - to rule. Seems like its self described well. Imo its a useful word and don't see why we shouldnt use it just because it was meant to be satirical. Art imitates life and life imitates art.
Absolutely. Words change, and it's not an unhelpful term, but we already had a word for 'ruled by the best', aristocracy. Over time it became very apparent that aristocracies did not promote leaders who were objectively 'best' or often even 'adequate', so it began to mean a small group of privileged people who used their power to keep that privilege for themselves and their peers.
So although meritocracy started as a joke, it could be used sincerely. But unless it's pretty clear how 'merit' is assessed its hard to take it more seriously.
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Maybe sarcastic people should stop inventing shit ideas ironically for a minute while we clean up this mess.
But they aren't in a position of power to change anything. Maybe if we lived in a sarcastocracy though
Sarcasm and parody were tools used against corrupt oppressors for centuries. The problem is, it requires education, context, and the capacity for abstract thought to process and understand. If everyone requires we put “/s” after everything, then they are just taking everything at face value without any attempt at critical thinking or reading between the lines. Which I guess is why we are where we are today.
I quite agree, and I tend to resent and resist the tag unless the sarcasm would otherwise rely on tone or delivery, in which case why write it at all.
I think the internet has spawned a nascent global culture, and while that is still taking shape we are often left feeling as if we share insufficient context with one another to form an understanding. We'll grow together as a global culture in time I hope and trust, but in the meantime I think it's an error to rely on low-context modes of communication. It is a crutch, and it only perpetuates the distance between us.
I'm really starting to feel that way lmao
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Elon is a DEI hire because of his Asperger’s that causes sudden nazi salutes.
As someone who was diagnosed with asperger's syndrome when I was like three, I want to skin him alive for that piss poor excuse. The South African Nazi is just a maladapted sub-human who incapable of owning up to the fact that he is aggressively mediocre. Also im calling him sub-human cause je thinks he is better than anybody, its meant to be demeaning to his ego.
Also because he is an immigrant. This is like Dr. Strangelove, except he’s not in a wheelchair. He’s jumping around on stage. MEIN FUHRER, I CAN WALK!
This is unpresidented!
As a second language learner of English, I used to stress over getting my English right and would spend time double checking my spelling and grammar, checking the dictionary to make sure I am using the word correctly, even when posting on forums and comment sections. Once Trump became president and I saw the numerous mistakes he made, I stopped caring.
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There are certain things which are required of those who wish to serve in the Trump Administration. None of those things happen to be intelligence.
Covfefe
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This Nazi shit makes me want to puke.
$10 says she'll speak out about sexual harassment like that cunt Megyn Kelly.
Don't get me wrong, Megyn Kelly is a victim and is also a fascist.
I don't think fascist can be victims. Does not seem to compute.
Why not?
Because, if I'm stabbing and killing people, I can't complain about being stabbed.
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It’s all so fucking stupid.
