• ButtigiegMineralMap@lemmygrad.ml
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    5 hours ago

    As much as I may despise the US government and what it stands for, I wouldn’t create a government agency that spells out a cringe acronym, like MAO (the Military Administartive Office) or some dumb bullshit like that, it’s always cringe when a Bill purposely becomes an acronym

    • knfrmity@lemmygrad.ml
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      3 hours ago

      Idk it tickles my brain in a good way. Especially this one, given Musk’s history with Dogecoin.

      Don’t get me wrong I’m not a muskbro I just like funny acronyms and alliterations.

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        Kind of makes me wonder what other organisations and things throughout history were originally named after some kind of in joke or meme that has been lost to history.

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          I took that habit from Dwarf Fortress tbh. Every megaproject or spanning organization must either be acronym’d or backronym’d with a dwarf-themed, Doofenschmirtz-esque name that explains what it is and what it does.