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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/26072485

Not a day goes by without a blow administered by Donald Trump to the terrible Wokist-Sorororist octopus! The White House leader today signed the decree officially switching the United States to the Cyrillic alphabet, ending the dark age of Latin script on America's sunny Gulf coasts.

"You know who uses Latin letters? Mexicans and Colombians, who bring us drugs. Why use a crackhead alphabet when there's a great one, absolutely wow, invented by two monks. The monks aren't druggies, they're not Mexicans, they don't eat dogs. That's it. From now on, anyone who writes in Latin eats cats. Canadians. You're effectively the last Canadians," Trump said, alluding to his earlier war against Mexicans who eat dogs and cats after marinating them overnight in a drug-laced, super-proven and verified drug bath.

Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomed Trump's upright gesture and sent him a gift of a set of colored pencils produced at the famous "Pobeda" stationery factory in Pasholnahuisk.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomed Trump's upright gesture and sent him a gift of a set of colored pencils produced at the famous "Pobeda" stationery factory in Pasholnahuisk.

"Pashol Nahui" means to "go on a dick". A small detail you might have missed.

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

Russian equivalent of "go fuck yourself"

[–] NoxAstrum 18 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I know this is false because it would probably also require them to use SI units. We know that's never going to happen.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago (2 children)

US federal law to make the switch to Metric was decades ago...

It's just they never I cluded language for when states have to change.

That's why the federal interstate markers say KMs along with MIs.

Not sure what the loophole is for still putting only miles on exit signs, but technically the US has been metric for a very long time.

Oddly enough, it was a Republican (Ford specifically) who it happened under.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

We were progressing pretty well and then we elected Reagan.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

At the time the party split because a majority of the party thought Jimmy Carter was moving too far right and they were worried where it would lead...

And by some weird trick of history, Carter is know widely remembered as the last great progressive Dem...

The Overton window moving right has been a huge problem for a very very long time.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (3 children)

federal interstate markers say KMs

where? i've never seen this

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Some near Canada do

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Only on a short stretch from Nogales to Tucson.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Most signs were dual marked back in late 70s, tv weather reported in both etc. Now all we get is pop and drugs.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Файнали, уи дон'т хев ту уори абаут спелинг энимор, иц ол ритан хау иц рэд.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

~~Перехожу на кириллицу, чтобы владеть либертардами. Буквам плевать на твои чувства, снежинка~~
Сwитчинг то Цыриллиц то оwн тхе либтардс. Леттерс доньт царе абоут ыоур феелингс, сноwфлаке

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Ам сояяу тчат уоц тчоцбчт ше шеяе цсфиб тче агрчаьет сояяестгу. Ше аяеит тнат смаят

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

My favorite detail about this post is the cyrillic writing used for Trump, Трамп, spells out Tramp in the thumbnail. (Learning Ukrainian, not fluent but feel comfortable with cyrillic alphabet)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

That's actually how it's generally spelled in order to be a phonetically close transliteration of the name. The <а> in Трамп is pronounced /a/, which is closest to the /ʌ/ in Trump.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

The article image is great, too bad it's so cropped

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Хахаха, владеть либертардами. Очень смешной видеть фразу переведена на другой язык)

Может государство США Трампа разработать 1-ю подходящую кириллическую ортографию для английский язык, где все другие не удались? Заплачу им 10 руб

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

I thought this was legit at first, lol!

Goes to show how ridiculous shit has gotten

[–] hellfire103 3 points 2 days ago

Натинг эбаут зе ЮСА сюрпрайзес ми энимор.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Не шокирован.