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Musk's Department of Government Efficiency is seeking "super high-IQ small-government revolutionaries willing to work 80+ hours per week on unglamorous cost-cutting" (lemmygrad.ml)

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https://x.com/DOGE/status/1857076831104434289

What a fun, whimsical timeline.

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[–] ButtigiegMineralMap@lemmygrad.ml 23 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

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 7 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] DamarcusArt@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] frauddogg@hexbear.net 16 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

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.

I physically hate knowing the blood emerald melon man does the same thing.