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Re: COVFEFE Act

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Post by Clubber » Tue, Aug 15, 2017, 1:13 AM UTC

exikyut wrote: post #9

jdoliner wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Acronyms for bills are like the one place where the legislature does inject some humor. Despite my distaste for our government, I gotta hand it to them, they're pretty darn good at coming up with funny acronyms.

What are some good examples of other places this humor can be found?

PATRIOT act, because taking away hard fought freedoms is patriotic, just like our forefathers wanted.

Re: COVFEFE Act

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Post by prawn » Tue, Aug 15, 2017, 1:15 AM UTC

LeoPanthera wrote: post #6

cbellew wrote: post #5

Just to put my mind at rest..."Despite the constant negative press covfefe."...we all agree Trump meant 'coverage' right?

It's hard to imagine what else he meant. The assumption is that he got interrupted mid-typing and accidentally sent it.

I think it was "coverage" but he fell asleep tweeting, it posted and then he slept without realising what had happened.

I frequently fall asleep while browsing on my phone and wake up having clicked ads, articles I had no interest in, silly contextual links, etc.

Re: COVFEFE Act

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Post by jdoliner » Tue, Aug 15, 2017, 1:20 AM UTC

exikyut wrote: post #9

jdoliner wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Acronyms for bills are like the one place where the legislature does inject some humor. Despite my distaste for our government, I gotta hand it to them, they're pretty darn good at coming up with funny acronyms.

What are some good examples of other places this humor can be found?

GIF Act of 2015 - Global Internet Freedom Act of 2015. Rep. Sean Duffy (R-Wis.)

Many more available here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/08/03/36...

Re: COVFEFE Act

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Post by problems » Tue, Aug 15, 2017, 1:22 AM UTC

prawn wrote: post #12

LeoPanthera wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's hard to imagine what else he meant. The assumption is that he got interrupted mid-typing and accidentally sent it.

I think it was "coverage" but he fell asleep tweeting, it posted and then he slept without realising what had happened. I frequently fall asleep while browsing on my phone and wake up having clicked ads, articles I had no interest in, silly contextual links, etc.

This is even better if you imagine it as him passing out and dropping the phone on his face, bouncing off his nose to get the 'fefe' and landing on his cheek to press send.

Re: COVFEFE Act

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Post by MereInterest » Tue, Aug 15, 2017, 1:27 AM UTC

cbellew wrote: post #5

Just to put my mind at rest..."Despite the constant negative press covfefe."...we all agree Trump meant 'coverage' right?

I am in agreement that it was intending to be "coverage", but that the follow-up response is what makes it worth discussing. If he had admitted to making a typo, then it would have been a complete non-issue. It was Trump's failed attempts at putting a deeper meaning behind a typo, in order to avoid admitting to the slightest mistake, that made it noteworthy.

Re: COVFEFE Act

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Post by jon_richards » Tue, Aug 15, 2017, 1:31 AM UTC

cbellew wrote: post #5

Just to put my mind at rest..."Despite the constant negative press covfefe."...we all agree Trump meant 'coverage' right?

That makes more sense than "kerfuffle" (I feel dumb now).

Re: COVFEFE Act

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Post by AckSyn » Tue, Aug 15, 2017, 1:32 AM UTC

Clubber wrote: post #11

exikyut wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What are some good examples of other places this humor can be found?

PATRIOT act, because taking away hard fought freedoms is patriotic, just like our forefathers wanted.

Clearly dark humor, as they were laughing at us when they wrote it.

Re: COVFEFE Act

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Post by danellis » Tue, Aug 15, 2017, 1:39 AM UTC

Clubber wrote: post #11

exikyut wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What are some good examples of other places this humor can be found?

PATRIOT act, because taking away hard fought freedoms is patriotic, just like our forefathers wanted.

You mean USA PATRIOT Act.

Re: COVFEFE Act

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Post by emsy » Tue, Aug 15, 2017, 1:47 AM UTC

MereInterest wrote: post #15

cbellew wrote: post #5

Just to put my mind at rest..."Despite the constant negative press covfefe."...we all agree Trump meant 'coverage' right?

I am in agreement that it was intending to be "coverage", but that the follow-up response is what makes it worth discussing. If he had admitted to making a typo, then it would have been a complete non-issue. It was Trump's failed attempts at putting a deeper meaning behind a typo, in order to avoid admitting to the slightest mistake, that made it noteworthy.

Or you know, he was making fun of his typo, which would be the charitable interpretation. But we can't possibly be charitable to a monster like Trump!

Re: COVFEFE Act

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Post by MaxfordAndSons » Tue, Aug 15, 2017, 1:58 AM UTC

cbellew wrote: post #5

Just to put my mind at rest..."Despite the constant negative press covfefe."...we all agree Trump meant 'coverage' right?

Yes. I found it strange and frustrating that most of the coverage of the tweet declined to point out this simplest possible explanation, instead helping render the non-story more distracting and inscrutable by not making this simple deductive leap.