• @hardaysknight
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    66 months ago

    My guess is back when Twitter had the 160 character cap

      • @Leg
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        36 months ago

        Source?

      • @hardaysknight
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        -36 months ago

        No shit. He asked why it was so prevalent now.

        • @frostysauce
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          36 months ago

          Since when are all politicians just three letter abbreviations? AOC, DJT, MTG, where did this come from I hate it

          Where? Because… No, they didn’t.

    • Flying Squid
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      56 months ago

      Ah yes, the early days of Twitter, back in 1932 when FDR was elected.

      • @hardaysknight
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        -26 months ago

        Dude he asked why it was so prevalent now.

        • Flying Squid
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          66 months ago

          Because it’s a political tradition since 1932?

          Sort of sounds to me like asking why saying “God bless America” is so prevalent now. Because it’s standard political stuff.

          • @hardaysknight
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            -46 months ago

            Ah yes, who could forget president GRFJ?

            I don’t know if you’re being purposefully dense or just ignorant but there’s definitely an uptick in politicians and public figures being referred to by their initials in the media for the last 20 years.

            Of fucking course I realize it’s not the first time in history it’s been done.

            • Flying Squid
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              56 months ago

              The only two people I can think of are AOC and MTG. Who else?

              • @hardaysknight
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                16 months ago

                DJT, ACB, KBJ, HRC, RBG to name a few

                • Flying Squid
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                  86 months ago

                  The first one a handful of people tried to make happen and it didn’t. Never heard of the second or third and I don’t even know who you’re talking about. Absolutely no one called her the fourth, but I’ll give you the last one.

                  • @AquaTofana
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                    26 months ago

                    Amy Conan Barrett is the 2nd, and Ketanji Brown Jackson is the 3rd.