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[–] [email protected] 115 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Killed by the department of efficiency

[–] [email protected] 45 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

It's an apt analogue for what we should all expect from the DOGE; burning to death while everyone watches in terror.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Holy fuck, I never registered that that was the acronym for it.

[–] jj4211 21 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Yeah, it was the whole point.

When Trump first said that, I wondered why the hell he's talking about Musk asking for a position title that never existed, and then he tweeted out some BS AI gen of him with the title 'DOGE' on a nameplate in front of him.

He basically is a 13 year old who never grew up.

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

Musk is edgier than some 13 year olds

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

but isnt the 'of' not supposed to be in the acronym otherwise the DMV would be DOMV

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago

We live in hell

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago

Not calling it that, it's the DGE

[–] captainlezbian 4 points 2 weeks ago

It hurts seeing a meme that was fun a decade ago get run into the ground by being used so aggressively and so long and so fucking uncoolly.