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[–] 19 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Oof, that DEAL act thingy looks gross.

That would take us right into Albanian pyramid scheme territory.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Developing and Empowering our Aspiring Leaders (DEAL) Act

    That can’t possibly be the actual name of that thing. It sounds like something out of North Korea. The fuck are these people smoking?

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    It’s something of a tradition to occasionally frankenstein together a backronym for bills/acts. Feel free to search “worst US backronyms” or similar for more!

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago

    @swlabr @mii One of the most notorious is the USA PATRIOT Act - Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act. Really.

    Its counterpart in UK legislation is the Terrorism Act 2000, which manages to be both more informative and much, much shorter.

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  • [+] 17 points 2 years ago
    [–] 17 points 2 years ago

    I'd be happy if the VCs responsible for this bubble died penniless, but I'll take them losing a lot of money

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago

    As usual, the business fundamentals thing happens after the compensation has been paid out.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago

    It can't be that stupid, you must be prompting it wrong

    🤭

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