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Trump Taps Hooters-Obsessed MAGA Diehard to Be an Ambassador (www.rollingstone.com)

submitted 2 days ago by Midnight@slrpnk.net to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] imsufferableninja@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Wouldn't be the first time conservatives fell for an absurd caricature (cf. Steven Colbert's many, many conservative fans in the first few years of his show)

[–] synae@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

If you don't mind an off topic question, what does the "cf." notation mean? I've seen it before but never had the chance to ask the author before my curiosity waned :)

[–] imsufferableninja@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago

Latin for "conferatu", used for comparison or to refer the reader to an example

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

Confoederatio futura. It's like Confoederatio helvetica but for the futura font.