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[–] Dolores@hexbear.net 45 points 2 years ago (4 children)

i thought these people went to expensive schools why the fuck does every line start with WHEREAS fucking hell

[–] GinAndJuche@hexbear.net 42 points 2 years ago

Linguistic inertia. The evil rich white dudes who wrote the sacred texts used language that way so now congress has to until the end of this cursed nation.

[–] fox@hexbear.net 29 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That's just how governments do resolutions typically. Tradition or some shit

[–] oregoncom@hexbear.net 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The CPC's refusal to legislate using classical Chinese infuriates me.

[–] zed_proclaimer@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Why? Really stupid thing to get mad about

[–] oregoncom@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago

I'm mostly joking. The move to more plain language happened under the RoC. It'd be pretty funny if they undid it as a fuck u tho.

[–] mar_k@hexbear.net 16 points 2 years ago

Most of them really didn't, a decent minority of the House didn't go to college at all. I looked up the guy who sponsored this resolution and he has a bachelors degree from a college with a 75% acceptance rate

[–] GreenTeaRedFlag@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago

Robert's rules.