In a bold move, Microsoft today unveiled a font that will now be available on all of its new computers, as well as being made available free of charge for uploading to existing PCs.
A Microsoft spokesman explained that, "In an effort help our more conservative Windows users save time when writing to, in their words, activist judges, overpaid government workers, leftist media outlets, misguided liberal relatives, and secretly Muslim and/or Communist elected officials, the new Rightwingnuts font will provide an unmistakable way to get their point across, as well as offering extra assistance with spelling, grammar, and punctuation."
"Now, in addition to the old tried-and-true Times New Roman, Tahoma, and Arial, and the wild-and-wacky Chiller, Stencil, and Magneto fonts, Rightwingnuts gives true patriots a way to quickly and forcefully make an impact on the, and again I'm using their words, latte-drinking, Prius-driving, baby-killing, gay-sexing, Face-Spacing, class-warfare-waging denizens of nanny-state America."
"Rightwingnuts font is, basically, just really big and really dark. All the time. No more having to use the Caps Lock key, a separate command for bolding, or changing the font size. This is the font equivalent of shouting, 'Get off my lawn!' to that kid with the tattoos and pierced ears. We think it will be a real hit with those on Medicare who want to keep the government out of our health care system, those who think that people like Lloyd Blankfein already pay too much in taxes, and those who think George Soros sacrifices goats to Beelzebub."
Other features of Rightwingnuts include:
- Three exclamation points for every one the user types.
- Typing the letters "D-e-m" automatically results in "Democrap." Likewise, typing the letters "l-i-b" automatically results in "libtard," thus saving thousands of keystrokes per week.
- The names of any Democratic elected officials will be underlined in red. When you run a spell check, the only offered alternative will be "Fascist."
- If you type in a temperature, it is automatically lowered to prove that global warming doesn't exist. (Warning: Using Rightwingnuts for recipes may result in undercooked food and subsequent death.)
- Whenever the letter "O" appears in "Obama," it will have awesome little devil horns and a tail on it.
- In Rightwingnuts, the words "Socialist," "Communist," and "Nazi" all mean exactly the same thing.
- Names like "Reagan," "Bush," "Limbaugh," and "Hannity" automatically turn Republican red and, when you hold your cursor over them, angels sing.
- Frownie face always appears after the words "tax," "spend," "regulation," "union," and "Michael Moore."
- If you ever deviate from the talking points, a cheery little paper clip will appear in the corner and ask if you really mean that. If you persist, the paper clip will actually hop out of the computer and stab you in the eye. (Clippy very angry!)
When asked if Apple had plans in the works for a similar font for Mac users, a spokesman replied that Apple wasn't aware of any rightwingnuts using its products. "With our more intuitive user platform, creative art, music and video applications, resistance to viruses, and top-notch customer support, rightwingers typically regard our product as vaguely sinister, foreign or gay. And we're OK with that."


Salon.com
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1. The second you launch an incendiary gay- bashing article to the public, your only son will come out of the closet.
2. As soon as you publicly blame the current administration for screwing up the economy, you will be arrested as the mastermind of the latest Ponzi scheme. R
As soon as you rally the troops to fight against organized crime, Vito and Nunzio will visit you in the middle of the night to " talk" about " those loans".
Thanks, Candace. I use a PC at work, but Jim won't allow anything but Macs at home. (But, much like my brain, I am only using about 1% of what my Mac is capable of.)
(applause)
They could add a Rwingnuts Muzak override function that, when it detects WingNutFont, plays Dueling Banjos.
Or maybe an AI program that examines the total of user applications of the Rwingnuts auto-functions, multiplies that by the misspell total, adds the square root of blatant lies and then sets that as a ratio compared to the level of logical incoherence.
When a certain standard is met -- I'd call it the Tommy T-Total -- the text converts to the Smearingfeces font.
Thanks to you and hubby. Fun to read and great fodder for further speculation.
Top notch satire Jeanette.
And put "John Birch Society" in red, white and blue stripes?
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:-) / R
I can't say this is my favorite because I love them all equally - I just picked this one because I like to cook. Aside from the deadly accurate satire and just how rip-roaringly funny this is, it's also believable enough that I wouldn't be surprised if Microsoft got calls requesting the Rightwingnuts font. Or that you've now given someone the idea to invent it (maybe you better patent this). And I second Candace in proclaiming I use a MAC too!
Now I'm going to wait for someone to post news of the new EndangeredWingedThings font which will turn anything into a cause of global warming and the extinction of first cute things, and then us, who of course deserve it so much more!
Eventually (though I won't hold my increasingly-higher-iin-carbon-dioxide breath) the Slackers may come up with "Veranda" - the font that only lets you type very slowly, between tokes and sips on your Margarita...
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In my version, the spell checker would automatically misspell words, for example changing "moron" to "moran."
Enjoyed the post!
Tom, Snopes absolutely cannot be allowed. Can't have facts messing up that looney "logic".
Paul, that is hilarious. You should write your own companion piece to this blog. (And you obviously know who I was thinking about when I wrote this. Our good friend, he of the multiple exclamation points.)
aka, thank you very much (said in my best Elvis voice). I get inspired once in awhile.
Toritto, I think the Rightwingnuts application is going to be subject to constant tweaking. The font will stay as simple as I have described it, but the other features will be constantly evolving (if that is a word that I can use when referring to Rightwingnuts, which I don't think is allowed).
aquabrarian, that's the spirit! Clippy can be very very bad when he's provoked.
Joseph, I thank you! Glad you liked it!
Lainey, I feel the love. :-)
PeelingAnOrange, thanks for taking this in the spirit it was intended. Although I might not have had nearly as much fun with it, I could just as easily have written this from the other side. Introducing the Libtard font!
Margaret, I'm actually kind of afraid that Microsoft will contact me with a cease and desist order!
Samasiam, I agree - the comments have been spectacular, yours included. I especially like your Verdana/Veranda switcheroo!
Cranky, I'm sure you could have written it! Keep working on your version!
Scarlett, thanks. (It's OK to use exclamation points, but, really, just one at a time.) ;-)
Dicky, hang on to your PC. Not everyone who uses one is a rightwingnut, as you prove so well. Glad you enjoyed this!
mistercomedy, coming from you, well that is high praise indeed. You know funny, sir, and I'm glad this fell into that category for you.
Matt, I was thinking about "wingdings" this morning when I wrote this. I think there are actually 2 or 3 of those in Windows now. Is there a "dingbats"? I wouldn't be at all surprised!
the gal writers there, i am told, are using the v word!
ha...if you type in a temperature, it is automatically lowered to prove that global warming doesn't exist. (Warning: Using Rightwingnuts for recipes may result in undercooked food and subsequent death.)
You left out one thing, though- the signature: each and every correspondence will be auto-signed, Wells Fargo style, with the sig of its author, SIGNED, FRANK LUNTZ, as each and every so-called "idea" the right of 2011 lay claim to is nothing more than his dog whistles to haters.
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nanatehay, I was waiting for someone to give the new font a spin! You get extra credit for creative bracketing and use of the word "man-badgers". You've obviously been taking lessons from someone.
Oahusurfer, I haven't seen you in awhile. I'm sure we can sneak Frank Luntz in there somewhere. He does bear a lot of responsibility for the current state of things, doesn't he? Thanks for reading!
Effing brilliant!
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Shiral, I feel that way often around here. Lots of things I wish I had written. Glad you liked this.
Hi Joan. I'm honored that the word "brilliant" has been bandied about here. I am always proudest of being funny, because I think that's the hardest.
Ha, ha.
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which reminds me, there is a guy on here who posts as "rwnutjob". I kid you not. maybe he was )( that much the inspiration for this post, wink
dunniteowl, glad to be of service!
vzn, at least rwnutjob lets us know what to expect right off the bat! It wasn't particularly him I had in mind, although I certainly had enough inspiration. As for being a wingnut, aren't we all? Thanks for reading.
greenheron, there are so many features that could be added. The possibilities are really endless, and I am so pleased at all of the insightful suggestions here. Perhaps we can all get jobs with Microsoft.
Steve, to be in the same leauge as Con Chapman - now there's something to aspire to! But I just don't think I have it in me to churn 'em out like he does, and I promise not to get the big head. :-)
Brilliant and deligtful. Loved it!
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Fusun, would you believe that that choice of word was unintentional? But it fits, doesn't it? Thanks for stopping by, and glad you had a laugh.
Damon, I haven't gotten the call, so I guess this is destined to remain on OS. I would love to see some of the comments if it got on Salon, though. That would be something.
Frank, I think Clippy has a sinister side that not too many people know about. I hope there will be an expose done someday.
Fay, I think you need to elaborate on that! I checked out Bodoni and I'm sure it is a sadly underused font. Nice to meet you!
And ParisLove, it's nice to meet you too. So glad you enj0yed it. This has been the most fun I've had here in awhile.
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Willie, ha! I can't imagine living with only one font. What a world!