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SEPTEMBER 21, 2011 12:05PM

Microsoft Introduces "Rightwingnuts" Font

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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."

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Owl, thanks so much! The kernel of the idea this morning was my husband's. I just had to flesh it out.
You left out the inherent bugs associated with this new font:
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
owl stole my word. so i'll say fabulous, hilarious, perfect. and i want to stand on a little knoll in my front yard and yell, "i want everyone to know i use a MAC!!!" :)
One more!
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".
Trudge, I'm sure there will be many "improvements" in the coming weeks! Keep working on it!

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.)
I concur -- brilliant!! One other addition -- all content written in Rtwingnut will be "virus protected" against Scopes.com checks.
Very good and hilarious, from the idea to the inferences.
(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.
I knew you had it in you.
Top notch satire Jeanette.
For us old timers from the 50s, could they include "pinko" and "fellow traveler?".

And put "John Birch Society" in red, white and blue stripes?
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:-) / R
"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 hop out of the computer and stab you in the eye. " Or cut your microphone, like "Papa Bear" Bill O'Reilly. :)
I love you, Jeanette DeMain.
Um, being conservative and not counting myself among ANY wingnuts... this was entertaining. :-) Oh, and a Mac User. :-)
"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.)"

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!
I don't know what's funnier, the post or some of the comments. Actually, I had to switch to my Windows partition to type that, because my anti-establishment but oh-so-stable Linux OS refused to let any font take sides.

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...

Rated :)
I wish I had written this!

In my version, the spell checker would automatically misspell words, for example changing "moron" to "moran."
My Mac is good with this too. Great stuff, Jeanette! (Oh, ... Note To Self regarding exclamation points) ;
Well gosh! This makes me want a Mac even more than ever! Well, i will struggle along with my clunky old PC a while longer, though I did order a copy of Microsoft Office 2010 today. Maybe that will help some.
Enjoyed the post!
thi was very clever...rated
Hilarious, Jeanette. This can be used in tandem with the dingbats font for extra emphasis when shrieking in comment threads on Big Salon, Slate and Huffpost.
I can't tell you how much fun I had with this post - thanks for all of the really witty comments! It just goes to show that this kind of thing can be a work in progress and a collaborative effort.

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!
comedic brilliance. you ought to write for tv.
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.)
James, my problem is that I can't bring the funny on demand. I'm no Tina Fey (much to my husband's disappointment)!
Hee!! Seems like they could have saved themselves a lot of trouble by revamping "Georgia."
I'M USING RIGHTWINGNUTS FONT™ RIGHT NOW!!!, AND LET ME TELL YOU ANARCHOSOCIACOMMUNAZIS(!!!) SOMETHING - GEORGE SOROS'S ARMY OF LEFTIST MAN-BADGERS{!!!!!} WILL NEVER SUCCEED IN INSEMINATING OUR FAIR TEA PARTY MAIDENS!!!!!!
This should be in, at least, Mother Jones. Kudos.

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.

Imua (Onward) rated
Bell, I think, for something this important, this complex, this nuanced, a new font is completely warranted. Damn the expense! ;-)

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!
Jeanette, quit your job and go write for the Daily Show. I mean it. This rivals anything they air. Can you send it to him?
Damn! I wish I'd thought of this myself!
Effing brilliant!

rated
Hilarious and yes, Owl stole my word, too. ~r
Snippy, you're too kind. The people who can write this kind of stuff, well, stuff that is funnier than this, every day, under a deadline. I am in awe of them. I doubt that Stewart or Colbert take unsolicited material, so I guess this'll just be OS's little secret.

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.
Yeah, Krauthammer, Sowell, Will, just a bunch of morons.

Ha, ha.
Best laugh I've had in some time.

--r--
brilliant satire.
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
ps and then theres me. Im a centrist or 3rd party nutjob :p
oops I mean *wingnut*. sorry. there is a difference.
You funny funny girl! I loved this. Is Rightwingnuts available in Red White and Blue? Perhaps when typing the name of a Democratic elected official, their email addie pops up–so handy! Then you're just a click away from sending a few screenfuls of scathing conservative invective.
When I first saw the title I thought it had to be Con Chapman. But of course we underestimate your brilliance ... " vaguely sinister, foreign or gay..." You betcha!
Barbara, I don't think those three men you mention are morons. However, I do think they are wrong about pretty much everything. And Rightwingnuts isn't particularly designed for them - I'm thinking more along the lines of freerepublic.com here. Of course, humor is always dependent on whose ox is getting gored, so I can only say that I appreciate your giving this a read. I'll try to make my next satire piece apolitical!

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. :-)
You had me from, "In a bold move, Microsoft today unveiled . . . ."

Brilliant and deligtful. Loved it!

♥R
As others have said, brilliant. They should run this upstairs; can you imagine the comment thread?
I hate it when Clippy gets angry...
For this moonbat who spent an entire semester working with only the lowercase Bodoni "a" this is a thing of beauty.
Thank you for the laugh, I really enjoyed this article.
Thanks, Roger. I trust you when it comes to funny. (But watch those exclamation points!) :-)

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.
Jacob, that's the spirit!
Jeez! What fun is this? Open Salon strips out all html except "style tags," so you can't use weird fonts in comments, or post images or videos, etc, etc...

NEWS FLASH!

Microsoft Introduces ULTRA LAME-O Font for Open Salon!
In Soviet Union, we had only one font - Red Sputnik.

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Jacob, it is strange that you can only do the most basic of html tags in comments. I understand your frustration.

Willie, ha! I can't imagine living with only one font. What a world!
Biting satire at it's best! You entered the shooting gallery and scored bullseye after bullseye.
Jimmy, thanks so much. The raw material makes it pretty easy, I must say.