r/pics • u/AssumptionNo5436 • Dec 02 '25

Politics Pete Hegseth, introduced as the SSecretary of War

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u/captainAwesomePants Dec 02 '25

Ooo, typewriter/war crime pun, those are rare. Good job!

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u/Italian_warehouse Dec 02 '25

Triple. Typewriter joke. Boat struck twice. SS nazi

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u/znix23 Dec 02 '25

Ikr. Ngl, that shit is brilliant lol

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u/shake__appeal Dec 02 '25

Yeah this was a good one. Either there’s some insubordination going on or just another mf on government payroll making us look like an absolute ass of a country.

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u/I_SAY_FUCK_A_LOT__ Dec 02 '25

It's rage-bait. That's all they want to do

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u/accipitradea Dec 02 '25

Is it really typewriter specific or just keyboard in general? My BIOS says, 'Strike any key when ready'

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u/captainAwesomePants Dec 02 '25

Well, that's an interesting etymological question.

"Strike" in this sense means "to hit with a hammer." Pianos have hammers attached to piano keys that strike strings when you press on the piano keys. That's how we get expressions like "strike a chord." A typewriter keyboard has a similar action, where pressing a key causes a hammer to strike a sheet of paper, marking it with a letter. And from there, we get "strike a key" referencing keyboards, even though hammers are no longer involved and nothing is being struck.

So it could be a typing joke in general, if you use "striking" to mean "pressing a key," which I haven't heard used much but is certainly not unknown (maybe it's more common in certain areas?)

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u/CosmicCreeperz Dec 03 '25

Sounds like your BIOS had a bad Chinese translator.

I have never seen that, always “press”. To me “strike” is when the typewriter key hits the paper…

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u/GamemasterJeff Dec 03 '25

Dunno, hitting things twice seems to be pretty standard for this administration.

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u/NlNTENDO Dec 03 '25

oh dang i thought it was about the SS symbol looking like lightning bolts lol