cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/9649718

A Texas man has legally changed his name to Literally Anybody Else and announced he is running for US president in the 2024 election.

Formerly known as Dustin Ebey, the 35-year-old is a US army veteran and seventh-grade math teacher in the suburbs of Dallas, and now has a Texas driver’s license to prove his name change.

He said he wanted to change his name because he was unsatisfied with this year’s presidential candidates, Joe Biden and Donald Trump.

“Three hundred million people can do better,” he said in reference to the two frontrunners for the nation’s highest office. “There really should be some outlet for people like me who are just so fed up with this constant power grab between the two parties that just has no benefit to the common person.

    • KoboldCoterie@pawb.social
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      9 months ago

      35-year-old is a US army veteran and seventh-grade math teacher

      Sounds like he’d be better than Trump by a mile.

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        9 months ago

        Shit, I don’t know jack shit about this person but I’d lock in this third candidate if it was ranked choice between the three. Seriously, I believe in humanity enough that Guy, Random is my presidential character select choice.

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          9 months ago

          I don’t know, I’m still leaning for Literally Anybody Else but Random Guy has some good points

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        9 months ago

        going by just this and the fact he isnt backed by billionaire donors, and isnt doing a genocide? this dude is better than both alternatives you have.

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    9 months ago

    Bro should have been collecting signatures months ago, good luck getting on the ballot.

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    9 months ago

    Vote 1 Nobody

    Nobody knows how to properly run the country.

    Nobody is trustworthy and honest.

    Nobody will work to fix issues in your local area.

    Nobody cares.

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    9 months ago

    Biden is a hell of a lot better than a large number of people would be. Not so much Trump, though.

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      9 months ago

      This is dangerously unclear because it could mean you think trump isn’t better than a large number of people, or Biden is better than a large number of people, but not better than trump. Lol

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        I thought it was clear, but to be clearer, there are very few people who would be worse than Trump. Putin, maybe.

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    9 months ago

    If he actually wanted to change anything he’d be rallying against 2 senators per state. Instead he did some stupid bullshit that won’t change anyone’s mind at all.

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      9 months ago

      It won’t do anything, but it’s funny.

      However I do agree that there are way bigger fish to fry in govt right now. My personal beef is about the lack of term limits in congress. Those idiots should not be allowed to work 20+ years in an elected office simply because they are the familiar name.

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        Term limits need to be balanced. Make it too short and legislators don’t develop the expertise needed to do their job. If legislators don’t know how to do their job, well-paid and well-connected lobbyists will gladly help legislators.

        Set the term length too long and you get entrenched legislators who’ve been in the job well past their expiration date.

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    9 months ago

    I wonder if we’ll ever get out from under the boot of the two-party system. Yang’s Forward Party is trying and they’re supposedly making progress, but man I just feel so tired and jaded at this point.

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      9 months ago

      You can’t get out of a 2 party system with having a fptp voting system. If you want change, it’s going to have to come from the bottom up. Work local politics to change the voting system. Only then do we have a hole of dismantling the two parties.

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        9 months ago

        That’s exactly what the Forward Party is doing, as I understand it. Local level, working their way up. And like I said to the other person, I want to be hopeful because I get updates about local candidates running and winning local elections, but it’s hard to know what’s truth and what’s propaganda.

        Also from what I understand, what they were trying to implement is ranked choice voting, though it’s been years since I delved into it and don’t actually know if they’re still trying to do that.

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    9 months ago

    Changing your name to something stupid is a clear indication that you are unqualified to be the president of the recycling committee in your neighborhood, let alone a superpower nation.