SirSamuel@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 8 months agoIf a politician was very vocal about the evils of Dungeons and Dragons and it was revealed that he regularly played CRPGs, would the media call the resulting scandal Baldursgate?message-squaremessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1339arrow-down123
arrow-up1316arrow-down1message-squareIf a politician was very vocal about the evils of Dungeons and Dragons and it was revealed that he regularly played CRPGs, would the media call the resulting scandal Baldursgate?SirSamuel@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 8 months agomessage-square23fedilink
minus-squareOwljfien@iusearchlinux.fyilinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down1·8 months agoGod I hate their obsession with calling everything -gate
minus-squareexplodicle@local106.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·8 months agoI blame Heaven’s Gate and OceanGate.
minus-squareSirSamuel@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·8 months agoNot sure if you’re joking but the original “-gate” = political scandal was the break-in at the DNC headquarters in the Watergate Hotel by people connected to the Nixon administration. So this is either a TIL or “I met a pedant with no sense of humor on the Internet” moment for you
minus-squareEssentialCoffee@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 months agoAt least we didn’t call it Whitewatergate.
minus-squareSirSamuel@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·8 months agoIt’s super annoying. So annoying that I now get my news exclusively from what written on bathroom stalls at the Lowe’s on Silver Drive. Whoever this Trump guy is, people have very strong opinions about him
God I hate their obsession with calling everything -gate
I blame Heaven’s Gate and OceanGate.
Not sure if you’re joking but the original “-gate” = political scandal was the break-in at the DNC headquarters in the Watergate Hotel by people connected to the Nixon administration.
So this is either a TIL or “I met a pedant with no sense of humor on the Internet” moment for you
Oh, you mean Watergategate?
At least we didn’t call it Whitewatergate.
It’s super annoying. So annoying that I now get my news exclusively from what written on bathroom stalls at the Lowe’s on Silver Drive.
Whoever this Trump guy is, people have very strong opinions about him