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[–] [email protected] 20 points 8 months ago (2 children)

God I hate their obsession with calling everything -gate

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I blame Heaven's Gate and OceanGate.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

Oh, you mean Watergategate?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

At least we didn't call it Whitewatergate.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

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