If 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 – 53 points – 4 months ago20Post a CommentPreviewYou are viewing a single commentView all commentsGod I hate their obsession with calling everything -gateI 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 youOh, 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
God I hate their obsession with calling everything -gateI 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 youOh, 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
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 youOh, you mean Watergategate?At least we didn't call it Whitewatergate.
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 youOh, 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
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