SirSamuel@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · vor 1 JahrIf 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-square23linkfedilinkarrow-up1339arrow-down124
arrow-up1315arrow-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 · vor 1 Jahrmessage-square23linkfedilink
minus-squareSirSamuel@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·vor 1 JahrNot 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·vor 1 JahrAt 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 you
Oh, you mean Watergategate?
At least we didn’t call it Whitewatergate.