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[–] Owljfien@iusearchlinux.fyi 20 points 8 months ago (5 children)

God I hate their obsession with calling everything -gate

[–] explodicle@local106.com 11 points 8 months ago (3 children)

I blame Heaven's Gate and OceanGate.

[–] SirSamuel@lemmy.world 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

[–] Silentiea@lemm.ee 7 points 8 months ago

Oh, you mean Watergategate?

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