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  • ennuid [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    I have one that will probably never die, but that I think is dormant rn:

    The nomenclature of affixing -gate to every scandal.

    Watergate was the name of the fucking hotel. It wasn't a disaster involving water. Just stop.

    • glimmer_twin [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Ugh, so true. I think even the media companies have realised they ran that thing into the ground, feel like I haven’t seen a -gate in a while.

      • Gosplan14 [any]
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        3 years ago

        More like nobody bats an eye at corruption/other scandals anymore

        The last one I remember is Dieselgate here in G*rmany (VW emissions cheating scandal) and that was in 2015