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minus-squareennuid [he/him]hexbear21·3 years agoI 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. link
minus-squareglimmer_twin [he/him]hexbear10·3 years agoUgh, 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. link
minus-squareGosplan14 [any]hexbear5·edit-23 years agoMore 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 link
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.
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.
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
https://youtu.be/vB9JgxhXW5w