SirSamuel@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 9 months agoIf 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-square23fedilinkarrow-up1339arrow-down123
arrow-up1316arrow-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 · 9 months agomessage-square23fedilink
minus-squareexplodicle@local106.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·9 months agoI blame Heaven’s Gate and OceanGate.
minus-squareSirSamuel@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·9 months agoNot 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-squareEssentialCoffeelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoAt least we didn’t call it Whitewatergate.
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.