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If 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? (lemmy.world)
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[-] explodicle@local106.com 11 points 10 months ago

I blame Heaven's Gate and OceanGate.

[-] SirSamuel@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago

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 10 months ago

Oh, you mean Watergategate?

[-] EssentialCoffee@midwest.social 3 points 10 months ago

At least we didn't call it Whitewatergate.

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