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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)
submitted 9 months ago by SirSamuel@lemmy.world to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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[-] Aremel@lemmy.world 75 points 9 months ago

No, because that would be too clever and only nerds would get it. But I like where your head is at.

[-] 018118055@sopuli.xyz 7 points 9 months ago

Modest proposal, disenfranchise all normies. Utopia awaits.

[-] SirSamuel@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

You would be the first. I don't like where my head is at

[-] grue@lemmy.world 63 points 9 months ago

Baldursgategate, unfortunately.

[-] bane_killgrind@kbin.social 21 points 9 months ago

Yeah that's about the right level of normie.

[-] SirSamuel@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

I hate that you're right

[-] TheQuietCroc@lemmy.world 26 points 9 months ago

Probably something simpler like "Dragon Gate"

[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 9 points 9 months ago

If I rush to make a game called that before the news comes out, can I accuse them of slander or some sort of wrongful use of a trademark?

[-] SirSamuel@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Oh, but since DND is bad, they should call it BadDragonGate

[-] shuzuko@midwest.social 2 points 9 months ago

Are you making the joke I think you're making, or am I just exposing myself for the dirty heathen I am?

[-] Owljfien@iusearchlinux.fyi 20 points 9 months ago

God I hate their obsession with calling everything -gate

[-] explodicle@local106.com 11 points 9 months ago

I blame Heaven's Gate and OceanGate.

[-] SirSamuel@lemmy.world 16 points 9 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 9 months ago

Oh, you mean Watergategate?

[-] EssentialCoffee@midwest.social 3 points 9 months ago

At least we didn't call it Whitewatergate.

[-] SirSamuel@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

It's super annoying. So annoying that I now get my news exclusively from what written on bathroom stalls at the Lowe's on Silver Drive.

Whoever this Trump guy is, people have very strong opinions about him

[-] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 16 points 9 months ago

I've never wanted to run for public office, until now. I can be the change I want to see in the world.

[-] SirSamuel@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Don't let you dreams be memes

[-] key@lemmy.keychat.org 14 points 9 months ago

I could see "dnd gate" or even "nerd gate" to be retro. Hell, could end up as "gamer gate" for maximum "fun"

[-] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

Love it!

[-] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

20Dgate

[-] SirSamuel@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Nah that's when the red hat crowd discovers that Dimension 20's resident GM is BLM

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