「黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui」 | (aka: 鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma)@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 6 hours agoIf Bill Gates get involved in a scandal, is it now called a Billgate?message-squaremessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1166arrow-down113file-text
arrow-up1153arrow-down1message-squareIf Bill Gates get involved in a scandal, is it now called a Billgate?「黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui」 | (aka: 鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma)@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 6 hours agomessage-square23fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarejcorvera@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·5 hours agoWe really need to stop affixing -gate on to every conspiracy and scandal.
minus-squareZoteTheMighty@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up9·4 hours agoThe problem isn’t the -gate suffix, it’s that we’ve had a once-in-a-decade scandal each month for the last 10 years.
minus-squarejcorvera@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoThing is, the most recent findings go back almost 15 or more…
minus-squareKacarott@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up7·4 hours agoThat’s outrageous. What you are suggesting is gategate!
minus-squareSanctimoniousApe@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·5 hours agoYou can’t just take it away - ya gotta come up with a good replacement that’ll catch on even better so people will switch.
minus-squarerockerface🇺🇦@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 hours ago-slop seems to have already caught on
minus-squareSanctimoniousApe@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 hour agoGates-slop. Sounds like a mess made in the bedroom.
We really need to stop affixing
-gateon to every conspiracy and scandal.The problem isn’t the -gate suffix, it’s that we’ve had a once-in-a-decade scandal each month for the last 10 years.
Thing is, the most recent findings go back almost 15 or more…
That’s outrageous. What you are suggesting is gategate!
You can’t just take it away - ya gotta come up with a good replacement that’ll catch on even better so people will switch.
-slop seems to have already caught on
Gates-slop. Sounds like a mess made in the bedroom.