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arrow-up1209arrow-down1external-linkThis community when US tech is brought upi.postimg.ccBlaze (he/him) @lemmy.dbzer0.com to Buy European@feddit.uk · edit-22 days agomessage-square150fedilink
minus-squareKualdir@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoYeahhh I don’t know who thought that was a good name hahaha
minus-squaretuoret@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 hours agoDon’t know if you’re serious but the store is way older than that similar-sounding thing
minus-squareKualdir@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 hours agoThis is the oldest “gate” scandal I can think of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate_scandal but generally adding -gate after something is used for a scandalous situation. Although it makes 0.0% sense, thats just how culture picked it up. Thats how the gamergate scandal became the name (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamergate_(harassment_campaign))
Yeahhh I don’t know who thought that was a good name hahaha
Don’t know if you’re serious but the store is way older than that similar-sounding thing
This is the oldest “gate” scandal I can think of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate_scandal but generally adding -gate after something is used for a scandalous situation. Although it makes 0.0% sense, thats just how culture picked it up. Thats how the gamergate scandal became the name (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamergate_(harassment_campaign))