Blaze (he/him) @lemmy.dbzer0.com to Buy European@feddit.uk · edit-22 days agoThis community when US tech is brought upi.postimg.ccexternal-linkmessage-square150fedilinkarrow-up1215arrow-down16
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.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))
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))