c/showerthoughts · by SirSamuel@lemmy.world · 2yIf 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? 313 points · 23 comments · view on lemmy.world
23 Comments
Aremel@lemmy.world · 75 pts · 2y
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 pts · 2y
Modest proposal, disenfranchise all normies. Utopia awaits.
SirSamuel@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
You would be the first. I don't like where my head is at
grue@lemmy.world · 63 pts · 2y
Baldursgategate, unfortunately.
bane_killgrind@kbin.social · 21 pts · 2y
Yeah that's about the right level of normie.
SirSamuel@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
I hate that you're right
TheQuietCroc@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 2y
Probably something simpler like "Dragon Gate"
ICastFist@programming.dev · 9 pts · 2y
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 pts · 2y
Oh, but since DND is bad, they should call it BadDragonGate
shuzuko@midwest.social · 2 pts · 2y
Are you making the joke I think you're making, or am I just exposing myself for the dirty heathen I am?
SirSamuel@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
Owljfien@iusearchlinux.fyi · 20 pts · 2y
God I hate their obsession with calling everything -gate
explodicle@local106.com · 11 pts · 2y
I blame Heaven's Gate and OceanGate.
SirSamuel@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 2y
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 pts · 2y
Oh, you mean Watergategate?
EssentialCoffee@midwest.social · 3 pts · 2y
At least we didn't call it Whitewatergate.
SirSamuel@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
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 pts · 2y
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 pts · 2y
Don't let you dreams be memes
key@lemmy.keychat.org · 14 pts · 2y
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 pts · 2y
Love it!
SirSamuel@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
WarmSoda@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y
20Dgate
SirSamuel@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Nah that's when the red hat crowd discovers that Dimension 20's resident GM is BLM