Thing that’s starting to irk me is the bigger picture. To some degree we kinda present the “-gates” as the next thing in the media. Like as if you’re following a television series waiting for the next episode to drop. And that creates this feeling that it’s just a temporary thing that has no impact. Once it’s out of the news cycle it’s resolved and life goes on as usual.
I think we all know rationally speaking that with everything that’s going on, it’s quite the opposite.
It’s not just Epstein/Trump/…-gate. It’s fucking “everything is connected and everything is fucked”-gate.
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schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de · 99 pts · 198d
wait until you find out that if the same happens to Elon Musk, Elongate will be really drawn out
ba dum tss
justsquigglez@leminal.space · 40 pts · 198d
Nah, it's gonna be the Gatesgate
squirrel@piefed.kobel.fyi · 5 pts · 198d
If it involves a gator at a gate it's gonna be Gates Gator Gate Gate
myrmidex@belgae.social · 4 pts · 198d
Obligatory Mitchell&Webb
jcorvera@quokk.au · 26 pts · 198d
We really need to stop affixing
-gateon to every conspiracy and scandal.SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world · 13 pts · 198d
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.
rockerface@lemmy.cafe · 4 pts · 198d
-slop seems to have already caught on
SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world · 4 pts · 198d
Gates-slop. Sounds like a mess made in the bedroom.
Kacarott@aussie.zone · 13 pts · 198d
That's outrageous. What you are suggesting is gategate!
ZoteTheMighty@lemmy.zip · 12 pts · 198d
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.
jcorvera@quokk.au · 1 pts · 198d
Thing is, the most recent findings go back almost 15 or more...
mycodesucks@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 198d
Have an upvote.
Now dadjokes is over there.
5PACEBAR@piefed.ca · 3 pts · 198d
where? 😭
squirrel@piefed.kobel.fyi · 9 pts · 198d
!dadjokes@lemmy.world
some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 198d
Under there
hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 18 pts · 198d
I want it to be named Gatesgate.
Arcane2077@sh.itjust.works · 16 pts · 198d
If?????
expatriado@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 198d
i guess has to be one that stands out above the others, so could be referred as the gates' gate, or the gatest gate, or the mother of all gates
ik5pvx@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 198d
Gate^2
SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world · 6 pts · 198d
*Throws angry up-vote at OP & stomps off.*
devolution@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 198d
No. Blowing bubba is a billgate.
Battle_Masker@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 198d
Only if it happened at the Billgate hotel. Otherwise it's a 9/11
Flauschige_Lemmata@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 198d
It'd be the Gategate. It would only be called Billgate if Bill was a woman.
Railcar8095@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 198d
For you, the day a billionaire is involved in a scandal is a big thing. For me, it's a Wednesday.
FreddiesLantern@leminal.space · 2 pts · 197d
Thing that’s starting to irk me is the bigger picture. To some degree we kinda present the “-gates” as the next thing in the media. Like as if you’re following a television series waiting for the next episode to drop. And that creates this feeling that it’s just a temporary thing that has no impact. Once it’s out of the news cycle it’s resolved and life goes on as usual.
I think we all know rationally speaking that with everything that’s going on, it’s quite the opposite. It’s not just Epstein/Trump/…-gate. It’s fucking “everything is connected and everything is fucked”-gate.