Spyke

wait until you find out that if the same happens to Elon Musk, Elongate will be really drawn out

ba dum tss

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quokk.au

We really need to stop affixing -gate on to every conspiracy and scandal.

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lemmings.world

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.

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lemmy.zip

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.

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Thing is, the most recent findings go back almost 15 or more...

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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

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For you, the day a billionaire is involved in a scandal is a big thing. For me, it's a Wednesday.

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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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