Blaze (he/him) @lemmy.dbzer0.com to Buy European@feddit.uk · edit-22 months agoThis community when US tech is brought upi.postimg.ccimagemessage-square250linkfedilinkarrow-up11.58K
arrow-up11.58KimageThis community when US tech is brought upi.postimg.ccBlaze (he/him) @lemmy.dbzer0.com to Buy European@feddit.uk · edit-22 months agomessage-square250linkfedilink
minus-squaretuoret@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoDon’t know if you’re serious but the store is way older than that similar-sounding thing
minus-squareKualdir@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months 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))
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))