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If 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? (self.showerthoughts)
submitted 9 months ago by SirSamuel to c/showerthoughts
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[–] SirSamuel 16 points 9 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

Oh, you mean Watergategate?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

At least we didn't call it Whitewatergate.