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I love these guys. The most amazing brains

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Bryant Francis ✈ Gamescom's avatar Bryant Francis ✈ Gamescom @rbryantfrancis.bsky.social
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One hotel broke our country

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ildon's avatar ildon @ildon.bsky.social
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This is either a bit or this person is like 14 years old, right?

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 Amakuzim 🪮🇵🇸🏴‍☠️🚩's avatar Amakuzim 🪮🇵🇸🏴‍☠️🚩 @amakuzim.bsky.social
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I used to live in the gamergate complex actually. They evicted me

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Stephanie Finley's avatar Stephanie Finley @stephfin.bsky.social
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This tweet, and ensuing discourse, is now "gategate". sorry I don't make the rules

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Josiah Shoup's avatar Josiah Shoup @bywayofjosiah.bsky.social
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I guess he thinks the original “gate” was in front of Five Guys Burgers & Fries.

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Odie's avatar Odie @theodeity.bsky.social
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AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

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Hegelian v. Predator's avatar Hegelian v. Predator @telemark.bsky.social
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I… uh…

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Ty's avatar Ty @cursedfrogurt.bsky.social
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What's worse is apparently he wrote a book on Gamergate? How would you... not know?

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Neoriceisgood's avatar Neoriceisgood @neoriceisgood.bsky.social
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[History knower has logged on]

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☕️ Jeremy Diamond's avatar ☕️ Jeremy Diamond @dmnd.me
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Dammit we should have called it Gamer Dome

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🕯️'s avatar 🕯️ @candlelocks.bsky.social
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would love to know where they think the "-gate" suffix comes from

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SigmundFrood's avatar SigmundFrood @sigmundfrood.bsky.social
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Nega Luis 's avatar Nega Luis @luis.lcif.es
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Can someone PLEASE paste Nixon's face on this meme? I mean... How old is that guy? WAIT, He says he writes BOOKS? Who the--- WHAT?

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Rer's avatar Rer @reruro.bsky.social
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I cannot fucking believe this is real, and more importantly, why the fuck is someone like Chris Ferguson talking to this clown.

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Matt Gill's avatar Matt Gill @themattgill2.bsky.social
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Clearly Nixon was a man ahead of his time

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ph00tbag's avatar ph00tbag @ph00tbag.bsky.social
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To be fair, they just fell out of a coconut tree.

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Chris Fredda 💗💜💙's avatar Chris Fredda 💗💜💙 @seeyouinnj.bsky.social
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What does he think the “gate” in gamergate means if it’s originating there?

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Far McKon's avatar Far McKon @farmckon.bsky.social
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The core of my new game `Written by an AI, or someone who is under 30, and can't even bother to google things. ` I was going to say 'some guy' under 30, but I see lots of all kinds of folks under 30 who fail basic fact-checking.

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Ori Vandewalle's avatar Ori Vandewalle @orivandewalle.bsky.social
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I don't know who this person is but I just want to point out that they're quoting someone who said the dumb thing; it's an excerpt from their interview with dumb person here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5U4...
(4:51 is the start of the relevant section.) So maybe hold off on bashing them directly.

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Jarod Johnson's avatar Jarod Johnson @jarodjohnson.bsky.social
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Did he ever question why the "gate" was added to gamergate in the first place?

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Jeremy R. Jenkins's avatar Jeremy R. Jenkins @jeremyj.bsky.social
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@dicknixon.bsky.social

Sir, not all the kids are all right.

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Alex's avatar Alex @theunorthodox.bsky.social
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😐

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Jane Says's avatar Jane Says @anxietynap91.bsky.social
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it's both amazing and terrifying to watch brain rot happening in real time. At least that's the specific brand of copium I have to huff when people ask me why I still use the bird app.

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Austin Flowers's avatar Austin Flowers @austinflowers.bsky.social
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They probably think 2001: A Space Odyssey was the first time we went to space.

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Dan Rouse 🇵🇸's avatar Dan Rouse 🇵🇸 @dsrouse.bsky.social
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omg

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art toast's avatar art toast @toasty.cx
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huh, yet another reason to beat up every journo and pundit who wants to call every single controversy something-gate, neat

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Cataleast's avatar Cataleast @cataleast.bsky.social
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It's interesting how they've identified the -gate suffix as shorthand for a divisive and scandalous issue, but never considered why gamergate was called what it was.

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Chris Miller 's avatar Chris Miller @iamcurious.bsky.social
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The Outlaw Juicy James's avatar The Outlaw Juicy James @botono.bsky.social
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=vB9J...

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Tippy's avatar Tippy @tiptoe39.bsky.social
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😂😂😂

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A player named Ant's avatar A player named Ant @yearoftheant.bsky.social
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Brandon Williams 's avatar Brandon Williams @stupidartpunk.bsky.social
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Ughhh

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DC Pierson's avatar DC Pierson @dcpierson.bsky.social
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Remember when Forrest Gump called the police because he saw guys in 4chan with flashlights

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🌈OPJM🌈's avatar 🌈OPJM🌈 @opjm.bsky.social
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The wonders of technology. Someone made it possible for an embryo to tweet.

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Prufrock451's avatar Prufrock451 @prufrock451.bsky.social
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That is the most amazing “Boss Baby vibe” tweet I’ve ever seen in the wild

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Bo Thompson's avatar Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social
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Liberal political live streamer. I'm going back to bed, y'all.

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Greg's avatar Greg @gregawd.bsky.social
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The plumbers broke into Watergate because Nixon demanded to know which game studios had female developers

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Marxist-Winemomist's avatar Marxist-Winemomist @weeznbeez.bsky.social
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I so badly want to know where he thinks the Gate in GameGate came from.

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ᕼᕮY I'ᗰ, KᖇYᔕTi  D.'s avatar ᕼᕮY I'ᗰ, KᖇYᔕTi D. @totallynomadic.bsky.social
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I expect this from ChatGPT or something as it rambles on about a fantasy it created.

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Nix Onyx's avatar Nix Onyx @nixonyx.bsky.social
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*screams in history major*

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Yuzu Adagio, capybara vtuber's avatar Yuzu Adagio, capybara vtuber @yuzu-adagio.bsky.social
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This does make me wonder how aware other countries are of Watergate, not that it really excuses the rest of this

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The Mid Gatsby's avatar The Mid Gatsby @schmendimite.bsky.social
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in some ways Watergate was the Gamergate of political crimes and coverups

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Alex/Digital Geist 🎹's avatar Alex/Digital Geist 🎹 @digitalgeist.com
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This argument…*deep dad breath*…holds water

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Dandy G's avatar Dandy G @dangyd.bsky.social
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History began in 2016

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it’s M the Autumn Owl 🍁🍂's avatar it’s M the Autumn Owl 🍁🍂 @owlinautumn.bsky.social
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They cannot be serious. Noooooo…

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Move over Kevin Kruse.

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Tobias Harris's avatar Tobias Harris @tobiasharris.bsky.social
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TheLeatherMushroom's avatar TheLeatherMushroom @theleathermushroom.bsky.social
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Yeah nah I think they've won my prestigious "Cunt of the year" award and it's only May.

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Rick Schmitz's avatar Rick Schmitz @rickschmitz.bsky.social
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I didn’t think anyone could be that clueless, so I looked him up. Over 250 posts, 90% of which are CG related. Mast of those are plugging his videos about CG. The good news? He only has 20 followers.

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Mike Caulfield's avatar Mike Caulfield @mikecaulfield.bsky.social
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Amazing

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Gloria! 's avatar Gloria! @smilodonichthys.bsky.social
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I refuse to believe this is real

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NutshellGulag's avatar NutshellGulag @nutshellgulag.bsky.social
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😐😬

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angrysunbird's avatar angrysunbird @angrysunbird.bsky.social
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Acccording to their bio they are writing a book on gamergate! Lol. And they interviewed Peter coffin- there’s a name I haven’t thought about in a decade

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dave☭🔻's avatar dave☭🔻 @sorryaboutearlier.bsky.social
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Oh my god

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amdiamanti's avatar amdiamanti @amdiamanti.bsky.social
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"there's been a few other -gates too" OMG thank you, I had a long day and this made my night.

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Funk As Puck's avatar Funk As Puck @funkaspuck.bsky.social
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I like the Watergate movie where Nixon is getting baked on pot brownies with teenager girls.

youtu.be/33ALTtt4SIY?...

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Comfortably Numb's avatar Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly
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They're totally right, who can forget the famous song 🎶 In Birmingham, they love the governor (boo, boo, boo!) Now we all did what we could do Now GamerGate does not bother me, uh-uh Does your conscience bother you? Tell the truth

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dsic's avatar dsic @dsic.bsky.social
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Beautiful I cried.

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Jack the Reader's avatar Jack the Reader @jakexeter.bsky.social
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youtu.be/vB9JgxhXW5w?...
Biggest scandal since watergategate

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James "half-a-tonne" Dominguez's avatar James "half-a-tonne" Dominguez @jamesjdominguez.bsky.social
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Watergate was, of course, the high concentration of lead in the drinking water of Flint, Michigan.

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Getaway Cat's avatar Getaway Cat @kduffy.bsky.social
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W...what dors he think the "gate" comes from?

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Symbo1ics's avatar Symbo1ics @symbo1ics.bsky.social
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hang it in the louvre

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Adam P. Knave's avatar Adam P. Knave @adampknave.com
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Real students of history, they are.

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An argument for the pit's avatar An argument for the pit @jeblucas.bsky.social
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I’m honestly waiting for a scandal to occur or be related to the Watergate Hotel, so I can hear people call it Watergategate. It will happen.

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 Kait Richardson 🏳️‍⚧️🥔's avatar Kait Richardson 🏳️‍⚧️🥔 @qirenni.com
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Why are infants posting on here?

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Snowclone Cajones's avatar Snowclone Cajones @snowclonecojones.bsky.social
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Information wants to be free, but free stuff is sus.

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Scott's avatar Scott @smadin.net
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this is the best thing since I heard a news anchor refer to the part of the Duke Cunningham corruption scandal where Brent Wilkes, in return for kickbacks, paid for Cunningham's stay at the Watergate, as "Watergate-gate"

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Hylen S's avatar Hylen S @hylen26.bsky.social
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What was Nixon's role in GamerGate, anyway? I forget.

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Pemberley Intern's avatar Pemberley Intern @hallie.bsky.social
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I would roll my eyes so hard if I wasn't exhausted right now after having dinner with a coworker whose parents are younger than me. Jeebers.

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Midwest Emu 🇵🇸 🇸🇩's avatar Midwest Emu 🇵🇸 🇸🇩 @phlkn.bsky.social
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Gamer-gate was a real watershed moment

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ramza saddiq's avatar ramza saddiq @heartgold.xyz
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I have nothing to say but thank you. Thank you for posting it. Thank you for spelunking in the barren depths of human thought, coming out of it like fucking Andy Dufresne in Shawshank, and bringing this back into the light for us. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

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Brian Donovan's avatar Brian Donovan @swiftiesociologist.bsky.social
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This belongs in a museum.

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Cascade Fresh🍦's avatar Cascade Fresh🍦 @whatever.mom
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every trump teen thinks that their messageboards invented “derangement syndrome” too

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Project Azar's avatar Project Azar @projectazar.com
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I never knew they named a hotel in DC after GamerGate. The more you know!

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Seentoomuch's avatar Seentoomuch @seentoomuch.bsky.social
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Not sure if Nixon would be happy or pissed they forgot about him...

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Historian1661 (Peter Paccione)'s avatar Historian1661 (Peter Paccione) @historian1661.bsky.social
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I hope Woodward and Bernstein don't see this, it would make them really sad.

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Pickle Tiedrich's avatar Pickle Tiedrich @prettyliltakemachine.is-extremely.gay
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It was named after the Gamergate Hotel

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Matthew B's avatar Matthew B @bikeguy.bsky.social
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Anyone recall what the second “gate” might have been? Wasn’t there one around the time of Clinton’s first election, land gate? I don’t remember anything before that (because I was like 10)

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Matthew Voss's avatar Matthew Voss @matthewhvoss.bsky.social
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This calls for a meme.

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Nicholas Slayton's avatar Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social
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The dumbest fucking guys

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Nicholas Slayton's avatar Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social
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[Slobodan praljak poison dot gif]

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Mirthless Laughter's avatar Mirthless Laughter @mirthlesslaughter.bsky.social
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The bio says “working on a second book on GamerGate”, which is quite a lot to deal with

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Einst1's avatar Einst1 @einst1.bsky.social
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The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.

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Hare 🍉's avatar Hare 🍉 @haredurer.bsky.social
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Maybe we should outlaw video games.

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Miley Crisis ✨'s avatar Miley Crisis ✨ @boubayaga.bsky.social
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This is what happens when your singular brain worm dies

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Antilles's avatar Antilles @wedgeantilles.bsky.social
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Wow

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Gateniks gonna gatenik.

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Morticia91's avatar Morticia91 @morticia91.bsky.social
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nicely toasted.'s avatar nicely toasted. @srr.dev
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dunning kruger in full effect

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Norton H Pearl's avatar Norton H Pearl @nortonpearl.bsky.social
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no

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Kenny Johnson's avatar Kenny Johnson @goondocks.bsky.social
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I thought it came from Watergate salad. Learn something new everyday!

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bdonnelly 's avatar bdonnelly @bdonnelly.bsky.social
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Louis Kersten's avatar Louis Kersten @louisvk.bsky.social
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A few other gates.

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Clutch's avatar Clutch @clutch3-16.bsky.social
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Imagine trying to explain this to aliens who want to understand humanity

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tired musings's avatar tired musings @tiredmusings.bsky.social
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Smooth brains, no ridges

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Transmorpher DDS's avatar Transmorpher DDS @transmorpherdds.bsky.social
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I kinda wonder if this brain trust ever once questioned why that particular controversy was given the suffix "-gate".

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Gauchohaulic's avatar Gauchohaulic @gauchohaulic.bsky.social
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This is the flip side of when my old ass blurts out “Wow! You were born in the 21st century!?!”

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Suraht's avatar Suraht @suraht.bsky.social
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Don't make my mistake here. Don't go looking for that account, thinking that they were just quoting someone to mock them or something. Nope, dude is totally serious about the topic, and is trying to sell books. At least that account is getting almost no interactions on this site.

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Amazing

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Odessa's avatar Odessa @odessasteppes.bsky.social
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Most historically literate right-winger.

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Willie Guthrie 's avatar Willie Guthrie @warisill.bsky.social
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I wonder if he can understand tachyons

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sfHeath's avatar sfHeath @sfheath.bsky.social
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I’m literally reading “All the President’s Men” today. I’m on chapter 9. Ehrlichman just went on some ABC show to deny any connection to the White House.

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Katz's avatar Katz @katzratz.bsky.social
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I love how every sentence somehow manages to be even worse

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no fucking way has to be a bit right? please

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Ashton's avatar Ashton @ashtonk.bsky.social
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I’m impressed with their ability to delete that and move on like nothing ever happened.

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Dana's avatar Dana @dct7871.bsky.social
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The smoothest

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That account's posting history is insane.

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Nataly 🏳️‍⚧️'s avatar Nataly 🏳️‍⚧️ @nightpups.bsky.social
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Even Watergate harkens back to gamergate and don't forget bridgegate

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Aaron Bourque's avatar Aaron Bourque @afbourque.bsky.social
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First thing EVER polarizing, in a country that went to war over slavery...

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i'm don becker's avatar i'm don becker @donbecker.org
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It's bad enough taken out of context but the whole thread is just *chef's kiss*.

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Lighting Rod  [Bluesky Older]'s avatar Lighting Rod [Bluesky Older] @yendorcire.bsky.social
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John Stange is a Legitimate Salvage's avatar John Stange is a Legitimate Salvage @williamdingiv.bsky.social
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magnificent specimen

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Dr. Amuly (she/he)'s avatar Dr. Amuly (she/he) @amuly.bsky.social
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Oh my fucking gosh

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Joe Sweeney's avatar Joe Sweeney @jsweeney73.bsky.social
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Reminds me of that scandal in the 70s. I think they called it the Washington DC Hotel Gate

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Cadbury Creme Egg Enthusiast's avatar Cadbury Creme Egg Enthusiast @thx3188.bsky.social
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someth that always amused me was that back when this shit all began it hadn't really hit the internet at large and poisoned searches yet so i learned about a male ant that lays eggs that grow into colony queens
(cw: bugs)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamerga...

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Anna 🌿👁️'s avatar Anna 🌿👁️ @annacwebs.bsky.social
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OH MY GOD

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Michael Molcher's avatar Michael Molcher @molcher.bsky.social
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Breathtaking.

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MF STEVE's avatar MF STEVE @mfsteve.bsky.social
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Humans hacked evolution and this is the result

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zen hulk [💀 Online]'s avatar zen hulk [💀 Online] @devival.com
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itjustkeepsgettingworse how doesitjustkeepgettingworse

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zen hulk [💀 Online]'s avatar zen hulk [💀 Online] @devival.com
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oh my fucking god, it's so much worse. they're actively shilling that GamerGate was *actually about ethics in games journalism* all along, and is Good, Actually

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The Almighty Tallest 's avatar The Almighty Tallest @spooknine.bsky.social
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This is the best one of these since that "JK Rowling invented woman writers" thing years back

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Cat Dad's avatar Cat Dad @hazyjay.bsky.social
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What do you mean the world existed before me and will continue after I am gone? Whatever, you're just a figment of my imagination.

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Michael Bernth's avatar Michael Bernth @monovoce.bsky.social
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He probably ate the crayons after finishing his first book on the subject.

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special baby 👶's avatar special baby 👶 @specialbaby.bsky.social
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summer children, every one of them.

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Misanthropolack's avatar Misanthropolack @misanthropolack.bsky.social
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Well what about gatekeeping around Gamergate...do we call it Gamergate Gate?

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Rick “Mr. Neighborhoodwide”'s avatar Rick “Mr. Neighborhoodwide” @crystalpepsi.bsky.social
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Holy shit. Incredible. 🤌

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Kip Williams sort of 's avatar Kip Williams sort of @kipwilliams.bsky.social
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Before Gamergate, everything was Domes. This Dome, That Dome. Abscam Dome. Clinton Dome Nixon Dome.

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Zeroisanumber's avatar Zeroisanumber @zeroisanumber.bsky.social
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Thanks. Good block.

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electricblue's avatar electricblue @dreamscythe.bsky.social
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nobody tell him plz

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edward's avatar edward @edward86.bsky.social
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it was so sad when richard nixon wiretapped the phones at the gamergate hotel in the year 2014

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troy farah's avatar troy farah @voidvaporvortex.bsky.social
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this is true though, it’s in reference to the variety of ants because gamers love playing SimAnt (1991) that’s why they’re always saying ‘that’s so gamergate!’

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamerga...

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TubaPeter.com's avatar TubaPeter.com @tubapeter.bsky.social
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WHY isn't the "Art or Not Art" account on here to declare this Art?!?

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CaryJo's avatar CaryJo @caryjo.bsky.social
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Ummm…huh

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Herzatz Fish's avatar Herzatz Fish @herzatzfish.bsky.social
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They have no historical culture. That explain a lot.

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Jim Sharkey's avatar Jim Sharkey @jsharkey67.bsky.social
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The high cost of sleeping through history class.

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Malaclypse the Middle's avatar Malaclypse the Middle @malaclypse.bsky.social
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[Nixon voice] My God, sir. My God.

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Nop (he/him) 🍉 PUSSY IN BIO's avatar Nop (he/him) 🍉 PUSSY IN BIO @voxexsinister.bsky.social
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Oh dear.

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Marco Jardim's avatar Marco Jardim @marco.jard.im
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Maybe Mr. Tachyon should slow down enough for his thoughts to catch up, or maybe he just doesn't know how to spell tacky.

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mav's avatar mav @mav.wtf
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Hold up is this serious? I can't tell anymore

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Navid's avatar Navid @naveman.bsky.social
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Could just have easily connected that dot to Stargate

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Lord Businessman II 's avatar Lord Businessman II @lordbusinessman.bsky.social
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We'll never understand what it is to have a brain this smooth

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Caroline Miles's avatar Caroline Miles @menagerie.bsky.social
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Brains so smooth not even Spiderman could find a grip.

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Timlagor's avatar Timlagor @timlagor.bsky.social
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You could make it up but you'd never get anyone to publish it

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Tova B's avatar Tova B @tovabele.bsky.social
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they even named the Watergate hotel after it!

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Sailorwayne's avatar Sailorwayne @sailorwayne.bsky.social
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More like Tachyon Stupid

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harrier's avatar harrier @harrier-hexx.bsky.social
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That’s…not even a bot, that’s a brain doing that. A person brain!!

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Kalanai's avatar Kalanai @kalanai.bsky.social
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Why do these kids think they are the first generation to invent literally everything?? Take a history class sheesh

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Mary Kenney's avatar Mary Kenney @marykwrites.bsky.social
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oh my god

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Colon Musk, CEO of GaceX's avatar Colon Musk, CEO of GaceX @themilfmag.net
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that label is perfect for him

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Dee, but not THAT Dee, the other one.'s avatar Dee, but not THAT Dee, the other one. @deetoriadee.bsky.social
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Ummmm.... Watergate, maybe?

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Secrecy Envelope's avatar Secrecy Envelope @bigstape.bsky.social
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rofl

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Deacon Blues's avatar Deacon Blues @realdeaconblues.bsky.social
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Braingate right there.

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Jay Marose's avatar Jay Marose @jaymarose.bsky.social
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Lets adopt and start calling everything Scandal-a-lago from now on. Its time for a change.

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ChatonP's avatar ChatonP @chatonp.bsky.social
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water under the bridge

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Tim Morton's avatar Tim Morton @timmorton2.bsky.social
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I blame Elongate

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Sewercroc / Winterowl's avatar Sewercroc / Winterowl @sewercroc.bsky.social
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Insane the bozo managed to become a pilot. I thought one needed a Bachelor's at least to be allowed up, what college shat his diploma out?

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Tilly's avatar Tilly @tillyx.bsky.social
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Why don’t you say it to his face and challenge him over the post?

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Multiple Mental Illnesses In A Trenchcoat 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️'s avatar Multiple Mental Illnesses In A Trenchcoat 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @queerthing.bsky.social
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genuinely fascinated to find out what they think the origin of the -gate suffix is then

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Van Weasel 🔥 Summer Hater Arc 🔥's avatar Van Weasel 🔥 Summer Hater Arc 🔥 @vanweezer.bsky.social
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Gamergate started at the Watergate hotel

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Not kidding; wish I was's avatar Not kidding; wish I was @nkwiw.com
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woah what labeler is that? i wanna ignore GG chuds!

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BloodRed's avatar BloodRed @blood-red.bsky.social
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This is the modern equivalent of "every generation thinks it invented sex."

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Micah's avatar Micah @rincewind.run
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oh those poor precious dipshit babies

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Chris Doyon's avatar Chris Doyon @nilbog3000.bsky.social
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A goldmine for metrologists calibrating for perfect smoothness

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Skuld's avatar Skuld @bloodymorning.bsky.social
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I have lost so much faith in the youth

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Frame the Narrative 's avatar Frame the Narrative @framethenarrative.bsky.social
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Someone should introduce them to the Watergate hotel.

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Menno's avatar Menno @menno.bsky.social
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No lumps or bumps

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The Urban Dragon's avatar The Urban Dragon @theurbandragon.bsky.social
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I feel so incredibly old right now. Also can we please retire ‘gate’ already? It’s jumped the shark a very long time ago now.

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OrneryPiglett's avatar OrneryPiglett @ornerypiglett.bsky.social
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Gamergate started it all! Who knew?!

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Wendel's avatar Wendel @wendelschwab.bsky.social
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All the gates are definitely named after GamerGate and no other reason.

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Rin 😷😷😷😷😷😷😷😷's avatar Rin 😷😷😷😷😷😷😷😷 @autumnbreezed.bsky.social
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That... Hurt to read

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The Creatively Maladjusted's avatar The Creatively Maladjusted @tyrotcm.bsky.social
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Wow

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M C.Hawk 🥓☕🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️'s avatar M C.Hawk 🥓☕🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @mchawk.bsky.social
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This is possibly the dumbest thing I've ever read, and I've been online for decades of dumbness. Wowwwww.

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Sean of the 418 I'm a teapot's avatar Sean of the 418 I'm a teapot @sheepbop.bsky.social
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#gatorgate

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thomascoyle's avatar thomascoyle @thomaskcoyle.bsky.social
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An announcement from brains: We absolutely disavow any and all association with the utterance of these thoughts or ideas.

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Jennifer Van Goethem's avatar Jennifer Van Goethem @jennvg.bsky.social
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For the love of god can they not read just one book?

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Joe Auerbach 's avatar Joe Auerbach @joeauerbach.bsky.social
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Those who don't study history are doomed to put their whole ass in their mouth on social media.

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no1asseater's avatar no1asseater @no1asseater.bsky.social
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History famously began in 2001

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Home away from the dumpXer fire's avatar Home away from the dumpXer fire @rechan.bsky.social
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It's Nixon you dolt! Ahem, sorry. How to tell me "I was too young to notice political discourse until 2014" without telling me your age.

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👯‍♀️ lydelle buster 👯‍♀️'s avatar 👯‍♀️ lydelle buster 👯‍♀️ @babyshoes4cash.com
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no child left behind

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jonnoh's avatar jonnoh @jhatman.bsky.social
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And their vote counts the same as ours.

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Isobel's avatar Isobel @comradeisobel.bsky.social
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Apparently this is a quote, and the person quoted is rather transphobic as well as ignorant of history.

bsky.app/profile/comr...

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Alisha Grauso's avatar Alisha Grauso @alishagrauso.bsky.social
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Gates? Gates? A famous -gate...? No, not ringing a bell...🤔

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Marxist Theories & Lore's avatar Marxist Theories & Lore @marxistlore.bsky.social
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That was the first gate, no other gates before that

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Alpran's avatar Alpran @alpran.bsky.social
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I also heard of this one movement that claimed to be about ethics in water journalism. What was ist called again... 🤔

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Davis's avatar Davis @davis.social
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SourceGate

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DreamsOfGerontius's avatar DreamsOfGerontius @dreamsofgerontius.bsky.social
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Besides the obvious problems, I'm really struggling to understand: (a) Why "gate" is seen as an epitome of division rather than an access point *through* a dividing wall (b) Why "gamergate" is seen as a font of division rather than a small group of trolls

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