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SirSamuel@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 year ago

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?

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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?

SirSamuel@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 year ago
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  • Aremel@lemmy.world
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    No, because that would be too clever and only nerds would get it. But I like where your head is at.

    • 018118055@sopuli.xyz
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      Modest proposal, disenfranchise all normies. Utopia awaits.

    • SirSamuel@lemmy.worldOP
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      You would be the first. I don’t like where my head is at

  • grue@lemmy.world
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    Baldursgategate, unfortunately.

    • bane_killgrind@kbin.social
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      Yeah that’s about the right level of normie.

      • SirSamuel@lemmy.worldOP
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        I hate that you’re right

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    Probably something simpler like “Dragon Gate”

    • I Cast Fist@programming.dev
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      If I rush to make a game called that before the news comes out, can I accuse them of slander or some sort of wrongful use of a trademark?

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      Oh, but since DND is bad, they should call it BadDragonGate

      • shuzuko@midwest.social
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        Are you making the joke I think you’re making, or am I just exposing myself for the dirty heathen I am?

        • SirSamuel@lemmy.worldOP
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          Your browser does not support playing HTML5 video. You can download a copy of the video file instead.

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    God I hate their obsession with calling everything -gate

    • explodicle@local106.com
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      I blame Heaven’s Gate and OceanGate.

      • SirSamuel@lemmy.worldOP
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        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

        • Jojo@lemm.ee
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          Oh, you mean Watergategate?

        • EssentialCoffee@midwest.social
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          At least we didn’t call it Whitewatergate.

    • SirSamuel@lemmy.worldOP
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      It’s super annoying. So annoying that I now get my news exclusively from what written on bathroom stalls at the Lowe’s on Silver Drive.

      Whoever this Trump guy is, people have very strong opinions about him

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    I’ve never wanted to run for public office, until now. I can be the change I want to see in the world.

    • SirSamuel@lemmy.worldOP
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      Don’t let you dreams be memes

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    I could see “dnd gate” or even “nerd gate” to be retro. Hell, could end up as “gamer gate” for maximum “fun”

  • Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world
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    Love it!

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    deleted by creator

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    20Dgate

    • SirSamuel@lemmy.worldOP
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      Nah that’s when the red hat crowd discovers that Dimension 20’s resident GM is BLM

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