#gategate: The movement to expose all movements.

[Lilani]

We've had a lot of gates in the last few decades. Watergate. Quinngate. Gamergate. Stop Gamergate. Baldur's Gate. The Brandenburg Gate. And of course, the kingpin of all Gates...

Spoiler

Have you noticed now every time anybody does anything controversial we call it "gate?" I read on NPR this week about some row between two politicians in Florida who called off a debate, the reason allegedly being one of the candidates had a fan on his podium and the other didn't like that, so they called off the whole thing. Or something like that, he denies it all anyway. But the corresponding tweet that went out about it was #fangate. Dafuq? Is this seriously a thing now?

I have decided that we should call this new trend #gategate. And when that becomes passe, we can up the ante and re-subvert ourselves with #gategategate.

WHO WILL JOIN ME?!!?!?!??!??!

Spoiler: DISCLAIMER

This is not meant to call out gamergate or anti-gamergate, just a general comment on the new trend of giving everything controversial a gate as though we're trying to pen up all the feral sheep in the world. In other words this is a JOKE! Be not offended! Be merry!

 

[Delerien]

Wasn't there also "Bridgegate" or something recently? Is there a list of all gates?

Damn it I wanted to make a joke but Wikipedia beat me to it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_scandals_with_"-gate"_suffix

Edit: OffTopic but is there a way to make links with " in them work?

 

[Lilani]

Wasn't there also "Bridgegate" or something recently? Is there a list of all gates?

Damn it I wanted to make a joke but Wikipedia beat me to it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_scandals_with_"-gate"_suffix

And now I have learned that there was once a controversy called Billygate, and another called Nannygate.

My life is officially complete.

 

[Cyberstrike_v1legacy]

And chances are that only covers the ones that makes big news I wouldn't be surprised if there are gate (and water) scandals that never made the national or international news.

 

[Fiz_The_Toaster]

I remember making the joke a while back that if there was another 'gate' kerfuffle then I want the hashtag rebuttal to be #notallgaters so I can call them alligaters.

I want my pun to be real, dammit.

 

[know whan purr tick]

Breaking:

Spoiler: Gategate

 

[Caostotale]

Breaking:

Spoiler: Gategate

Spoiler: Visual metaphor for Gamergate's net effect on the gaming world

Spoiler: ...and what it represents for women in the industry

 

[know whan purr tick]

Breaking:

Spoiler: Gategate

Spoiler: Visual metaphor for Gamergate's net effect on the gaming world

Spoiler: ...and what it represents for women in the industry

I guess since its a joke thread you are going for sattire but I don't know. If not, let's pretend its all in good fun and not bring the debate in here.

Spoiler: Spingate

Scandalgates [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_scandals_with_%22-gate%22_suffix]

 

[Colour Scientist]

I remember making the joke a while back that if there was another 'gate' kerfuffle then I want the hashtag rebuttal to be #notallgaters so I can call them alligaters.

I want my pun to be real, dammit.

How long have you been waiting for the opportunity to post that? XD

 

[Olas]

I like [a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_coal_allocation_scam"]Coalgate[/a] because it sounds like a scandal that can whiten you teeth.

I'm also sad to see that the tag for "Gamergate" makes it sound like the controversy is over sexism and misogyny in gaming, which sounds more like the response to gamergate from people who are anti-gamergate.

 

[Sleepy Sol]

#waitgate

Spoiler

End all waiting everywhere, folks. For the children, of course.

(I tried to find a better example of waiting, but 2 seconds of effort searching youtube did not get any better results.)

 

[Fiz_The_Toaster]

I remember making the joke a while back that if there was another 'gate' kerfuffle then I want the hashtag rebuttal to be #notallgaters so I can call them alligaters.

I want my pun to be real, dammit.

How long have you been waiting for the opportunity to post that? XD

Long enough. XD

Look, I don't care if posting that makes me a terrible person and that I should go to pun-hell, but I'll use whatever opportunity I can to use it.

I REGRET NOTHING.

 

[The Artificially Prolonged]

I remember making the joke a while back that if there was another 'gate' kerfuffle then I want the hashtag rebuttal to be #notallgaters so I can call them alligaters.

I want my pun to be real, dammit.

How long have you been waiting for the opportunity to post that? XD

Long enough. XD

Look, I don't care if posting that makes me a terrible person and that I should go to pun-hell, but I'll use whatever opportunity I can to use it.

I REGRET NOTHING.

Fear not you shall not be alone in pun hell;

I look forward to the exposure of corruption in the company Wrigley's so I can call it #mastigate.

As soon as a politician rear ends a political rival we can have #tailgate.

Something untoward at the Ministry of Silly Walks. #gaitgate

The inevitable hipster complaining gate scandals where cool until they became mainstream #postgate

Student financing? #postgradugate

Judging scandal at the Chelsea Flower Show? #gardengate

 

[Parasondox]

Christina Applegate?

I don't know why I brought her up. She's just incredibly gorgeous.

I'll just leave now.

CAPTCHA: "FILL IT UP" - What in the fuck?

 

[Fiz_The_Toaster]

I remember making the joke a while back that if there was another 'gate' kerfuffle then I want the hashtag rebuttal to be #notallgaters so I can call them alligaters.

I want my pun to be real, dammit.

How long have you been waiting for the opportunity to post that? XD

Long enough. XD

Look, I don't care if posting that makes me a terrible person and that I should go to pun-hell, but I'll use whatever opportunity I can to use it.

I REGRET NOTHING.

Fear not you shall not be alone in pun hell;

I look forward to the exposure of corruption in the company Wrigley's so I can call it #mastigate.

As soon as a politician rear ends a political rival we can have #tailgate.

Something untoward at the Ministry of Silly Walks. #gaitgate

The inevitable hipster complaining gate scandals where cool until they became mainstream #postgate

Student financing? #postgradugate

Judging scandal at the Chelsea Flower Show? #gardengate

And don't forget when the major steel companies are doing shady shenanigans #steelgate

The scandal in which a rich community starts selling meth in order to one up Breaking Bad #communigate

Discovering that famous actors are really behind the paparazzi #stargate

Dam's gaining sentience and going after gates for stealing their jam #damgate

 

[Mezahmay]

Spoiler: I'm glad we as a society can finally bring up this topic respectfully and maturely

 

[Wraith7153]

Spoiler: I'm glad we as a society can finally bring up this topic respectfully and maturely

It's not attached to the fence at all! Creepers are an inside job!

I love this whole thread. If these forums had a "like" or a "favorite" or some similar mechanic, I would use it on every post in here.

 

[Kathinka]

i'm sorry, your goals might be legit, but your previous association with and the role of isis in the founding of the movement has made the whole movement toxic.

har har har.

 

[CrazyCapnMorgan]

The responses, they do not fail to amuse me. My thanks. ^_^

However, I can imagine some movements you'd never want to expose.

Spoiler: For example

Would you seriously consider exposing someone's bowel movement?