Actually I think that "SuffixGate" is a really good title for this convo about this controversy. And as much as I preferred "Ballghazi" to "Deflategate," in this case -gate wins because Suffixghazi sounds like a UK postal code.Eddie the head said:
Stop Adding "Gate" To The End Of Words, The Scandal Had Nothing To Do With Fucking Water!
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It makes things sound edgy and cool and way more srs bzns than they really are.
Maybe people will stop adding -gate to things when Batman will stop being the poster boy for DC Comics and then we can all stop trying to be 7edgy9me.
Maybe people will stop adding -gate to things when Batman will stop being the poster boy for DC Comics and then we can all stop trying to be 7edgy9me.
Completely agree.
Before I knew anything about either side of this issue, the first thing I saw was #Gamergate.
My immediate reaction to this was that it was probably a bunch of 13 year old kids throwing a tantrum and trying to make it seem as important as the event that inspired their name.
I really think that if GG want to be taken seriously (the ones who are actually talking about journalism), they should change the name and break off completely.
Before I knew anything about either side of this issue, the first thing I saw was #Gamergate.
My immediate reaction to this was that it was probably a bunch of 13 year old kids throwing a tantrum and trying to make it seem as important as the event that inspired their name.
I really think that if GG want to be taken seriously (the ones who are actually talking about journalism), they should change the name and break off completely.
I totally agree. None of these "controversies" are even remotely as interesting or relevant as the Watergate scandal was. What's more, they always end up sounding really stupid. Shirtgate, elevatorgate, deflategate. Come on.
I don't really like the idea of having a specific suffix for scandals/controversies, each one needs a name that sounds organic. I like ballghazi but I don't think every scandal should use ghazi. For example shirtgate also had shirtstorm which I love.
I don't really like the idea of having a specific suffix for scandals/controversies, each one needs a name that sounds organic. I like ballghazi but I don't think every scandal should use ghazi. For example shirtgate also had shirtstorm which I love.
From misreading the title to this thread, I am now attempting to figure out what TheEndOfWorldsGate is...
Did someone blow up the multiverse? Again?
OT: You're right, and I also don't particularly like the habit, but it is an easy shorthand. I just worry what we're going to call the next scandal that involves water...
Did someone blow up the multiverse? Again?
OT: You're right, and I also don't particularly like the habit, but it is an easy shorthand. I just worry what we're going to call the next scandal that involves water...
Adding "Gate" is people trying to make whatever the issue is bigger than it already is. If they didnt have the gate, most people wouldnt even care about what the issue was.
Who on earth is fucking water?
Yeah, I'm getting tired of all the gates. Anything and everything must have that suffix or it isn't real. Now it's having the opposite effect and people will instantly dismiss it as people taking it far too seriously.
Yeah, I'm getting tired of all the gates. Anything and everything must have that suffix or it isn't real. Now it's having the opposite effect and people will instantly dismiss it as people taking it far too seriously.
I'd have taken this hashtag as meaning something wa-a-a-ay different, if I saw it on its own (or at least not in the context of this thread). I'd have assumed somebody was teleporting stuff around, most likely for a military purposes.sky14kemea said:
In-universe in StarCraft the Protoss don't really "build" most units or buildings but they literally teleport them in. And that's referred to as "gating" as they have these warp gates and also gateways which produce units. In Heroes 5/6 the Inferno faction do something similar - they ability they posess is called "Gating" can can summon creatures from hell (well, whatever passes for hell there) during combat to serve as additional troops.sky14kemea said:
There are probably more instances of "gating" used in games but I was more thinking about these two.
A thread exists on this forum discussing gategate from a few months back.DrownedAmmet said:
I propose that we should discuss your theft of this idea in this thread under the topic gategategate.
If this has already been taken, I propose we refer to this as gategategategate or gateapalooza.
"-ghazi" kind of has the opposite meaning implied by it being a suffix. If something is suffixed with "-ghazi" it means that it's a non-issue that people make a big hullabaloo about anyway for political points (in reference to the Benghazi thing that Fox were trying to turn into a national controversy for months to no avail). -ghazi is for something where people want there to be a scandal, but there just isn't one, which is why "Gamerghazi" is the what anti-Gamergate group on Reddit called themselves.Supernova1138 said:
Damn right! Down with gated communities! Public access for all!sky14kemea said:
Unless you meant #StopGrating....
Death to graters! Keep cheese whole, not shredded!
Which always made me wonder why the Terrans could outdo them in terms of structure technology.DoPo said:
The Protoss can dematerialize an entire structure, transmit it across the cosmos, and materialize it elsewhere. But, they have yet to master lifting jets and self-contained power sources?
Shenanigans...
Ah, Pearls. Almost never fails to give me a chuckle.theSovietConnection said:
Thanks for posting that.
Have you seen their structures? OK, you should have, but did you notice something? They are really smooth and polished. Does this remind you of anything? Yes, indeed - Apple! I reckon that whatever the Protoss equivalent of Apple was actually took over the market and provides everything. So yeah - you have the Apple teleporting buildings but they only work with Apple approved power source and other Apple approved technologies. It would explain why their stuff is so expensive, too.Vigormortis said:
And the Terrans show us what happens if PCs win - they have modularity and some ugly but effective technology.
There is an additional joke in there with Bill Gates and "gating" but whatever. Use your imagination.