The next scandal involving Musk should be called Elongate.

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• nonentity@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Following the Watergate scandal, ‘-gate’ became the suffix to name subsequent scandals.

  I propose stories associated with Trump, and other stupid scandals, be encrusted with the suffix ‘-a-Lago’.

  I think there’s scope for dedicating an entire community to them, like c/MAG_a_Lago.

  As for Elongate, Musk explicitly requested it be used, which should be reason enough to not.

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• Greg@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I think twatgate would be more appropriate

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• masterofn001@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The next scandal involving musk should be that he wasn’t assassinated sooner.

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  • JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    This is a terrible take. Introducing violence into politics always, always, leads to dark places nobody wanted to go. Besides being wrong, it’s completely counter-productive.

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    • Gold_E_Lox@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      politics is violent, inherently. taxation is violent, inherently. policing is violent, inherently. control of another is violent, inherently.

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    • ThomasCrappersGhost@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Unfortunately those in charge only listen to violence.

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• 21Cabbage@lemmynsfw.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Calling everything even mildly controversial ‘-gate’ was super played out decades ago IMHO.

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• grue@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  “Elongate” is too flattering towards him.

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• blackberry@midwest.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  didn’t he write a tweet literally saying this? maybe 4 years ago?

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  • mipadaitu@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yeah, after he sexually harassed a flight attendant and laughed about it on Twitter.

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• Akasazh@feddit.nl ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I made this joke in a dadjoke subereddit and got banned as it was too adult

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• some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I hate that I like this. The gate thing is super overused. But this one works.

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• HowAbt2morrow@futurology.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Touché

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  • SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Ewww, no, not even with a 10-foot rapier.

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• droporain@lemmynsfw.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Id prefer something else.

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  • 11111one11111@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Muskgate?

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