r/PS4 • u/cristi1990an cristi1990anRO • Sep 01 '18

[Video] [Video] BioWare Makes Fun of Marvel's Spider-Man's "PuddleGate" Controversy

https://youtu.be/yQph-_imtDY
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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '18

Why - in every little controversy there must always be a "-gate"? It's annoying.

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u/spideyjiri corpjiri Sep 02 '18

It's because "Watergate" sounded so good, it doesn't make any sense but that's why.

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u/Dagostar Sep 02 '18

Do you mean Watergate-gate?

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u/spideyjiri corpjiri Sep 02 '18

No, that's where this stupid naming convention started, in Watergate, the headquarters of the DNC at the time where Nixon's lackeys were caught breaking in.

That whole scandal was called "The Watergate Scandal" or "Watergate" for short. You should know this, it's still very relevant today, and I'm not even American!

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '18

/r/whoosh

He was joking that the name convention doesnt make sense, by the logic of what it's turned into, it should be called "Watergate-gate"

Maybe it's a language barrier thing since you're not American, your English is good by the way.

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u/spideyjiri corpjiri Sep 02 '18

Yeah ok, but I've seen people unironically say watergate-gate though.

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u/Neuchacho Sep 02 '18 edited Sep 02 '18

This is an ironic usage poking at the fact -gate is just attached to anything that's a scandal now but, somewhat ironically, can't be applied to its origin without looking stupid (thus calling into question if its general use is equally stupid). You're right that it's being used, but it's not usually used in earnest.

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u/CaptainBritish Captain-British Sep 02 '18

It was a scandal - or gate, add the suffix gate that's what you do with a scandal, involving the Watergate hotel. So it was called the Watergate scandal or Watergate-gate.

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u/Dagostar Sep 02 '18

What would you do if it was a scandal about water?

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u/Neuchacho Sep 02 '18

waterwatergategate

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u/spideyjiri corpjiri Sep 02 '18

Are you referencing That Mitchell And Webb Look?

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u/Dagostar Sep 02 '18

Yes, thank you

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u/CaptainBritish Captain-British Sep 02 '18

That's referencewang.

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u/ihateeverythingandu Sep 02 '18

There was a controversy in the UK years ago about some entry / security gate that malfunctioned or something and ended up killing a child - I can't remember if it ever was called Gategate

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '18

Gategate-gate!

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u/TheNewShadow Sep 02 '18

It's always about water

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u/WilanS Sep 02 '18

Because news reporters have no creativity. They want to communicate to you that they're talking about a controversy so they keep quoting the last big controversy, and they've been doing this since the Watergate scandal. Even if there's people today who don't even know about the original Watergate, nor that it's just the name of a freaking hotel; it's what everyone else is doing, so instead of coming up with a new, original name they all add a -gate and call it a day.

It's not just American press either. In Italy the situation used to be similar, except our catch-all word was -poli, from the Tangentopoli scandal, the city of bribes. Every mayor and minor controversy since then has been something-city, which makes as much sense as -gate. Except in recent years, and here's the kicker, we started using -gate too because it was more international and modern.

I hate it so much. 🙂

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u/DefaultPlayerChar Sep 02 '18

You're right. Something needs to be done about it. It's time for Gategate.

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u/fudsak fudsak Sep 02 '18

It's like your own annoying-gate controversy.

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u/slickestwood Sep 02 '18

It sounds better than Puddleghazi...or does it?

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u/killbot0224 Sep 03 '18

It's usually satirical.

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u/mrkajja Sep 02 '18

The unimaginative state of this generation and the media that informs them.