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What's with random_problem + gate formula? I don't get it.

• richmarr 10y ago
  Nixon, baby. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate_scandal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate_scandal
• noja 10y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_scandals_with_%22-gate%22_suffix https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_scandals_with_%22-gate...
• lmm 10y ago
  The Watergate scandal (named after the hotel where things took place) was such a big thing that the press/public developed a habit of relating subsequent scandals to it by giving them a name ending in -gate.
  • pluma 10y ago
    You mean Watergategate? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vB9JgxhXW5w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vB9JgxhXW5w
• ccozan 10y ago
  It's coming from a scandal involving Nixon. See here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate_scandal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate_scandal
  • andybak 10y ago
    Maybe a touch frivolous but definitely pertinent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vB9JgxhXW5w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vB9JgxhXW5w