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@banjofox @djsundog From what I recall of the documentary, the origin was a point of contention.

is there a word for things that are named after people who would be unpleased to be associated with the thing in later days?

for example, Sylvester Graham and graham crackers ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_cracker )

the dear reverend graham would abhor the s'more that depends on the crackers named in his sake

@banjofox @djsundog It doesn't exist in China. It's an entirely Chinese American invention. Basically everything on a Chinese food restaurant menu (unless iy's ment to be authentic) was created during the decades of immigrants trying to survive and fit in among the rampant racism they faced.

Borg are basically singularity nerds who are into cybervore.

Someone do a machine learning thing to identify people being combative and warn me so I don't waste my time. Even if I'm the one being combative.

@coachdrewglobal shunned

Love to mute annoying, picky people who try to argue over wording rather than consider that they just didn't understand me and ask for clarification. Those sorts of people have a lot of growing to do and aren't worth the trouble.

@nuhn Driving around town pretending the world has ended because everything except the Chinese food places are closed and have empty parking lots. (Southeastern US)

@h Dad joke generally implies harmless and good-natured.

@h So dad jokes would be simplicidad? :P

@anthracite It just has a lot of little rough edges for everything except video, while it has a tremendous amount of polish for the video experience.