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chrisseaton
on Sept 4, 2020
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Thirty years ago today I made the final gold maste...
Oh right - was going to say they kept the other games up so they obviously aren't doing it because they hate games or out of spite. Reasonable to believe their stated business reason.
ppod
on Sept 5, 2020
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I just noticed recently that in American English "bullshit" often means "unfair" or "trivial" where in British English it usually means "untrue".
tombert
on Sept 5, 2020
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It usually means "untrue" here as well, but it's often used as a synonym for "extremely ridiculous".
huhtenberg
on Sept 5, 2020
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FWIW in my version of English it means "nonsense" (I'm the OP).
PakG1
on Sept 5, 2020
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I have never realized this. Wow, this would explain some weird conversations.
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