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Microsoft gets tired of “Microslop,” bans the word on its Discord, then locks the server after backlash (www.windowslatest.com)

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[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 94 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Reminds me of the time when Disney allegedly* sent a memo to workers at Disney Land and Disney World telling them that, if they didn't stop complaining about the abysmal working conditions by calling both parks Mousewitz, they'd be fired.

Within the hour, workers started calling it Duchau in stead.

*read: probably