AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptorMar 2

Microsoft gets tired of “Microslop,” bans the word on its Discord, then locks the server after backlash

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Microsoft gets tired of “Microslop,” bans the word on its Discord, then locks the server after backlash

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Show threadViking_Hippie

Reminds me of the time when Disney allegedly sent a memo to workers at Disney Land and Disney World telling them they’d be fired 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

Mar 2 at 1:54pmWeb
Show threadlornosajMar 3
I get the Mousewitz part but what’s the reference to Dachau about? Duchau read like _Duck_au as in Donald Duck?
Show threadtheolodisMar 3
Dachau was one if the first concentration camps in Germany.
Show threadlornosajMar 3
I am very aware, I was asking about the pronunciation/reference.
Show threadOddMinus1Mar 3

Yes, it’s as you stated, a reference to donald duck. A very loose reference.

Also, I’ve tried to find any reliable sources for this story at previous occasions, and it seems like it’s fully made up. The working conditions have reportedly been abyssmal which is likely the origin of the story, but that specific story is not real.

Show threadluciferofastoraMar 3
Remember how Americans would pronounce the ch. They already basically say Dackau, so Duckau isn’t a far stretch.
Show threadscarabicMar 3
It might be that there is pun at all about them calling it Dachau and that was the point. Oh we can’t use this cheeky nickname anymore? Fine, we’ll just refer to it as Dachau. Ban that.