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		postalrat on Sept 19, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 1Hz CPU made in Minecraft running Minecraft at 0.1... You don't start a suggestion with "Why 74xx parts, other than nostalgia for an era that was over decades before he was born?"

swores on Sept 20, 2022 [–]

I agree that they could have worded that sentence more nicely, but "gatekeeping" isn't the automatic opposite of "charming and polite", nor does it describe any and all negative feedback. It's a specific term with, you know, meaning.

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