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/kbin-related stuff. Unofficial, not moderated by devs (yet). Official ones: /m/kbinMeta /m/kbinDesign **All official /kbin magazines in one collection**

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[–] Tigbitties@kbin.social 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I think the "-porn" suffix is part of the internet vernacular now. We'll probably be calling porn pornporn at some point. We're stuck with it just like we're stuck with "-gate"

[–] cyberian_khatru@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah, I always thought that was just a wider internet thing. Like an instagram hashtag or something. At least it's better than "food terrorism" which is what they call it in japanese.

[–] Neon@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] cyberian_khatru@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

yeah because when you send pictures of amazing food to your friends you're terrorizing them

[–] btaf45@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago

All the porn suffixes do is make things that are safe for work sound NSFW. They sound hilarious when you are 17 but lame when you are 37.

[–] mihnt@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago

Calling weed "trees" has been around a lot longer than the internet so I don't think you'll make that go away.

[–] tinyzimmer@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think you are over conflating "reddit-isms" and "internet-isms". Reddit is where stuff like this has been most prominent for a while - but the whole funny naming thing has been around since the birth of the internet.

[–] PositiveNoise@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Since the birth of languages, I'm pretty sure. Young people coming up with new slang that their parents generation doesn't understand has probably been around since people were inventing words.

[–] root_beer@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I agree with the other posters that this is just internet nomenclature in general, but I have noticed that some people are referring to Lemmy “communities” as “sublemmies“. Fortunately, I don’t think the name “kbin” really lends well to such an analogue so we can just continue to call them “magazines”.

[–] Neon@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

? why not?
we could just call them "bins" or "subbins"

[–] wolfshadowheart@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

I dunno, I was getting a lot of good, niche information from my kbinnies!

[–] dedale@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

I don't think a little bit of humor is that much of a crime, even if it's dumb.

[–] mandolrain@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I agree with you, but I also feel Reddit-like names of subs can be essential for welcoming casual Reddit migrators. If they sense some kind of familiarity with Lemmy they’re more likely to stay

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