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What is the recent trend of website users not using the actual names of the websites they use?

    >the orange site
    >the bird site
Are these pet names? Is this passive aggressive contempt? Or is this an inside joke that I don’t get?


I would skew towards inside joke pet names

For a few reasons.

Firstly, sometimes a shot needs to be taken at said websites and there are people who work there who will be reading it.

Secondly, because inside jokes are the best jokes.


> the orange site

This one isn't new to me. My old boss used to call it that.


Adding dramatic flair is a timeless hobby. Like most things, it gets shorter with time.

It's basically:

That den of capitalist hubris, the Mart of Wally

For a new era.


It's passive aggressive contempt. They're pretty commonly used in leftist online circles to gently insult the original sites.




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