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artichokeheart on May 28, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Hola VPN turns 10M users into exit nodes

God how I do love that acronym. As soon as I see it I know to ignore anything the person using it says. It's like a giant flashing fuckwit sign.

marssaxman on May 28, 2015 | [–]

Yes, exactly! It is meaningless as a term, lacking any referent, but oh so useful as a shibboleth: anyone who believes in it can be killfiled on sight.

zxcvcxz on May 28, 2015 | [–]

The you must ignore a lot of the self proclaiming social justice warriors.

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