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Re:Harry’s Will Be Sold to Owner of Schick for $1.37B by travisporter on Friday May 10, 2019 @04:01PM (#19881688)
DE= double-edged I assume?
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Re:Harry’s Will Be Sold to Owner of Schick for $1.37B by russh on Friday May 10, 2019 @04:40PM (#19882016)
I think so, I had to google it.
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Re:Harry’s Will Be Sold to Owner of Schick for $1.37B by m463 on Friday May 10, 2019 @05:49PM (#19882569)
I think in this case it's used in kind of an "I'm a member of an exclusive club" with a (possibly subconscious) emphasis on "exclude".

I am reminded of "Acronyms Seriously Suck" (Elon Musk memo)

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Re:Harry’s Will Be Sold to Owner of Schick for $1.37B by oldandboring on Monday May 13, 2019 @08:12AM (#19898461)
I didn't mean to communicate that, but your point is fair nonetheless. In my defense I think I was inclined to use the acronym "DE" because I had already read through the existing comments and had seen other discussions already taking place about double-edged safety razors and referring to them as "DE" so I kinda switched to that "in the club" mindset without thinking. My apologies if you'll have them :)
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