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Re:Telling Whiskey from Whisky by chrisseaton on Sunday October 27, 2019 @03:58AM (#21368409)
What drives someone to feel the need to gatekeep so aggressively like this?
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Re:Telling Whiskey from Whisky by vinay427 on Sunday October 27, 2019 @05:09AM (#21368601)
I suspect that it's some interpretation of how to protect and maintain culture. This reverence of tradition is definitely much stronger in some places than others.
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