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The man who killed Google Search?

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wayne-li2 ◴[] No.40136429[source]
Even though I agree with what the author is saying, the tone of this article is off putting to me. There are ways to call out people for being bad at their job without resorting to “class traitor” and “ratfucker”.

That being said, Google search is 100% dead. I append “reddit” to every Google query to get actual results from people, and I don’t see it on Reddit, I give up on my query.

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devindotcom ◴[] No.40136883[source]
I disagree. ratfuck is a specific term, not just a general pejorative. and I think class traitor is appropriate here as well. but i get what you're saying. that's the result, pro and con, of the shift away from edited journalism to stuff like ed's newsletter.
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Symbiote ◴[] No.40137350[source]
I had to look this up — I've never heard it used in Britain.

> Ratfucking is an American slang term for behind the scenes (covert) political sabotage or dirty tricks, particularly pertaining to elections

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratfucking

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1. remarkEon ◴[] No.40137673[source]
Interesting. In the (US) military, we used this term to describe someone who breaks into the MRE stash and steals all the good stuff, leaving horrid creations like cheese and veggie omelette.

“Private Johnson got caught ratfucking the MREs while everyone was doing PT” etc etc

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2. johncessna ◴[] No.40138045[source]
I've always used it as a variant of chicken fucker