Creepy Wikipedia

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Robert Durst - American real estate heir who nearly got away with murder until his gleeful participation in an HBO documentary finally did him in (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 10 months ago by decadentrebel@lemmy.world to c/creepywikipedia@lemmy.world

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[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

It was intended as a joke insult, to confirm the point you were making - that nothing you say in disagreement would be dropped, but everything would be continued with arguments and insults.

I guess I should have used a /s

[–] dpkonofa@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

I figured that was the case but was legitimately unsure if someone would sue the word “nincompoop” seriously. lol