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		red-iron-pine on Feb 10, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Teen on Musk's DOGE team graduated from 'The Com' "The Com" is like "Anonymous" or "the scene", like talking about the "new york heavy metal scene". it's not one coherent group but a mix of them, sometimes overlapping but often not. they hangout in the same spaces, sometimes, but also not.

washadjeffmad on Feb 10, 2025 [–]

That's how it was (is) on IRC 25+ years ago. The Com sounds like the equivalent of idling on #2600 general.

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