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by untog 2022 days ago
Do people often refer to 'bleaching' when they use BleachBit? I've never heard it used.
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zests 2022 days ago
Another elected official used the term 'bleaching' or 'acid washing' or something. Don't quote me on this but I seem to recall a fact checking agency rating the statement as "false" because "bleach was not used, it was software called bleachbit".

It was a culture war microcosm.

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naniwaduni 2022 days ago
You may be thinking of this post: https://www.factcheck.org/2016/09/trump-pence-acid-wash-fact... ?
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bigbubba 2022 days ago
I don't think I've ever heard of that particular software in any other context so... hard to say?
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