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TaterTot@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

So this post got me curious to the etymology of the term. And from what I’ve been able to discern, the term seems to in fact originate from gaming.

I mean, obviously the tactic pre-dates recorded history. But ‘kiting’, in regards to the term itself, doesn’t seem to be a thing before video games.

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anarchy79@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
It’s funny because we seem to retroactively assign the term to ancient military tactics. I doubt they called it kiting. They’d probably call it ÖRGÜLÛLŸK, and every Mongolian worth their salt would know how to perform flawless ÖRGÜLÛLŸK.

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- mojofrododojo@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  
  ÖRGÛLŸK
  
  and now they sell them to anyone at Ikea.
  
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  - nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    They’re delicious and cheap, I don’t care if they have horse meat in them.
    
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- danekrae@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  
  ÖRGÛLŸK
  
  The fighting Uruk-hai!
  
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gibmiser@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Yeah i wasnt trying to say that word kiting was old, but for sure the action is old. Im there are predator animals that do it with poison or exhausting their prey before going in for the kill.

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- TaterTot@piefed.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  No, for sure. It was clear what you meant.
  
  Apologies if my comment came across as “um ackshually”. I just meant it in a “TIL/interestingly enough” sorta way.
  
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