If anyone does not understand the reference, "Slashdot" is a link-sharing site oriented at tech news, that was popular many years ago as HN is today.
I wonder what new site, and what new euphemism, will replace the "hug of death" and "the orange site" in 2044?
(Hopefully not robots that go around actually hugging people to death…)
I let the next guy explain what a mailing list was.