orphan-crushing machine
nounEtymology Referencing a Twitter post by @pookleblinky on September 25, 2020: Every heartwarming human interest story in america is like "he raised $20,000 to keep 200 orphans from being crushed in the orphan-crushing machine" and then never asks why an orphan-crushing machine exists or why you'd need to pay to prevent it from being used.
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Internet A notional machine representing a system or state of affairs that obviously facilitates suffering but is not acknowledged or examined, or for which no alternative is considered.
- "we live in a society", said the orphan-crushing machine operator2023 February 15, @lepetitereboot, Twitter (post), archived from the original on 17 May 2024:
- “ the orphan crushing machine isn’t the problem, it’s that people are using the orphan crushing machine wrong”2023 August 9, @DreadBirate, X (post), archived from the original on 17 May 2024:
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- BREAKING: orphan-crushing machine manufacturer states there is 'no sign' of orphan-crushing machines being used to crush orphans2024 January 22, @Nemertes_, X (post), archived from the original on 17 May 2024:
- Related terms
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