orphan-crushing machine

See also: orphan crushing machine

English

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Etymology

Referencing a Twitter post by @pookleblinky on September 25, 2020:[1]

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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Noun

orphan-crushing machine (plural orphan-crushing machines)

  1. (Internet slang) 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.
    • 2023 February 15, @lepetitereboot, Twitter‎[2] (post), archived from the original on 17 May 2024:
      "we live in a society", said the orphan-crushing machine operator
    • 2023 August 9, @DreadBirate, X (formerly Twitter)‎[3] (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”
    • 2024 January 22, @Nemertes_, X (formerly Twitter)‎[4] (post), archived from the original on 17 May 2024:
      BREAKING: orphan-crushing machine manufacturer states there is 'no sign' of orphan-crushing machines being used to crush orphans

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References

  1. ^ @pookleblinky (25 September 2020), Twitter‎[1], archived from the original on 23 August 2021

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