orphan-crushing machine
English edit
Etymology edit
From 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."
Noun edit
orphan-crushing machine (plural orphan-crushing machines)
- (Internet slang) A notional machine representing a system or process that obviously facilitates suffering but is not acknowledged or examined, or for which no alternative is considered.
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “Orphan-Crushing Machine”, in Know Your Meme, launched 2007