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[-] [email protected] 53 points 4 months ago

I like "orphanize" - one of those things that shouldn't be a word, but is!

[-] [email protected] 33 points 4 months ago

umbilicalCord.cut()

[-] [email protected] 22 points 4 months ago

NGL, Orphaniser or Orphanizer sounds like one hell of a metal band name

[-] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Alternatively a depressingly realistic look at the consequences of war for non-participating children, couched in the veneer of an 80s Sci-Fi movie.

"YOUR PARENTS WILL NOT BE BACK"

[-] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

Or a Shark Tank-style infomercial product. "It's The Orphanizer, From Ronco!"

[-] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

What would it do? Delete all memories of a childs parents from their brain, making them think they've been orphans all along?

[-] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Seems like it'd be easier and more honest to have it just kill the parents.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

I assumed it's something parents buy for their children.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

impl<'a, T: Child> ChildRef<'a, T> {
  fn orphanize<T: Child>(r: Self) -> Orphan<T>;
}

this post was submitted on 14 May 2024

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