An alternative and maybe more fun term for this is a “comb-over.”
If you’re losing your hair, you might think that one of your options is to disguise the fact that you’re balding by giving yourself a comb-over. But in fact, that’s a fabricated option. Nobody will be fooled, and you’ll look worse than you would if you left your hair alone or shaved it all off.
So we could say that a price gouging ban is a “comb-over for supply constraints.” An abortion ban is a “comb-over for dangerous or unwanted pregnancies.” Staying with an unstable partner is giving their issues a comb-over. Banning block lists is giving a comb-over to social discord. Forcing your kid to do things they don’t like is giving a comb-over to their independence.
I like this term because it’s a little funny and it gets the point across in a way that I might actually use in a conversation with a friend. If anybody else likes this, I give Duncan the credit, because I wouldn’t have come up with this if Duncan hadn’t focused attention on it.
An alternative and maybe more fun term for this is a “comb-over.”
If you’re losing your hair, you might think that one of your options is to disguise the fact that you’re balding by giving yourself a comb-over. But in fact, that’s a fabricated option. Nobody will be fooled, and you’ll look worse than you would if you left your hair alone or shaved it all off.
So we could say that a price gouging ban is a “comb-over for supply constraints.” An abortion ban is a “comb-over for dangerous or unwanted pregnancies.” Staying with an unstable partner is giving their issues a comb-over. Banning block lists is giving a comb-over to social discord. Forcing your kid to do things they don’t like is giving a comb-over to their independence.
I like this term because it’s a little funny and it gets the point across in a way that I might actually use in a conversation with a friend. If anybody else likes this, I give Duncan the credit, because I wouldn’t have come up with this if Duncan hadn’t focused attention on it.