Has some things going for it, but probably too vulgar for most occasions, and also IMO implies too much malintent. I like “diagonalization” because it’s kind of a thing you can imagine doing.
I think my current favorite choice is “Leveling” and “starting a leveling war” from poker. Sentences like “man, I feel like this is too much trying to level them” and “this feels like it’s starting a leveling war” are decent-ish pointers.
Mindfucking
Has some things going for it, but probably too vulgar for most occasions, and also IMO implies too much malintent. I like “diagonalization” because it’s kind of a thing you can imagine doing.
I think my current favorite choice is “Leveling” and “starting a leveling war” from poker. Sentences like “man, I feel like this is too much trying to level them” and “this feels like it’s starting a leveling war” are decent-ish pointers.