Comment on Let's end Anti-Circumvention. We should own the things we buy!

• xep@discuss.online ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  That’s conversion therapy. This is about the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea.

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  • General_Effort@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Nono, you’re thinking of circumlocution. This is about building a wall around a besieged city.

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    • phcorcoran@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      No no, you’re thinking of circumvallation. This is about sailing a ship all around the Earth.

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      • halfdane@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        No no, that’s circumnavigation. This is about the length of the perimeter around a circle

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    • SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Okay, now you have to tell me how you plan to circumcise locusts. Don't be ridiculous.

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    • biofaust@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      No no, you’re thinking of circumvallation. This is about traveling around the entire globe by ship.

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• halfdane@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Nono, you’re thinking of conversion therapy. This is about going to a priest to tell them about your sins

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