orphan-crushing machine

== English == === Alternative forms === orphan crushing machine === Etymology === Referencing 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. === Pronunciation === === Noun === orphan-crushing machine (plural orphan-crushing machines) (Internet slang) A notional machine representing a system or state of affairs that obviously facilitates suffering but is not acknowledged or examined, or for which no alternative is considered. === See also === === References === === Further reading === “Orphan-Crushing Machine”, in Know Your Meme, website launched 2007