• AmidFuror@fedia.io
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    This is a tricky debate, with mostly religious and traditionalist people on one side, and people against unnecessary surgical procedures on the other. Either way, I think once the foreskin is removed, it should be treated as medical waste.

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      Nono, you’re thinking of circumcision. This is about a big meeting where furries celebrate their favorite animes or something

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        Nono, you’re thinking of a convention. This is about a psychological treatment that makes gay men like women.

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          No no, that’s conversion therapy. This is about the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea.

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                  Nono, you’re thinking of circumference. This is about a semi-precious gemstone in the shape of a small, domesticated mustelid.

                  ETA: Maybe it’s too hard. I am thinking of a …

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                  zircon ferret

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

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          The other user’s was better, so I’m hiding this one

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

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      Ah yes, I think we all remember the moment back in 2016 when Apple famously announced the removal of the foreskin from the iPhone 7.

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        You just knew it was the first step in getting rid of the headphone jack… and it made the mens line at the Apple Store, ironically, very long

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        I believe credit for the first occurrence goes back to Ferdinand Magellan. Although he himself did not have the procedure, his crew did after his death in 1521.

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      I think you accidentally posted this on the wrong thread, but it’s fine because I know exactly the thread you meant, and the word circumvention didn’t help the situation :D