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[–] realitista@lemmus.org 48 points 3 days ago (10 children)

Not to be "that guy" but I think they are mixing their metaphors here. "Biological weapon" is the comparison they're making, not "biological war" which isn't something I think exists,

So examples like "chemical woman", "woman of mass destruction" work, whereas "total woman" or "guerrilla woman" do not.

[–] protist@retrofed.com 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I assumed it was "warfare," and for that every example works

[–] realitista@lemmus.org 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Warfare of attrition? Warfare of mass distruction? There are, I guess, ways to say those things properly, but these aren't them.

[–] protist@retrofed.com 2 points 3 days ago

I suppose I was talking about the tweet and not the response to the tweet

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