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minus-squareTexasDrunk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·5 months ago “send in The Clown” Is that like “Bring Out The Gimp”?
minus-squareTheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months ago“send in a clown”, come to think of it, sort of implies that one keeps a heap of clowns around and can just peel one off and throw it at a problem.
minus-squareCloaca@mtgzone.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoYou start to run into the trope conservation of ninjutsu. Where a single ninja is a terrible threat, but a group of them splits the power of the single threat evenly.
Is that like “Bring Out The Gimp”?
“send in a clown”, come to think of it, sort of implies that one keeps a heap of clowns around and can just peel one off and throw it at a problem.
You start to run into the trope conservation of ninjutsu. Where a single ninja is a terrible threat, but a group of them splits the power of the single threat evenly.