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Re:GitHub, fuck your name change by llimos on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @09:46AM (#26491150)
"Kill" is definitely a metaphor. A more literal phrase would be "force stop".
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Re:GitHub, fuck your name change by Minor49er on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @11:14AM (#26492346)
One of the definitions of "kill" is "to put an end to or cause the failure or defeat of (something)." This is not a metaphor either.
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Re:GitHub, fuck your name change by IshKebab on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @06:54PM (#26497806)
One of the definitions of "slave" is "A device (such as a secondary flash or hard drive) that is subject to the control of another". Is that not a metaphor either?
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