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4tell0life4
Since: Mar, 2018
3rd Sep, 2018 02:27:14 AM
That's too case specific.
We can never truly eradicate the coronavirus, but we can suppress its threat like influenza
eroock
Since: Sep, 2012
3rd Sep, 2018 02:40:20 AM
Seems like a standard Fridge Logic example.
BreadBull
Since: Aug, 2015
3rd Sep, 2018 10:04:57 AM
It's not just limited to those two, though. Basically any instance where a timed mission doesn't make sense. Kind of San Dimas Time but more broad.
Very commonly with shapeshifting or Freaky Friday Switch, there's a time limit that if Alice and Bob don't change back to their normal selves they'll remain stuck in their new form forever - and nobody will ask whey they can't just initiate a new shapeshift or body swap, which in the end the results would be the same as if they'd reverted.