But the biggest criticism Auto-Tune's critics level against it is that it's the sonic equivalent of plastic surgery or 'roids, a digital fix that lets lousy singers skip over that whole learning-to-carry-a-tune thing (boring!) and cut straight to pop stardom's V.I.P. room.
But it would in any case be a surprising empirical result to discover that autonomy could never be enhanced by the societal equivalent of tree surgery in this case or in any other.
Mergers and acquisitions are "the brain surgery of investment banking and a large equity offering is the equivalent of spinal surgery in investment banking," said John Thain, co-chief operating officer of Goldman Sachs.
When QE was first announced, it was the equivalent of emergency surgery.
With the possible exception of Karl Rove, who seems to be retreating into the shadows, the staff changes announced by the White House are the equivalent of cosmetic surgery.
And since you are sometimes doing the equivalent of heart surgery in a bathroom, the only thing that makes it the best place to do it is the feeling that the person who is watching is absolutely engaged".
Joseph Grundfest, the Clearinghouse's director, expects that the sort of "bet-your-life law firms", the ones "dedicated to the legal equivalent of brain surgery" will keep their clientele intact.
The restored car was a last-minute inclusion to give visitors a chance to compare an as-built Corvette and one that had been given the equivalent of cosmetic surgery.
Most of the time, most people don't have much trouble drawing the line; and since the term "documentary" isn't being used for the intellectual equivalent of brain surgery, but as a general notion (useful in such trivia as the awarding of prizes) regarding films with only slight (not "no") intervention in or premeditation of the unfolding of on-screen events, what's the problem?
That's interesting, because Bristol is now a very different company from what it was last year, having spun off one division, agreed to sell another and bought a third the corporate equivalent of major surgery, adding and removing organs that are each worth billions of dollars.
