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by 789body 2730 days ago
It's a fine choice of words. It's just a coincidence.
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No one is capturing anything with a rope or cable. It's a rotten choice of words.
For what it's worth, I'm from Texas where I see actual lassos somewhat regularly, and I perfectly understood the phrasing here. Maybe it's just a regional difference in how the word "lasso" is understood.