It's cool to have a fresh perspective on Blender. Shakes up our expectations and makes think a bit.

Here's a kind of work around. 1) Cut an edge loop in between the 2 you are wanting to pinch 2) bevel it. This will split the edge loop into 2 and allows you to adjust the distance between. 3) dissolve the original 2 lines

I know this is not Ideal but it will work.

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