Often “to get someone a car” means to get them a car and driver, in my experience. Maybe they’re offering to pay for a cab?
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torch_and_blanket@sopuli.xyzto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Why would a company force you to use a rental car instead of your own for a drive to the office/Christmas party?4·6 months ago
torch_and_blanket@sopuli.xyzto World News@lemmy.world•Turkish football federation finds hundreds of referees have betting accountsEnglish8·6 months agoThey…they didn’t know?
torch_and_blanket@sopuli.xyzto World News@lemmy.world•Ireland's left-wing independent Catherine Connolly wins presidential electionEnglish13·6 months agoBorrowed, because the language they were reconstructing was missing a lot of vocabulary. But yes.
torch_and_blanket@sopuli.xyzto World News@lemmy.world•As Trump lavishes money and praise on Argentina, more Americans ask: Why?English1·6 months agoMm, probably.
Do they qualify as war crimes? I am really asking here; I’m not sure the conflict in Gaza qualifies as a war, per se- heinous acts of cruelty, no doubt, but war crimes?
torch_and_blanket@sopuli.xyzto Linux@programming.dev•Arch Linux Users at Risk Again as AUR Hit by Another RAT51·8 months agoAUR installation scripts are even written in bash.
My mom works for Palantir, lmao.
torch_and_blanket@sopuli.xyzto World News@lemmy.world•‘Japanese-first’ Sanseito party goes into election leveraging unease about foreignersEnglish26·9 months agoBecause what Japan of all countries needs is more xenophobia.
You just cleared up something that was lingering vaguely at the back of my mind for a week.
I overheard fragments of a conversation between a couple in a cafe talking about “arrfidd”, but what I heard didn’t make sense for Radio Frequency IDentification. This works out much better.
torch_and_blanket@sopuli.xyzto Climate@slrpnk.net•The Trump budget proposes $0 for climate research in 20269·9 months agoOh, no doubt, but a worse foe lurks! Some people voted for Donald Trump.
torch_and_blanket@sopuli.xyzto politics @lemmy.world•Why AOC should run for president in 20282·9 months agoShe won’t win.
So what? Run her anyway. There’s this thing called the window of discourse.
That’s well put, actually. Very succinct, new to me.
I feel the yellow spreading like a plague.
The word you’re looking for . . .
Might be, but almost certainly is not.
torch_and_blanket@sopuli.xyzto World News@lemmy.world•For A Sick Ukrainian Girl, A Promise Of Treatment In Israel Ends In TragedyEnglish51·9 months agoThat’s fine. Iran didn’t fire missiles at Israel because of what they’re doing to Palestinians, though.
torch_and_blanket@sopuli.xyzto World News@lemmy.world•For A Sick Ukrainian Girl, A Promise Of Treatment In Israel Ends In TragedyEnglish51·9 months agoHuh, a crossover episode.
What are we supposed to do with news like this? “Adults start senseless war, children suffer”, paste it in gothic letters across ad ribbons and billboards. People look at those, sometimes. Say “stand up”. Say “shout”, at foreign tyrants who will never hear it and can’t imagine what it would even mean to care.
torch_and_blanket@sopuli.xyzto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Can an American go to Europe just for cheaper healthcare?1·9 months agoSo what you’re saying is that if I get injured, I had best take a few down with me so we can all be in together and split the costs?
What kind of job is this? Seems super weird.