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58008@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 hours ago

Getting 'laid off' probably sounds pretty sexy to someone who doesn't know what it actually means

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Getting 'laid off' probably sounds pretty sexy to someone who doesn't know what it actually means

58008@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 hours ago
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  • aeronmelon@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    Oof.

    • Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org
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      9 hours ago

      They’re gonna need a huge rocket

  • console.log(bathing_in_bismuth)@sh.itjust.works
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    7 hours ago

    CEO/assistant fantasy powerplay

  • FUCKING_CUNO@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    13 hours ago

    Sounds about as good as waterboarding in Guantanamo bay

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    13 hours ago

    I once laid off two chicks at the same time

    • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world
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      13 hours ago

      Fuckin’ A, man.

      • Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org
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        9 hours ago

        No not a man, two chicks

  • NOT_RICK@lemmy.world
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    11 hours ago

    Getting laid off sucks, getting laid on rules

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      8 hours ago

      Being laid-up also not so great

      • NOT_RICK@lemmy.world
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        32 minutes ago

        But getting laid down is good!

      • stephen@lemmy.today
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        7 hours ago

        Being laid into? Personal preference.

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          Just wait until you try a long layover.

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    Phrasal verbs are the bane of english language learners. It’s one of the weird things that natives speakers don’t notice until they are mentioned by someone learning english or they become an english major.

    Wipe out, mull over, look up to. These are just some of the phrasal verbs you want to think over.

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      Maybe it’s because there’s been so much cross pollination of the two languages meaning they have structural similarities, or maybe it’s just because the other language does it in a way that is somehow more innately simple. But I have not found French phrasal verbs to be very difficult at all, as an English speaker. The most common ones are “avoir ____ de quelque chose”, “to have ____ of something”. “Avoir besoin de”, “avoir peur de”, which are “to have need of” (to need) and “have fear of” (to be afraid of, or to fear). Also “avoir faim” and “avoir soif”, which are “to have hunger” and “to have thirst” (to be hungry, to be thirsty).

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    I not only got laid off hard, but they actually PAID ME for it afterwards. Guess I’m just that good.

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    I was laid off over email and ghosted after the owner agreed to keep me on as an hourly freelance consultant.

    I won’t name the company but, fuck you AEI. And fuck all of your pussies who ruin lives via text message.

    Fuck. You

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    eh about the same your still getting fucked

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