return2ozma@lemmy.world to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.ml · 21 hours agoFlesh-eating bacteria devour man's arm and leg in just three daysarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up153cross-posted to: science@slrpnk.netusa@midwest.social
arrow-up153external-linkFlesh-eating bacteria devour man's arm and leg in just three daysarstechnica.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.ml · 21 hours agomessage-square24fedilinkcross-posted to: science@slrpnk.netusa@midwest.social
minus-squareBigBrownDog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up24·20 hours agoI was worried until I read the first line: “A 74-year-old man went to an emergency department in Florida with rapidly rotting limbs after jumping into the waters off Florida’s Gulf Coast.” I won’t be stepping foot in Florida and I refuse to swim in the ocean as everything in it wants you dead.
minus-squareWhirling_Ashandarei@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·19 hours agoAh yes, surely it’ll be contained to Florida, the state so very concerned with things like stopping the spread of disease or climate change.
minus-squarecorsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·18 hours ago stepping foot Bone apple tea!
minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up10·17 hours agoStep foot is American for set foot.
minus-squarezarkanian@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·21 minutes agoAre you sure about that? I couldn’t find it in any dictionary.
minus-squareBJW@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·17 hours agoLook at this person, putting American vernacular up on a petty stool.
minus-squareBigBrownDog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·15 hours agoPeople say that shit all the time, quit trying to feel smart online.
minus-squarezarkanian@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·19 minutes agoIt’s a boring malapropism, like when people say “chomping at the bit” (instead of “champing”).
I was worried until I read the first line:
“A 74-year-old man went to an emergency department in Florida with rapidly rotting limbs after jumping into the waters off Florida’s Gulf Coast.”
I won’t be stepping foot in Florida and I refuse to swim in the ocean as everything in it wants you dead.
Ah yes, surely it’ll be contained to Florida, the state so very concerned with things like stopping the spread of disease or climate change.
Let them eat limbs
Bone apple tea!
Step foot is American for set foot.
Are you sure about that? I couldn’t find it in any dictionary.
Look at this person, putting American vernacular up on a petty stool.
They often get English wrong.
People say that shit all the time, quit trying to feel smart online.
It’s a boring malapropism, like when people say “chomping at the bit” (instead of “champing”).