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return2ozma@lemmy.world to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.ml · 21 hours ago

Flesh-eating bacteria devour man's arm and leg in just three days

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Flesh-eating bacteria devour man's arm and leg in just three days

arstechnica.com

return2ozma@lemmy.world to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.ml · 21 hours ago
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When doctors saw him, his limbs were discolored and crackling.
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    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.

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      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.

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        Let them eat limbs

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      stepping foot

      Bone apple tea!

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        Step foot is American for set foot.

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          Are you sure about that? I couldn’t find it in any dictionary.

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          Look at this person, putting American vernacular up on a petty stool.

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            They often get English wrong.

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        People say that shit all the time, quit trying to feel smart online.

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          It’s a boring malapropism, like when people say “chomping at the bit” (instead of “champing”).

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