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Beyond the confines of an app, the present circumstances we live in also shape our consumption habits. During the pandemic, everything from toilet paper to bucatini was sold-out because lockdown ...
"Selling out", or "sold out" in the past tense, is a common expression for the compromising of a person's integrity, morality, authenticity, or principles by forgoing the long-term benefits of a collective or group in exchange for personal gain, such as money or power. [1]
Beyond this context, it is generally used with the meaning to 'get rid of' someone or something. [7] The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines the term as to "refuse to serve (a customer)", or to "get rid of" or "throw out" someone or something. [8] The Oxford English Dictionary says it may be used as a noun or verb. [2]
However, in many jurisdictions such as the United Kingdom and the European Union, consumers retain their usual rights during a sale, such as the right to return faulty goods (under the Sale of Goods Act 1979 in the UK and Directive (EU) 2019/771 in the EU) and the right to return goods granted by the Distance Selling Regulations in the UK and ...
All that glitters is not gold" is an aphorism stating that not everything that looks precious or true turns out to be so. While early expressions of the idea are known from at least the 12th–13th century, the current saying is derived from a 16th-century line by William Shakespeare , " All that glisters is not gold ".
Being 'Let Go' No longer Implies You're Damaged Goods When the unemployment rate is low and companies are competing for top talent, it's normal to raise an eyebrow when someone has been let go and ...
It is in this vein that I repeat Sturgeon's Revelation, which was wrung out of me after twenty years of wearying defense of science fiction against attacks of people who used the worst examples of the field for ammunition, and whose conclusion was that ninety percent of S.F. is crud. The Revelation Ninety percent of everything is crud. Corollary 1
From IRS audits to sentient rocks to hot dog hands and beyond, the mundane and the inane collide with the profound in “Everything Everywhere All at Once," the Michelle Yeoh A24 action sci-fi pic ...