• GrappleHat
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    902 months ago

    The chances of a deal are said to be weeks away, if not non-existent.

    What kind of non-sentence is that?

        • @mindbleach
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          12 months ago

          The fact it’s now in the dictionary proper is bizarre… but I mean… so is “okay.” And that’s almost the same ascended joke.

    • @[email protected]
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      92 months ago

      The kind of sentence you write when you’re still 20 words from the target your editor set for the article

    • JackbyDev
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      22 months ago

      It feels like it’s saying “if rumors are true, the deal is weeks away.” A reminder that it might not be the case.

    • @[email protected]
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      22 months ago

      It means when the author was waiting for his order at Popeyes, the guy in front who did small talk with him introduced himself as a Gitlab employee and told the author “Gitlab might sell in weeks. It is a deal or no deal”