car rental
A business that hires out automobiles.
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Well, a friend has agreed to split the cost of a hotel (or bnb) and car rental with me, so as long as the ticket queue works out, it looks like I'm doing this Celebration LA thing. You know... provided the president…
was dropping off a car rental on Sunday morning and two Gen Z dudes had their suitcases open to procure Zyn and each dude had two full sleeves to choose from packed away (they called them logs - #themoreyouknow)
Like, it's *so fucking easy* to just pick an actual thing where you really do have to show your ID - hotel check in! car rental! How do they manage to fuck up this Very Simple Rhetorical Thing this much?
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(US) The hiring of automobiles (motor cars) for relatively short periods.
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A business that hires out automobiles.
“Well, a friend has agreed to split the cost of a hotel (or bnb) and car rental with me, so as long as the ticket queue works out, it looks like I'm doing this Celebration LA thing. You know... provided the president doesn't get us all killed first.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“was dropping off a car rental on Sunday morning and two Gen Z dudes had their suitcases open to procure Zyn and each dude had two full sleeves to choose from packed away (they called them logs - #themoreyouknow)”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Like, it's *so fucking easy* to just pick an actual thing where you really do have to show your ID - hotel check in! car rental! How do they manage to fuck up this Very Simple Rhetorical Thing this much?”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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