give a toss
(British, Irish, Australia, slang, chiefly, in the negative) To care.
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Evolution is about survival of a species, it doesn't give a toss about the individual. It's mad that people think being "natural" must mean it works perfectly.
Garbage - nobody gives someone £5million just to "keep them safe" especially a piece of garbage like Farage, where the normal response would be not to give a toss what happened to him.
They don’t give a toss about anyone else. They don’t care about workers. They’re just racists themselves. It’s stark with Musk and Thiel.
I don't give a toss about demographics, birth rates, jobs, I'm still sticking by and always posting this. bsky.app/profile/tomt...
Starmer won't give a toss about the abuse of UK citizens, unless they're Zionists.
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(British, Irish, Australia, slang, chiefly, in the negative) To care.
“Evolution is about survival of a species, it doesn't give a toss about the individual. It's mad that people think being "natural" must mean it works perfectly.”
“Garbage - nobody gives someone £5million just to "keep them safe" especially a piece of garbage like Farage, where the normal response would be not to give a toss what happened to him.”
“They don’t give a toss about anyone else. They don’t care about workers. They’re just racists themselves. It’s stark with Musk and Thiel.”
“Evolution is about survival of a species, it doesn't give a toss about the individual. It's mad that people think being "natural" must mean it works perfectly.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Garbage - nobody gives someone £5million just to "keep them safe" especially a piece of garbage like Farage, where the normal response would be not to give a toss what happened to him.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“They don’t give a toss about anyone else. They don’t care about workers. They’re just racists themselves. It’s stark with Musk and Thiel.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I don't give a toss about demographics, birth rates, jobs, I'm still sticking by and always posting this. bsky.app/profile/tomt...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Starmer won't give a toss about the abuse of UK citizens, unless they're Zionists.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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