A Cybertruck owner shares his frustration following multiple failed attempts to sell his truck. After losing more than $20,000 in 2,800 miles, the owner says, “I want to cut my losses and move on, but I can't give this thing away.”
No, “giving away” means giving something for free. A better way to say it would be “practically or as if I’m giving it away”.
Of course, in daily discourse you might say “I gave it away” instead of “I got rid of it” or “I sold it” since it sounds nicer and is probably more informative when someone asks you “What happened to your car?” and you want to mean I gave it to someone else and didn’t take any money for it, not when you post it for sale on Facebook Marketplace.
The fact that people list “giveaways” where you pay for anything other than shipping, tax, etc. does not change what the words mean.
And even if we’re cutting it close with “practically giving away”, the max price I’d give on such a “given away car” is $500. Anything more is cutting your losses.
$90k is 180 times that amount. Does that mean he wants to give the car away 180 times?
No, “giving away” means giving something for free. A better way to say it would be “practically or as if I’m giving it away”.
Of course, in daily discourse you might say “I gave it away” instead of “I got rid of it” or “I sold it” since it sounds nicer and is probably more informative when someone asks you “What happened to your car?” and you want to mean I gave it to someone else and didn’t take any money for it, not when you post it for sale on Facebook Marketplace.
The fact that people list “giveaways” where you pay for anything other than shipping, tax, etc. does not change what the words mean.
And even if we’re cutting it close with “practically giving away”, the max price I’d give on such a “given away car” is $500. Anything more is cutting your losses.
$90k is 180 times that amount. Does that mean he wants to give the car away 180 times?
It’s the same underlying wordplay.
I’ll shit on anyone for buying a cybertruck but you’re being very pedantic.