Maven@piefed.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 hours agoWhats your hot take on something that doesnt matter at all?message-squaremessage-square186fedilinkarrow-up170arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up170arrow-down1message-squareWhats your hot take on something that doesnt matter at all?Maven@piefed.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 hours agomessage-square186fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareDigDoug@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·edit-24 hours agoThe use of ‘literally’ as hyperbole is fine. The sentences “I laughed so much I died” and “I laughed so much I literally died” mean exactly the same thing, but only one of them will have people respond with tHeN hOw ArE yOu TaLkInG tO mE iF yOu’Re DeAd?
minus-squareNinjasftw@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 minutes agoI just can’t bring myself to ever agree with that! Get off my lawn!
The use of ‘literally’ as hyperbole is fine.
The sentences “I laughed so much I died” and “I laughed so much I literally died” mean exactly the same thing, but only one of them will have people respond with tHeN hOw ArE yOu TaLkInG tO mE iF yOu’Re DeAd?
I just can’t bring myself to ever agree with that! Get off my lawn!