“Everybody had one” is not a figure of speech or even hyperbole. It is just a flat out lie.
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sheridan@lemmy.world 1 week agoAre you interpreting it literally? It’s a figure of speech—a kind of hyperbole; it’s just a way of implying something was common, not that literally every person had one.
Whether it actually was common though, I don’t know. Joe here might be taking some liberties for the sake of a catchy thumbnail.
breecher@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
Fuckfuckmyfuckingass@lemmy.world 1 week ago
It’s a race to the bottom. Everything is blown the hell outta proportion until meaning is well meaningless.