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literally worse than Hitler.

Any minute now, somebody’s gonna argue that it’s incorrect to use literally this way. Happens every time I see the word used here on Lemmy lol

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anarchy79@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
And they’re wrong every time. You can use “literally” as a rhetorical exaggeration, bam, debate over. They’re the same as the “could care less” crowd.

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trk@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
There’s a name for that - it’s called Cunningham’s Law.

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- Kase@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  True, but only given that the first comment was wrong, which I wouldn’t say so. But I’ve seen people who would, so it works lol
  
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GladiusB@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Well. You kind of did. Are you like Switzerland here?

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- Kase@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Oh no haha, I don’t agree that it’s incorrect. I’m firmly on the pro-literally-as-a-hyperbole side lol
  
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