• @Jiggle_Physics
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    1 month ago

    Literally has been used for emphasis, hyperbole, and metaphor since at least the late 18th century.

    • @samus12345
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      41 month ago

      I’m aware, but it was done so sparingly, as opposed to being used to mean its opposite far more than its original meaning nowadays.

      • @Jiggle_Physics
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        21 month ago

        That is how language works. It starts off small, then it catches on over time, and after a long time has passed, it either gets filtered out, or it becomes commonly used. The case for literally being used, for reasons other than its original one, started a couple hundred years ago. Today it is super commonly used that way, as it didn’t get abandoned. You are mad at the nature of the beast.