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[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Grandma: call 911, I'm literally having a heart attack

Seems like it might be important for words to actually mean things. Is Grandma being dramatic or is she dying...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Ah, so you want to abolish figurative language too. I like where this is going

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/literally

I agree, it's stupid, but arguing against it is "old man yells at cloud" territory. The fact is if I said "I literally couldn't get out of bed this morning" the meaning of that statement is well understood.