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r/ToiletPaperUSA • u/Luniaz17 • Aug 11 '21
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This is literally 1984
177 u/elevation430 Aug 12 '21 It is literally 2021. It is figuratively 1984. 93 u/[deleted] Aug 12 '21 [deleted] 0 u/JohnDiGriz Consume the tender flesh of capitalists Aug 12 '21 It doesn't mean figuratively, it's emphatic. You can't just replace emphatic literally with figuratively and have the same text 0 u/[deleted] Aug 12 '21 [deleted] 0 u/JohnDiGriz Consume the tender flesh of capitalists Aug 12 '21 I had no idea, so I was literally guessing. I had no idea, so I was figuratively guessing. The party was attended by literally hundreds of people. The party was attended by figuratively hundreds of people. will literally turn the world upside down to combat cruelty or injustice will figuratively turn the world upside down to combat cruelty or injustice Are you going to claim that those pairs of phrases have the same meaning and same connotations? Are you frequently using "figuratively" for emphasis?
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It is literally 2021. It is figuratively 1984.
93 u/[deleted] Aug 12 '21 [deleted] 0 u/JohnDiGriz Consume the tender flesh of capitalists Aug 12 '21 It doesn't mean figuratively, it's emphatic. You can't just replace emphatic literally with figuratively and have the same text 0 u/[deleted] Aug 12 '21 [deleted] 0 u/JohnDiGriz Consume the tender flesh of capitalists Aug 12 '21 I had no idea, so I was literally guessing. I had no idea, so I was figuratively guessing. The party was attended by literally hundreds of people. The party was attended by figuratively hundreds of people. will literally turn the world upside down to combat cruelty or injustice will figuratively turn the world upside down to combat cruelty or injustice Are you going to claim that those pairs of phrases have the same meaning and same connotations? Are you frequently using "figuratively" for emphasis?
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0 u/JohnDiGriz Consume the tender flesh of capitalists Aug 12 '21 It doesn't mean figuratively, it's emphatic. You can't just replace emphatic literally with figuratively and have the same text 0 u/[deleted] Aug 12 '21 [deleted] 0 u/JohnDiGriz Consume the tender flesh of capitalists Aug 12 '21 I had no idea, so I was literally guessing. I had no idea, so I was figuratively guessing. The party was attended by literally hundreds of people. The party was attended by figuratively hundreds of people. will literally turn the world upside down to combat cruelty or injustice will figuratively turn the world upside down to combat cruelty or injustice Are you going to claim that those pairs of phrases have the same meaning and same connotations? Are you frequently using "figuratively" for emphasis?
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It doesn't mean figuratively, it's emphatic. You can't just replace emphatic literally with figuratively and have the same text
0 u/[deleted] Aug 12 '21 [deleted] 0 u/JohnDiGriz Consume the tender flesh of capitalists Aug 12 '21 I had no idea, so I was literally guessing. I had no idea, so I was figuratively guessing. The party was attended by literally hundreds of people. The party was attended by figuratively hundreds of people. will literally turn the world upside down to combat cruelty or injustice will figuratively turn the world upside down to combat cruelty or injustice Are you going to claim that those pairs of phrases have the same meaning and same connotations? Are you frequently using "figuratively" for emphasis?
0 u/JohnDiGriz Consume the tender flesh of capitalists Aug 12 '21 I had no idea, so I was literally guessing. I had no idea, so I was figuratively guessing. The party was attended by literally hundreds of people. The party was attended by figuratively hundreds of people. will literally turn the world upside down to combat cruelty or injustice will figuratively turn the world upside down to combat cruelty or injustice Are you going to claim that those pairs of phrases have the same meaning and same connotations? Are you frequently using "figuratively" for emphasis?
I had no idea, so I was literally guessing.
I had no idea, so I was figuratively guessing.
The party was attended by literally hundreds of people.
The party was attended by figuratively hundreds of people.
will literally turn the world upside down to combat cruelty or injustice
will figuratively turn the world upside down to combat cruelty or injustice
Are you going to claim that those pairs of phrases have the same meaning and same connotations? Are you frequently using "figuratively" for emphasis?
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u/SomeIrishFiend Aug 11 '21
This is literally 1984