• Zorque@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    Literally means figuratively now.

    Yes, language changes, that is why you don’t rely solely on individual words to define your argument.

    The reason people might argue despite agreeing outside semantics is that they never bothered to go beyond a very basic explanation of their argument. If your sole disagreement comes from a differing interpretation of a word… then do your best to define your argument better. Otherwise you’re just arguing for the sake of arguing.

    • Ulrich@feddit.org
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      5 hours ago

      Literally means figuratively now.

      Which is an excellent example of how stupid this is because this word has literally lost all meaning, thank you.

      then do your best to define your argument better.

      My argument is that manipulating definitions to suit an agenda is stupid nonsense.