My brother gave our mom a recipe and she said that she followed it exactly and it turned out horrible. My brother questioned her and bit by bit, it turns out that she literally modified every single step, from the cooking method to the ingredient (singular) used. Some people just isn’t aware what they’ve done.
I don’t believe people are using it figuratively. In my experience they’re lying to themselves about having followed instructions in order to shift blame away from themselves.
i got rear ended at a stop light once and the other driver got in my face and was like ‘why where you stopped in the middle fo the road like that, you are dangerous and stupid’. i dunno, because it was STOP SIGN.
then tried to argue with me to not call my insurance, even though my car was fucked and undrivable. turns out they had multiple accidents and they were gonna get fucked for getting into yet another one. i just stonewalled them and they went back to their car and then theri friend came over and tried to intimidate me.
then the cops showed up and their tune changed real quick.
most people can’t admit fault, so they warp reality so the blame is always someone else’s, and even go so far as to harass intimdate others into their false reality.
I think it’s more that they view it as a drop in replacement. The way you might sub margarine for butter. Or sucralose for sugar. So they say “I followed it exactly” meaning the measurements were right. I don’t think they’re lying to themselves.
Though the irony is not lost on me. It is very funny to see someone say “I changed something and followed the recipe exactly.”
To be fair, I don’t believe people are using literally figuratively either. I believe it’s simply ignorance on their part (whether willful or otherwise), which happens. And I’m okay with that for the most part. What bothers me is that the dictionary codified it as if it should be an acceptable use.
A dictonary should include all common uses of words. Some people might be confused when someone uses literally figuratively and look it up in the dictionary. If hhe informal use was not there, thay would still be as confused. The dictinary is just a service, not the truth.
Oh god. Please tell me that the word ”exactly” is not going to have the same fate as the word “literally”:
My brother gave our mom a recipe and she said that she followed it exactly and it turned out horrible. My brother questioned her and bit by bit, it turns out that she literally modified every single step, from the cooking method to the ingredient (singular) used. Some people just isn’t aware what they’ve done.
I don’t believe people are using it figuratively. In my experience they’re lying to themselves about having followed instructions in order to shift blame away from themselves.
bingo.
i got rear ended at a stop light once and the other driver got in my face and was like ‘why where you stopped in the middle fo the road like that, you are dangerous and stupid’. i dunno, because it was STOP SIGN.
then tried to argue with me to not call my insurance, even though my car was fucked and undrivable. turns out they had multiple accidents and they were gonna get fucked for getting into yet another one. i just stonewalled them and they went back to their car and then theri friend came over and tried to intimidate me.
then the cops showed up and their tune changed real quick.
most people can’t admit fault, so they warp reality so the blame is always someone else’s, and even go so far as to harass intimdate others into their false reality.
Governments also intimidate people into false realities
I think it’s more that they view it as a drop in replacement. The way you might sub margarine for butter. Or sucralose for sugar. So they say “I followed it exactly” meaning the measurements were right. I don’t think they’re lying to themselves.
Though the irony is not lost on me. It is very funny to see someone say “I changed something and followed the recipe exactly.”
To be fair, I don’t believe people are using literally figuratively either. I believe it’s simply ignorance on their part (whether willful or otherwise), which happens. And I’m okay with that for the most part. What bothers me is that the dictionary codified it as if it should be an acceptable use.
A dictonary should include all common uses of words. Some people might be confused when someone uses literally figuratively and look it up in the dictionary. If hhe informal use was not there, thay would still be as confused. The dictinary is just a service, not the truth.
Exactly has literally exactly the same fate as literally.