• Hobo@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Like literally literally or literally figuratively? Because the thought of someone popping out the hatch with a sack of potatoes and just wildly chunking them at a drone is kind of hilarious.

      • DAMunzy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        9 months ago

        Damn kids nowadays! Back in my days we didn’t do such things. /s

        But, I still hate literally being used “wrong”.

      • porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml
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        9 months ago

        You’re not wrong that it means that now, but literally has meant figuratively since it started being used in the eighteenth century

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      9 months ago

      Metaphorically. The potato’s just the battery, and the actual electronics consist of a shanzhai NES clone and a novelty golf ball detector.