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[–] [email protected] -3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

Ordi might be wrong in their approach to the correction, but our communications are, indeed, littered with words that are meant to emphasize something, but are instead so commonplace that they don't mean anything anymore.

Fucking. Literally. Really. Actually. Insane. Unbelievable. Bizarre. Big. You name it.

In an era of everyone constantly screaming on the Internet while sitting there on the couch with zero emotions, it would make sense to step down and revisit the way we approach the language - and our experiences when facing such content.

The joke would absolutely be better off without the word "fucking".

[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 days ago

Nah, fuck that. It's an account with shit post in the name. They can use the fucking word without an analysis of contemporary communications.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago

Easy there, Maude.

Not only was the use of the word actually contextually appropriate for literally producing emphasis, it was also fucking funny.

Maybe the problem here is the bizarre attempt at pedantry while consuming a meme. Not just a meme, but a meme about a meme. Unbelievable failure.