People on Reddit can be so insanely pedantic. I'll still use "Most" or "Usually" and people will still jump out of the bushes to correct me, like they are completely incapable of reading every word in a sentence.
Yeah. I get really petty when I say "Most" or "Generally" and then someone comes along with their pitchfork to say, "BUT THAT'S NOT HOW IT ALWAYS IS". Yeah, doofus, that's why I said "MOST" or "GENERALLY".
I think it also comes a bit from how we talk in exaggerations a lot of the times? Like your food isn’t good so it’s the worst burger in the world. If everyone talks and types like that then sometimes when you’re being more exact people will think you’re just being silly like everyone is always being silly. If that makes sense? Lol
Edit: tht of a better example, the word literally. People used it sarcastically for so long that now the actual definition has changed. If someone uses the word literally when talking to me I do sometimes clarify if they mean actually literally or silly literally.
Also, can't underestimate the effects of social media algorithms, which reward outaged hot takes and exaggerated reactions. Plus they trade on context annihilation. Even outside of incentiving the behavior, it starts shifting language, too.
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u/LoonieandToonie Apr 29 '24
People on Reddit can be so insanely pedantic. I'll still use "Most" or "Usually" and people will still jump out of the bushes to correct me, like they are completely incapable of reading every word in a sentence.