Counter-pedantic-nazi post! (Destiny)
by ZackDark 
, Not behind you. NO! Don't look., Thursday, September 04, 2014, 10:53 (3554 days ago) @ Earendil
"The stars are aligned for this game. Literally."
[puts on pedantic nazi hat]
The use of "literally" as a worded exclamation mark is bad enough, but if you're going to make it its own sentence it had better be accurate. The only possible way that is accurate is if it's a non sequitur. Or, you think the moon is a star, and even then a supermoon has nothing to do with alignment, only proximity.
[takes off pedantic nazi hat]Have a nice day :)
On your first point, dictionaries all over already accept "literally" has also become a mark of hyperbolic comments, as opposed to just the original intent.
On your second point, if the Moon were a star, the full Moon would have Sol, Earth and the Moon "perfectly" aligned.
;)
Complete thread:
- Supermoon on the 9th -
Cody Miller,
2014-09-03, 17:15
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- 10/10. Would use that joke as my own.
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rliebherr,
2014-09-03, 17:24
- Did someone beat me to it? -
Cody Miller,
2014-09-03, 17:33
- You're the first! It's both interesting and caused an lol -
rliebherr,
2014-09-03, 17:34
- You're the first! It's both interesting and caused an lol
- Did someone beat me to it?
- Again? -
someotherguy,
2014-09-03, 18:05
- Yes, again -
JDQuackers,
2014-09-03, 18:12
- Yes, again - SonofMacPhisto, 2014-09-04, 09:02
- Yes, again - Xenos, 2014-09-04, 09:15
- Yes, again -
JDQuackers,
2014-09-03, 18:12
- WHOA. Awesome catch man. -
GrimBrotherIII,
2014-09-04, 07:40
- Supermoon on the 9th -
Earendil,
2014-09-04, 10:34
- Counter-pedantic-nazi post! - ZackDark, 2014-09-04, 10:53
- Supermoon on the 9th - General Vagueness, 2014-09-04, 11:11
- Ia! Ia! Destiny fhtagn! -
Anton P. Nym (aka Steve),
2014-09-04, 15:55
- 10/10. Would use that joke as my own.