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isn't there a big thing in Japanese culture where tanookis have huge balls (not figuratively)
very unrelated tangent (a tangent tangent?)
I want to just say 'literally' but 'literally' now means 'literally (figuratively)' and saying 'literally literally' is more awkward than saying 'not figuratively' but saying 'not figuratively' makes grammar nerds angry at me so I added this random tangent to sate the grammar nerds
comment on the very related tangent
Nah, if you used "literally" you would have helped the reputation of the word.
about your tangent
Wouldn't 'quite literally' be sufficient to get across the intended meaning of literally? Bear in mind, I'm not a native speaker so I have no clue if this is generally accepted.
the issue with saying 'quite
fuck me lemmy cut off the message for no reason
Must be because Lemmy knows I'm right and there aren't any issues with my argument 😎
