Comment on billionaires are a cancer on society [literally]
tate@lemmy.sdf.org 1 day ago“Billionaires are literally cancer” is false specifically because “literally” does not mean “figuratively”.
Correct. But that is not what OP said. Read it again and I think you will see that OP is saying that “Billionaires are cancer” is not a figurative statement at all, but a literal one. You can disagree with them (I do, btw), but they have not misused the word “literally.”
Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 1 day ago
It is a metaphorical statement rather than a simile, but both metaphors and similes are figurative, not literal.
tate@lemmy.sdf.org 1 day ago
You are refuting an argument that I did not make.
I enjoy this type of debate, but this one doesn’t seem to be getting anywhere. I’m moving on. Thank you, sincerely.
Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 1 day ago
Oh, this one went somewhere, just not anywhere you wanted it to go.