Okay, so I really just can't take this anymore and I need to let it out, so this medium is just gonna have to do. I don't know when this fad became so popular, but WHY is everyone suddenly freaking out about the misuse of the word "literally"??? Why is this suddenly a big deal? Why are people so offended by this particular word evolving a new usage? I don't think these same people wander around bitchslapping strangers for using hopefully in sentences like "hopefully she'll be here on Thursday", so why is "literally" so different? Are these Literally Nazis saying things like "From where are you?" to avoid ending sentences with prepositions? Are they using whom and who correctly? I'm sure a few of them are...but the vast majority have just gotten swept up in this truly weird fad that I cannot comprehend.
And then here's the other thing that really gets me: after some asshat crusader calls someone out on their misuse of "literally", the accused always seems to say "oh yeah, I know I use that word wrongly sometimes, it's a bad habit, hehehe". No one stands up to these pricks and says "hey, I'm sorry that you're a conceited bitch, but DEAL WITH IT". And frankly, that's what pisses me off the most. Because if you dare to correct someone's who/whom mistakes, you get "omg calm down no one cares about that stuff!" Well listen up, newest stupid fad to sweep the nation: NO ONE CARES ABOUT THAT STUFF. Unless it *literally* makes you incapable of understanding my sentence (see: mistakes likes 'eats, shoots and leaves'), GET OVER YOURSELF.
I feel better now.
