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minus-squareDeepGradientAscent@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·9 months agoNo, you didn’t and don’t. Calling someone “delusional” isn’t a figure of speech; that adjective isn’t used figuratively, as a simile, or as a metaphor. It’s used in this context as a direct accusation, and its literal meaning is already implied.
minus-squarehelenslunch@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down7·edit-29 months agoNo I really did that adjective isn’t used figuratively Yes. It is. All the time.
minus-squareDeepGradientAscent@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 months ago Yes. It is. All the time. Perhaps it is used figuratively frequently. You still didn’t need the word “literally”; the literal meaning of “delusional” is implied in your accusation already.
minus-squareHACKthePRISONS@kolektiva.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down5·9 months agothis pedantic bullshit isn’t worth your time. don’t let them distract you from important work.
minus-squareDeepGradientAscent@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoPedantry isn’t important!?
No, you didn’t and don’t.
Calling someone “delusional” isn’t a figure of speech; that adjective isn’t used figuratively, as a simile, or as a metaphor. It’s used in this context as a direct accusation, and its literal meaning is already implied.
No I really did
Yes. It is. All the time.
Perhaps it is used figuratively frequently.
You still didn’t need the word “literally”; the literal meaning of “delusional” is implied in your accusation already.
Except it’s not.
Yes, it is.
this pedantic bullshit isn’t worth your time. don’t let them distract you from important work.
Pedantry isn’t important!?