"I could literally die if I eat shrimp." "I could literally die of this disease." Those sound like "this actually happened" to me. "I can't believe I did tha

"I could literally die if I eat shrimp." "I could literally die of this disease." Those sound like "this actually happened" to me. "I can't believe I did that in front of all those people -- I literally could die of embarrassment." "I can't believe I did that in front of all those people -- I could literally die of embarrassment". Those both sound like normal "meaningless emphasis" usages of the word 'literally'.