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I'm annoyed by the destruction of language for effect. "The machines are lying to us". No they're not. "Cars are literally murdering us", no they're not, dying
by luckylion 4y ago
I'm annoyed by the destruction of language for effect. "The machines are lying to us". No they're not. "Cars are literally murdering us", no they're not, dying in a car accident is tragic, but it's neither murder, nor is the car doing it to you.
Yes, this will bring more attention to your case. But it will come with a cost: do it often enough and "lying" will be equivalent in meaning with "information was not correct". Someone asks you the sum of two numbers and you miscalculate in your head? You've just lied to them.
It's the boy crying wolf on a linguistic level. Is your message important enough to do that? I don't think so.
- simonw 4y agoThis is a good argument.