I think hyperboles serve a purpose: they provide additional meta informations, generally about author's emotions. It helps to understand author's exact mind set

I think hyperboles serve a purpose: they provide additional meta informations, generally about author's emotions. It helps to understand author's exact mind set and makes the text more enjoyable to read. Edit: This Everything is my fault blog post is a good illustration: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4895335 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4895335