• Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    “Everyone seems to be”

    It’s a figure of speech. It doesn’t actually mean everyone. It just means “a lot,” and a quarter of people surveyed is kind of a lot.

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        11 months ago

        23% in that week in particular, let alone the X% in the week before and after

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      11 months ago

      I hate this figure of speech crap. It’s not a figure of speech, it’s lazy and wrong.

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        11 months ago

        Do you also get annoyed when something not actually cold is called cool? Or if someone doesn’t actually get to a task “in a minute”?

        If literally everyone in CA was actually sick, that would have a bigger impact than late-2020 COVID. I’d prefer if language wasn’t catered to the type of person who doesn’t recognize the post title is an exaggeration to convey seriousness.