I don’t think this is a misuse of “literally.” “Nuts” as a noun may denote hard shelled seeds, but as an adjective it denotes craziness as a literal meaning. So in context, “literally nuts” means “actually, not figuratively or hyperbolically, crazy.”
That said, the overuse of “lol” is enough to make me consider downvoting all on its own.
Yes, in this particular situation, specifically her callousness in how severe a sentence she was imposing, without giving any specific advance notice about her criteria, and how coldly she rejected my pleas to have mercy on them. That’s pretty clearly over the line, which is what I meant by “literally nuts” instead of just “nuts”. The quite considerable concession she later made to reduce their punishment seemed, yes, more humanizing. So I’m not just trying to universally bash her, I know some people are friends with her and everything. Also I don’t know that this exhibits a persistent personality trait, for example I was told they are making the rules more explicit in the contract, so I don’t want to be seen as committing a fundamental attribution error. Also, I was using “lol” to defuse the warning just a little bit, since people who are already financially committed may be liable to freak out just a little bit too much and I didn’t want to be sending the wrong signal… Ok, enough said.
Also, I was using “lol” to defuse the warning just a little bit, since people who are already financially committed may be liable to freak out just a little bit too much and I didn’t want to be sending the wrong signal… Ok, enough said.
If you want to know how I reacted to it, go through you your post and substitute every instance of “lol” with “hahaha.” Ask yourself “is this an appropriate point in a speech to laugh?”
If a person giving a speech laughs after they say things that are liable to give offense, it will sound either insensitive, or awkward and inappropriate, like they’re nervous and don’t know a better way to diffuse the tension.
I don’t think this is a misuse of “literally.” “Nuts” as a noun may denote hard shelled seeds, but as an adjective it denotes craziness as a literal meaning. So in context, “literally nuts” means “actually, not figuratively or hyperbolically, crazy.”
That said, the overuse of “lol” is enough to make me consider downvoting all on its own.
Yes, in this particular situation, specifically her callousness in how severe a sentence she was imposing, without giving any specific advance notice about her criteria, and how coldly she rejected my pleas to have mercy on them. That’s pretty clearly over the line, which is what I meant by “literally nuts” instead of just “nuts”. The quite considerable concession she later made to reduce their punishment seemed, yes, more humanizing. So I’m not just trying to universally bash her, I know some people are friends with her and everything. Also I don’t know that this exhibits a persistent personality trait, for example I was told they are making the rules more explicit in the contract, so I don’t want to be seen as committing a fundamental attribution error. Also, I was using “lol” to defuse the warning just a little bit, since people who are already financially committed may be liable to freak out just a little bit too much and I didn’t want to be sending the wrong signal… Ok, enough said.
If you want to know how I reacted to it, go through you your post and substitute every instance of “lol” with “hahaha.” Ask yourself “is this an appropriate point in a speech to laugh?”
If a person giving a speech laughs after they say things that are liable to give offense, it will sound either insensitive, or awkward and inappropriate, like they’re nervous and don’t know a better way to diffuse the tension.
Lol isn’t a punctuation mark, after all.