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Re:New 13-inch MacBook Pro by gattilorenz on Monday May 04, 2020 @12:42PM (#23070216)
That's some... creative usage of the verb "electrocute", which implies death.

That said, I did feel the electric current when the 2012MBP was not grounded, but the 2017 model does not have the same problem.

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Re:New 13-inch MacBook Pro by 2OEH8eoCRo0 on Monday May 04, 2020 @01:45PM (#23071034)
When people tell me they were electrocuted I say, "oh, so you died?"
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Re:New 13-inch MacBook Pro by saberience on Monday May 04, 2020 @06:00PM (#23073836)
Language changes and evolves over time, this is normal and natural. Just because "elecrocuted" at one time only meant died from electricity, it doesn't mean it can't mean now that one simply got a jolt and didn't die.

Or do you still think "Google" just means a big number? Do you "literally" means "exactly" or can also be used to show strong feeling or emphasis.

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Re:New 13-inch MacBook Pro by 2OEH8eoCRo0 on Monday May 04, 2020 @07:49PM (#23074746)
I know, I do it to be cheeky.

Google doesn't mean big number, do you mean googol?

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