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Re:The Slow Death of Authenticity in an Attention Economy by function_seven on Friday October 27, 2023 @12:44PM (#38040786)
If I'm on my regular nightly haunting mission, and I decide to speak to the new owner of the house that I'm haunting, how do I convey to them that I am really, actually, truly dead? I could say, "I'm literally dead", but they would think I'm laughing at their joke they just made!

If the answer to this is to avoid the word "literally", and instead replace it with "really, actually, truly" (like I did above), then I might just decide to retire from haunting.

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Re:The Slow Death of Authenticity in an Attention Economy by falsaberN1 on Friday October 27, 2023 @06:10PM (#38044653)
You obtain "literally dead" privileges if you are a ghost, too, of course.

OMG A GOAST SO SPOOKY

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