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Re:The Gervais Principle, or the Office According to "The Of... by asdfasvea on Wednesday March 11, 2026 @02:17AM (#47332220)
I love that we ruined our escape character in language.

We now need a new way to convey to listeners that our words need to be taken literally. Perhaps the VBA method and just double the 'literally's:

I took a flaming shot of tequila and my mouth is literally literally on fire

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Re:The Gervais Principle, or the Office According to "The Of... by PaulDavisThe1st on Saturday March 14, 2026 @01:03PM (#47378697)
The escape term is "actually". "My mouth is actually on fire".
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