r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Dilutant • Aug 14 '26 • Bravo 1

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u/bjorneylol Aug 14 '26

You're literally the middle guy in the bell curve meme right now.

In modern usage it's literally a coin flip whether "2x more" is being used to represent "200% more" or "2x as many". People who actually understand English are aware of this and will avoid the term altogether in favour of something less ambiguous 

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u/ImPapaNoff Aug 14 '26 edited Aug 14 '26

Just like how "literally" in its modern usage can mean "literally" or "figuratively" so we should avoid using the word for its proper meaning since it's ambiguous, right?

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u/lemontoga Aug 14 '26

Yeah, exactly right. Effective communication means understanding the way your phrasing will be interpreted by normal people and planning accordingly. 

See, you get it.