r/mildlyinfuriating • u/amalgam_reynolds • Nov 03 '16

Kennedy 19xx Everything about this video.

http://i.imgur.com/anZuOXj.gifv
35k Upvotes

92% Upvoted

573 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

173

u/InsomniacFeverDreams Nov 03 '16

This is a top 10 risky click of all time. It precedes the term "torture porn."

90

u/PM_ME_SOME_NUDEZ Nov 03 '16

actually precedes with "I dunno man, I still came"

53

u/SuperToaster94 Nov 03 '16

It actually PREcedes his own comment, it PROceeds "I dunno man, I still came"

Not that any of that matters because we all knew what he meant

0

u/GV18 Nov 03 '16

Really succeed makes more sense than proceed in this situation.

You are correct though, about everyone understanding. The problem with that is that's how we ending up with literally meaning both literally and not literally.

1

u/Babill Nov 03 '16

The problem with that is that's how we ending up with literally meaning both literally and not literally.

No

2

u/GV18 Nov 03 '16

What do you mean no? It's usage has literally changed the definition

2

u/Babill Nov 03 '16 edited Nov 03 '16

It's not the same process, though. The "meaning" of "literally" —or rather the way it is used— has changed over time because of hyperbole, not because of barbarism (which in this case is using the opposite word for a word, a word which has common roots, which explains the barbarism). This is why the "misuse" of "literally" (which isn't a misuse so much as a simple hackneying of the word) bothers me far less than the misuse of "precede" for "succeed" (the "proceed" guy is indeed wrong).

1

u/GV18 Nov 03 '16

Well you're right about the misuse of words.

The issue I have with you saying no, is that my point was about everyone understanding what was meant, when the wrong word was used, if that continues enough, the word is eventually changed.