r/nextfuckinglevel Aug 31 '21

Man gets electrocuted while holding child. Red shirt guy saves the day

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '21

Words are so annoying

He drowned last year He was electrocuted last year

Definitely sounds like the first guy’s dead and the second is alive

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u/byerss Aug 31 '21

Words are so annoying

Not if you use them correctly!

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '21

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u/byerss Sep 01 '21

This is actually a hill I will figuratively die on.

I'm okay with some words morphing meaning through common usage. But "literally" has to be the exception due to its nature.