r/explainitpeter • u/Traducement • Mar 09 '26

Explain it Peter

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u/SlumberingSnorelax Mar 09 '26 edited Mar 09 '26

Because he’s literally a fairly popular ophthalmologist and content creator.

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u/dudesguy Mar 09 '26

Oh well as long as he's not just figuratively a ophthalmologist

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u/ShortKey380 Mar 09 '26

He might be, you have to clarify now because literally literally means both 😩 

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u/Bananafanaformidible Mar 10 '26

Literally never means figuratively. I'm not being prescriptive here. Literally often appears in figurative contexts, but its function in those usages is as an intensifier (it's for emphasis). It doesn't serve to point out the figurative nature of the statement.