Words Matter

There is a post here on Google+ where someone posted an image that was obviously not theirs with nothing but a "photographer unknown" in the box that is usually reserved for content creation (hint: it's the same box you're reading this in). A commentor says, "this is good." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Mad_Dog I respond with, "the picture of a child holding an AK47 is good?" The OP says, "It must be literal day." I'm assuming he's implying that I'm being too literal as he doesn't address the post to me or give any other context. Regardless, yes, it's literal day. Every day is literal day. Well, every day we communicate with each other anyway. That's why we have words and why those words have meaning. So that we can "literally" know what the other person is trying to communicate. The first commentor who merely stated, "This is good" could have been talking about the photo i...