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  I don’t really know how it all started. It just… literally happened. All of a sudden, people were acting on what they were saying, but only when they uttered the l word.

                Literally.

                Pretty soon there were thousands of casualties from reports of people saying they were “literally dying of laughter.” A friend of mine suddenly perished from being “so hungry I could literally eat a horse,” and my sister went into clinical depression after saying her breakup was “literally the worst thing in my life.” I don’t know what happened, but it came out of nowhere.

                After the literal death toll, people started changing their language. No longer could a local diner’s coffee be called “literally best in the world,” for baristas all over the world ransacked the owner’s store to grab this recipe, nor could a retail chain have “literally everything on the shelves,” as lethal plants and items would appear on the racks, the sheer force breaking the walls with an ever-expanding capacity. The power of this word grew supernaturally, and we have succumbed to its mercy.

                We tried banning the word, but there was always someone who would literally destroy anyone who tried doing that. The government froze when an official said, “Time has literally stopped still here as we try to fix the budget def—”and pretty soon anarchy blossomed. However, those who would literally rule the world were condemned to measure it with 12-inch rulers. Who knew a word could have a sense of humor?

                Monsters appeared after those looking for asylum said that they were “literally facing their demons.” Those colossal beings slaughtered innocent civilians before their creators fell to their knees, unaware of the beasts they released. This misuse has been catastrophic to say the least.

                The remnants of our society are hidden beneath these literal waterfalls. We are afraid to utter the word because of the repercussions of it all. We’ve tried to use this for good, but it has failed us every time. How can we stop this from changing our lives? We’ve literally forgotten what are lives were before.

                But erm, who are you again?

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  I don’t really know how it all started. It just… literally happened. All of a sudden, people were acting on what they were saying, but only when they uttered the l word.

                Literally.

                Pretty soon there were thousands of casualties from reports of people saying they were “literally dying of laughter.” A friend of mine suddenly perished from being “so hungry I could literally eat a horse,” and my sister went into clinical depression after saying her breakup was “literally the worst thing in my life.” I don’t know what happened, but it came out of nowhere.

                After the literal death toll, people started changing their language. No longer could a local diner’s coffee be called “literally best in the world,” for baristas all over the world ransacked the owner’s store to grab this recipe, nor could a retail chain have “literally everything on the shelves,” as lethal plants and items would appear on the racks, the sheer force breaking the walls with an ever-expanding capacity. The power of this word grew supernaturally, and we have succumbed to its mercy.

                We tried banning the word, but there was always someone who would literally destroy anyone who tried doing that. The government froze when an official said, “Time has literally stopped still here as we try to fix the budget def—”and pretty soon anarchy blossomed. However, those who would literally rule the world were condemned to measure it with 12-inch rulers. Who knew a word could have a sense of humor?

                Monsters appeared after those looking for asylum said that they were “literally facing their demons.” Those colossal beings slaughtered innocent civilians before their creators fell to their knees, unaware of the beasts they released. This misuse has been catastrophic to say the least.

                The remnants of our society are hidden beneath these literal waterfalls. We are afraid to utter the word because of the repercussions of it all. We’ve tried to use this for good, but it has failed us every time. How can we stop this from changing our lives? We’ve literally forgotten what are lives were before.

                But erm, who are you again?