/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>6565523
>it's not an intensifier

Yes, it is. The majority of English speakers use it as such, therefore it is. Any pretenses of that not being the case will soon be erased by time as people like you give up on trying to fight the tide like you did with the word Y'all, Ironic, contractions, about 15 extra pronouns we've forgotten, etc. etc.

Literally now has two usages-- it's original use and as an intensifier like 'absolutely.' (funny story-- at one point the usage of absolutely in this sense was also wrong, but no one cares anymore. Gee.). Proof of this is that you can recognize the 'wrong' usage, meaning you understand completely how it's being used and for what purpose.There is no contextual confusion-- and therefore the word succeeds in communicating as an intensifier. Just because a book of rules some academics created and compiled says otherwise means nothing-- literally nothing in the grand sense of language usage over time.

>>6253847
Not nearly as retarded as the people from a city that earnestly 'classes up' a processed food item sold in the same isle as lunchables and loafed meats.

What culinary masterpiece will this glorious city dream up next? Chicago-style tuna and poppyseed crackers covered in peppers and onions and shit? Deep-dish cheeseburgers?