I Didn’t Have Eggs

bingo.

i got rear ended at a stop light once and the other driver got in my face and was like 'why where you stopped in the middle fo the road like that, you are dangerous and stupid'. i dunno, because it was STOP SIGN.

then tried to argue with me to not call my insurance, even though my car was fucked and undrivable. turns out they had multiple accidents and they were gonna get fucked for getting into yet another one. i just stonewalled them and they went back to their car and then theri friend came over and tried to intimidate me.

then the cops showed up and their tune changed real quick.

most people can't admit fault, so they warp reality so the blame is always someone else's, and even go so far as to harass intimdate others into their false reality.

I think it's more that they view it as a drop in replacement. The way you might sub margarine for butter. Or sucralose for sugar. So they say "I followed it exactly" meaning the measurements were right. I don't think they're lying to themselves.

Though the irony is not lost on me. It is very funny to see someone say "I changed something and followed the recipe exactly."

To be fair, I don’t believe people are using literally figuratively either. I believe it’s simply ignorance on their part (whether willful or otherwise), which happens. And I’m okay with that for the most part. What bothers me is that the dictionary codified it as if it should be an acceptable use.