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Okay I'll be that guy. Not literally.
It's still a funny visual joke, and loses nothing by being simply
iPhone went through mitosis
Or if you're even more pedantic than I,
iPhone camera went through mitosis
Are there many more urgent problems in the world than proliferation of misused "literally"s?
Absolutely. And I do my tiny part. But focusing for a moment on something small like this helps me step away from the abyss.
in effect; in substance; very nearly; virtually:
I literally died when she walked out on stage in that costume.
If the words meaning has changed, what's to new word to use when we mean literally (in its original meaning)?
Literally literally