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by nine_k 4461 days ago
I'm sorry: I take words by their direct meanings, as long as the resulting sentence makes sense.

I understand that various (probably arbitrary) interpretations can be attached to a sentence by assuming metaphorical, implied, contextually altered, ironic, humorous, etc meanings of words. I still prefer to assume as little as possible: pluralitas non est ponenda sine necessitas.