Micro-foucauldian observation: the word ‘literally’ is becoming visible in a time when the the literal is being drawn and quartered — by the demise of print’s prestige, by the rise of ‘code,’ and by ubiquitous fakery that’s nevertheless real. The problem isn’t that younger people are misusing it, it’s that all the normative structures that anchored it are falling apart. As usual, they’re just pointing out what’s going on: ‘literally’ doesn’t literally mean literal anymore.