The “Everybody had one” caption in the thumbnail is patiently false. I think they’ve only found a few hundred of them, which means not everybody had one.
Are you interpreting it literally? It’s a figure of speech—a kind of hyperbole; it’s just a way of implying something was common, not that literally every person had one.
Whether it actually was common though, I don’t know. Joe here might be taking some liberties for the sake of a catchy thumbnail.
The “Everybody had one” caption in the thumbnail is patiently false. I think they’ve only found a few hundred of them, which means not everybody had one.
Yeah, this video is poorly researched clickbait.
Patently
Thanks, I’m dyslexic and that’s where the spell check got me.
Yeah that really bothered me. A lot of people are going to interpret that literally. I hate that sort of clickbait.
Are you interpreting it literally? It’s a figure of speech—a kind of hyperbole; it’s just a way of implying something was common, not that literally every person had one.
Whether it actually was common though, I don’t know. Joe here might be taking some liberties for the sake of a catchy thumbnail.
“Everybody had one” is not a figure of speech or even hyperbole. It is a very simple literal claim, which also happens to be a flat out lie.
It’s a race to the bottom. Everything is blown the hell outta proportion until meaning is well meaningless.