omg, exaggeration is literally the absolute worst!
;-)
but seriously: i recently had to explain to a friend that when she uses emotional exaggerations like “very”, her intent is to make me take her claims and experiences more seriously, but it actually makes me less likely to believe her since my whole life I have noticed people busting those words out only when they think their factual case is weak
exaggeration is a way to emotionally manipulate others, possibly with good intent, possibly as a form of poetry or idiom or metaphor, but also in a way that obscures and blurs and ameliorates, and that doesn’t mesh with my literal factual logical approach to understanding the world (including the world of emotions)