> He's complaining about being required to use apps for hundreds of small intera...

dylan604 · 2026-09-02T18:48:03

Just because you don't need to interact with all of them today does not mean that interaction isn't required when needed.

robotresearcher · 2026-09-02T19:01:33

Right, but “two or three out of potentially hundreds” doesn’t mean the same as “hundreds”.

That’s the hyperbole the parent was pointing out.

reaperducer · 2026-09-03T18:27:20

I don't think it's hyperbole as much as it is just regular ordinary everyday slang.

"I have a hundred things to do today" doesn't mean that a person has 100 things on their list for that day.

Outside of tech bubbles, people talk like that.

It's like how the Bible uses the number 40 as a shortcut for any very large number. 40 years in the desert, 40 days of rain, etc… It's not a calendar, it's an illustrative euphemism.

robotresearcher · 2026-09-03T21:27:12

Whether it's regular ordinary everyday slang or not, it's exactly hyperbole.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperbole