alt Hacker NewsThose are perfect examples because those are also hyperbolic and unserious uses of the word “forced”.
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runarberg • today at 3:28 AM
Merriam Webster seems to agree with me: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/force#dictionary-...
> forced; forcing
> transitive verb
> 1 :to compel by physical, moral, or intellectual means
> A player was forced out of bounds; They forced the CEO to resign; I forced myself to finish.
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Hyperbolic, perhaps, but how does that make them "unserious"?