It’s just like when someone says “I could care less.” Really? So exactly how much do you care?
Yes, that is also one folks get wrong - but at least that’s a relative term. Perhaps they could (care less). Who knows what goes on inside their heads?
‘Literally’ is an absolute term, meaning ‘exactly so’. There is no excuse for using it for something which is exactly ‘not so’.
/pet peeve rant over