“Ever” is everywhere

Every day in every way on what feels like every website, someone has posted a photo, a video, an article, a link, etc., to what is
described as the [adjective] [noun] EVER!

How many “cutest cats EVER” can there be! One more and I’ll wretch.

If “ever” means “at all times” or “at any time,” then the countless “ever” postings render that description meaningless.

The “ever” posters are a group that needs to get a life now more than ever.

Headline (you’ve seen it): “Clinton: in the Race for the Long Run”

I’m getting a very bad feeling about all of this. The terms “murder-suicide,” “scorched earth,” “the Tonya Harding option,” and “kitchen sink” among others are truly depressing.

But wait. There’s hope. Chelsea says her mom would make a better president than her dad. Phew, that’s better.