I'm not your "buddy", guy.

"Like.", as a single word sentence, especially when written or typed, conveys nothing. Inferring something about what only the word "Like" is trying to say with that one word dilutes any meaning in what was previously stated.

People use "like" in real life just as they did here all the time, and people understand them. Therefore it's language.

That's my point. It's language, yes, but used stupidly. People use "like" as a one-word sentence in real life and sound dumb when they do it. Same as "just saying". Neither convey any further meaning or elucidation of a previous point.

You're the one that is wrong here both technically and morally.

While language certainly evolves and I wouldn't call myself the "King of English", as you say, I am perfectly and "morally" within my rights to opine, loudly even, that the use of "like" as a one-word sentence is (once more, with feeling) stupid and meaningless.

In the words of Charles Bronson, "Take those pearls you're clutchin' and shove 'em up your ass."

You are the one who is dumb in this situation, not the people who have a slightly different dialect than you

This is not a matter of "dialect". It's a matter of shitty usage of words that don't literally, metaphorically, or allegorically mean anything, in context.

I've been called worse than "dumb". Your opinion of what I am in this situation means precisely dick-cheese to me. I don't know if you're trying to change my mind, but if you want to call me "dumb", knock yourself out.

When you get diagnosed with cancer, I hope your doctor, with all the vocal fry they can muster, says, "So you're, like, gonna die. Like. Just saying."

I said what I said and I, again, am happy to die on this hill.

Like.