stop it with this shit, linguistics has long established that in the US it is OK to say "could care less", it's a regional idiom / phrase and you guys just look like absolute dumbasses arguing about it. The British dont say it like that and take offense for some reason.
It means there's some unknown level of caring left. The meaning itself "I could care less", means that the person's intent is to care even less than they already do, or not, but the implication is that they don't really care all that much.
How is it so hard to understand this simple concept? How are this many people so uptight about such a loosely-used idiom?
'Could care less' makes 0 grammatical sense. That means that you could care less about it, meaning that you care more about it than you could do. Makes no sense at all. The emphasis is on 'could not care less' I.e. you could not care less than what you care about that
Yep, partisan hacks. They could care less about the constitution
Couldn't* care less.
Watch as my ability to care goes into the negative!
stop it with this shit, linguistics has long established that in the US it is OK to say "could care less", it's a regional idiom / phrase and you guys just look like absolute dumbasses arguing about it. The British dont say it like that and take offense for some reason.
Source? If this was accepted by anyone, it was a dimwit lefty. "Could care less" is nonsensical in the context that is is usually used.
The meaning is crystal clear:
Could care less = There are things I might care less about than this
Couldn't (could not) care less = There's nothing I could possibly care less about than this.
When people say this, they usually mean the 2nd one. "This thing is so unimportant, I couldn't care less about it"
Until you pay no attention and have apathy for something, you can always technically care less
We're not arguing, we're half joking about it and here you come blowing it the fuck up lmfao
Dass tru, fuk dis shiet, spleling iz raysist
No, it really doesn't work both ways.
Yes, it really does work both ways.
Either way, everyone gets the point: someone doesn't care.
Could care less means you care.
Example of proper use of "I could care less":
Leftie: "If you care about Democracy, you'll give Biden a chance!"
Me: "I could care less, and you're helping me get there."
I couldn't care less if you could care less, but couldn't you be less careless?
It means there's some unknown level of caring left. The meaning itself "I could care less", means that the person's intent is to care even less than they already do, or not, but the implication is that they don't really care all that much.
How is it so hard to understand this simple concept? How are this many people so uptight about such a loosely-used idiom?
couldn't care less means you care, too. it just means you care less than anything else you care about
'Could care less' makes 0 grammatical sense. That means that you could care less about it, meaning that you care more about it than you could do. Makes no sense at all. The emphasis is on 'could not care less' I.e. you could not care less than what you care about that
Could care less is shortened from the original " I could care less, but I'd have to try"
Just as a point in fact, "they could care less about the Constitution" but they care more about ________.
marxism,
money,
dem party,
keeping their kids from Bidens/Epstien/Hotdog+PizzaObamaParties, etc.
If they could care less, then that means they're still caring a little bit. Obviously that's not what's happening here.
Either way doesn’t work though
I’m good, I like the way it’s wrote. Thanks though
Written
😂
Lol. This is seriously getting ridiculous.
Thin ice, buddy, thin ice
Except what you wrote means that they could still care less about the constitution.
If they couldn't care less, that means they have hit the minimum threshold of caring.
Exactly.
"I could care less" is a short form idiom that derived out of "I could care less, if i cared at all.",
The way I described it is fine. Everyone gets the point. Don’t be such a leftist.
I’m an English teacher and I think this conversation is silly.
could care less where I’m from, it means you don’t give a damn.
*couldn't care less
Please
PA Supreme Court was a stepping stone on the path to SCOTUS.
It was a 7-0 ruling. Are the 2 republican judges getting paid off by the deep state? This is way too fishy.
This case has nothing to do with that.
It’s a bad peeve. Get over it.