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Why do people say this in America to show that they don't care about something? It doesn't make sense. In England people say "I couldn't care less", meaning that the level of care they have for something is at its lowest. It couldn't be any lower. But to say "I could care less" is stupid. It could mean that you care about it a lot. Can anyone shed any light on this controversial matter? It is something that has troubled me for many years. Am I missing the point? Guys? |
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It means that while they don't care much they are polite enough to care enough so it would be possible to care less. The English not being so polite don't give this option. |
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Yeah but it doesn't show how much they care. Let's say the level of care is on a scale of 1-100. "I couldn't care less" means 1. "I could care less" could be anything from 2 to 100. What a stupid country. |
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Most Americans have difficulty in quantative measurement, which is why most of them are fat fuckers who can't stand up without wheezing. So they have to speak in general terms. |
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ha |
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I have been wondering the very same thing. Damn illiterates, those americans...... |
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you tell them |
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i couldn't care less sound good to me too. |
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I just have to add that if anyone posts "i care because you do" or something similar in this thread they will be deemed biggest faggot in the history of the universe. |
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or even worse, if they post "I could care less".. |
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I don't think it's because they're more polite, the British are notorious for being less outspoken than their American counterparts. I think it's basically because they're fucking stupid. |
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i couldn't care less so i care because you do |
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Maybe I'm fucking stupid, cause that makes no sense at all. |
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I think they're just being realistic and leaving the possibility of caring on a lower level available... seems more convieniant.. you know? |
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The British are less outspoken but also less tollerant than the American infidels. |
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cause.. I mean.. there's almost always the possibility of feeling more intensly about how you're feeling in other situations or with different circumstances... therefor you shouldn't totally void out that possibility. |
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Good point. |
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it's just a figure of speech. figures of speech mostly work in extremes so as to make a point quickly, not to keep possibilities open. |
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Using 'could care less' is almost a protective way of expressing a lack of caring so you don't end up contradicting yourself in the future. You know.. i'm sure this has been thought through. |
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i think it makes absolutely no sense kwatshowever |
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Yea well, this could be a more intellegent and protective figure of speech. Maybe there are less extreme figures of speech.. |
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I could care less about this thread! |
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I actually have no idea what-so-ever... but i'm bored so yeah. That justifies it. I could honestly give a fuck. (haha) |
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fucjk these iliterate cunts |
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It's like saying "I have a certain amount of care for this subject, but am not going to specify whether that is a low or high amount. Also, I put things inside my ass and walk around the street shaking hands with people." |
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American (and Canadian to a slightly lesser extent) English screws up sayings/terms like this a lot. One of my pet hates is: "...and such." This is only correct in a very few cases, in most it should be: "and such like." It's poor/outdated English anyway, but at least the latter is more often correct. Another one which is sadly cropping up in the UK more and more is: "same difference" Aside from being used in literally scores of situations where it is incorrect (both logically as well as grammatically), the correct use is, "it is the same difference". As an example, a situation where it would be appropriate would be where three entities are being compared and two are different from the third in the same manner. |
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That's just being pedantic and pernickety :D |
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"Using 'could care less' is almost a protective way of expressing a lack of caring so you don't end up contradicting yourself in the future." Maybe you should just say what you mean in the first place and leave it at that. |
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i laughed so hard at that link, sorry |
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i mean Some of the best things in life are free: Yeah? Well so are some of the worst, and I don't see anyone throwing a party when they get cancer. |
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maddox'whole site is like that, also check his hate mail section he's frustrated as hell, but funny! :D |
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maybe, for some, it's funner that way. jeez |
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Yeah, it's a funny site. His drawings are wicked. |
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Funner!!!!!!!!!! |
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Easily the best internet humourist IMO. I can't understand why he hasn't been offered a weekly column with a large, independent newspaper yet. |
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I'm a pedantic and pernickety kind of guy :) |
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ive read a lot of shit on that site, im ready to slap myself in the face for not knowing about it earlier. i even send him a mail. ----- Original Message ----- From: Jeroen To: maddox@xmission.com Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 6:03 PM Subject: SOME HATE MAIL YOU FAG heh. fooled ya, sorry i wish i had something to bitch about but the sarcasm is great.. and all the slagging people off and ... yeh. what was i doing? - Jeroen (from a small undereducated village full of idiots called holland) |
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Poor grammar and spelling in formal writing (everyone is slipshod when it comes to MBs) usually indicates a flawed, derranged mind. Example: "Q-You mean you want to have sex with robots? Why? A-Well, many of us fantasize about such things, but as many newsgroups will state, there's a difference between imagining about something and actually doing it. As for "why," to quote the breakfast cereal commercial, "we just do." We find the look, the movement and the sound of the mechanical body attractive. It's no different than liking people that wear a certain type of clothes, of hairstyle."" No you deviant, it is different. It's different from (unless you're from New Zealand or Australia, then "different to" is normal, albeit still incorrect) :P |
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or maybe it's just because they're too lazy to pronounce the "n't" at the end... ' _ - |
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Drives me nuts too. It tells me that these people don't care enough about not caring. |
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i say "couldn't care less" and i'm from america. will i be shot? |
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no, scup_bucket! you're an example to follow!! LISTEN TO SCUP_BUCKET, ALL YOU AMERICANS!! SCUP_BUCKET IS YOUR SAVIOUR!! |
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Yes, we can tell :P |
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if you want to hear misuse of the English language, come to Newfoundland... use Newfies butcher it to death! :) it's all just different dialects and stuff... |
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us Newfies I meant... |
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I had noticed! :P |
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"I could care less" is definately stupid, I don't know how it came into everyday speech for some people but it shouldn't have. However, statements like "Also, I put things inside my ass and walk around the street shaking hands with people." Are not funny at all. I'm not quite sure if you thought they would be, but really it just makes you look like a pretentious cumbag. |
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sarcasmmmmmmmmm |
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i care the most about nothing except everything else. |
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