Phrases that you hate
>I could care less
When people use this phrase, the majority of the time they are implying that the subject at hand requires the least amount of attention or care in their life. When they say "I could care less" they are contradicting that. It should be "I couldn't find care less"
Sometimes, people use it right but it's rare
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I couldn't care less*
I prefer
'I couldn't possibly care less'
I [un]ironically hate when people say "unironically" because that's also a very misused term..
This is very ideal user
>I could care less but I care so little I chose not to
There is literally no contradiction.
This, and I'm not even being ironic. When grammar Nazis and "im very smrt" types complain about "could care less" it grinds my fucking gears.
I usually mean I could care less and am going to start caring less because this topic is retarded. That's how I interpret it.
pseud OP btfo
>I could care less
This implies that you do care to a great extend, but want/need to care less. You can't just add extra words and make it make sense, since most people just say, "could care less"
>This implies that you do care to a great extend
There is no implication towards any level of care, only that there is a level of care which won't even go any lower than you already don't care enough to care. Learn to comprehend the English language you gigantic turd. You're trying to sound intelligent but are failing completely.
If you say, "could care less" this implies that you do care to an extend. It's better to say, "couldn't care less" implying that you have no cares in the world.
Here, let's dumb it down for you:
>I couldn't find you more attractive
This indicates that you believe the woman to be extremely beautiful with no flaws
>I could find you more attractive
This indicates that the woman is flawed and you don't find her that attractive
No really, you just cannot understand it for the life of you.
>or what have you
doesn't sound grammatically right but a lot of Harvard type people use it
There no use getting through to nescient people such as yourself. Good day, you immaterial being.
OP you should of come with a better argument
>I could care less but I care so little I choose not to
This still indicates that you care. Even if the care is very little, you still care.
Where on this metaphysical line graph of care is this amount on quantifiable care? How much care is .1 of a care? What about .01 of a care? How much little care is .001 of a care compared to .0001 of a care? How much care is .000002 of a care?
You do realize the intention and meaning behind both of those lines in entirely dependent on what you say or don't say afterwards, right? This is your problem here, you actually think additional words in a given sentence can't change it's meaning.
>"Its not what the outside that counts, its the inside" :)
No that's the exact opposite of how the world works.
meant for4u you
lol that is a huge jump in logic. Nobody means it like that anyway they just misuse the phrase.
Even if you cared .0000000001%, you still care. For you not to care, you need 0% care - that is why the phrase is, "I couldn't care less"
one of the highest quality images i have seen in a fucking while
>.0000000001%, you still care
wrong, that's like saying if I have
>nobody means it like that
Doesn't matter since the meaning is well understood and isn't incorrect in any way
>but I care so little I chose not to
Extraneous bullshit to confirm your shitty English
>There's someone out there for everyone.
>Be yourself.
Basically memes phrases.
you're dumb bud
>Doesn't matter since the meaning is well understood and isn't incorrect in any way
That should've been your original point instead of attempting 1337 mental gymnastics for (you)s. No need for extraneous bullshit.
>wrong, that's like saying if I have
.0000000001% care is still care.
The only way you couldn't care less if you had 0 care, since you can't negative care.
You're arguing for semantics now. Just admit fault and fix your grammar.
>I don't need to put a period at the end of my sentence because people know what I am implying
>You're arguing for semantics now.
Because it's a semantical argument you absolute retard lol
>extraneous
Except you're still fucking wrong.
makes complete sense and goes completely over the heads of people like you that can't detect a semblance of humour.
Caring requires effort. If you COULD care less, it means you do care at least somewhat, which means you're putting effort into caring even if its a tiny amount of effort. If you choose not to care less than what you currently care, it means you're putting in effort to care the tiny amount that you do care right now. So even with your interpretation the phrase makes no sense.
You dross imbecile. We're arguing for grammar, not whether it makes logical sense. Listen, if I don't capitalize the very first letter of my very first word when starting a sentence, is it bad grammar? - yes! However! My sentence is still understood.
Op is arguing for grammar, not whether people understood the meaning or not - because remember - the people misusing the phrase, are the same people reading the phrase - aka, morons who don't understand the concept of grammar.
if you dont have something nice to say dont say it at all. I legitimately think whoever thought of this phrase is massively retarded. how is anyone supposed to grow as a person if all people can say is "oh heyy that looks noice m8"? fucking Orwellian normies
>Caring requires effort. If you COULD care less, it means you do care at least somewhat
But how much care? Explain this to me and put in on a graph from 0 being not caring at all to 1 caring very much.
>grammar
Semantics deals with MEANING of words and phrases, grammar has to do with spelling. Fuck me dude, you are legitimately brain dead.
>your stupid
Did you understand that? It's bad grammar, but yet you understood the meaning; is my usage correct?
What a nescient folly you are.
This post is retarded and you are retarded. This has been a semantical argument this entire time, it has nothing to do with grammar.
Whenever someone calls me out on this phrase I just respond:
'I'm sure there are things I care less about, but none come to mind right now.'
Damn that's another good one too, nice.
Show me where op implied that this was based off semantics rather than grammar.
Also, grammar doesn't just involve spelling. I forgot to mention this in my previous post.
>when you try and samefag but don't realize all your reaction images are image.jpeg
>But how much care?
If X denotes the amount you care then the phrase "i could care less" only tells you that X is greater than zero.
And if X is greater than zero, then Y (the amount of effort you're putting into caring) is also greater than zero.
Now let us examine your phrase "i could care less but I care so little I chose not to".
Reworded a bit the phrase would be "i care so little that i chose not to care less".
Which would imply the phrase "if i cared more i would have chosen to care less"
Which makes no sense, and thus the original phrase makes no sense either.
I don't care. I have been same flagging this whole time. Nice try, bucko.
Was this the video you just watched op?
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II hole-hardedly agree, but allow me to play doubles advocate here for a moment. For all intensive purposes I think you are wrong. In an age where false morals are a diamond dozen, true virtues are a blessing in the skies. We often put our false morality on a petal stool like a bunch of pre-Madonnas, but you all seem to be taking something very valuable for granite. So I ask of you to mustard up all the strength you can because it is a doggy dog world out there. Although there is some merit to what you are saying it seems like you have a huge ship on your shoulder. In your argument you seem to throw everything in but the kids Nsync, and even though you are having a feel day with this I am here to bring you back into reality. I have a sick sense when it comes to these types of things. It is almost spooky, because I cannot turn a blonde eye to these glaring flaws in your rhetoric. I have zero taller ants when it comes to people spouting out hate in the name of moral righteousness. You just need to remember what comes around is all around, and when supply and command fails you will be the first to go. Make my words, when you get down to brass stacks it doesn't take rocket appliances to get two birds stoned at once. It's clear who makes the pants in this relationship, and sometimes you just have to swallow your prize and accept the facts. You might have to come to this conclusion through denial and error but I swear on my mother's mating name that when you put the petal to the medal you will pass with flying carpets like it's a peach of cake.
Samefagging** originally, of course.
I know you have, you're OP using your cellphone for samefagging purposes. Pathetic really. I don't know what's more pathetic, that, or your lack of humour.
Not op. Once again, I COULDN'T care less.
And I could care less about your lying but I'm too busy not really caring that much at all.