Why do people say "I could care less?"

[Izzy]

Originally Posted by wikipedia

Other familiar terms for these events is a "close call", or in the case of moving objects, "near collision". Indeed, the term "near collision" is less contradictory in nature than "near miss", since a "near miss" would be a hit that almost missed (a glancing blow) versus a miss that almost hit.

It makes sense, but it is still a confusing term.

[RaGe-]

I could care less about this topic, but because i couldn't care less i decided to post for once.

[dore]

I use "could care less" with a sardonic tone but "couldn't care less" if I'm just making a statement. "Could care less," with the right emphasis (facial expressions, stuff you can't do on the internet) can be used mockingly; it's like saying "I could care less so you should be happy that I care as much as I do to have listened to whatever you say." The phrase "I could care even less" would give it the correct emphasis in that context, but with an omitted "even" the phrase loses some of its power.

though I rarely if ever use these phrases so whatever

[DrKirth]

Originally Posted by dore

I use "could care less" with a sardonic tone but "couldn't care less" if I'm just making a statement. "Could care less," with the right emphasis (facial expressions, stuff you can't do on the internet) can be used mockingly; it's like saying "I could care less so you should be happy that I care as much as I do to have listened to whatever you say." The phrase "I could care even less" would give it the correct emphasis in that context, but with an omitted "even" the phrase loses some of its power.

though I rarely if ever use these phrases so whatever

This is precisely what I thought the phrase meant.

[Gray Fox]

whatever happened to just saying "I/we care"?

IIRC ffr used that frequently awhile back. Sarcasm statement or some crap

[GuidoHunter]

Originally Posted by Flaming_Dingleberry

People never learn the basics about the phrases they use anymore. People have way too many learnt phrases because they don't have the grammatical accuracy to create their own. People hear a phrase, develop an understanding of said phrase, and sometimes use it incorrectly because they never broke it down to understand how every word contributes to the meaning. Anyone who uses any phrase in general isn't as clever as someone who doesn't.

This is precisely the problem.

I can only counsel the youth of today to please PLEASE pause and think about what you say. Perhaps you'll reflect on a contradiction or a poor choice of words, perhaps not, but introspection is never bad.

In a similar vein, listen to yourself some time. You don't, like, type, like, well, like this, y'know, and it sounds, like, as dumb as it looks, y'know, so don't, like, talk this way.

--Guido

http://andy.mikee385.com

[RaGe-]

Guido whatever your name is. Whatever you just said made me think you are a complete and total idiot. Like whatever you tried to say didn't contribute to the topic at all. What you said was a pointless Thing. matter Of fact it might as well have killed the topic of discussion. You should be BEATEN boy!. BEATEN!

EDITTING:

AND GOD FORBID that we have an IDIOT like you Counselling our youth today.

[Vanilla Mnm]

YESS! That bugs me too. I think about that a lot.

[Ice wolf]

If you think that it will be easy to make people realize what they are saying, you have another think coming. It will be hard, but we must persevere.

Although I would prefer that everyone just learn Lojban.
http://www.lojban.org/tiki/tiki-inde...+Is+Lojban?&bl

[Izzy]

I'm glad I don't have a habit of saying "like".

[Bolth mannn]

I'll tell you what bugs me? GUIDOS LINK ARGHHHH!@!@!@

Originally Posted by GuidoHunter

--Guido

http://andy.mikee385.com

[Izzy]

Originally Posted by Bolth mannn

I'll tell you what bugs me? GUIDOS LINK ARGHHHH!@!@!@

I've never clicked that link after 5 or so years. What does it go to? I agree though. It is annoying to me when people put a signature in their post.

[Bojack2424]

i have never said that..instead i usually say
" I just dont care" ..

[Izzy]

I'm not an asshole so I usually say "ok".

[funmonkey54]

Originally Posted by pokelda

you guys think too much about dumb things

Coming from the person with a Mariners avatar.

[Devilsrejectedsoul]

"I could Care Less" if your a metal head you would know it's a DevilDriver song Ah hah XD :]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJQnmQtd8P0

[~HentaiXXX~]

The girls in my class always say like. "like" this and "like" that, they do it so much that I got into the habit of saying it, but I'm slowly working on it, I talk much slower, and plan out my words carefully.

The girls in my class also like the word, "f*ck" (no asterisk dumbass)

[simulater10]

Originally Posted by ~HentaiXXX~

The girls in my class always say like. "like" this and "like" that, they do it so much that I got into the habit of saying it, but I'm slowly working on it, I talk much slower, and plan out my words carefully.

The girls in my class also like the word, "f*ck" (no asterisk dumbass)

Be more like woman. They like a sensitive but badass man.

[pntballa18]

Originally Posted by MinaciousGrace

they could care less but they don't care enough about caring any less to actually care any less

obviously

i was thinking something along these lines

the person talking cares so little that they dont even bother to make a grammatically correct statement

[Bolth mannn]

i feel like a nub for not understanding most things in this topic. lately a lot of critical thinking topics have come in CC instead of CT. meh.

ive always said 'i couldnt care less', yes its wierd when people go 'i could care less' but honestly, i dont give a cowshoe.