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>>294272 Thanks, but that isn't necessarily true in all cases, mine being one such example:
"I could care less" is a valid expression, and while I don't blame you for taking it the wrong way, it is not a mistake on my part. I know what I meant, so your efforts at correcting me are appreciated, but flawed.
When a person says that they "could care less" about something it's meant to be taken as a nonchalant dismissal of said issue in its entirety. It's different from saying "I couldn't care less," because that statement implies that I have given the issue some amount of consideration and decided that I do not care and couldn't possibly care any less; on the other hand, saying "I *could* care less" is a much more ambiguous statement. It basically means I never gave it much or any thought to begin with. That I am simply dismissing it offhandedly without even offering the consideration of whether I *should* care or not.
It's sort of like saying "I could give a fuck either way," so to speak, as opposed to forming a definite opinion and making the definite decision that I don't give a fuck.
In before "semantics..."
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