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  • StuartD
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    • Jul 2002
    • 29903
    #1

    "I could care less"

    It seems that this expression (especially the wrong form of it) is spreading... I hear it more and more often.
    Is this a statement on our society in general? That people could say something so contradictory to what they really mean, all the time, and not even realize it?

    I know no one here on gfy would ever mix it up but just to recap:
    "I could care less" = you actually care about it, and you could still care even less if you had to.
    "I couldn't care less" = you do not care about it at all and could not possibly care any less about it.
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    • who
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      • Aug 2003
      • 19593
      #2
      I'm glad you're not a fucking idiot like the people who say this are.

      Really gets me rattled up. People are so fucking stupid.

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        • candyflip
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          • Jul 2002
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          #3
          I was trying to explain this to someone over the weekend and they are so dumb they still weren't able to grasp what I was trying to say.

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            • Jim_Gunn
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              • Feb 2003
              • 5702
              #4
              It's almost as bad as someone saying "would of" instead of "would have" done such and such...

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                • baddog
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                  • Apr 2001
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                  #5
                  I hate sloppy text.

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                    • undersoul
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                      • Sep 2006
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                      #6
                      I couldn't care less ;)
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                        • Kudles
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                          • Feb 2003
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                          #7
                          Thanks for clarifying that.
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                            • CDSmith
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                              • May 2001
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                              #8
                              Reminds me of people who say "unthaw" all the time. "I unthawed a few steaks for the barbecue tomorrow"

                              THAW means thaw. So UNthaw would naturally mean "to freeze".

                              So what the idiot is really saying is that they froze a few steaks instead of thawed them.


                              Yet another chapter in case anyone happens to be writing a book titled "people are stupid."

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                                • Tom_PM
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                                  • Feb 2005
                                  • 16443
                                  #9
                                  Irregardless is another one.

                                  Then there's the deal where someone asks "Do you mind...." and when you say "No", they think you mean that you do indeed mind.

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                                    • jalami
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                                      #10
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                                        • Sosa
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                                          • Oct 2002
                                          • 40149
                                          #11
                                          hey stuartD are you still doing custom php coding? Might be looking for a cms setup for a website here in the next month or so.

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                                            • Ayla_SquareTurtle
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                                              • Sep 2005
                                              • 3550
                                              #12
                                              Originally posted by PR_Tom
                                              Irregardless
                                              That non-word has made more than one person look at me cross eyed when I try to explain that it's, you know, NOT A WORD and that even if it WERE a word, it wouldn't mean what they think it means.
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                                                • StuartD
                                                  Sofa King Band
                                                  • Jul 2002
                                                  • 29903
                                                  #13
                                                  Originally posted by Sosa
                                                  hey stuartD are you still doing custom php coding? Might be looking for a cms setup for a website here in the next month or so.
                                                  Nope, sorry... between ATK and having 2 kids now, my time is pretty much filled up.
                                                  Which kind of saddens me because I'd like to try my hand at coming up with a new cms actually. But I simply can't spare the time for it.
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                                                    • StuartD
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                                                      • Jul 2002
                                                      • 29903
                                                      #14
                                                      Originally posted by PR_Tom
                                                      Irregardless is another one.

                                                      Then there's the deal where someone asks "Do you mind...." and when you say "No", they think you mean that you do indeed mind.

                                                      Which reminds me of negatively asked questions. For example:

                                                      "Do you not want to go for dinner?"

                                                      I stand there for a second and reply:

                                                      "If I say 'yes', does that mean that yes, I do not want to go to dinner... or if I say 'no', does that mean that no, I do not wan to go for dinner?"

                                                      They usually hate me at that point but seriously, a negatively asked question results in yes being no and no being no.
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                                                        • Tom_PM
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                                                          • Feb 2005
                                                          • 16443
                                                          #15
                                                          Originally posted by Ayla_SquareTurtle
                                                          That non-word has made more than one person look at me cross eyed when I try to explain that it's, you know, NOT A WORD and that even if it WERE a word, it wouldn't mean what they think it means.
                                                          I know it's a killer. They mean to say "irrespective of that..".

                                                          But you know, I bet at least 90 out of 100 random 5th grade english teachers use the "word".
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                                                            • Twisted Dave
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                                                              • Mar 2006
                                                              • 3635
                                                              #16
                                                              Originally posted by StuartD
                                                              It seems that this expression (especially the wrong form of it) is spreading... I hear it more and more often.
                                                              Is this a statement on our society in general? That people could say something so contradictory to what they really mean, all the time, and not even realize it?

                                                              I know no one here on gfy would ever mix it up but just to recap:
                                                              "I could care less" = you actually care about it, and you could still care even less if you had to.
                                                              "I couldn't care less" = you do not care about it at all and could not possibly care any less about it.
                                                              You are right ... this has annoyed me for a while ... maybe it's a regional / country thing ? I am UK based and the phrase "I couldn't care less" has been a common term forever ... "I could care less" just makes the person saying it sound stupid ...

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                                                                • CyberHustler
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                                                                  I shouldn't of read this thread...
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                                                                    • tranza
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                                                                      • Jun 2003
                                                                      • 57559
                                                                      #18
                                                                      Who cares really?
                                                                      I'm just a newbie.

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                                                                        • DirtyProfits
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                                                                          • May 2005
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                                                                          #19
                                                                          Never heard somebody say that. But then again I am not surrounded by idiots

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                                                                            • ladida
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                                                                              • Nov 2005
                                                                              • 2179
                                                                              #20
                                                                              Originally posted by StuartD
                                                                              They usually hate me at that point but seriously, a negatively asked question results in yes being no and no being no.
                                                                              Hahaha. Exactly. My wife always asks negative questions, then when i answer like this, she's all confused :P Haha. I laugh my ass off at that point since she was the one that asked the question in the first place :P
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                                                                                • Allhdreview - Jasin
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                                                                                    • G-Rotica
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                                                                                      • Aug 2005
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                                                                                      #22
                                                                                      I could care less about this thread. I could of been unthawing some steaks, but no, i was wasten my time here.

                                                                                      Irreagardless, i'm gonna go cook meet.

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                                                                                        • JamesK
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                                                                                          Originally posted by Allhdreview - Jasin
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                                                                                            • pimpware
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                                                                                                • GatorB
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                                                                                                  • Oct 2001
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                                                                                                  #25
                                                                                                  more annoying phrases that people say and write.

                                                                                                  "for all intensive purposes" instead of "for all intents and purposes"

                                                                                                  Which shows me they have no clue WTF they are talking about. It's just words you are supposed to say at certain times to them.

                                                                                                  LOOSE & LOOSER instead of LOSE and LOSER. You LOSE because your sister's pussy is LOOSE and your mother's is even LOOSER which makes you a LOSER.

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                                                                                                    • theking
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                                                                                                      • Sep 2002
                                                                                                      • 21053
                                                                                                      #26
                                                                                                      Originally posted by CDSmith
                                                                                                      Reminds me of people who say "unthaw" all the time. "I unthawed a few steaks for the barbecue tomorrow"

                                                                                                      THAW means thaw. So UNthaw would naturally mean "to freeze".

                                                                                                      So what the idiot is really saying is that they froze a few steaks instead of thawed them.


                                                                                                      Yet another chapter in case anyone happens to be writing a book titled "people are stupid."

                                                                                                      :D
                                                                                                      Hmm...I cannot recall anyone that has said "unthawed"...in place of...I thawed out a few steaks.
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                                                                                                        • AZSarah
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                                                                                                          #27
                                                                                                          Originally posted by PR_Tom
                                                                                                          Irregardless is another one.


                                                                                                          UGH! A radio DJ here says that all of the time... drives me crazy.
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                                                                                                            • PervertInPueblaMexico
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                                                                                                                • Andy Servers4Less
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                                                                                                                  #29
                                                                                                                  Originally posted by StuartD
                                                                                                                  Which reminds me of negatively asked questions. For example:

                                                                                                                  "Do you not want to go for dinner?"

                                                                                                                  I stand there for a second and reply:

                                                                                                                  "If I say 'yes', does that mean that yes, I do not want to go to dinner... or if I say 'no', does that mean that no, I do not wan to go for dinner?"

                                                                                                                  They usually hate me at that point but seriously, a negatively asked question results in yes being no and no being no.
                                                                                                                  Coming from a communications background I believe the correct response would be:

                                                                                                                  "No, I do want to go"

                                                                                                                  or

                                                                                                                  "Yes, I don't want to go"

                                                                                                                  there are definitely easier ways to word it though haha.
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                                                                                                                    • Sosa
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                                                                                                                      • Oct 2002
                                                                                                                      • 40149
                                                                                                                      #30
                                                                                                                      Originally posted by StuartD
                                                                                                                      Nope, sorry... between ATK and having 2 kids now, my time is pretty much filled up.
                                                                                                                      Which kind of saddens me because I'd like to try my hand at coming up with a new cms actually. But I simply can't spare the time for it.
                                                                                                                      No problems I know how hard it is to find time for things.

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                                                                                                                        • CunningStunt
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                                                                                                                          • Aug 2006
                                                                                                                          • 5594
                                                                                                                          #31
                                                                                                                          Originally posted by GatorB
                                                                                                                          more annoying phrases that people say and write.

                                                                                                                          "for all intensive purposes" instead of "for all intents and purposes"

                                                                                                                          Which shows me they have no clue WTF they are talking about. It's just words you are supposed to say at certain times to them.

                                                                                                                          LOOSE & LOOSER instead of LOSE and LOSER. You LOSE because your sister's pussy is LOOSE and your mother's is even LOOSER which makes you a LOSER.

                                                                                                                          NOONE instead of NO ONE. NOONE is the lead signer of the 60's group Herman's Hermits
                                                                                                                          Both the "loose" and "could care less" ones bug the fuck out of me. Shows total lack of schooling.

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                                                                                                                            • StuartD
                                                                                                                              Sofa King Band
                                                                                                                              • Jul 2002
                                                                                                                              • 29903
                                                                                                                              #32
                                                                                                                              Originally posted by Andy Servers4Less
                                                                                                                              Coming from a communications background I believe the correct response would be:

                                                                                                                              "No, I do want to go"

                                                                                                                              or

                                                                                                                              "Yes, I don't want to go"

                                                                                                                              there are definitely easier ways to word it though haha.
                                                                                                                              Exactly, it's a yes or no question which can not be answered by simply saying yes or no. No matter which you choose, it will require further clarification.
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                                                                                                                                  thanks for the grammar lesson
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                                                                                                                                    • Ayla_SquareTurtle
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                                                                                                                                      #34
                                                                                                                                      Just thought of another one. "beckon call" instead of "beck and call." It's kind of funny actually, because the real phrase seems rather redundant.
                                                                                                                                      gone. long gone.

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                                                                                                                                        • StuartD
                                                                                                                                          Sofa King Band
                                                                                                                                          • Jul 2002
                                                                                                                                          • 29903
                                                                                                                                          #35
                                                                                                                                          Originally posted by Jim_Gunn
                                                                                                                                          It's almost as bad as someone saying "would of" instead of "would have" done such and such...
                                                                                                                                          Originally posted by Ayla_SquareTurtle
                                                                                                                                          Just thought of another one. "beckon call" instead of "beck and call." It's kind of funny actually, because the real phrase seems rather redundant.
                                                                                                                                          These two, while very true, can be argued by some since, when spoken, could go either way.

                                                                                                                                          "would have" is sometimes spoken quickly and abbreviated to "would've" which ends up sounding like "would of".... but then there are those special people who actually separate them as "would of" and for those people, there is no excuse.

                                                                                                                                          Same can be said of "beck and call"... when said quickly can be more of a "beck'n call". Again, that's not always the case as there are many cases where people really do believe it's "beckon call" and prove it by writing it out.

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                                                                                                                                            • digifan
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                                                                                                                                              • Oct 2002
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                                                                                                                                              #36
                                                                                                                                              All languages I believe.. but your firefox plugin is real cool, I dig it. When it launched for the first time, I thought I got hacked or infected.. for real! :-D
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                                                                                                                                                • StuartD
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                                                                                                                                                  • Jul 2002
                                                                                                                                                  • 29903
                                                                                                                                                  #37
                                                                                                                                                  Originally posted by digifan
                                                                                                                                                  All languages I believe.. but your firefox plugin is real cool, I dig it. When it launched for the first time, I thought I got hacked or infected.. for real! :-D
                                                                                                                                                  sorry for the scare.
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                                                                                                                                                    • CDSmith
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                                                                                                                                                      • May 2001
                                                                                                                                                      • 51460
                                                                                                                                                      #38
                                                                                                                                                      Originally posted by GatorB
                                                                                                                                                      more annoying phrases that people say and write.

                                                                                                                                                      "for all intensive purposes" instead of "for all intents and purposes"

                                                                                                                                                      Which shows me they have no clue WTF they are talking about. It's just words you are supposed to say at certain times to them.

                                                                                                                                                      LOOSE & LOOSER instead of LOSE and LOSER. You LOSE because your sister's pussy is LOOSE and your mother's is even LOOSER which makes you a LOSER.

                                                                                                                                                      NOONE instead of NO ONE. NOONE is the lead signer of the 60's group Herman's Hermits
                                                                                                                                                      100% correct on all points.

                                                                                                                                                      Those are all part of this newage idiotspeak that is slowly overtaking the world.

                                                                                                                                                      Prolly is another one. People, the word you are trying to type (yet so miserably failing at) is PROBABLY.
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                                                                                                                                                        • digifan
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                                                                                                                                                          • Oct 2002
                                                                                                                                                          • 14618
                                                                                                                                                          #39
                                                                                                                                                          Originally posted by StuartD
                                                                                                                                                          sorry for the scare.
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