Current Events > everytime I read 'could care less' I want to stab something in the throat

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I just read this in a kpop fanfic about IU and it totally broke my immersion. There's no way IU would be low IQ enough to make this kind of error and I trust that the author isn't trying to subtly make fun of her through this so they definitely think it's somehow correct

HOW
HOW CAN SOMEONE THINK "COULD CARE LESS" ACCURATELY DESCRIBES WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO CONVEY
I don't get it
do people not proofread anymore
do people not think about the words they're using? kfc
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Yeah it's a strange one - you're literally stating the opposite of what the figure of speech is intended for.

If you have the capacity to "care less" about something then you're literally stating that you DO currently care about it.

I'm glad someone still gets it
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When I was a kid, I heard an adult say this and I was VERY confused. It turns out, it doesn't actually make sense.
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But is it used for Intensive purposes or with intent and purpose.
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I think you're expecting too much of a writer that writes kpop fan fiction.
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Both "could care less" and "couldn't care less" are ambiguous statements.

Couldn't care less could also be interpreted as you being unable to care less because it's important to you.

Just fucking say "I don't care."
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tainted_emerald posted...

Couldn't care less could also be interpreted as you being unable to care less because it's important to you.

No native English speaker would inflect the sentence in a way that implies this
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Every time I read "I just read this in a kpop fanfic" I want to stab something in the throat
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It annoys the fuck out of me when people write "would/could/should of" - like how do you not realize that it's supposed to be a contraction? Ughhh
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kpop fanfic

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First world problems.
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AsianFury2020 posted...

First world problems.

Shut the fuck up
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ArchiePeck posted...

Yeah it's a strange one - you're literally stating the opposite of what the figure of speech is intended for.

If you have the capacity to "care less" about something then you're literally stating that you DO currently care about it.

I have always taken it to be very purposefully ironic, because when you are saying that to someone you are intentionally trying to convey that you don't care.So when you are saying "I could care less," you are implying that you care so little about it that "Yea I COULD care less."
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everytime I read 'could care less' I want to stab something in the throat

frankly, I could care less

nayr626 posted...

I think you're expecting too much of a writer that writes kpop fan fiction.

Hey, kpop fan fiction writing is an ancient, cherished, and well-respected tradition.
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hortanz posted...

kpop fanfic

why?
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I really like IU and I really like reading about her
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That's not healthy
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So tc has murderous intent?
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Logically "I couldn't care less" would be the proper way to say it.

But honestly it just sounds weird and could "I could care less holds" the same meaning and sounds better(even if logically it's wrong).
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It sounds better than "I couldn't care less."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=om7O0MFkmpw&t=49s

You know what TC, I could care less what you think about how I say things!!
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I could care less about how you feel.
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Skye Reynolds posted...

It sounds better than "I couldn't care less."

Dustin1280 posted...

But honestly it just sounds weird

You are both wrong
The harshness of the n't compared to the roundedness of the rest of the word gives it an edge that compliments the meaning
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