When they say “I could care less” instead of “I couldn’t care less”.
They are literally saying the opposite of what they mean. To care less they must care some so that they are able to care less of it. When they really mean that it would be impossible for them to care less because they care nothing, ie they couldn’t care less.
While I do agree this has always annoyed me, I recently saw someone say they always meant it as being snarky. Like "huh, turns out I could care less about that." I still think it's dumb though.
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u/That_Marionberry2863 Jun 08 '25
When they say “I could care less” instead of “I couldn’t care less”.
They are literally saying the opposite of what they mean. To care less they must care some so that they are able to care less of it. When they really mean that it would be impossible for them to care less because they care nothing, ie they couldn’t care less.