Both "could care less" and "couldn't care less" mean the same thing
Re:Apple is discontinuing the iPod
by MrVandemar on Tuesday May 10, 2022 @11:37PM
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Don't you love English. The langauge where polar opposites "sucks" and "blows" can mean in the right context exactly the same thing.
Re:Apple is discontinuing the iPod
by abdulmuhaimin on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @01:19AM
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Surely you're joking, right?
I've never encountered those two phrases where they meant the same thing.
Couldn't care less - absolute zero care. Nothing can disappoint me whatever happen. Could care less - some degree of care is present. Thing can actually get worse
The missing ingredient, as with many teenage idioms, is sarcasm.
Only if you've been around people who say it a lot and have the cultural context.
The internet, and Hacker News, is not that place.
There are plenty of people on here who will read "could" and "couldn't" as the actual words they are rather than the phrase they're a part of.
yes, that is why i explained that
Feel petty mentioning this, but you mean you couldn't care less right? As in you care nothing about latest movie, right?
Took me a moment to work out what you were saying, hence why pointing out, although aware small, potentially peevish position on my part