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Not a native speaker, but for me "giving a shit" doesn't sound like you really care for something. Ok, it's (maybe) better than "not giving a shit", which is no

• rubatuga 6y ago
  You're not wrong at all
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• hazbot 6y ago
  You’re 100% correct in your interpretation of the strict grammatical meaning. I think maybe ‘not giving a shit’ existed as a turn of phrase first, and ‘giving a shit’ is sometimes used (incorrectly in the grammatical sense, but ok in the colloquial sense) as the complete negation/opposite.
• balfirevic 6y ago
  Thankfully, Ismo explains it all: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igh9iO5BxBo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igh9iO5BxBo
• ben509 6y ago
  Yes, to "give a shit" or a "damn" means to care marginally more than not caring at all. He's using it in an ironic[1] sense to mean that they really do care. This is similar to BBEdit's tagline[2], "it doesn't suck," which, read literally, doesn't mean it's good. [1]: contrasting with expectations and norms [2]: http://www.barebones.com/products/bbedit/index.html http://www.barebones.com/products/bbedit/index.html
• ncke 6y ago
  Thank you for this moment of humour. It was much needed.