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Clearly whoever is the CIO/CISO could care less? I find it hilarious that people get these positions without seemingly a care in the world. Or maybe they do car
by coldcode 6y ago
Clearly whoever is the CIO/CISO could care less? I find it hilarious that people get these positions without seemingly a care in the world. Or maybe they do care and the CEO didn't? Hardly anyone ever gets fired in these circumstances.
- ilikeerp 6y agoSurely he COULDN'T care less?
- bobthepanda 6y agoThis is one of those colloquialisms that has become so commonplace that it actually becomes a part of the language rather than being incorrect. https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/care_2?q=could+care+less https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/eng... lists it as a usage in North American English.
- xbar 6y agoThose of us who know better bristle and retain pedantry. Consider semi-annual and biannual. Grr.
- ilikeerp 6y agoYes, when enough people do / say something wrong over and over again, it sometimes becomes normalised.
- bobthepanda 6y agoWrong would imply a right, but most interpretations of what is "right" are fairly arbitrary and mostly have to do with social and cultural hierarchy.
- ilikeerp 6y agoLogically it's wrong. If you COULD care less then that means you do care to some level whereas most people mean you COULD NOT care less. Simple...