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Both "could care less" and "couldn't care less" mean the same thing

• inetknght 4y ago
  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.
  • p00f 4y ago
    yes, that is why i explained that
• MrVandemar 4y ago
  Don't you love English. The langauge where polar opposites "sucks" and "blows" can mean in the right context exactly the same thing.
• abdulmuhaimin 4y ago
  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
  • deleted 4y ago
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  • dTal 4y ago
    The missing ingredient, as with many teenage idioms, is sarcasm.