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Unironically true. The average person could care less about following politics, but Europeans live football.
by lemoncookiechip 24d ago
Unironically true. The average person could care less about following politics, but Europeans live football.
- vman81 24d ago> The average person could care less about following politics Could they?
- dododore 24d ago[dead]
- SAI_Peregrinus 24d agoIf they isolated themselves from all news, social media, and lived as a hermit, yes. They could care less, but it'd be difficult.
- GJim 24d ago> could care less Surely you mean couldn't care less.
- ButlerianJihad 24d agoWell, I could care less, personally. I wish I did care less!
- sph 24d agoI just saw David Mitchell fall to his knees at a Waitrose
- notabotiswear 24d agoWeird Al - Word Crimes
- justinhj 24d agoCountries have different idioms.
- GJim 24d agoPlease explain?
- justinhj 24d agoIn the US "Could care less" is the equivalent to the British expression "Couldn't care less". The intention and meaning is the same. So the original comment did mean to say what they said. My point was that what may look like a mistake or a contradiction is just cultural development of natural language. Another example is the British expression "It would be cheap at half the price"
- slater 24d ago> In the US "Could care less" is the equivalent to the British expression "Couldn't care less" No, it's not.
- pasc1878 24d agoIt is. The American version just does not say what it means.
- justinhj 24d agoYes, it is.
- tingletech 24d agomaybe it's regional? I always thought "Could care less" was in the same class as "irregardless" or "daylight saving time" -- in common use yet technically incorrect
- iammjm 24d agoOne example to illustrate: when talking about dying, Americans would kick the bucket, Poles would kick the calendar, French would break the pipe, Germans would drop the spoon, and the Spanish would pull the leather. But they all would be referring to the US's trust among its allies.
- AnimalMuppet 24d agohttps://xkcd.com/1576/ https://xkcd.com/1576/
- ramblerman 24d agoI think you misunderstood the emphasis there - yes Europeans love football. The point is that it's so blatant for such little gain, it's still a game. I.e. if he is willing to do that so openly for such low stakes, imagine what he does behind closed doors when it matters.