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Unironically true. The average person could care less about following politics, but Europeans live football.
by lemoncookiechip 2mo ago
Unironically true. The average person could care less about following politics, but Europeans live football.
- vman81 2mo ago> The average person could care less about following politics Could they?
- dododore 2mo ago[dead]
- SAI_Peregrinus 2mo 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 2mo ago> could care less Surely you mean couldn't care less.
- ButlerianJihad 2mo agoWell, I could care less, personally. I wish I did care less!
- sph 2mo agoI just saw David Mitchell fall to his knees at a Waitrose
- notabotiswear 2mo agoWeird Al - Word Crimes
- justinhj 2mo agoCountries have different idioms.
- GJim 2mo agoPlease explain?
- justinhj 2mo 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 2mo ago> In the US "Could care less" is the equivalent to the British expression "Couldn't care less" No, it's not.
- pasc1878 2mo agoIt is. The American version just does not say what it means.
- justinhj 2mo agoYes, it is.
- tingletech 2mo 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 2mo 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 2mo agohttps://xkcd.com/1576/ https://xkcd.com/1576/
- ramblerman 2mo 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.