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> You mean, you couldn't care less, right? :P (Sorry, that particular Americanism is a pet peeve of mine.) "I could care less" is an American idiom, and this i
by justinhj 14y ago
> You mean, you couldn't care less, right? :P (Sorry, that particular Americanism is a pet peeve of mine.)
"I could care less" is an American idiom, and this is a US site. Ad hominem.
- hnriot 14y agoIt's US hosted, but it's certainly used by people in many countries, what does it even mean to say it is a US site? The network makes geography meaningless. PG could host it in Sunnyvale or Singapore and none of us would notice or care. Ok some would notice, this is hn after all.
- setrofim_ 14y agoI was only half serious with that remark (hence the smilie). It was not intended to be an Ad Hominem attack to weaken wtvanhest's argument (though it could have that effect -- thanks for pointing that out). I am aware that "I could care less" is a wide-spread US idiom and understand the intended meaning it conveys; but it still makes me cringe whenever I see it.
- zimpenfish 14y agoI always read "I could care less" as "I could care less ... but that would require expending actual effort and no." Then again, I'm not a knee-jerking grammarian prescriptivist.
- justinhj 14y agoI should get that on a t-shirt thanks. Actually I'm British and don't have strong feelings about the phrase either way. If I did, I still don't criticize people for using idioms of their own culture.
- nollidge 14y agoThere's plenty of Americans that are annoyed by it, too. Also please go learn what "ad hominem" actually means. It does not simply mean "insult".
- justinhj 14y agoI know what it means. Why add it to the end of an argument out of the blue if it's not intended that way? Still it was late at night and I should have added my own smiley. ;)