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"I could care less" to mean "I could NOT care less"
Thing is... this sort of makes sense if you say it with a hint of sarcasm. But curiously the only people that use this phrase are Americans. And we all know how much they understand sarcasm 🤣.
I sometimes say "I could care less, but not by much"
This exactly! I always get so confused when people say that.
Is it really confusing? You know what they mean
In the example I gave it was pretty clear, but in other phrases it can get pretty confusing
https://youtu.be/om7O0MFkmpw?si=tKM8xq1MLdvvkxa_
Same with "Do you mind doing x?" "Yeah sure"; so you mind doing it? I get what they mean with the response, but it annoys me every time haha
I’ve always interpreted it as meaning that I care so little for something I can’t even be bothered to put the effort in to not care about it as much as I should… but, yeah, it’s used incorrectly way too often and makes no sense most of the time.