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[–] [email protected] 90 points 1 year ago (3 children)

"I could care less".

Oh really? How much less?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

At least it makes sense when people say "I couldn't care less."

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

"I tried to, I really did. But I just could not care less. I'd hit the bottom of the barrel."

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I thought that was the joke: I could care less… but I can’t even be bothered to care any less because I care so little.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

It's just people saying it wrong, like "bone apple tea" instead of " bon appetit". It's supposed to be "I couldn't care less". But I mean come on, these are the same people who searched for "Michael Jackson Billy's Jeans" so often on YouTube that it became a recommended search term. Lol.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

It can be interpreted as sarcasm, as in "tell me more, I could care even less."