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People who say "I could care less"...

Are morons 42 61.76%
 
Hey! I say that! (I am a moron) 7 10.29%
 
Could care less what I think 18 26.47%
 
Are sorry and will never do it again 1 1.47%
 
Total:68

Drive me INSANE! You know who you are.

I know this has been brought up before but it's gotten to the point where the saying has become widely accepted and more popular than the correct expression: "I COULDN'T CARE LESS".

Why is it annoying? Because you're saying "I could care less" when it's clear you're trying to communicate that you do not care at all. Saying "I could care less" indicates that you DO care. Do you see why you're stupid now?

I'm no grammar nazi but this is my biggest pet peeve in the world. I can only hope this thread helps to erradicate this bastardization of the English language, at least on this site.

That is all.
(inb4 someone points out spelling/grammar mistakes in my post)



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I find it sort of annoying, but I guess I've gotten used to it.
But here's a diagram for your further convincing people.



Even though I type the right way, so far I hadn't noticed people were doing it wrong hehe.

Still I think you could care less for this kind of stuff dude :P



 

 

 

 

 

alekth said:
I find it sort of annoying, but I guess I've gotten used to it.
But here's a diagram for your further convincing people.

Haha, exactly! I could say "I could care less about Mass Effect 2" when I actually care a lot about it and still be correct!

*saves image*



It drives me nuts!



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I agree.



Yeah... it also irritates me and I'm not even a native English speaker...

That picture's awesome btw.

 



My Mario Kart Wii friend code: 2707-1866-0957

Wow, now a thread dedicated to this? I swear I just saw someone complaining about it earlier...

Well, I just realized I used it recently. A few posts ago, actually. Whatever, I could care less about what you people think.



c0rd said:

Whatever, I could care less about what you people think.

GRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



alekth said:
I find it sort of annoying, but I guess I've gotten used to it.
But here's a diagram for your further convincing people.

You deserve a Nobel Prize