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Alright something has been bother me for a long time. It's regarding the use of the term I couldn't care less and the misuse of the term I could care less.
Now, let's look at the intet of employing these phrases. In a discussion, you wish to throw out this saying to further emote your disregard towards the subject at hand. You don't really feel any care for this subject. If you could care less, then there are other things that you dislike more than the topic, as demonstrated in fig 1. Now, if you couldn't care less, then there isn't anything you value less of than the given idea or object, as seen in fig 2.

If you wanted to show that you really didn't care, then the wise choice would be I couldn't care less, because there isn't anything that you dislike more. Doesn't that make more sense than saying that you dislike other things more than what is at hand?
Now I hope you've all learned something here, and will refrain from using I could care less in the future, because many of you are guilty of this very error on these boards.
Have a good day.
Now, let's look at the intet of employing these phrases. In a discussion, you wish to throw out this saying to further emote your disregard towards the subject at hand. You don't really feel any care for this subject. If you could care less, then there are other things that you dislike more than the topic, as demonstrated in fig 1. Now, if you couldn't care less, then there isn't anything you value less of than the given idea or object, as seen in fig 2.

If you wanted to show that you really didn't care, then the wise choice would be I couldn't care less, because there isn't anything that you dislike more. Doesn't that make more sense than saying that you dislike other things more than what is at hand?
Now I hope you've all learned something here, and will refrain from using I could care less in the future, because many of you are guilty of this very error on these boards.
Have a good day.