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If you could care less than that means you actually care quite an bit about the subject.

Try “couldn’t care less for the future” you won’t sound as ignorant!

Could vs. Couldn't​

We define could care less and couldn’t care less on the same page, with the single definition “used to indicate that one is not at all concerned about or interested in something.” We do not put these seemingly disparate idioms on the same page in order to save space, or so that we might cause you pain. We do it because one is simply a variant of the other, and they are used in a synonymous manner.

There is little doubt that couldn’t care less is the older form, although no one is certain where this came from. There has been speculation that it is British in origin, and that American soldiers returning from World War II brought it to these shores. While it may indeed have come from the United Kingdom, there is clear evidence that couldn’t care less was in use prior to the 1940s.


Correct Usage: Either​

We understand why could care less sticks in your craw: it appears to mean something rather opposed to what it purports to mean. The person who says “I could care less” is, on the face of it, stating “Yes, it would be possible for me to care less deeply about this matter than I do, and therefore I am betraying some unspecified degree of care.” But if you are the kind of person who cries out against this abomination we must warn you that people who go through life expecting informal variant idioms in English to behave logically are setting themselves up for a lifetime of hurt.

Both could and couldn’t care less are informal, and so you are unlikely to use either one in formal writing. If you have need of using it in some other context, and would like to avoid alienating some portion of your audience you should stick with couldn’t care less. And if you can’t get past some people continuing to use could care less, and the fact that there’s nothing you can do about it, you may console yourself with the notion that at least they are not saying “I could care fewer.”


As for what you think on the matter, I could care less, but I don't.


Now, get a life.
 
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Most people rate Roquan above Edmunds. Questionable whether the position has been "upgraded."
It all depends on the defense being used. In the Bears cover 2 Edmunds is a better fit with his size/speed at 6-5 and 4.5 speed allowing the Bears to use Edmunds dropping back into the deep middle. While Smith has proven to be outstanding as an ILB in a 3-4 front.
 

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It is an area of more need in my opinion.
Noted...........and it is hard to disagree based on what Hopkins has done in his career. However, I see more of an upside with the 24 year old Young which would help the lions most pressing need on defense.
 

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Who won? Which side were you in? I’m guessing my side which is correct- couldn’t care less.

I admit that could care less is easier to say but it’s incorrect. Normally I don’t care, but he’s fun to correct.

I have a few pet peeves. Acrossed isn’t a word, it’s just across

Irregardless is not a word.

Then, than and they’re, their and there, two, to and too.

Heightth isn’t a word but width is.
Dominant=/=dominate is the one that irrationally grinds my gears everytime i see it.
 

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Could vs. Couldn't​

We define could care less and couldn’t care less on the same page, with the single definition “used to indicate that one is not at all concerned about or interested in something.” We do not put these seemingly disparate idioms on the same page in order to save space, or so that we might cause you pain. We do it because one is simply a variant of the other, and they are used in a synonymous manner.

There is little doubt that couldn’t care less is the older form, although no one is certain where this came from. There has been speculation that it is British in origin, and that American soldiers returning from World War II brought it to these shores. While it may indeed have come from the United Kingdom, there is clear evidence that couldn’t care less was in use prior to the 1940s.


Correct Usage: Either​

We understand why could care less sticks in your craw: it appears to mean something rather opposed to what it purports to mean. The person who says “I could care less” is, on the face of it, stating “Yes, it would be possible for me to care less deeply about this matter than I do, and therefore I am betraying some unspecified degree of care.” But if you are the kind of person who cries out against this abomination we must warn you that people who go through life expecting informal variant idioms in English to behave logically are setting themselves up for a lifetime of hurt.

Both could and couldn’t care less are informal, and so you are unlikely to use either one in formal writing. If you have need of using it in some other context, and would like to avoid alienating some portion of your audience you should stick with couldn’t care less. And if you can’t get past some people continuing to use could care less, and the fact that there’s nothing you can do about it, you may console yourself with the notion that at least they are not saying “I could care fewer.”


As for what you think on the matter, I could care less, but I don't.


Now, get a life.
Now do your self and yourself

OH HUSH, go out and buy your self some Reeboks.
 

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I said LaPorta will have more yards this year than Claypool. Could care less about the ghost of Christmas past.
Then you tried to move the goal posts (typical Remy) and wanted to compare rookie years. Fine, both Kmet and LaPorta were second rounds picks, let's see how their rookie seasons stack up.

Now you are running like a scared little girl.
Not unless Claypool is out for the season…
 

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WR coach Tolbert on VeeJayJay





“HE’S GOT A LOT MORE, I GUESS, JUICE,” TOLBERT SAID. “A LITTLE MORE PEP IN HIS STEP. I SAY THAT, AND EVERYBODY KNOWS HE’S THE FASTEST GUY IN THE ROOM. BUT WHEN HE GETS OUT THERE, HE HEARS THE PLAY NOW, HE LINES UP REALLY FAST AND KNOWS WHAT HE’S DOING. I THINK IT’S THE CONFIDENCE IN KNOWING WHAT TO DO, BECAUSE HE WOULD TELL YOU HIMSELF, LAST YEAR HE WAS LIKE A DEER IN THE HEADLIGHTS A LOT OF THE TIMES.

“NOW HE KNOWS WHAT TO DO, HE ANSWERS ALL THE QUESTIONS IN THE MEETINGS, THEN HE GETS ONTO THE FIELD AND KNOWS HOW TO GO OUT THERE AND EXECUTE IT. I THINK, AGAIN, BEING A YEAR IN THE SYSTEM HAS HELPED HIM TREMENDOUSLY. PROBABLY HELPED HIM MORE THAN ANYBODY IN THE ROOM.”
 

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WR coach Tolbert on VeeJayJay

“HE’S GOT A LOT MORE, I GUESS, JUICE,” TOLBERT SAID. “A LITTLE MORE PEP IN HIS STEP. I SAY THAT, AND EVERYBODY KNOWS HE’S THE FASTEST GUY IN THE ROOM. BUT WHEN HE GETS OUT THERE, HE HEARS THE PLAY NOW, HE LINES UP REALLY FAST AND KNOWS WHAT HE’S DOING. I THINK IT’S THE CONFIDENCE IN KNOWING WHAT TO DO, BECAUSE HE WOULD TELL YOU HIMSELF, LAST YEAR HE WAS LIKE A DEER IN THE HEADLIGHTS A LOT OF THE TIMES.

“NOW HE KNOWS WHAT TO DO, HE ANSWERS ALL THE QUESTIONS IN THE MEETINGS, THEN HE GETS ONTO THE FIELD AND KNOWS HOW TO GO OUT THERE AND EXECUTE IT. I THINK, AGAIN, BEING A YEAR IN THE SYSTEM HAS HELPED HIM TREMENDOUSLY. PROBABLY HELPED HIM MORE THAN ANYBODY IN THE ROOM.”

My follow up question would be: "Has he learned how to catch the ball because he couldn't catch anything last year?"
 

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WR coach Tolbert on VeeJayJay





“HE’S GOT A LOT MORE, I GUESS, JUICE,” TOLBERT SAID. “A LITTLE MORE PEP IN HIS STEP. I SAY THAT, AND EVERYBODY KNOWS HE’S THE FASTEST GUY IN THE ROOM. BUT WHEN HE GETS OUT THERE, HE HEARS THE PLAY NOW, HE LINES UP REALLY FAST AND KNOWS WHAT HE’S DOING. I THINK IT’S THE CONFIDENCE IN KNOWING WHAT TO DO, BECAUSE HE WOULD TELL YOU HIMSELF, LAST YEAR HE WAS LIKE A DEER IN THE HEADLIGHTS A LOT OF THE TIMES.

“NOW HE KNOWS WHAT TO DO, HE ANSWERS ALL THE QUESTIONS IN THE MEETINGS, THEN HE GETS ONTO THE FIELD AND KNOWS HOW TO GO OUT THERE AND EXECUTE IT. I THINK, AGAIN, BEING A YEAR IN THE SYSTEM HAS HELPED HIM TREMENDOUSLY. PROBABLY HELPED HIM MORE THAN ANYBODY IN THE ROOM.”

My follow up question would be: "Has he learned how to catch the ball because he couldn't catch anything last year?"

Heard the same shit about plenty of bears busts round this time of year. If he doesn't perform in preseason the dudes probably gone, or practice squad.
 

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I said LaPorta will have more yards this year than Claypool. Could care less about the ghost of Christmas past.
Then you tried to move the goal posts (typical Remy) and wanted to compare rookie years. Fine, both Kmet and LaPorta were second rounds picks, let's see how their rookie seasons stack up.

Now you are running like a scared little girl.

Incorrrect. I just know when Claypool outproduces LaPorta you going to cry that LaPorta is just a rookie or he is a TE not a WR. So just getting ahead of that now.
 

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Could vs. Couldn't​

We define could care less and couldn’t care less on the same page, with the single definition “used to indicate that one is not at all concerned about or interested in something.” We do not put these seemingly disparate idioms on the same page in order to save space, or so that we might cause you pain. We do it because one is simply a variant of the other, and they are used in a synonymous manner.

There is little doubt that couldn’t care less is the older form, although no one is certain where this came from. There has been speculation that it is British in origin, and that American soldiers returning from World War II brought it to these shores. While it may indeed have come from the United Kingdom, there is clear evidence that couldn’t care less was in use prior to the 1940s.


Correct Usage: Either​

We understand why could care less sticks in your craw: it appears to mean something rather opposed to what it purports to mean. The person who says “I could care less” is, on the face of it, stating “Yes, it would be possible for me to care less deeply about this matter than I do, and therefore I am betraying some unspecified degree of care.” But if you are the kind of person who cries out against this abomination we must warn you that people who go through life expecting informal variant idioms in English to behave logically are setting themselves up for a lifetime of hurt.

Both could and couldn’t care less are informal, and so you are unlikely to use either one in formal writing. If you have need of using it in some other context, and would like to avoid alienating some portion of your audience you should stick with couldn’t care less. And if you can’t get past some people continuing to use could care less, and the fact that there’s nothing you can do about it, you may console yourself with the notion that at least they are not saying “I could care fewer.”


As for what you think on the matter, I could care less, but I don't.


Now, get a life.
The answer depends on whom you ask. According to most grammarians, this expression is logical and correct only with couldn’t. If a person says, “I couldn’t care less” about something, it means that the amount of care and concern they have about something could not be any less, any lower. This makes sense. Therefore when someone says I could care less, it should mean the opposite, that they are concerned.


Translation - There is one correct way and we just allow stupid people to use could care less because it isn't worth correcting them just like when they use irregardless.
 

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Could vs. Couldn't​

We define could care less and couldn’t care less on the same page, with the single definition “used to indicate that one is not at all concerned about or interested in something.” We do not put these seemingly disparate idioms on the same page in order to save space, or so that we might cause you pain. We do it because one is simply a variant of the other, and they are used in a synonymous manner.

There is little doubt that couldn’t care less is the older form, although no one is certain where this came from. There has been speculation that it is British in origin, and that American soldiers returning from World War II brought it to these shores. While it may indeed have come from the United Kingdom, there is clear evidence that couldn’t care less was in use prior to the 1940s.


Correct Usage: Either​

We understand why could care less sticks in your craw: it appears to mean something rather opposed to what it purports to mean. The person who says “I could care less” is, on the face of it, stating “Yes, it would be possible for me to care less deeply about this matter than I do, and therefore I am betraying some unspecified degree of care.” But if you are the kind of person who cries out against this abomination we must warn you that people who go through life expecting informal variant idioms in English to behave logically are setting themselves up for a lifetime of hurt.

Both could and couldn’t care less are informal, and so you are unlikely to use either one in formal writing. If you have need of using it in some other context, and would like to avoid alienating some portion of your audience you should stick with couldn’t care less. And if you can’t get past some people continuing to use could care less, and the fact that there’s nothing you can do about it, you may console yourself with the notion that at least they are not saying “I could care fewer.”


As for what you think on the matter, I could care less, but I don't.


Now, get a life.
This is for fucking idiots- you can almost look up any word or phrase and google will say that it is now considered ok bc people have wrongly used the word. Etc etc

Think about it moron, if you could or can care less means that you actually care about something if you couldn’t or can’t care less than there’s no more care in the world.

I’m right and you’re fucking wrong, this is how you lose all your points- I’m really wrong but on google I get credit bc I participated-

Man, it’s got to suck to be you. Take that idiotic argument to your boss, well boss, losing money and making stupid choices is ok because all the people who are wrong outnumber the smart people, so it’s ok to make ignorant decisions and my mom and dad or ok with it so you should be too-

Wow!
 

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Noted...........and it is hard to disagree based on what Hopkins has done in his career. However, I see more of an upside with the 24 year old Young which would help the lions most pressing need on defense.
The lions have more depth off the edge than people realize. Both Harris and Okwara were injured a good portion of last year, they both return and Pascal showed promise as a rookie as well, in his limited action when he started to play (when he was drafted he was injured). And then that is not even mentioning James Houston. DT is where the Lions could use an upgrade, well before DE.
 

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The lions have more depth off the edge than people realize. Both Harris and Okwara were injured a good portion of last year, they both return and Pascal showed promise as a rookie as well, in his limited action when he started to play (when he was drafted he was injured). And then that is not even mentioning James Houston. DT is where the Lions could use an upgrade, well before DE.
Every team has depth if we are going to accept just listing bodies on the depth chart
 

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The answer depends on whom you ask. According to most grammarians, this expression is logical and correct only with couldn’t. If a person says, “I couldn’t care less” about something, it means that the amount of care and concern they have about something could not be any less, any lower. This makes sense. Therefore when someone says I could care less, it should mean the opposite, that they are concerned.


Translation - There is one correct way and we just allow stupid people to use could care less because it isn't worth correcting them just like when they use irregardless.
No, saying I could care less is an expression, the implied meaning is as I stated. It means, I could care less, but I don't.

kek?
 

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