• ratel@mander.xyz
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      28 days ago

      Yes it should. Kind of in the same way that it should be “I couldn’t care less” instead of “I could care less” which I’ve seen a lot more in recent years.

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        27 days ago

        Bernie said “could care less” in his response to the sotu last night. Made me cringe.

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          28 days ago

          Literally just talking about that! I agree that the original intent (and, you know, meanings of words) should make it “couldn’t” but I think the two have linguistically drifted together within the phrase.

          The rules-boy in me rallies against it, but the descriptivist in me celebrates and I couldn’t care less how he said it.

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            28 days ago

            Wittgenstein said that language isn’t actually semantic in its natural state. Instead, language serves as a sort of game to accomplish social ends.

            “I could care less” serves the social end of telling everyone you have no critical thinking skills and shouldn’t be taken seriously.