• Dragon Rider (drag)@lemmy.nz
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    29 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.