Joe Bob’s Thought of the Day: Careless Edition
Added 2022-12-02 21:46:40 +0000 UTCWhen people say "I could care less," are they trying to screw with me? Is "I could care less" the opposite of "I couldn't care less," meaning they do care?
Or is it some wishy-washy middle-ground statement that means "There are levels of not caring that are infinitely greater than the one I'm experiencing right now, I just want you to know that my Caring Meter is not registering very high."
The third possibility would be that they're being ironic. They're saying "I care" in the same way you say "Fascinating" when something is boring. That would be using "I could care less" to mean "I couldn't care less."
In the Frank Sinatra song "I Couldn't Care Less," he doesn't care about anything because he just got dumped. Have you ever noticed how many Sinatra songs are about getting dumped? Who would dump Frank Sinatra? Anyway, since Frank says "I couldn't care less," I think we all should say it that way. Lyrics by Sammy Cahn, music by Jimmy Van Heusen, wisdom by the world's foremost expert on everything: Frank.
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so , kinda-like when a friend or family member tells me about something that has gone completely wrong and My response is , in my best sarcastic manner , "oh thats awesome." furthermore , who in their right mind would Ever say to joe bob "i could care less." ?!
2022-12-09 02:56:12 +0000 UTCAva Gardner would break up with Frank Sinatra, and cause him to sing a lot of sad songs afterwards.
2022-12-07 22:08:14 +0000 UTCSomething about the word couldn't that seems just uncomfortable enough to pronounce that people end up using could instead.
2022-12-04 05:00:55 +0000 UTCMore like “On the Bowl Bob Briggs!”
2022-12-03 21:01:50 +0000 UTCThese could also be the same sort of people who are very "pacific" about things. But it does make me ponder on whether or not I could care less. I do embrace apathy for most things but is there a level of not caring that goes beyond not caring to the point that you start caring about the not caring and therefore accidentally start caring about the thing you could care less about? Hmm fascinating.
2022-12-03 17:28:32 +0000 UTCMia Farrow and an opportunity to share a song from my favorite band — https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LQhX8PbNUWI
2022-12-03 15:03:48 +0000 UTCThis is 💯 thc gummy talk from JBB isn’t it? 🤔…
2022-12-03 08:47:34 +0000 UTCPeople who say "could care less" are usually just dummies who are getting the phrase wrong.
Mike Tocci
2022-12-03 04:39:01 +0000 UTCYou went full Ben Folds, Joe Bob.
GeddyLeeRoth
2022-12-03 02:13:03 +0000 UTCYes, it's said ironically, or more likely, sarcastically, with an implicit "as if": "(As if) I could care less." I believe this is one of those idioms that emerges because nobody ever is presented with an issue and responds positively with "You know, I think I could care less, and I will now take some action on the topic."
Moviegique
2022-12-02 23:33:43 +0000 UTC
