Two Words For The Offended: GROW UP!

I've always viewed that saying as meaning "I could care less, but that would take effort, and I don't care enough to make the effort"

From: https://incompetech.com/gallimaufry/care_less.html

When one usually states "I could care less", they usually mean "I could not care less". [e.g. "I could care less about linguistics."]

In order for one to "care less" about a subject, they must first care about it somewhat. Saying "I could care less about ... " does indeed imply, nay dictate, that there is some degree of care.

I've put together a handy chart to help visualize...

The Caring Continuum. vertical chart shows amount of caring - 'zero' and 'couldn't care less' synonymous at the bottom
It can easily be seen that, in absolute terms, there is no caring at the zero marker. It is impossible to care less than that amount.

Let us use a different example...

I could have less food.
I couldn't have less food.

Which statement above means "I have at least some food", and which means "I don't have any food"?

That was an awful lot of effort to put into a comment on a highly meaningless discussion, that I'm not even going to read because, you guessed it...

I couldn't care less

You do though. And you will. :)

PS- it was pretty much a cut and paste. Very little effort.

https://i.imgflip.com/2pa8jx.jpg

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