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Originally Posted by Catlady
I could care less and I couldn't care less mean the same thing. That's just the way it is.
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I must be quixotic. I am now feeling an urge to take up arms against the tyranny of the majority.
For me, language is a tension between propriety, popularity, and personal whim. I am usually operating in the first two spheres. When the latter arises, however, it always trumps.
I would tend to use "I could care less" to mean nothing more than an unspecified level that is higher than zero.
Secondarily, it would mean that my level of caring is pretty low. Caring less, while possible, would take more effort than I'm probably going to expend.
While the "I could care less" army is engaging the "I couldn't care less" army, the "Whatever!" army is waiting to ambush the survivors.