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badgoodDeb · 04-30-2009, 06:10 PM

"I could care less" is meant to be sarcastic --- meaning that really, I could NOT care less, because I care so very little already. But people leave off the sarcasm, and then it just plain doesn't make sense!

But they aren't "readers" and so very literate, like all of us!

04-30-2009, 06:10 PM	#21
badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,560 Karma: 64462893 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	"I could care less" is meant to be sarcastic --- meaning that really, I could NOT care less, because I care so very little already. But people leave off the sarcasm, and then it just plain doesn't make sense! But they aren't "readers" and so very literate, like all of us!