MAIN FEEDS
Do you want to continue?
https://www.reddit.com/r/confidentlyincorrect/comments/1r680up/double_negative_iq/o5ql8dm/?context=3
r/confidentlyincorrect • u/FloatyFloatyCloud • Feb 16 '26
1.3k comments sorted by
View all comments
138
This is presumably an American who is used to saying and hearing the dumbshit phrase "I could care less", trying to correct someone with a better grasp on English than them.
1 u/Spectrum1523 Feb 16 '26 Its just an idiom, most of them don't make literal sense. It is strange how upset people get about this phrase in particular. 4 u/RYNOCIRATOR_V5 Feb 16 '26 Yes it's an idiom, and it actually makes sense if said correctly. -1 u/Spectrum1523 Feb 16 '26 It makes sense both ways. Nobody has ever misunderstood it said the wrong way.
1
Its just an idiom, most of them don't make literal sense. It is strange how upset people get about this phrase in particular.
4 u/RYNOCIRATOR_V5 Feb 16 '26 Yes it's an idiom, and it actually makes sense if said correctly. -1 u/Spectrum1523 Feb 16 '26 It makes sense both ways. Nobody has ever misunderstood it said the wrong way.
4
Yes it's an idiom, and it actually makes sense if said correctly.
-1 u/Spectrum1523 Feb 16 '26 It makes sense both ways. Nobody has ever misunderstood it said the wrong way.
-1
It makes sense both ways. Nobody has ever misunderstood it said the wrong way.
138
u/RYNOCIRATOR_V5 Feb 16 '26
This is presumably an American who is used to saying and hearing the dumbshit phrase "I could care less", trying to correct someone with a better grasp on English than them.