JumpStart by Robb Armstrong for November 13, 2022

Thank you, I’ve always felt this way about the phrase “I could care less”

I’m with her

I have never seen any case made for the ‘could’ version (that makes sense).

I’m with her. Any time I hear someone say “I could care less”, I immediately want to ask “How much less?”

1, 2, 3, 4…I declare a grammar war!

The grammar queen got corrected. We were all in the room where it happened

You can’t beat the Grammar Queen!

The phrase should be, “I could care less.”

She’s right. He’s wrong.

Oh Joe, you are wading into dark waters here.

She thinks doesn’t care at all about them – so she couldn’t care any less. If she somehow could care less – it would then be less than than nothing – which would mean it that would become a negative amount – which would actually mean she cares more but just in a negative way (It’s like using absolute values in math) – which would be a contradiction.

Reminds me of Word Crimes by Weird Al https://youtu.be/8Gv0H-vPoDc

Haven’t they beat this to death? This has got to bet least the nth time mom has explained this phrase to somebody. Maybe Mr Armstrong is slowly educating the entire cast?

I could care less…but I don’t want to make the effort

I don’t care….

“I couldn’t care less” is correct, if what you mean is “I don’t care.” “I could care less” means “I care somewhat.”

And by the way, this is a question of usage, not grammar. “I could care less” is grammatically correct; it just doesn’t mean what Joe thinks it means.

Your mom is correct, Joe! Check out Weird Al’s “Word Crimes”:https://youtu.be/8Gv0H-vPoDc

Mom was correct as usual. If Joe wants to be right about something save it for her driving

That was kind of careless, Joe.

I could care less, but then I wouldn’t have bothered to comment.

See today’s “Reality Check” on the GoComics site.

English: A mongrel language that delights in breaking its own rules at every opportunity.

Kid was not spanked enough coming up.

Very good close up on those two!

She is right.

YAY! One up-vote for mom! She has it right. And if you disagree, well, you know what I think…!

“I COULD care less, but it would be extremely difficult.”

“I could not possibly care less.”

“I care deeply….just about other things.”

Joe can’t get no satisfaction…..

Give it up Joe, you’ll never sway your mom. ;-p

Why does this always come up again? Either way is correct as they are both regional idioms, not meant to be taken literally. Depending where you live, you will hear one or the other, or both, or neither. You will be understood either way.

We’ve got enough real problems in this life, what say we stop trying to police idioms.

She could care more. She believes that she could not care less because she doesn’t care at all about those other features … yet … But if she really learned about those other features and how useful they can be, she likely (at least eventually) would care about at least some of those features. There would probably be some features that she still wouldn’t care less about.