OT: I could care less about comments on grammar...
...because I do care about comments on grammar. I care about them because I find them annoying when they take over threads and change them into threads about grammar.
And (notice I began my sentence with a conjunction, which is frowned upon in formal writing, but I have decided to adopt a less formal style of prose for this post because this is a message board about college sports) logically speaking, most (perhaps all) uses of "couldn't care less" are incorrect. For someone to comment that they "couldn't care less" means that they do indeed care enough to comment that they "couldn't care less."
Here's an example:
Person 1: "Michael Rosenberg said...."
Person 2: "I couldn't care less about what Michael Rosenberg said."
False! Person 2 obviously cares about what Michael Rosenberg said. They probably think he's 100% wrong on everything, which means that they care about what he said because they think he is wrong and shouldn't have said what he said, hence they truly do care about what he is said.
Complete indifference about Michael Rosenberg's comments would probably result in silence, or if someone did reply that they "couldn't care less", it would only be true if they had absolutely no positive or NEGATIVE (caps for emphasis) feelings towards Michael Rosenberg's comments.
March 24th, 2010 at 11:14 AM ^
Good.
March 24th, 2010 at 11:16 AM ^
but until then sleep well, and dream of large women.
March 24th, 2010 at 11:33 AM ^
Oh man I hope I don't lose like 30 mgopoints, then I'll be down to about 130 and I won't feel as good about myself as I do now. You almost have 3000 though, way to go! I'm going to give you an "up vote" or whatever you regulars call it so you can get there faster. Have a nice day!
March 24th, 2010 at 11:35 AM ^
You're only making it worse...
March 24th, 2010 at 11:46 AM ^
Wait, are you saying that by adding additional comments it gives other readers of this blog more opportunities to neg me?
March 24th, 2010 at 11:54 AM ^
szechuan chicken and walk away.......
March 24th, 2010 at 11:58 AM ^
can you just post a couple more please?
Yeah, I'm pretty disappointed this ended so suddenly. He was getting on a real roll. It'd rate this a C+ meltdown.
C'mon people! You can do better!
he had started with over 150 points and right now he's a couple dozen in the negative.
I wasn't trying to bait him into it-- I just saw a window for an Andre the Giant reference, and let's face it, you just can't let those opportunties slip away. Life is too short.
March 24th, 2010 at 12:01 PM ^
It gives the same readers the chance to neg you again. Not that I have, I'm just saying it's possible.
March 24th, 2010 at 11:36 AM ^
but you sound like you could use a tall glass of Neg Nog.
March 24th, 2010 at 12:27 PM ^
for nicking my materials, ebbtide. At least hook me up with an HT.
March 24th, 2010 at 11:49 AM ^
so now after this thread we know we won't have to worry about you starting up any more.
March 24th, 2010 at 12:02 PM ^
was grossly miscalculated, BTW.
March 24th, 2010 at 12:59 PM ^
too mean
March 24th, 2010 at 11:54 AM ^
like eating food you love but your stomach doesn't agree with.
- It feels good as you do it.
- You almost immediately regret it.
- In the end, there might be some lingering consequences but, all in all, you feel purged.
March 24th, 2010 at 11:17 AM ^
man u r rly funni, u shood right mor threads lik this.
March 24th, 2010 at 11:58 AM ^
An that comma shud b a semi-colon.
I'z Grammar Nazi. OP h8 me.
How does that not say purrrfik?
March 24th, 2010 at 11:20 AM ^
I couldn't care less about this thread.
March 24th, 2010 at 11:23 AM ^
Which begs the question...
Ha...see what I did there?
This thread is gonna be an orgy of sarcasm.
March 24th, 2010 at 11:20 AM ^
And (notice I began my sentence with a conjunction, which is frowned upon in formal writing, but I have decided to adopt a less formal style of prose for this post because this is a message board about college sports) logically speaking, most (perhaps all) uses of "couldn't care less" are incorrect.Actually, I think you're speaking reasonably, not logically.
March 24th, 2010 at 11:23 AM ^
I thought blogs like this were reserved for engineers, computer geeks, scientists, doctors and other professions that cannot write or spell.
March 24th, 2010 at 11:25 AM ^
I'm just so used to compilers catching all my spelling and punctuation erros... IT'S NOT MY FAULT!
March 24th, 2010 at 11:29 AM ^
Error(2, 17): Expected 'rs;', got 's...'
March 24th, 2010 at 11:31 AM ^
That's going to bug me all day.
March 24th, 2010 at 11:35 AM ^
the Java and you won't make so many errors.
March 24th, 2010 at 11:45 AM ^
C you don't need to be so sharp in your comments.
March 24th, 2010 at 12:04 PM ^
There's no reason to ada man who's just trying to get that crap started again!
March 24th, 2010 at 12:08 PM ^
is that there's an entire secret cobol of us.
March 24th, 2010 at 12:09 PM ^
way of putting it.
I mean - what the hex is going on here?
March 24th, 2010 at 12:18 PM ^
I hope you didn't curse him with a lisp.
in this sub-thread.
It's so complicated though. I like my punnery visual and basic.
March 24th, 2010 at 12:20 PM ^
It's your segmentation fault!
omg I crack myself up...
March 24th, 2010 at 11:26 AM ^
Hey! I'm a computer geek that can spell and throw decent grammar around.
March 24th, 2010 at 11:29 AM ^
Nobody likes a showoff.
March 24th, 2010 at 11:31 AM ^
Irregardless: if one prefers, they can always join in.
I see what you did in the above post with, "irregardless."
March 24th, 2010 at 11:30 AM ^
when you throw - if your words drop and break they will smash into little bits.
March 24th, 2010 at 12:01 PM ^
A profession can't spell. A member of a profession can though. Haw! Burned!
March 24th, 2010 at 11:26 AM ^
Irregardless originated in dialectal American speech in the early 20th century. Its fairly widespread use in speech called it to the attention of usage commentators as early as 1927. The most frequently repeated remark about it is that “there is no such word.” There is such a word, however. It is still used primarily in speech, although it can be found from time to time in edited prose. Its reputation has not risen over the years, and it is still a long way from general acceptance. Use regardless instead.
March 24th, 2010 at 11:59 AM ^
If you're going to copy from Merriam-Webster word for word, you should at least link them.
March 24th, 2010 at 12:01 PM ^
but it was behind the paywall.
March 24th, 2010 at 12:44 PM ^
link to the Freep.
March 25th, 2010 at 12:25 PM ^
Thank you, Mr. WolverBean. I'll be sure to cite next time.