Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Monday, July 30, 2007
Let's Get Something Straight
This has been a pet peeve of mine for a while and I would like to take a moment to clear things up.
If you are, for example, unfazed as to how someone else feels about something than the proper expression would be:
"I couldn't care less."
As in, you care so very little about their opinion that it would not be possible for you to care any less than you already do. You do not care at all, therefore you could NOT care less.
Now this seems fairly straightforward to me, yet I continually see/hear "I could care less." This makes no sense!!! This phrase signifies that you ARE able to care less about the given subject than you currently do. Which means that no matter how little you care about it, you do care about - which defeats the whole purpose of the proclamation! If you COULD care less then why don't you?!!??!
Now don't get me wrong, this is all about the context in which the phrase is used. If I were to say about my friends "I could care less," this would be true, because I care very much for my friends and it is possible for me to care much less for them. However the context in which I hear people saying it is "I am a fan of (band xyz) and I could care less what other people think." To reiterate: that means that you DO care what people think as you just stated that it is possible for you to care less than you currently do. ARGH!!!!
All right, I apologize for such a high and mighty rant, but populist bad grammar frustrates me.
UPDATE: History of caring less.
If you are, for example, unfazed as to how someone else feels about something than the proper expression would be:
"I couldn't care less."
As in, you care so very little about their opinion that it would not be possible for you to care any less than you already do. You do not care at all, therefore you could NOT care less.
Now this seems fairly straightforward to me, yet I continually see/hear "I could care less." This makes no sense!!! This phrase signifies that you ARE able to care less about the given subject than you currently do. Which means that no matter how little you care about it, you do care about - which defeats the whole purpose of the proclamation! If you COULD care less then why don't you?!!??!
Now don't get me wrong, this is all about the context in which the phrase is used. If I were to say about my friends "I could care less," this would be true, because I care very much for my friends and it is possible for me to care much less for them. However the context in which I hear people saying it is "I am a fan of (band xyz) and I could care less what other people think." To reiterate: that means that you DO care what people think as you just stated that it is possible for you to care less than you currently do. ARGH!!!!
All right, I apologize for such a high and mighty rant, but populist bad grammar frustrates me.
UPDATE: History of caring less.
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Ok...CRAZY!
This story was just too good to pass up.
If ever there was a good argument against constitutional monarchy, I think this is it. But then I've always been of the opinion that royalty are a waste of money.
And yet, I'm still going to do my Masters there...
If ever there was a good argument against constitutional monarchy, I think this is it. But then I've always been of the opinion that royalty are a waste of money.
And yet, I'm still going to do my Masters there...
Friday, July 20, 2007
Shoe sale
I was in the mall today, and saw a sign hanging above a bunch of shoes that read something to the effect of:
"Massive summer clearance! Two for the price of one!"
And I thought to myself "Isn't this how shoes are normally sold?"
"Massive summer clearance! Two for the price of one!"
And I thought to myself "Isn't this how shoes are normally sold?"
Thursday, July 12, 2007
Wednesday, July 04, 2007
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