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A fat chance and a slim chance are the same thing (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

Now, I expect to be down voted.

I don't care, but I'm going to piss a lot of people off.

I say "I could care less".

That's sarcasm. It's what my nineties, heroin chic, grunge music adolescence gave me.

I could care less. It would just require that I make an effort. That's not caring less. That's caring about something.

It's like how the biggest homophobes always seem to be closeted. They care too much.

[–] Aurenkin 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You think "could care less" is actually legit? Fat chance!

[–] hemmes 4 points 1 year ago

You think it isn’t? Slim chance!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I remember we used to say “like I could care less” sarcastically back in the late 80s. I moved to a non-English speaking country in ‘89 so I have no idea when “I could care less” shifted from sarcasm to incorrect grammar, but I was surprised the first time I encountered people online mention it as a grammatical pet peeve.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

With you 100%

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I only down voted you, so you'd be right 👍