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Anon expects more (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 days ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Can't eat your cake and have it, too.

I'm upvoting just for the proper version of the phrase

[–] MudMan@fedia.io 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's an awkward phrase in either version, but when I first encountered the original it was an immediate "Oh, so that's what it's supposed to mean" moment, so now I default to that. If people were shamed into abandoning "couldn't care less" we can make this happen.

My pendantry is either a sneaky precision strike or a carpet bombing, no half measures.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

shamed into abandoning “couldn’t care less”

Um, isn't that the correct form? If you couldn't care less, then you care the absolute minimum amount.

[–] MudMan@fedia.io 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hah. I've internalized it so much I couldn't even bring myself to write it the other way on purpose. I'm not even editing that :D

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago

Now I'm not sure if you could or couldn't care less.