Stickler
Today, I got stopped by the fuzz. The officer told me he "could care less" about my excuses. He was probably about to let me go without a ticket, but my inner Grammar Nazi kicked in and I explained why he meant to say "couldn't care less." I got the ticket. FML
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beccaishereyay 11
Ugh. I'd give you a ticket too.
Dargoria 1
Sometimes you just got to force it down. Sorry about the ticket.
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DarkGem 13
People get pissy at me all the time because I'm a grammar nazi... Actually a grammar soviet, but whatever. Sorry about the ticket.
Ilikepie82479 20
The struggle is real
Redmai 22
...When was the last time I heard the fuzz.
haphazardly 15
When, in fact, it works both ways. He meant it was physically possible for him to give less *****, but he was feeling generous and gave you a couple anyway.
suicidehomicide 2
Sieg Heil!!!
ErinShannon 27
Techinally, the cop was right in how he said it. "Couldn't care less" has been used so much though that it's now preceived as correct. The modern term and use of the word has taken over the actually meaning. Like "irragardless" even though it, in fact, isn't the correct word.
Annies 20
Pretty sure both ‘could’ and ‘couldn’t’ are acceptable in that situation.