The Caring Continuum

never mention that, because..

..because once we got started, and the bawling ... the humanity, the zeitgeist and all the Upanishads with dual overhead camshafts on a side-valev einstpritzmotoren all wonky and finding out that the Weebl about pie music is from a Bach invention and,

and well, it would all soon get just too - too too.

Me? I could care less that the careless are so uncaring.. to speak carefully - -
- well maybe not -'fully': care-someWhat-fully? that is to say: not half-assed -'fully' but something interpolated twixt that and [pi \ufffd(1-epsilon) d(caring) dt + k],
k being of course -- the Universal Knockwurst constant,
(presuming that the knockwurst temp flow is 0 .^.. adiabatic.)

I hope this clears it up for you Peter, especially the day after that (Glorious? I trust) Birthday - wouldn't want your care-otid artery to be all athrob or even athwart.

ie Here's your CARE Package :-)

Oversimplified, making you a victim of the "Ethymological fallacy"(*). Here are some professionals discussing the matter, at Language Log: [link|http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/000368.html|Post 000368], [link|http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/001180.html|Post 001180], [link|http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/001182.html|Post 001182], [link|http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/001202.html|Post 001202], [link|http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/001207.html|Post 001207], [link|http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/001209.html|Post 001209], [link|http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/001256.html|Post 001256], [link|http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/002063.html|Post 002063], [link|http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/002253.html|Post 002253](+), and here are some of their sources: A part of [link|http://www.yaelf.com/aueFAQ/mifcouldcareless.shtml|the alt.usage.english FAQ], and [link|http://www-personal.umich.edu/%7Ejlawler/aue/giveadamn.html|John Lawler's "Give a damn" piece].

HTH!

(*): Google for it, preferably at LL.
(+): I've tried to collect an exhaustive but not exhausting -- and relevant! -- sample from the somewhat larger number of posts that in some fashion touched on the subject (i.e, contained the phrase "could care less").

Post #293,833 by pwhysall 9/28/07 12:29:35 PM Reply	The Caring Continuum This has been bugging me, well, since Americans started getting it wrong. So let's clarify: [image\|http://homepage.ntlworld.com/peter.whysall1/The%20Caring%20Continuum.jpg\|\|\|\|] Shall we consider the matter settled, then? Peter [link\|http://www.no2id.net/\|Don't Let The Terrorists Win] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Home] Use P2P for legitimate purposes! [link\|http://kevan.org/brain.cgi?pwhysall\|A better terminal emulator] [image\|http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h262/pwhysall/Misc/saveus.png\|0\|Darwinia\|\|]
Post #293,834 by boxley 9/28/07 12:43:52 PM Reply	arnt you being as little careless with that assertion? Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari? Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free american and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 51 years. meep reach me at [link\|mailto:bill.oxley@cox.net\|mailto:bill.oxley@cox.net]
Post #293,835 by Another Scott 9/28/07 12:57:03 PM Reply	In spoken American, the "n't" is silent. HTH! ;-)
Post #293,836 by pwhysall 9/28/07 1:31:31 PM Reply	Innovative! That's even better than the "Americans are just being ironic, duh" explanation I've heard elsewhere... Peter [link\|http://www.no2id.net/\|Don't Let The Terrorists Win] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Home] Use P2P for legitimate purposes! [link\|http://kevan.org/brain.cgi?pwhysall\|A better terminal emulator] [image\|http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h262/pwhysall/Misc/saveus.png\|0\|Darwinia\|\|]
Post #293,839 by Steven A S 9/28/07 3:32:54 PM Reply	How about this interpretation "I could care less, but don't care enough to try" ~~~)-Steven---- Stapp's Ironical Paradox: "The universal aptitude for ineptitude makes any human accomplishment an incredible miracle." Col. John P. Stapp - Decelerator 'Test Pilot'
Post #293,840 by Silverlock 9/28/07 4:27:56 PM Reply	Or I could care less, but I don't see how. I could care less. Naw, who am I kidding? I could care less. Possible but unlikely. ----------------------------------------- Atheism is a religion in the same sense that not collecting stamps is a hobby.
Post #293,844 by jake123 9/28/07 4:46:52 PM Reply	The real question about this issue is who gives a fuck anyway?
Post #293,845 by Silverlock 9/28/07 4:49:47 PM Reply	Well, there is that. ----------------------------------------- Atheism is a religion in the same sense that not collecting stamps is a hobby.
Post #293,871 by pwhysall 9/29/07 4:51:11 AM Reply	Not you. So why post? Or maybe you do care, but your inner child or not needs the attention of posting to say that you don't, in some kind of hideous Freud-Schroedinger crossover accident. And that's [link\|http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/thatmitchellandwebbsite/numberwang/round1.shtml\|numberwang]! [image\|http://homepage.ntlworld.com/peter.whysall1/Schrodinger.png\|\|\|\|] Peter [link\|http://www.no2id.net/\|Don't Let The Terrorists Win] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Home] Use P2P for legitimate purposes! [link\|http://kevan.org/brain.cgi?pwhysall\|A better terminal emulator] [image\|http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h262/pwhysall/Misc/saveus.png\|0\|Darwinia\|\|]
Post #293,870 by pwhysall 9/29/07 4:47:01 AM Reply	Riiight. That'd be it. The only rational interpretation of "I could care less" is that the amount you care is non zero, and therefore you care. A bit. I couldn't care less, you see, and so I really don't care at all. America: The Caring Society. Peter [link\|http://www.no2id.net/\|Don't Let The Terrorists Win] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Home] Use P2P for legitimate purposes! [link\|http://kevan.org/brain.cgi?pwhysall\|A better terminal emulator] [image\|http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h262/pwhysall/Misc/saveus.png\|0\|Darwinia\|\|]
Post #293,872 by Ashton 9/29/07 5:40:46 AM Reply	We who Care the Most never mention that, because.. ..because once we got started, and the bawling ... the humanity, the zeitgeist and all the Upanishads with dual overhead camshafts on a side-valev einstpritzmotoren all wonky and finding out that the Weebl about pie music is from a Bach invention and, and well, it would all soon get just too - too too. Me? I could care less that the careless are so uncaring.. to speak carefully - - - well maybe not -'fully': care-someWhat-fully? that is to say: not half-assed -'fully' but something interpolated twixt that and [pi \ufffd(1-epsilon) d(caring) dt + k], k being of course -- the Universal Knockwurst constant, (presuming that the knockwurst temp flow is 0 .^.. adiabatic.) I hope this clears it up for you Peter, especially the day after that (Glorious? I trust) Birthday - wouldn't want your care-otid artery to be all athrob or even athwart. ie Here's your CARE Package :-)
Post #293,873 by Another Scott 9/29/07 5:43:32 AM Reply	:-D
Post #293,883 by Silverlock 9/29/07 4:53:37 PM Reply	Not to belabor the obvious I think you are overlooking the slim possiblity of, you know, sarcasm. Sheesh. ----------------------------------------- Atheism is a religion in the same sense that not collecting stamps is a hobby.
Post #293,895 by pwhysall 9/30/07 2:43:25 AM Reply	Riiight. As opposed to the drooling masses just being wrong, you mean? Peter [link\|http://www.no2id.net/\|Don't Let The Terrorists Win] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Home] Use P2P for legitimate purposes! [link\|http://kevan.org/brain.cgi?pwhysall\|A better terminal emulator] [image\|http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h262/pwhysall/Misc/saveus.png\|0\|Darwinia\|\|]
Post #293,905 by Lily 9/30/07 10:40:51 AM Reply	Who couldn't care less about your opinion on this matter? Me. One of the drooling Americans who actually turns this phrase correctly and couldn't care less if others don't. This is what you want to argue about? This? Geez. Get outside and walk your dog or something. I could care less that you are wound too tight these days.
Post #293,907 by pwhysall 9/30/07 11:10:59 AM Reply	If you're not interested, don't post. Duh. Go drool in someone else's thread. Peter [link\|http://www.no2id.net/\|Don't Let The Terrorists Win] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Home] Use P2P for legitimate purposes! [link\|http://kevan.org/brain.cgi?pwhysall\|A better terminal emulator] [image\|http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h262/pwhysall/Misc/saveus.png\|0\|Darwinia\|\|]
Post #293,911 by Lily 9/30/07 12:00:13 PM Reply	Can post where and when I want Might I suggest you use some of that drool as lubricant to get that big stick out of your ass? My god, you're a surly bastard.
Post #293,919 by imqwerky 9/30/07 1:06:29 PM Reply	No kidding! What's the story, Pete? You have been on a major tear-ass around here. Something going on to make you kick your friends? We're here to help each other. If you need to vent, take to the Flame forum. But you don't have to be a bully everywhere else. Smile, Amy
Post #293,927 by Silverlock 9/30/07 3:27:34 PM Reply	If the correct meaning is understood, how is it wrong? Language evolves. Deal with it. ----------------------------------------- Atheism is a religion in the same sense that not collecting stamps is a hobby.
Post #293,928 by warmachine 9/30/07 4:34:08 PM Reply	Alas, you're only correct in the US Now, absurdities in a language confuse non-native speakers but English is such a mess, it confuses the crap out of foreigners already. The trouble is, there are two versions of English that appear to be the same language but aren't. Your language confuses foreigners like Peter and I. Stop it. Matthew Greet Choose Life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a fucking big television, choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol, and dental insurance. Choose fixed interest mortgage repayments. Choose a starter home. Choose your friends. Choose leisurewear and matching luggage. Choose DIY and wondering who the fuck you are on a Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing, spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing fucking junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pishing your last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, fucked up brats you spawned to replace yourself. Choose your future. Choose life... But why would I want to do a thing like that? I chose not to choose life. I chose somethin' else. And the reasons? There are no reasons. Who needs reasons when you've got heroin? - Mark Renton, Trainspotting.
Post #293,931 by Andrew Grygus 9/30/07 6:20:54 PM 9/30/07 6:40:57 PM Reply	Only correct in the US? What else counts? We don't at all mind confusing uppity foreigners. Particularly those who accuse us of abusing "their" language. Linguists say the closest language to ours is not that of England, but of Australia. I hold that is because both derive from the same criminal ancestry. Americans got out before the police came, Australians after. John Hancock signed the Declaration of Independence so large because he owed considerable money to the British crown and wanted King George to be able see he had a bad debt on his hands "without his spectacles". [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx] Edited by Andrew Grygus Sept. 30, 2007, 06:40:57 PM EDT Expand All History
Post #293,942 by warmachine 9/30/07 8:50:04 PM Reply	Stupid American language (new thread) Created as new thread #293941 titled [link\|/forums/render/content/show?contentid=293941\|Stupid American language] Matthew Greet Choose Life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a fucking big television, choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol, and dental insurance. Choose fixed interest mortgage repayments. Choose a starter home. Choose your friends. Choose leisurewear and matching luggage. Choose DIY and wondering who the fuck you are on a Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing, spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing fucking junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pishing your last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, fucked up brats you spawned to replace yourself. Choose your future. Choose life... But why would I want to do a thing like that? I chose not to choose life. I chose somethin' else. And the reasons? There are no reasons. Who needs reasons when you've got heroin? - Mark Renton, Trainspotting.
Post #293,938 by Silverlock 9/30/07 8:27:37 PM Reply	Stop it? No. Welcome to the rich pageant that is language. ----------------------------------------- Atheism is a religion in the same sense that not collecting stamps is a hobby.
Post #293,887 by CRConrad 9/29/07 8:26:18 PM Reply	Sorry, I think your prescriptivist stance here is wrong. Oversimplified, making you a victim of the "Ethymological fallacy"(). Here are some professionals discussing the matter, at Language Log: [link\|http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/000368.html\|Post 000368], [link\|http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/001180.html\|Post 001180], [link\|http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/001182.html\|Post 001182], [link\|http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/001202.html\|Post 001202], [link\|http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/001207.html\|Post 001207], [link\|http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/001209.html\|Post 001209], [link\|http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/001256.html\|Post 001256], [link\|http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/002063.html\|Post 002063], [link\|http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/002253.html\|Post 002253](+), and here are some of their sources: A part of [link\|http://www.yaelf.com/aueFAQ/mifcouldcareless.shtml\|the alt.usage.english FAQ], and [link\|http://www-personal.umich.edu/%7Ejlawler/aue/giveadamn.html\|John Lawler's "Give a damn" piece]. HTH! (): Google for it, preferably at LL. (+): I've tried to collect an exhaustive but not exhausting -- and relevant! -- sample from the somewhat larger number of posts that in some fashion touched on the subject (i.e, contained the phrase "could care less"). [link\|mailto:MyUserId@MyISP.CountryCode\|Christian R. Conrad] (I live in Finland, and my e-mail in-box is at the Saunalahti company.) Ah, the Germans: Masters of Convoluted Simplification. — [link\|http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=1603\|Jehovah]
Post #295,519 by Another Scott 11/2/07 10:36:10 PM Reply	Ancient Mayans could care less. [link\|http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11/03/california_300_megawatt_soloar_facility/\|The Register] - a fine publication based in London... that has some strange editorial habits. ;-) The author of that particular piece, "Austin Modine", seems to be based in the USA. Cheers, Scott.

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