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		somenameforme 43 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Chinese astronauts make rocket fuel and oxygen in ... Yip, the reality is that words mean what people think they mean, and that changes over time. Don't think I'm yet ready to accept 'I could care less', but the colloquial meaning of begging the question is logical, reasonable, and is only objectionable on historical grounds.

4ggr0 42 days ago [–]

'I could care less' is the thing which pisses me off the most, as it directly contradicts what the person actually wants to say.

as a non-native speaker that confused me quite a bit in the beginning.

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