Ah Ha - Finally somewhere I can complain about this...
...and this being:

American's who say "I could care less"

Do they not realise that they are effectiively saying 'Actually, I do have a certain strength of feeling regarding this subject. And that whilst trying to imply that this means nothing to me I've subtly used a term that, to the thoughtless and ignorant, means I don't give a damn, I've actually suggested that this is a thing that matters to me personally.'

Really - think about it. Once you have thought about it start using the correct term.

And really - I could careless about this. But I don't - I care about it.

See - thats a correct context. Well done.
(Shifty weeeee, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:42, 7 replies)

www.b3ta.com/questions/buzzwords/post687182
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:45, closed)

I think it's a shorthand version of...
something like 'I could care less but I can't think how'

At least that's a phrase I have heard used in full, so so it's where I assumed it comes from.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:52, closed)

"I think"
That's the same type of shorthand applied to the title of your response.
This is certainly something that should not leave the mouth of most Americans.
( @><|= w0nu!) or cunt to my friends, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:58, closed)

ah ha
this could actually be the answer. In fact I should retract my original post* and simply adopt this phrase into my own lexicon, as it appears to be an even more useful term than 'couldn't care less'.

Thank you.

*I'm not going to though, but you get the idea.
(Shifty weeeee, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 15:15, closed)

I had always thought the correct term was "I couldn't care less"...
Vagabond's OP goes into detail on this. I'm also getting a little worried it seems that I'm stalking him as he replies before me on almost every post I find interesting!
( @><|= w0nu!) or cunt to my friends, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:56, closed)

Absolutely, that
is the more common phrase, I was just explaining where I thought 'could care less' came from.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:59, closed)

Yes, this is correct

( Michael Ellis contributes nothing, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 15:07, closed)