I believe other people have mentioned it
but I'm including a chart!



Disclaimer: chart found on internet many years ago, creator unknown, but it has helped me to win several arguments about the phrase.
(teff, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 16:54, 11 replies)

The fact that people are arguing that "I could care less" is correct makes me want to end it all as a bad job.

( Richard Shitheels, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 16:55, closed)

It would solve a hell of a lot of arguments
if people just accepted "I couldn't care less" as the metphor that it clearly is.

Though I've started using "Watch me care" as an alternative.
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 17:16, closed)

it's not a metaphor, it's a plain statement

( VampireMonkeyOnSpeed a super sexy sexual sex terrorist sex, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 17:45, closed)

Of course it's a metaphor
It's a metaphor for "I don't care/I'm not interested". I have no interest in cricket scores, so I'd say "I couldn't care less about cricket scores". I most likely could care less about something else, but as it's a metphor it doesn't matter.

When someone dies, you can say "they kicked the bucket". Except in the vanishingly small percentage of deaths that resulted from someone actually kicking a bucket, then 'kicking the bucket' is a metaphor.
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 18:11, closed)

What the hell? 'I couldn't care less' is not a metaphor.
What does the fact that you could care less about something else have to do with it?
( Bob Todd whee, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 18:20, closed)

no it's not, it's a statement in plain language
if you said "I couldn't rub a duck about cricket scores" but actually meant "I don't give a fuck about cricket scores" that would be a metaphor
but saying "I couldn't care less about cricket scores" means you couldn't care less about cricket scores, it's not a metaphor
( VampireMonkeyOnSpeed a super sexy sexual sex terrorist sex, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 19:20, closed)

Assuming this is directed at me
Which may just be my rampant ego, admittedly, you may want to reread what I said. I am not saying people who mean to say 'I couldn't care less' and say 'I could care less' are right. I said 'I have heard the phrase "I could care less, but I can't think how right now" which is where I assume 'I could care less' comes from.

Fuck it, why am I bothering?
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 18:17, closed)

Hopefully this will be the end of it
www.b3ta.com/questions/buzzwords/post690129
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 18:21, closed)

Yeah, I just saw that.
Its the only post this week that I have clicked 'I like this' on...
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 18:26, closed)

LOOK AT THE DIAGRAM!
A DIAGRAM CAN'T BE WRONG!
( VampireMonkeyOnSpeed a super sexy sexual sex terrorist sex, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 19:22, closed)

You probably think this song is about you.
No, it wasn't aimed at you, it was aimed at "people".
( Richard Shitheels, Tue 13 Apr 2010, 10:06, closed)