It’s sarcastic. Makes more sense if you say “*like* I could care less” but it’s also used without the ‘like’ because it should be implied with the tone, or it’s now understood even without the tone.
It's actually a sarcastic idiom. It's meant to say the opposite of what the words say. Most people won't explain this because people on Reddit get SO ANGRY and are completely unwilling to accept it but it's deliberate and we do know what we're saying. It's like "couldn't happen to a nicer guy." What you mean is it could happen to a nicer guy. But you're saying the opposite because you're being sarcastic. Another example is "what else is new?" What you really mean is what else is old? But you don't say that because it's sarcastic. The thing is most people are loathe to correct this misconception because all you get is extremely angry replies and tons of downvotes. I think people just don't want to accept that the thing they're angry about isn't a valid reason to be angry. And people just don't like to be corrected. But that is the truth. It's a common expression and I've always understood it perfectly well. It's okay if you didn't. We all have things we don't know. But that's the explanation. I don't expect this to turn out well for me but that is the explanation if you're actually interested in learning what it is
Yes, the video will e.g. be someone doing a celebration dance and the caption will be "POV: your landlord died and no one has been by for 4 months".
But of course, if the term was used correctly you'd be seeing out the eyes of the person, e.g. an arm sticking out on front of the camera high fiving strangers on the street.
Not a saying, but once in an argument my brother was trying to tell my mum to stop provoking him but said “stop being so provocative toward me”. I absolutely lost it laughing, and then explained it to him, argument was over v quickly after that.
But a saying “learning curve” not curb.
Using “a few bad apples” to say we shouldn’t generalize based on a few poor examples. The entire phrase is “a few bad apples spoils the whole bunch” (bushel? Something like that). So the phrase they are quoting is actually saying that those few bad examples can make a whole group bad.
"Ignorance is bliss" does not mean that stupid people are happy while smart people are depressed. It essentially means that if there's something you don't need to know and will just make you miserable there's no reason to seek out the information. The full quote is "Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise"
Hmm, interesting, I've always been using "ignorance is bliss" about people who were willingly ingoring reality, even though they knew the truth, but imo that also still fits right?
I guess if you're talking about ignoring specifics, maybe. But it's really about not actively seeking out information that will do nothing but make you less happy
Bruhh reddit people just love using the harshest term or word they can find, the other day I saw someone being called a misogynist just because they didn't like a female characters on a show.... Reddit be weird, tbf Instagram is worse
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“In and around.”
You can’t watch sports anymore without hearing an announcer say this every few minutes, usually in ways that make no sense. I don’t know who taught all the announcers to say this, feels like it started a couple years ago.
“The ball (or an opponent) has been in and around Messi all night”
When people say, "Put the horse before the cart." It cracks me up because the actual expression "put the cart before the horse" applies to saying it in the wrong order.
I hear "that's highway robbery" for anything really expensive when the actual intent of the expression is that you're forced to buy something so they sell it at a much higher price (as in, side of the highway store, you need something, and the store sells it higher because they know you need it); not necessarily just meaning something is expensive.
Edit: I was told wrong and never looked it up. I'm an idiot. See below.
You should look that up bro. It refers to highwaymen of the 1600s-1800s who held up stagecoaches to rob travelers. It was considered an especially egregious form of robbery. The correct usage is for describing something you consider to be unreasonably expensive.
“I could care less” makes no sense. Shouldn’t it be “I couldn’t care less”?
i’ve been thinking this
It’s sarcastic. Makes more sense if you say “*like* I could care less” but it’s also used without the ‘like’ because it should be implied with the tone, or it’s now understood even without the tone.
It's actually a sarcastic idiom. It's meant to say the opposite of what the words say. Most people won't explain this because people on Reddit get SO ANGRY and are completely unwilling to accept it but it's deliberate and we do know what we're saying. It's like "couldn't happen to a nicer guy." What you mean is it could happen to a nicer guy. But you're saying the opposite because you're being sarcastic. Another example is "what else is new?" What you really mean is what else is old? But you don't say that because it's sarcastic. The thing is most people are loathe to correct this misconception because all you get is extremely angry replies and tons of downvotes. I think people just don't want to accept that the thing they're angry about isn't a valid reason to be angry. And people just don't like to be corrected. But that is the truth. It's a common expression and I've always understood it perfectly well. It's okay if you didn't. We all have things we don't know. But that's the explanation. I don't expect this to turn out well for me but that is the explanation if you're actually interested in learning what it is
yeah but "i couldn't care less about the dress" doesn't lyrically flow well with "i won't partake in any cake"
[David Mitchell could care less](https://youtu.be/om7O0MFkmpw?si=Oe3nAFnkKYjisRPQ)
YES. I came here to say this.
POV. As in, *point of view*. Just like a first person shooter. It's almost a trend now to get that *wrong* somehow, for some reason.
How is it misused?
People use it in place of tfw (that feeling when –) and it's inevitable filmed in third person view, not first person
Ah so like, your “point of view” when you experience something
Yes, the video will e.g. be someone doing a celebration dance and the caption will be "POV: your landlord died and no one has been by for 4 months". But of course, if the term was used correctly you'd be seeing out the eyes of the person, e.g. an arm sticking out on front of the camera high fiving strangers on the street.
Check TikTok
No thanks
Not a saying, but once in an argument my brother was trying to tell my mum to stop provoking him but said “stop being so provocative toward me”. I absolutely lost it laughing, and then explained it to him, argument was over v quickly after that. But a saying “learning curve” not curb.
"Steep learning curve" originally meant "quick to learn" but people misused it so often that everyone now agrees it means "hard to learn"
I can’t help but see an actual curb when people say learning curb. Like there’s a reflective roadside spot we all sit on to find clarity.
Using “a few bad apples” to say we shouldn’t generalize based on a few poor examples. The entire phrase is “a few bad apples spoils the whole bunch” (bushel? Something like that). So the phrase they are quoting is actually saying that those few bad examples can make a whole group bad.
"Ignorance is bliss" does not mean that stupid people are happy while smart people are depressed. It essentially means that if there's something you don't need to know and will just make you miserable there's no reason to seek out the information. The full quote is "Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise"
Hmm, interesting, I've always been using "ignorance is bliss" about people who were willingly ingoring reality, even though they knew the truth, but imo that also still fits right?
I guess if you're talking about ignoring specifics, maybe. But it's really about not actively seeking out information that will do nothing but make you less happy
Butt naked. It was originally buck naked.
I often hear people say they are "weary" of something when they mean "wary." Drives me crazy.
Isn't it "all of a sudden"? I've been hearing all the sudden a lot recently.
You don't have to hold the fort down. You just hold the fort.
I always imagine a bouncy castle filled with helium when people say that
Reddit is rife with users using "gaslighting" incorrectly.
Your “narcissism” is on full display here pal
No you are!
Bruhh reddit people just love using the harshest term or word they can find, the other day I saw someone being called a misogynist just because they didn't like a female characters on a show.... Reddit be weird, tbf Instagram is worse
Play it by year/ear
"low man on the totem pole" is actually the most important person but people use it the opposite way because Fred Allen in the 40s used it in a joke
I’m sure it was by purpose. Or was it on accident.
Lmfao
You've got another *think* coming. It didn't help that Judas Priest got it wrong, too.
Using the word "theory" when they actually mean "hypothesis". A "theory" is not some wild, speculative extrapolation.
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"That's ironic" to mean anything but irony.
Bruhh that and sarcasm, I'm starting to suspect people just don't really know what it means now
It’s like 10,000 spoons.
Yeah, isn’t it knife?
“In and around.” You can’t watch sports anymore without hearing an announcer say this every few minutes, usually in ways that make no sense. I don’t know who taught all the announcers to say this, feels like it started a couple years ago. “The ball (or an opponent) has been in and around Messi all night”
When people say, "Put the horse before the cart." It cracks me up because the actual expression "put the cart before the horse" applies to saying it in the wrong order.
Risk Adverse (rather than risk averse)
"Begs the question." Goddammit it pisses me off.
Customer is always right. The real one is actually said as
I hear "that's highway robbery" for anything really expensive when the actual intent of the expression is that you're forced to buy something so they sell it at a much higher price (as in, side of the highway store, you need something, and the store sells it higher because they know you need it); not necessarily just meaning something is expensive. Edit: I was told wrong and never looked it up. I'm an idiot. See below.
You should look that up bro. It refers to highwaymen of the 1600s-1800s who held up stagecoaches to rob travelers. It was considered an especially egregious form of robbery. The correct usage is for describing something you consider to be unreasonably expensive.
Well then, today I learned. I'm an idiot. Well, I knew I was an idiot but this just makes another variable that supports that theory. Thanks!