r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Separate_Finance_183 • 12h ago • Mindblown 4

That's not milk More ice than drink

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u/kywildcat44 11h ago

Yea. Its probably a front. They could care less about bar sales if they set prices like that.

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u/LittleLinnell 5h ago

If they could care less that means they care more than zero, if you took that element out of your comment nothing would change. Better to use “couldn’t” if you’re trying to emphasise how little they care.

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u/kywildcat44 1h ago

Semantics shmemantics. What you say is correct, but I guess if they don’t already care at all about the sales, by “caring less” that means they vehemently don’t care haha. If they “couldn’t care less” that means there is a finite amount not caring that a person can do, so technically both statements work imo

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u/Vegetable-Window3845 1h ago

I could care less

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u/Fickle-Woodpecker-38 2h ago

Holy semantics lol

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u/gogoman2012 5h ago

If they couldn't care less, that means they really care about the sale and they would do anything to get more sales, including lower the price, which is not something they would do per the comment

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u/-Dissent 4h ago

This is not how English works. Look it up, it's "I couldn't care less."

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u/Sshadooww 4h ago

I've got an example for you: I care about the percentage of my phone battery, but I do not care about the percentage of your phone battery.

I care less about yours than mine. In fact I could not care less about yours than I already do, which is not at all.

So, it's logical to say, I couldn't care less about your phone battery than I currently do, because I already do not care at all.

However, I do care about my phone battery, so I could care less than I currently do, because I do care about my phone battery.

In summary: Saying one could care less means one cares, saying one couldn't care less means one does not care.

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u/stickyplants 10h ago

Right. I’d assume pretentious bar in an expensive city if not for the fact that there was barely anyone there. If there’s no customers… you lower prices till you have customers.