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DrewM to LinkedinLunatics@sh.itjust.works • 2 months ago

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DrewM to LinkedinLunatics@sh.itjust.works • 2 months ago
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  • @brrt@sh.itjust.works
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    29•2 months ago

    Shouldn’t it be „me neither“?

    • @ratel@mander.xyz
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      16•2 months ago

      Yes it should. Kind of in the same way that it should be “I couldn’t care less” instead of “I could care less” which I’ve seen a lot more in recent years.

      • @Willy@sh.itjust.works
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        2 months ago

        Bernie said “could care less” in his response to the sotu last night. Made me cringe.

        • @warbond@lemmy.world
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          Literally just talking about that! I agree that the original intent (and, you know, meanings of words) should make it “couldn’t” but I think the two have linguistically drifted together within the phrase.

          The rules-boy in me rallies against it, but the descriptivist in me celebrates and I couldn’t care less how he said it.

          • Dragon Rider (drag)
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            -5•2 months ago

            Wittgenstein said that language isn’t actually semantic in its natural state. Instead, language serves as a sort of game to accomplish social ends.

            “I could care less” serves the social end of telling everyone you have no critical thinking skills and shouldn’t be taken seriously.

            • @warbond@lemmy.world
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              Lol, that second thought boomed me pretty good, thanks

            • @sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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              1•2 months ago

              Lol.

              On a slightly more serious note, it makes dry humor a bit harder to land since you can’t rely on subtlety as much. Like “I could care less about my SO” in context where it’s the punchline of a misdirection joke.

              Such is life though.

            • JokeDeity
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              1•13 days ago

              Delete it now

    • @RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works
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      9•2 months ago

      Yes, do you think someone celebrating sexism is going to be the kind of person that edits their tweets before sending them?

      • @driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br
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        -1•2 months ago

        Celebrating sexism? Lmao.

        • @RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works
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          12•2 months ago

          Do you not see the overt sexism there?

          • @the_crotch@sh.itjust.works
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            -2•2 months ago

            I don’t. I see someone pointing out a quirk in language.

        • @RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works
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          8•2 months ago

          https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women-are-wonderful_effect

          You should read this

          • @Walk_blesseD@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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            -9•2 months ago

            Women-are-wonderful_effect

            Well yeah, that’s because we are 🥰

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