One example to illustrate: when talking about dying, Americans would kick the bucket, Poles would kick the calendar, French would break the pipe, Germans would drop the spoon, and the Spanish would pull the leather. But they all would be referring to the US's trust among its allies.

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justinhj an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

In the US "Could care less" is the equivalent to the British expression "Couldn't care less". The intention and meaning is the same. So the original comment did mean to say what they said.

My point was that what may look like a mistake or a contradiction is just cultural development of natural language.

Another example is the British expression "It would be cheap at half the price"

	▲	slater 25 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		> In the US "Could care less" is the equivalent to the British expression "Couldn't care less" No, it's not.

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AnimalMuppet 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

https://xkcd.com/1576/

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vman81 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> The average person could care less about following politics

Could they?

	▲	SAI_Peregrinus 20 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		If they isolated themselves from all news, social media, and lived as a hermit, yes. They could care less, but it'd be difficult.
	▲	dododore 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
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ramblerman 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I think you misunderstood the emphasis there - yes Europeans love football.

The point is that it's so blatant for such little gain, it's still a game. I.e. if he is willing to do that so openly for such low stakes, imagine what he does behind closed doors when it matters.