Hardy charges officially expunged

tyke1doe said:
It's couldn't care less, and he agreed to his suspension so he doesn't have anything to go after.
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I could care less but I don't want to be rude.

If it is possible to care more then it is possible to care less.
 
bkight13 said:
I could care less but I don't want to be rude.

If it is possible to care more then it is possible to care less.
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No, it's couldn't care less. The idea behind the phrase is that you have no more capacity to care, i.e., you're not wasting any more time and energy to care.
But don't take my word for it. Simply Google the phrase.
 
tyke1doe said:
No, it's couldn't care less. The idea behind the phrase is that you have no more capacity to care, i.e., you're not wasting any more time and energy to care.
But don't take my word for it. Simply Google the phrase.
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I'm familiar with the controversy, just saying it is possible I 'could care less' about something.
 
bkight13 said:
I'm familiar with the controversy, just saying it is possible I 'could care less' about something.
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What controversy? :huh:
As for you caring less, I'm sure you could. But using the phrase in a statement doesn't really make sense. It would be like saying, I could love less. Why would you say something like that? What would be the point?
 
tyke1doe said:
What controversy? :huh:
As for you caring less, I'm sure you could. But using the phrase in a statement doesn't really make sense. It would be like saying, I could love less. Why would you say something like that? What would be the point?
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I care barely enough to continue tonite because I am bored. Tomorrow morning I could care less and ignore your post.
 
All that matters is the guy standing in the room [the Cowboy Hardy].
The Cowboy Hardy has been spot on. The legal troubles are history.
 
I'm not a legal expert, but doesn't this now set the precedent than he can start to file defamation suits if people continue to harp on the issue?

Apparently, all you need to do is beat your g/f in and or around you car, while she is piss drunk, in order to get away with it... If Manziel plays Sunday, I will ave heard and seen all I need to in order to know the NFL is doomed.
 
tyke1doe said:
No, it's couldn't care less. The idea behind the phrase is that you have no more capacity to care, i.e., you're not wasting any more time and energy to care.
But don't take my word for it. Simply Google the phrase.
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Both "I could care less" and "I couldn't care less" originate from the mid 1900s (one in the 40s and the other the 50s) and have been used by many interchangeably. Some use it as a sarcastic version, others find irony in it. For many it is simply an idiom they have heard and use. Anyway, whatever the reason many more people use the phrase than you want to give credit to, and it is much more accepted that you seem to want to believe. But don't take my word for it. Simply google the phrase.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/lexicon_...irrational_or_ungrammatical_as_you_might.html

http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/706/which-is-correct-could-care-less-or-couldnt-care-less

As for hardy, good for him. Now let's lock him up long term.
 
tyke1doe said:
No, it's couldn't care less. The idea behind the phrase is that you have no more capacity to care, i.e., you're not wasting any more time and energy to care.
But don't take my word for it. Simply Google the phrase.
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The phrase "couldn't care less" does make more sense as you explained above. However, "I could care less" can also make sense in another less definitive way. In this case it relies on the unspoken second half of that sentence - "but it would be difficult" (of some other similar phrasing). This really only works verbally though since you'd need inflection and tone to convey it.
 
Erik_H said:
The phrase "couldn't care less" does make more sense as you explained above. However, "I could care less" can also make sense in another less definitive way. In this case it relies on the unspoken second half of that sentence - "but it would be difficult" (of some other similar phrasing). This really only works verbally though since you'd need inflection and tone to convey it.
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it's not that it doesn't make sense, it's that it's a pointless thing to say. it technically makes sense but is basically a non-statement.
 
someone I know bashed Hardy endlessly but couldn't care less about the Johnny Football story. I guess since Johnny's GF isn't chasing money and didn't press charges, he's all good.
 
bkight13 said:
Glad to see the charges expunged.

Maybe some people will finally see the light, but I doubt it.
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And what light would that be, a degenerate that was arrested, charged, opted for and had a bench trial, was found guilty as a result of said trial and because of a quirk in the law could then ask to set aside verdict for a jury trial and then because he knew he'd be found guilty again from the evidence, he paid off the woman to disappear and not cooperate with authorities, so I don't know what light you're talking about but maybe someone could find you that light switch or maybe you prefer to live in the dark!!
 
irishline said:
Both "I could care less" and "I couldn't care less" originate from the mid 1900s (one in the 40s and the other the 50s) and have been used by many interchangeably. Some use it as a sarcastic version, others find irony in it. For many it is simply an idiom they have heard and use. Anyway, whatever the reason many more people use the phrase than you want to give credit to, and it is much more accepted that you seem to want to believe. But don't take my word for it. Simply google the phrase.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/lexicon_...irrational_or_ungrammatical_as_you_might.html

http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/706/which-is-correct-could-care-less-or-couldnt-care-less

As for hardy, good for him. Now let's lock him up long term.
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I appreciate your response. However, after reading your links, it's interesting that the author (and other sources) notes the use of the phrase "could care less" is ...

1.) A Yiddish form of humor and
2.) is subject to intonations (intonation, by the way, is a word that implies sound)

Now, unless the original poster is Yiddish, then it should be "couldn't care less". Intonation is not an issue because we're typing not talking to one another.

Furthermore, from dictionary.com

Many native English speakers, both in the UK and US, find this expression to be logically flawed. If you couldn’t care less, then you care so little about something that it would be impossible for you to care any less than you do. If you could care less, however, you are saying, literally, that it is possible for you to care less than you care now. Those who take issue with this believe this later variant says very little about your level of caring, and so eschew it.
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Different words and phrases have different meanings in other languages. Also words and phrases evolve over time. When using a particular word or phrase, it is good to note how it is used more commonly in a particular language. The more common use of the phrase is "couldn't care less" particularly in American English. Oh, I'm sure one can find a more obscure alternate to apply (which can be said about anything, really), but the way the phrase is commonly used is "couldn't care less."

And, yes, I Googled it, along with use my own knowledge as a former English assistant teacher. :)
 
Erik_H said:
The phrase "couldn't care less" does make more sense as you explained above. However, "I could care less" can also make sense in another less definitive way. In this case it relies on the unspoken second half of that sentence - "but it would be difficult" (of some other similar phrasing). This really only works verbally though since you'd need inflection and tone to convey it.
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:thumbup:
 
I started a Grammer Super Toilet Bowl I guess..Hardy is a guy OTs do not want to see. Just get this man signed long term and build between him, Gregory, Crawford, Lee, Scan and Jones.
 
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