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minus-squareDragon Rider (drag)@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·1 day agoWittgenstein 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.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 hours agoLol. 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.
minus-squarewarbond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·14 hours agoLol, that second thought boomed me pretty good, thanks
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.
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.
Lol, that second thought boomed me pretty good, thanks