# could care less/couldnt care less

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 12, 2003, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-care-less-couldnt-care-less/194647 "2003-08-12T15:12:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sarcastro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@Sarcastro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarcastro)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-care-less-couldnt-care-less/194647/41 "2003-08-14T17:54:25Z")

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What I meant to finish with was “Unless you’re the one telling the joke, so it’s merely for self-amusement. Which is fine.”

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