Even them my gears are ground so to speak because if we consider how much we care about something as a linear scale, there is no reason not to allow negative numbers. Affirmative caring and negative caring can exist for almost any issue. So to say that you couldn't care less implies that your care level is actually negative infinity, which is not what people actually mean most of the time. A better idiom would be "Jolly good sir, I could not be more indifferent."
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Gummy
United States2180 Posts
Even them my gears are ground so to speak because if we consider how much we care about something as a linear scale, there is no reason not to allow negative numbers. Affirmative caring and negative caring can exist for almost any issue. So to say that you couldn't care less implies that your care level is actually negative infinity, which is not what people actually mean most of the time. A better idiom would be "Jolly good sir, I could not be more indifferent." | ||
hellbound
United Kingdom2242 Posts
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SlapMySalami
United States1060 Posts
On August 08 2011 05:00 ilovelings wrote: when people type like this in all chat fuck Use complete sentences pls!!!! and I also hate I R GURL GAMER. cant type a complete sentence and keep your base under control theres too much stuff to do | ||
nanaoei
3358 Posts
On August 08 2011 05:59 nVusPip wrote: What really grinds my gears is when some people think their opinion matters ^.^ consider your gears grinded the sh*t out of : P | ||
Demonhunter04
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Brethern
231 Posts
Secondly when game developers screw up the most basic things. Example Stalker Clear sky you can upgrade shotty's to have a rifled barrel but then you can't fire shot, even though a real shotgun can shoot both out of a rifled barrel. | ||
57 Corvette
Canada5941 Posts
On November 16 2005 00:30 1hp wrote: What grinds your gears? For me, its when my butt sweats. At taekwondo I sit down for a long time, stand back up, and several people are looking at that wet bum crack-shaped patch on the floor and sniggering. Also, at school, I hate it when the teacher chooses some retarded kid who can't read for shit and can't pronounce "difficult" or "Federation". Yeah, that really grinds my gears. I also hate how people fake being nice, particularly celebrities shaking the hand of some poor half-starved African kid while smiling for the camera, the sun reflecting off their immaculate white teeth. And most journalists grind my gears. Self-explanatory. What grinds your gears? Everything you have listed here, plus.. People who believe the first thing they are told Stubborn people who are incorrect abou something | ||
No_Roo
United States905 Posts
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nemo14
United States425 Posts
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darthfoley
United States8001 Posts
not that i know anyone like that hehe | ||
Whyzguy
Canada263 Posts
And bad jokes. ...wait. | ||
Soulish
Canada1403 Posts
On August 08 2011 05:49 Tatari wrote: Terrible, terrible spelling grinds my gears like no other. Example: OMG COLLOSI OP BLAH BLAH *rants onward* Correction. Colossi. Plural of Colossus. Spelling of colossus. C-O-L-O-S-S-U-S. Nowhere do you see two L's lined up together like twins. Every person in the Starcraft 2 community brags on about their intelligence, and they can't even spell words properly. /rant Other things that grind my gears are cheesers, religious people (Westboro Baptist Church is an extreme example), and dirty laundry. afaik colossi isn't the plural of colossus if you're following latin grammar rules but whatever. | ||
Ricjames
Czech Republic1047 Posts
Next thing is when you walk somewhere at night, you have a pack of cigarettes and feeling like lighting it up, bring out the cig and find out you forgot your lighter somewhere.... | ||
Philip2110
Scotland798 Posts
On August 08 2011 06:33 nemo14 wrote: Hipsters, 15-year-olds who think they know everything there is to know about religion, and MOST ESPECIALLY when those two groups' convergence lies on TL. I knew everything about religion when i was 14 way before everyone else | ||
Kurosuke
United States39 Posts
2 things: 1. you said one thing, but posted a pic that shows why you "could care less" 2. if I don't care at all then i "couldn't care less" thus the phrase rings true. ---- to put it confusingly there is none less than none! What grinds my gears? - - - the Idea of Santa Claus... i mean the fact that we let children think that a jolly fat man comes from nowhere and gives them stuff, usually expensive stuff, does not help to teach them one of the most valuable lessons they will learn in life: Stuff is not free. I want my kids to know that i worked hard to get them the stuff that is under the tree. not that a random guy just gave them stuff... | ||
Philip2110
Scotland798 Posts
On August 08 2011 07:13 Kurosuke wrote: 2 things: 1. you said one thing, but posted a pic that shows why you "could care less" 2. if I don't care at all then i "couldn't care less" thus the phrase rings true. ---- to put it confusingly there is none less than none! People say "i could care less" when they dont care about something. Its wrong thats what i was saying. If you dont understand the pic thats fine | ||
funk100
United Kingdom172 Posts
well, what really annoys me is middle class mums in coffee shops, honestly all they do is talk in coffee shops (they have no job of course, "full time mum" even though most have kids who are 17+) about crap they don't even care about, only to gain favor with the other mums. It just drives me crazy. What also annoys me is people who treat disabled/handicapped people way too nice and always going out of their way to help them and agreeing with them. Why? as what they are doing is segregating the disabled by being overly nice and CONSTANTLY asking about the cause of disability. Treat them like other human beings. what also gets me pissed are when people do that thing where they make it sound like they are complementing you but they are actually complementing themselves, for example "you did really well" to someone who just lost to you at something (unless they are justified eg. chess grand master) or "finally someone who is as intelligent as me". the words "jizz" and "sauce" really make me go crazy and finally the most infuriating thing is probably you-tube comments, shit like "like this if you think terran is OP" or some random flame wars with people that literally have an IQ of zero. WHAT VALUE DOES A LIKE ON YOUR COMMENT GET YOU!! I see no value, and the people that vote you up are usually mindless twattish 5 year olds anyway. | ||
hemipepsis5p
United States57 Posts
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Magic_Mike
United States542 Posts
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United States57 Posts
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