*****The Super, Mega, Huge Big 12 Expansion Thread*****

[ISUFan22]

Always liked A&M. This doesn't cause me to dislike them - because it has the potential to be better for the Big 12 and ISU.

Regardless, I just don't get A&M's logic on this. Leave a conference in which is not as difficult top-bottom for the SEC. Going to owe a lump sum to exit. Likely not going to earn the same revenue based on the current SEC deals. The increased struggle to compete will undoubtedly impact attendance and therefore revenue.

I'm just not grasping how this is a positive step for them.

 

[Al_4_State]

Just going on the standard definitions of "I" and "couldn't" and "care" and "less", you are saying at that you do not care about something. You have reached the bottom of your current ability to care.

How hard is that to understand

 

[TedKumsher]

I don't really care what they say. If they want to take the phrase literally that's their own problem. In my opinion, "could care less" is a better phrase than "couldn't care less" because of the reasons I mentioned before. You use the phrase (however you say it) when you are dismissing something offhand and don't even care enough to give your opinion on it. To be consistent with that sentiment, you should use an indefinite statement which reflects that you haven't even considered the topic at hand.

On the other hand, if you are actually actively debating a topic you could use the "couldn't care less" variety but that would be a poor argument. If you're actively trying to insult someone or refute their points, you've also already proved that you do care at least somewhat about the topic because you've taken the time to actively engage in it.

I wanted to help set the record. But for the record, I couldn't care less.

It's not just English majors that get it right. Communication majors, too.

Let's bridge math and English:

Is nul less than zero?

Is "I don't care" less caring that "I couldn't care LESS"?

nul = no caring at all, "I don't care".
zero = Least amount of caring possible, "I couldn't care less".

 

[Al_4_State]

Always liked A&M. This doesn't cause me to dislike them - because it has the potential to be better for the Big 12 and ISU.

Regardless, I just don't get A&M's logic on this. Leave a conference in which is not as difficult top-bottom for the SEC. Going to owe a lump sum to exit. Likely not going to earn the same revenue based on the current SEC deals. The increased struggle to compete will undoubtedly impact attendance and therefore revenue.

I'm just not grasping how this is a positive step for them.

It's not.

You're trying to understand people who jack off into jars, burn said jars, and beat women who get too close to the burning the jar.

It's a waste of time with Aggie.

 

[Wesley]

Wow! Some one is working very hard to conjecture what others do or do not care about based off of a single phrase. If alarson says he couldn't care less, who are you to say he could. Maybe this is as low as he cares to care. Stop assuming you know him better than he knows himself, that is what is illogical.

(Delaney killed hookers)

This sounds like Bill Clinton and the definition of is. (Non cave comment)

 

[chrishull14]

I bet every coach of every sport in the SEC is contacting kids in Texas right now.

 

[FDWxMan]

Logically, "I couldn't care less" is always a false statement. For example, you cared less about Texas A&M leaving the Big 12 in 1997 than you do today because at that time you had never considered the topic to begin with. Now, you've acknowledged that the topic exists and therefore care more than you once did. Simply saying the words "I couldn't care less" increases your level of care and makes the statement false. You could care less, and you did care less before you said you couldn't.

According to your logic, the phrase "I don't care" isn't real either, since if you say 'you don't care,' that somehow proves you do care simply because you're aware the topic exists? That's insane.

 

[CycloneWanderer]

I / Could^not(care - slightly care) = ?

 

[ISUFan22]

It's not.

You're trying to understand people who jack off into jars, burn said jars, and beat women who get too close to the burning the jar.

It's a waste of time with Aggie.

Meanwhile, the nonsense you babbled is lost on me.

 

[Cydkar]

"It couldn't get any colder in here" means it's O°K (absolute zero) and technically can't get any colder.

"I couldn't care less" means I'm at absolute zero of caring and I, technically, can't care any less.

 

[Wesley]

Always liked A&M. This doesn't cause me to dislike them - because it has the potential to be better for the Big 12 and ISU.

Regardless, I just don't get A&M's logic on this. Leave a conference in which is not as difficult top-bottom for the SEC. Going to owe a lump sum to exit. Likely not going to earn the same revenue based on the current SEC deals. The increased struggle to compete will undoubtedly impact attendance and therefore revenue.

I'm just not grasping how this is a positive step for them.

The President's letter made it sound like UT was suffocating them as an individual school. Sounds like a divorce of irreconcilible difference.

 

[TedKumsher]

Logically, "I couldn't care less" is always a false statement. For example, you cared less about Texas A&M leaving the Big 12 in 1997 than you do today because at that time you had never considered the topic to begin with. Now, you've acknowledged that the topic exists and therefore care more than you once did. Simply saying the words "I couldn't care less" increases your level of care and makes the statement false. You could care less, and you did care less before you said you couldn't.

You're implying all things that can be cared about would have a unique level of caring, where no 2 things can be equally cared (or not cared) about.

No knowledge = no possible way to care, other than a general caring about all things unknown -- like fear of the unknown.

Now that I know about it, I would claim that I care an amount equal to the amount that I cared (didn't care) when I didn't know about it.

 

[CyLoboClone]

Clinton for the win!

 

[ISUFan22]

I bet every coach of every sport in the SEC is contacting kids in Texas right now.

So they were not doing this before?

IMO, this aspect is vastly overrated.

 

[Cydkar]

I / Could^not(care - slightly care) = ?

OK, that was funny.

 

[CycloneWanderer]

OMG! It took over 5k posts to derail this thread! WIN!

 

[Wesley]

I / Could^not(care - slightly care) = ?

2 not two care.

 

[agrabes]

Thats idiotic, im sorry.

If i say 'i couldnt care less' it means 'i couldnt care less'. How hard is that to understand? It doesnt somehow mean that i somehow care about it.

You're not thinking about the meaning behind the words. As I said, it's false. There was a time when you cared less than you do today and therefore to say that you couldn't care less is false. You could and did care less at one time in your life.

To say the phrase in a logically correct way you would have to qualify it by saying something like -- "I couldn't care less, unless I didn't care at all"

 

[chuckd4735]

BREAKING NEWS: Nebraska/Colorado to leave the Big 12.

 

[BooneCy]

Somebody posts some fake tweets or something to get off of this dumb breakdown of commonly used English phrases.