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[โ€“] [email protected] -3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago