I could care less about Galen Rupp in 2020

Hero to Zero. wrote:

Bad Wigins wrote:

Not at all. If he cares some amount greater than 0, then it is possible for him to start not caring at all, and that would be less.

Couldn't he be zero and go in to minus on the care scale?

Yes, that's another possibility, if you are using the scale where care is positive, not care is zero, and uncare is negative.

Can we stay on topic please?

How much less could you care?

"Couldn't care less" is pretty much an impossible statement. The subject of what you don't care about has to be on your mind in order for you to respond to it. So you have to care one way or the other in order to utter anything about a subject.

Everyone knows that "could care less" implies that you may be aware of a subject but really don't think about it to give an opinion one way or another.

The OP stated that Rupp will not medal and then followed that up with two detailed explanations for that opinion.

That takes a pretty high level of "caring" to not only start the thread about Rupp but bring in a lot of information on the subject.

All of the people that could actually care less about Rupp than the OP haven't even considered anything about Rupp's 2020 season.

Care less is almost always a careless phrase to use.

A good way to use it would be if a person brings up a subject - "What do you think about Galen Rupp in 2020?"

And if you hadn't given it much thought you could say "I could care less about Galen Rupp in 2020".

But the person who asked that question could not honestly respond, "Yeah, me too."

Jim Walmsley Superfan wrote:

Sorry to state the obvious but here's why he won't medal:

1. It will be hot in Japan and Albert Salazar won't be there to hand him a new hat every 5k filled with ice. East Africans are better at heat dissipation and have a scientific advantage

2. Everyone will have Vaporflys or Alphaflys or knockoffs. In 2016 nobody he beat had Vaporflys, and everybody with Vaporflys beat him

Could care less = you do care.

Couldn't care less = you don't care.

Either way, your post is dumb.

macdaddy wrote:

Jim Walmsley Superfan wrote:

Sorry to state the obvious but here's why he won't medal:

1. It will be hot in Japan and Albert Salazar won't be there to hand him a new hat every 5k filled with ice. East Africans are better at heat dissipation and have a scientific advantage

2. Everyone will have Vaporflys or Alphaflys or knockoffs. In 2016 nobody he beat had Vaporflys, and everybody with Vaporflys beat him

Could care less = you do care.

Couldn't care less = you don't care.

Either way, your post is dumb.

Explain why it's dumb.

Waiting for your reasons.

Jim Walmsley Superfan wrote:

macdaddy wrote:

Could care less = you do care.

Couldn't care less = you don't care.

Either way, your post is dumb.

Explain why it's dumb.

Waiting for your reasons.

Jim Walmsley Superfan wrote:

macdaddy wrote:

Could care less = you do care.

Couldn't care less = you don't care.

Either way, your post is dumb.

Explain why it's dumb.

Waiting for your reasons.

Because apart from a couple of posters who had something on topic to contribute (but happened to be worthless contributions anyway), mostly everyone couldn't care less, which is why you're getting so many off topic posts.

Note to OP: Try harder next time.

PS I care enough to post this, but other than that (and from here on) I couldn't care less.

I will say I guess that I understand why OP started this thread. I came to running when Rupp was emerging as the best distance runner in the US. I remember him at Oregon and then crushing the 10k as a pro. The older I got, the less & less I liked him. As a fan, he doesn't have a fun personality. More and more came out about Salazar and he's now clouded in suspicion. I know there has been some back and forth so far, but I'm pretty over Rupp. I'd rather follow a 2:09-2:12 guy or any number of women under 2:30 who has some personality & is outspoken about doping. His time has run out for many of us. I'm just not interested in a Salazar apologist rn. There are plenty of other things to be excited about in our sport.

Amazing thread. Well done everybody!

I couldn't care less that the OP could care less and I couldn't care even less about Galen Rupp in 2020.

I stopped caring about Rupp when he switched to marathon, which was about 10 years too soon.

Only an idiot when end their track career at his age.

Also, the correct phrase is "I could not possible care any less"

Saying it the way the OP did is saying that he still cares about Rupp.

What is the relevance of the possibility of you caring less? I mean, the thread title is the statement that summarizes the importance of your original post. How are we to have any sort of conversation about your level of care for Galen Rupp in 2020 without a lot more background information about your current and historic level of care for Galen Rupp, and then, why the possibility exists in 2020 that you would care less for him. Please explain. Did something happen between you, was there a falling out?

This thread is the worst thing I have ever read in my life.

The saying is, "I couldn't care less". It's a SAYING, not meant to be scientifically dissected.

It's been butchered into "I could care less" by idiots.

It's like saying, "It's a mute point".

Great thread tho

i care a little wrote:

The saying is, "I couldn't care less". It's a SAYING, not meant to be scientifically dissected.

It's been butchered into "I could care less" by idiots.

It's like saying, "It's a mute point".

Great thread tho

Ya but it makes no sense to say you could care less.

If you say you could care less, you are signifying that you could care MORE.

Therefore, the only logical and sensical way to say the phrase is "I couldn't care less"........which in retrospective means that you "could not possibly care any less" about the topic.

i care a little wrote:

The saying is, "I couldn't care less". It's a SAYING, not meant to be scientifically dissected.

It's been butchered into "I could care less" by idiots.

It's like saying, "It's a mute point".

Great thread tho

Read the thread. I know what the phrase "could care less" implies and I used it correctly. Now, back to the topic.

Jim Walmsley Superfan wrote:

Read the thread. I know what the phrase "could care less" implies and I used it correctly. Now, back to the topic.

Ok. So, what happened between you and Galen that you now feel you could end up caring less for him in the new year? Was it a fight? How do you know Galen?

If you used it to correctly express your feelings, why didn't you just say, "I care about Galen Rupp in 2020"? I don't think you used it correctly, but if that IS what you meant, it's just bad writing.