text: why do people say this....? why do so many people say they "could care less" when they really mean to say that they "couldn't care less." i mean, if the whole purpose of you saying this is to say that you don't care, then don't you want to say, "i cannot care any less than i care right now", hence, "i couldn't care less." saying you could care less, means you do care about it a little bit. have you ever thought about that?!? they have two different meanings.  one means that they don't care whereas the other means that they care too much.  people do tend to use them as equals eventhough they aren't.  it could just be that people have begun to alter the language.  it happens a lot to many sayings.  i definitely have thought about it!!:)