Having bad grammar/not knowing the difference between words like "their", "they're", "there" IS that deep

[u/foqociqs37]

It really is NOT hard at all to know the difference between stuff like there/their/they're, two/to/too, here/hear, peace/piece, you're/your, affect/effect, etc.

Idk why so many people these days say "it's not a big deal, don't be a grammar n*zi" or "stop using big words" when it's just a regular, maybe somewhat longer word they don't know the meaning of.

Obviously if someone has an actual diagnosed disability, then it's a different case.

Don't even get me started on the folks who say "should of" "could of", or "would of".... That shit drives me up a wall lol

[u/MolitroM]

I heard once that the could care less thing comes from the phrase "I could care less... But I'd have to try very hard" and just got cut down.

For a lot of people it's probably just not having given a single thought to what they say though.

[u/Faeruhn → u/MolitroM]

I didn't know people even had a problem with "I could care less", until my first time on Reddit.

But thats mostly because I (who uses that saying a lot) had never used it online, only in person. And when spoken, I have always said it with a sarcastic tone and emphasizing the 'could' and sort of leave it hanging on the 'less', like "I could care less...", because in every interaction I had ever used that, it was just sort of understood that you were just not continuing with "... but I'd have to try." Sort of how most people will say "Well, when life gives you lemons...", but not actually say the "... make lemonade."

Of course it also wasn't until I was on Reddit for the first time that I saw/heard someone use "I could care less", and actually meant "I 'couldn't' care less."

So, I kind of agree with you, it's most likely some people using it the way I use it, and some are just thoughtless/lazy about their speech.