JensenZ

You're making a big effort to defend the Americanism "I could care less". There is no need. We all concede that most Americans use "I could care less". Why they use it doesn't matter.

That's just word salad. It's quite logical, and reasonable, that in a world where 100s of millions use English as a second language, that we should be as literal as possible in our word choices. This is an international forum, and a lot of people would not understand what you mean by "could care less". This is not about who is right and wrong, but basic rules of comunication, where the goal is to get your point across. For example, would you tell an immigrant to "go jump in the lake" or "go away". We have choices in English - a lot of choices. If you were on an American-only forum, use "could care less" and all your buddies can agree with you. I would hazzard a guess that non-Americans outnumber Americans on this forum by a significant degree.

Do you think only the UK speaks British English? "couldn't care less" is not archaic, but currently used by a huge population around the world. British English: 128 million in India, 108 million in Pakistan and 79 million in Nigeria... also Australia, NZ and South Africa (at least another 40 million) and other British ex-colonies. You can probably subtract about 30 million of the US population that wouldn't have a clue about "could care less" as they can't speak enough English to care. I would also suggest that a lot of Americans still use the British phrase, and Canadians too. The Philippines, which has a lot of American English speakers probably couldn't care less about this phrase. Maybe some could care, but I've never heard it used there. Then, a simple Google search reveals: "couldn't care less" = 13,7 million hits "could care less" = 7.07 million hits A Microsoft Bing search reveals: "couldn't care less" = 25.5 million hits "could care less" = 2.36 million hits "archaic"? Absolutely not!

Perhaps you should take the advice of Grammar Girl at 5:35 in the video. The grammar girl uses "I couldn't care less" so as not to annoy people, something you could care less about LOL.

Well done finally admitting you're trolling.

You've failed to understand that "couldn't care less" is not, and has never been an idiom. It's a factual statement that a person has run out of care or apathy.

You taught me one thing here. I've seen "could care less" a lot and always considered it to be either a writing error or the writer meant to say he has more care to give. I had no idea Americans accepted this error as the correct way to state that the writer has no more care to give. Now that you know the rest of the English-speaking world uses "couldn't care less" to indicate they are at their limit of available care, and we're on an International forum, you could do the gracious thing and use the term correctly to avoid such discussions in the future.

6. I could care less "I couldn't care less" is what you would say to express maximum apathy toward a situation. Basically you're saying, "It's impossible for me to care less about this because I have no more care to give. I've run out of care." Using the incorrect "I could care less" indicates that "I still have care left to give--would you like some?" Well explained, and humorous at the same time. "would you like some more" LOL

The problem is someone can open the envelope, get the card details, and then seal it up again. This has happened to me once, on a debit card. They purchased a big haul at Kiehls.

Posted on YouTube 4 years ago. He's mainly talking about falsified documents being presented to Immigration.

This is nonsense. The law is not the law in any country. That's why people spend a fortune on lawyers and court cases - to try to figure it out. It's hardly ever black and white anywhere, and in Thailand, the law is grey at best... and then you have to find an honest lawyer to help you out - good luck with that.

It's strange that a person who doesn't use agents is so active in this thread - you're the top poster here with 25 posts so far. You're the immigration cheer squad.

Do you really feel like a victim because you don't use agents?

Considering your original reply was just "could care less", I suspect you actually intended to have an argument about this. Why not be a little less American-centric on an International forum as all of the rest of the English-speaking world uses "couldn't care less" and I think you knew that.

That might sometimes be the case, but mostly it's about communication. They would rather take the easy way out and communicate with the Thai partner.

That was the point I was trying to convey. People who are pretending to be more than they are.

Not at all... he's too old to fit the bar brawling stereotype.

I agree. If this guy was publically speaking like this in Russia, he would have been arrested and disappeared by now, either in prison or dead.

I suppose you missed the part where most of the smaze has been created by neighboring countries' agricultural burning. We're in drought conditions with little wind. It will pass. Just put a mask on and relax.

and many living dead that have far exceeded their natural expiry dates.

It wasn't a truck, but one of these over-height, top-heavy, light-weight vans that are a danger on the road. It wouldn't have taken a lot of force to tip it over from the top.

Fingerprints on the knife could solve the mystery.

I would agree, the odds are extremely low he cut his own throat. Of all the suicide methods recommended and commonly used, I've never heard of this. I've seen it in movies a few times... in fact just last week in a 2023 movie called "Knock at the cabin". If he was contemplating suicide, he would have at least done some research into the best methods to use. There are plenty of online resources covering the topic. There's a good chance his wife either did it, or had someone do it for her.

I live next to a big park, but still few insects and geckos. We're in drought conditions right now.

The number of house geckos has reduced to a very low number this month. It's due to lack of food caused by the extremely dry weather the last 4 months. Most insects are susceptible to drought. I've seen quite a few dead geckos lying around the last few weeks. The mosquitos are still doing ok though.