Google bookmarks - Sprint HTC One (M8)

I can't for the life of me figure out how to access my Google bookmarks on the stock browser. Does anyone know how to import them? All I can see are the default bookmarks.

In the meantime, use Chrome.

I'm not a big fan of Chrome. It really isn't a big deal, just wondering if I was missing something.

metalfan78 said:
I can't for the life of me figure out how to access my Google bookmarks on the stock browser. Does anyone know how to import them? All I can see are the default bookmarks.
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As far as I know the stock browser does not have this functionality. Not sure why you would expect it to, especially since Chrome is included in the ROM.

I came from the gs3 and the stock browser on that was able to do that, I assumed they all did. It has been a while since I had an HTC phone.

Well capt, depending on what gapps package you used in AOSP, I'd be able to access my bookmarks through stock browser.

metalfan78 said:
I can't for the life of me figure out how to access my Google bookmarks on the stock browser. Does anyone know how to import them? All I can see are the default bookmarks.
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I'm still using Sense 5,but I wouldn't imagine that this would change.
Hit the menu, and go to Bookmarks. Do you have a drop down for the bookmarks that lists All Bookmarks, Local, <youremail>@gmail.com?
I have all of my bookmarks from my stock browser from my first tablet.

The only thing in the drop-down is 'local'

metalfan78 said:
The only thing in the drop-down is 'local'
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That's strange....can someone else confirm that Local is the only thing available on the drop down? That sucks, because I actually prefer the stock HTC browser over Chrome. My phone tends to like it better. Maybe it's just me.

mcwups1 said:
Well capt, depending on what gapps package you used in AOSP, I'd be able to access my bookmarks through stock browser.
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This isn't AOSP.

Captain_Throwback said:
This isn't AOSP.
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Thanks. For a minute I thought Sense was AOSP, and dogs breeding with cats were normal.
I knew when I hit "Submit", those would be your exact words! LOL!

I was wondering the same thing. Only thing u have is "Local" also.

Hawknest I think had a fix for this that worked on the M8/Sense 6 ports in the OG One forums. I'll link to it when I find it.
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Sweet, thanks. I thought it was strange.

klbjr said:
Hawknest I think had a fix for this that worked on the M8/Sense 6 ports in the OG One forums. I'll link to it when I find it.
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I'll add this to my list of things to flash when I get the device.

klbjr said:
Hawknest I think had a fix for this that worked on the M8/Sense 6 ports in the OG One forums. I'll link to it when I find it.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=50096830
EDIT: The files from the above zip did not have any effect for me.

It just occurred to me that Google dropped the stock AOSP browser completely in favor of Chrome. The stock Internet browser from HTC is only a skinned version of the AOSP browser, so it comes as no surprise that sync and other features wouldn't be working.

Understood. Sometimes it seems like we lose more features and conveniences as we keep upgrading to newer versions. I'm sure Google has their reasons for certain things, but I sometimes wonder what their thinking is.

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Internet explorer 9

Now since ie9 has been released to public beta can we get a chrome2phone addon for it that would be perfect or someone try to find a work around to get it working. Thanks.
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So nobody
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Nobody cuz it has nothing to do with the Nexus One, which happens to be the forum you're posting on.
It has everything to do with the nexus
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jdmoore81 said:
It has everything to do with the nexus
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no not really... who uses IE anyway? IE blows...
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no not really...
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Well, kinda, a little - He (and others I guess would too) has a Nexus One, likes what he sees in IE9 & would like msie2phone
+1 from me.
JHaste said:
who uses IE anyway? IE blows...
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I hate to admit it, but I've been comparing the latest IE9 Beta to the latest Chrome6 Beta. IE9 (for HTML5) performance is a GOOD DEAL better on almost every site i visited (both MS and non MS sites). I estimated some of the performance tests were more than 3 times faster in IE9!
Give the tests a go here: http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/
While I am staying with Chrome for now, I will definately be tempted to go back to IE if HTML5 in Chrome does not improve.
Disclamer, it could be that the Chrome installation on my PC is no good!?!
Yeah IE has always and will always suck. I can't possibly think of any reason somebody would want to use IE when there's Firefox and Chrome (even Opera and Safari). With anything made by MS you have to spend all your time configuring it and apparently you need to go through an entire workaround just to set Google as the default search engine. Don't even attempt to tell me that you really prefer "Bing".
Actually I hate having seperate web browsers I have tried them all and I love ie especially since the ie9 beta was just released. But everyone has there own preference and mine is ie all I was wanting was chrome2phone to run on ie is their anything wrong with that.
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Nothing wrong w/u'r question. I'm no longer using chrome since IE9beta rocks!
I been working all morning on trying to figure out how to create a Haddon for ie9 so we cab have ie2phone I will get it eventually once I do I need help developing a webpage for this.
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Any luck yet on this? I've been using the IE9 beta, and it is sweeet. Only weakness is I really hate having to open firefox or chrome to send stuff to my EVO. We really need IE9-to-phone.
I know there's Android 2 cloud, like chrome 2 phone, but in reverse. Throwing it out there in case someone hasn't heard. I use chrome though, so can't help you there. =D G' luck.
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Sense browser

I used to use a sense rom and I remember in the browser you could long press on text and you could drag to select and from there use translate and other features... Now using launcher pro on shadowrom 2.1 and would love that feature... Any ideas?
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Try menu> more> select text...
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Yeah know how to select text lol... Neeext!
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No ideas, because there aren't any. Sense browser requires Sense framework, which requires Sense ROM.
Jack_R1 said:
No ideas, because there aren't any. Sense browser requires Sense framework, which requires Sense ROM.
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No ideas because their aren't any...lol I didn't ask if the sense browser could be ported I asked if their was a way to get that feature... Ie different browser, hack for stock browser, etc. pretty much anything that doesn't involve the impossible. Next
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ChongoDroid said:
No ideas because their aren't any...lol I didn't ask if I sense browser could be ported I asked if their was a way to get that feature... Ie different browser, hack for stock browser, etc. pretty much anything that doesn't involve the impossible. Next
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I've asked this before because I want it too. Apparently this IS impossible, and there is no way to port it without having sense entirely. I wish there was.
So your saying its impossible to have that feature because sense has already done that? Theirs no dev that could make that feature possible without sense? Well then sense is starting to have features over stock android.. how disappointing
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And I know the deal with sense not being pick and choose.. But I guess what I meant is their anyone who could write an add on to the browser or even an add on to dolphin or something.. Seems like a pretty decent feature to have
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And I know the deal with sense not being pick and choose.. But I guess what I meant is their anyone who could write an add on to the browser or even an add on to dolphin or something.. Seems like a pretty decent feature to have
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The thing is, the text selection method isn't just in the browser, it's across the entire phone in the sense ports. So it's an integral part of the OS.
I don't even mind the select text in stock android.. I just wish their were other plugins for android browser so we could have translate integrated into the browser. I guess just a wish for gingerbread or the next release. Copy and paste and leaving the browser into translate isn't the worst but it is annoying
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Chrome for android

Well we've all been waiting for it so here it is http://market.android.com/details?id=com.android.chrome
Has anybody tried Chrome beta on custom ICS roms? Mine, on ics-deck-inc alpha 5, force closes immediately after launching.
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Chrome working on cm9 kang but no flash support
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Can't get tilt scrolling to work. Anyone got it working?
Scrolling works fine here. But I can't get it to force show desktop versions of certain websites. It'll only show the mobile versions. Also, getting to bookmarks is a bit cumbersome as there are no quick controls as in the standard browser.
Don't expect flash to ever work. Read a FAQ somewhere that there are no plans.
Really wish you could set the us string. Scrolling is super fast.
kev0153 said:
Don't expect flash to ever work. Read a FAQ somewhere that there are no plans.
Really wish you could set the us string. Scrolling is super fast.
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Yep, no flash - http://blogs.adobe.com/flashplayer/2012/02/flash-chrome-for-android-beta.html
Its amazingly fast compared to stock.
Loving it.
iammodo said:
Its amazingly fast compared to stock.
Loving it.
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I agree, it's very fast. Looks awesome on the Xoom. I'm fine without having flash, in fact, I haven't had flash installed for a long time and I've gotten along fine without it. I'll be glad to see some more features added to Chrome.
one thing I noticed (only compared one wiki page) is that chrome for android shows for text (about 2 extra lines) compared to default browser (on my xoom in landscape)
Not regular scrolling. There's supposed to be tilt scrolling where tilting your tablet up or down will scroll using the accelerometer . Also just found out about tab swiping. If you swipe your finger from the edge of the screen you can swipe between tabs. Awesome
Thought tilt scrolling was something different. Guess it doesn't work on tablet. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bzdcw6WSr8&feature=player_embedded
not available in my country
Could anyone upload an apk for this?
Thanks!
no flash
So how do I sync this up with my chrome browser with my desktop computer?
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no desktop string, no flash, no thanks.
nba.com/mobile? pffft.
iammodo said:
Its amazingly fast compared to stock.
Loving it.
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I've actually found that Chrome is much slower on my Xoom than the stock browser. Scrolling is rough and pages load quite slowly.
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sujivet said:
Has anybody tried Chrome beta on custom ICS roms? Mine, on ics-deck-inc alpha 5, force closes immediately after launching.
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Works good on Eos 1.0.0. I don't really notice any improvement or slowness vs. the stock browser yet. Awesome to see a daily desktop application make its way over to the tablet though.
So, if chrome is just came out then technically what is the browser on the android os? I take it chrome will replace it in future releases?
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jediman said:
So, if chrome is just came out then technically what is the browser on the android os? I take it chrome will replace it in future releases?
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The stock browser on Android has always been a separate app. Word on the street is that Chrome will replace the stock browser when it's out of beta, and the current browser will no longer be available in the open source Android os.
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Yep, no flash - http://blogs.adobe.com/flashplayer/2012/02/flash-chrome-for-android-beta.html
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So sadly to hear that. Flash is still a huge number sites embed it. Hope they support Chrome in the nearest future when it become default browser of Android os

Chrome is horrible compared to the aosp browser

Chrome is way slower and the drawing lags badly on scrolling compared to the aosp browser. There's one to. On here that uses the aosp browser. Its so much smoother and faster. Unfortunately autorotation does not work on that ROM. Why did Google make chrome the default?
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Surely you jest.
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redmonke255 said:
Surely you jest.
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Try a rom with the stock browser. It benchmarks higher and it never has to load more of the page when scrolling.
Its the same way on the galaxy nexus. They just let you choose in that case which to use.
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Don't have experience yet with my nexus 7 but chrome is horrible on the galaxy nexus. It is awful at text reflow on this phone. Hopefully it will be better on the tablet.
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Jayrod1980 said:
Don't have experience yet with my nexus 7 but chrome is horrible on the galaxy nexus. It is awful at text reflow on this phone. Hopefully it will be better on the tablet.
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Unfortunately its the same garbage on this tablet. It was really stupid of Google to make chrome the default and not include the aosp browser. I tried the aosp browser and its butter smooth with zero lag. Chrome on the other hand is a complete lagfest.
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On my phone I use opera mobile. Better than stock in my opinion. I just like the chrome sync.
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Whenever they let us download the old browser from Play somebody let me know. I don't mind Chrome as a backup but I don't like it as my primary either
**Edit. If you have root give this a shot.
NeoMagus said:
If you guys want to use the original browser , check out this thread. Everything seems to work on mine except synced bookmarks.
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NeoMagus said:
Whenever they let us download the old browser from Play somebody let me know. I don't mind Chrome as a backup but I don't like it as my primary either
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i doubt this will ever happen...i would imagine though you can pull it from Browser.apk from /system/app from any ics rom and install it
barrmulio said:
i doubt this will ever happen...i would imagine though you can pull it from Browser.apk from /system/app from any ics rom and install it
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Google said we could download it from Play already they just havent put it up somebody else can look up a source for you cause I dont feel like it right now
Yes...Chrome definitely blows for Android. Sad really. Chrome to phone and all the syncing options are really nice, but the browser itself is just awful. Hoping Google really gives this some love soon b/c as others have said, the stock regular browser that has been on Android forever is so much nicer.
Just by watching videos, I can already tell that I hate the Chrome browser. It can have a horrendous amount of lag, and it is extremely annoying having to watch reviews that show this sub-par browsing experience when I know for a fact that all of this dreadful performance could be alleviated by switching to the AOSP browser. Google quite obviously did this to promote their browser, but it does not do good for the Nexus 7 image.
Hmm have you guys fully updated your n7's? Chrome is blazing fast for me. Haven't had a single issue with it except for Swype entering spaces after every letter in the address bar sometimes.
on my GNex, ICS Browser+ (basically stock ICS browser with some additions) was smoother than Chrome.
it crashes now on JB though.
barrmulio said:
i doubt this will ever happen...i would imagine though you can pull it from Browser.apk from /system/app from any ics rom and install it
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Negative, been trying this all day. I don't mind chrome. The syncing with the desktop, phone, and tablet is ****ing awesome. Everything else is just ehh. I don't care much for opera or dolphin so I have been searching for all day for a browser apk or browsergoogle apk that will work but to no avail
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Yeah, I haven't been able to get the BrowserGoogle.apk to work on my Nexus 7. It'll start, but closes right away.
hajabooja said:
Yeah, I haven't been able to get the BrowserGoogle.apk to work on my Nexus 7. It'll start, but closes right away.
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Yeah there's one rom with it but they forgot to include the blobs for the rotation sensor so it doesn't work. The aosp browser works great though.
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blahblahyoutoo said:
on my GNex, ICS Browser+ (basically stock ICS browser with some additions) was smoother than Chrome.
it crashes now on JB though.
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That's because it needs the stock browser to work I think. At least that is how it works on my HTC One X. If I freeze the stock HTC browser, ICS + force closes.
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Hmm have you guys fully updated your n7's? Chrome is blazing fast for me. Haven't had a single issue with it except for Swype entering spaces after every letter in the address bar sometimes.
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Same or me on my 7 and Gnex. Chrome seems even faster than the stock browser to my on my Gnex.
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If you guys want to use the original browser , check out this thread. Everything seems to work on mine except synced bookmarks.
Chrome is terribly choppy on the 7. Go to memebase.com and it has massive rendering issues. As long as the website isn't heavy loaded with pictures, chrome is fine.
I need my stock AOSP browser back, Dolphin isn't cutting it
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Best Browser (for full site experience/Flash)

Hi all,
Before the flaming starts, let me clarify. I love chrome. It's great. Tabbed browsing, chrome to phone and all. However, I enjoy using websites with either streaming content or video on demand. Unfortunately, it seems that Adobe isn't supporting Flash on android 4.0 and higher - and that's their prerogative. This does leave me with a void in my media consumption. Are there any browsers/codecs/something I don't know about which can help solve my internet video problem?
[For example, teamliquid.net]
thanks
Try the browser.apk for AOSP. Even supports flash if installed
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Could care less if I get "flamed"....until chrome has a setting for desktop by default and displays full screen it sucks.
Many of the browsers don't work well on the Nexus 7.Aosp browser: can't access its menu (at least the apk I have, and the one on Paul Obriens Rom.
Boat browser (my alltime fav...will have an update soon...but it's not ready). Dolphin Lite seems to be ok..for now just not real quick.
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Actually I've found that the Maxthon browser (built by XDA dudes)...works pretty well.
I side loaded the newest Firefox. Seems to work fine with flash.
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I am using the Dolphin HD browser & have Adobe Flash 11.1 installed & this combo works great for what you are talking about.
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have any of your guys tried changing your ua string to ipad, alot of websites do things differently if you tell them your an ipad
ive tried them all and firefox wins hands down
+1 for the new Firefox
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150pilot said:
I am using the Dolphin HD browser & have Adobe Flash 11.1 installed & this combo works great for what you are talking about.
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I cant get Dolphin to work flash at all on my Nexus. I installed the flash apk floating around too, but nothing. Does yours work on putlocker? Did you update to the new version of Dolphin that came out yesterday (i think) that disables flash?
I have been using Xscope pro 7 with flash and it works perfect for me, also has a check box for displaying site in desktop mode and it doesnt reset every time you have to reboot.
I've been using xscope or about 3 years now and it download anything I throw at it, the newest iteration is design with the nexus 7 in mind.
Firefox works fine for me with good flash integration. Synched to all my other machines.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1780746
For how to install stock browser
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1771463
To install flash player
rockky said:
Could care less if I get "flamed"
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First, let me apologise in advance, this isn't directed at you personally, it is a general annoyance with the use of this term by Americans. Not that I have anything against Americans, I just have something against the usage of this phrase.
It really should be I could'NT care less. Small and trivial point, but for some reason, it properly boils my piss.
How do I "side load" Firefox ? Thanks
tc4101 said:
How do I "side load" Firefox ? Thanks
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Using file explorer like ES File Explorer, just click on the file to install. It's ask you to change setting, allowing installation of apps from unknown source (if it's not already checked).
u got a link for the apk?
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u got a link for the apk?
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You can just google "firefox 14.0.1 apk" (14.0.1 is the latest version).
If you don't want to bother side loading, you can try Firefox Beta (Play Store link). It is compatible with N7 and installs directly from Play Store.
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I am using the Dolphin HD browser & have Adobe Flash 11.1 installed & this combo works great for what you are talking about.
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How did you get this to work? I have both installed but not getting flash views. Also tried Maxthon browser, no success.
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First, let me apologise in advance, this isn't directed at you personally, it is a general annoyance with the use of this term by Americans. Not that I have anything against Americans, I just have something against the usage of this phrase.
It really should be I could'NT care less. Small and trivial point, but for some reason, it properly boils my piss.
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OT I could care less at the temperature of your urine
dazzer1975 said:
First, let me apologise in advance, this isn't directed at you personally, it is a general annoyance with the use of this term by Americans. Not that I have anything against Americans, I just have something against the usage of this phrase.
It really should be I could'NT care less. Small and trivial point, but for some reason, it properly boils my piss.
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It isn't really an American thing, it's a "didn't read it before posting" thing. The phrase makes absolutely no sense. I've never heard anyone say "I could care less" in an actual conversation, it's like they know how ridiculous it sounds when they say it, but that same censor doesn't come out when typing.

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