Talk:Azima/@comment-139.55.5.59-20160426030520/@comment-24613667-20160501041432

Really, it's just one of those weird figures of speech. It implies pessimism if you read it literally, but I assume most people don't think twice about saying it.

At least it's not one of those infuriatingly-oxymoronic phrases that people are completely oblivious to, like "I could care less". Yes, you're trying to say that you don't care at all (ie: "I couldn't care less"), except you're saying that you could, in fact, experience a level of caring that is less that your current state of caring.