What does it mean when people say "Nobody cares"...

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This was about a situation on some forum I'm in. I joined it at 12 going on 13, which means my popularity there peaked at 13. Nowadays, I still have the same random sense of humor I had seven years ago, and I get reactions like "Nobody cares" and "Drag ha." (You see, in that forum, talking like a drag queen or a sassy black woman is quite a popular trend.)

IMO, people choose to say "Nobody Cares" because such people refuse to understand.

A lot of people assume that everyone thinks and feels the same way they do. So they think if they don't care, no one else does.

Ironically, this is supposed to be an autism trait, but NTs are often worse at imagining a different perspective than autistics are.

"Nobody cares" can mean a lot of things. It's kind of like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pS6zJ7IsJkM&feature=youtu.be&t=20

When I have said it to my husband, it is in a situation which he is obsessing over.

We are going to a family get together. We are running late. He is melting down because we are late. I say, "Nobody (at the get together) will care if we are 15 minutes late. It is a potluck/open house." This is true. Most reasonable people will not care in that situation.

The *nobody* in "Nobody cares" means for the vast majority of people the situation (x) or action (x) is not a big deal. It isn't that important in the scheme of things.

Now if someone is a fight, and you get *nobody cares* it could mean it was said to belittle you. Like nobody cares if you have misophonia, and chip crunching drives you mad. It's more like stop being a drama queen.

Nobody cares meaning really rides on how the phrase is said, and the context of the conversation. Depending on how and when it is said, it could mean you are fine, the concern is over nothing OR quit being a drama queen and get over yourself.