Seriously? It's an idiom. It means two things are basically identical or the same. As in any differences they have are identical meaning they have no difference and are the same. Understand now?

by ArrivalSuch6720 11 months ago

Most idioms or figures of speech in the English language don't make a lot of sense when taken literally because most of them are derived from other languages that don't translate directly. Some say that this phrase originated from people saying "same thing" and "no difference" and it's been combined and shortened to ‘same difference'. I say that to say, it doesn't have to make sense because it's English and that's what English does. We've made sense of the nonsensical because it's common and meaning is just understood

by Anonymous 11 months ago

Example: "small fry, large fry, same difference you're getting fries." Same difference as what? What differences are you comparing? ... What does that mean? The difference being referenced here is the difference between having no fries to eat and having a non-zero amount of fries to eat. They're saying that the size of the fries doesn't matter because the important thing is that you're getting fries at all - the difference in a scenario defined by having no fries and a scenario defined by having some fries is the same regardless of how many fried you have in the second scenario. The important variable of 'having fries' will change either way so any differences in the amount of fries will ultimately be equally irrelevant and yield the same outcome in terms of the important variable. "Same difference". Make sense?

by Anonymous 11 months ago

it's the same as saying "i could care less" when you mean "i couldn't care less." yeah it's technically wrong, it technically doesn't make sense, who cares, same difference, i could care less

by Anonymous 11 months ago

Based answer

by Anonymous 11 months ago

I'm not sure if that's even the correct explanation, but it's how I've always made sense of it. I'm on the spectrum though.

by Anonymous 11 months ago

I think in the way you have used as an example, the person is meaning that they don't care about the difference. They will be fine with a small fry or a large fry. It will not affect them. I have heard it used this way. I think a more accurate way to use it is with 2 things that are actually very similar or the same. As an example "That car is red. No it's candy apple. Same diference."

by Anonymous 11 months ago

Is English not your first language? Because otherwise, it should make sense

by Anonymous 11 months ago

hm what's the gentlest way to let someone know that they're on the autism spectrum

by Anonymous 11 months ago