All my life, I thought "a couple" == "a few" (Off-Topic)

by ZackDark , Not behind you. NO! Don't look., Monday, May 11, 2015, 23:23 (3280 days ago) @ naturl selexion

(Except for the obvious "Look at that beautiful couple")

Then, out-of-the-blue every single subtitler here decided "a couple" meant "exactly 2". Now you guys. My whole life is a lie.

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In playable location news today, Martian sunsets are blue. - iconicbanana, 2015-05-11, 20:14
- In playable location news today, Martian sunsets are blue. - dogcow, 2015-05-11, 20:19
  - In playable location news today, Martian sunsets are blue. - General Vagueness, 2015-05-11, 20:22
    - In playable location news today, Martian sunsets are blue. - dogcow, 2015-05-11, 20:25
      - In playable location news today, Martian sunsets are blue. - General Vagueness, 2015-05-12, 03:20
  - Wikipedia offers few answers. - iconicbanana, 2015-05-11, 20:25
    - 1/100 is two orders of magnitude weaker. - naturl selexion, 2015-05-11, 21:22
      - Several =\= 2 or more? - iconicbanana, 2015-05-11, 21:27
        
        Generally, where I am - RaichuKFM, 2015-05-11, 21:29
        
        And it is general - Earendil, 2015-05-11, 21:43
        
        Several =\= 2 or more? - naturl selexion, 2015-05-11, 21:44
        
        I love language - Earendil, 2015-05-11, 21:53
        
        I love language - naturl selexion, 2015-05-11, 22:14
        
        Another reason I like it - Earendil, 2015-05-11, 22:32
        
        All my life, I thought "a couple" == "a few" - ZackDark, 2015-05-11, 23:23
        
        I love language - Robot Chickens, 2015-05-11, 23:24
        
        I love language - naturl selexion, 2015-05-12, 02:05
        
        I love language - iconicbanana, 2015-05-12, 02:26
        
        I love/hate language - naturl selexion, 2015-05-12, 02:51
        
        I love/hate language - iconicbanana, 2015-05-12, 03:07
        
        I agree, but the details are off. - Funkmon, 2015-05-12, 03:27
        
        I love language - General Vagueness, 2015-05-12, 03:48
        
        Negotiated meanings - naturl selexion, 2015-05-12, 02:35
        
        Negotiated meanings - Robot Chickens, 2015-05-12, 13:08
    - Wikipedia offers few answers. - ZackDark, 2015-05-11, 23:25
      - You live over a slipspace portal generator? - Ragashingo, 2015-05-12, 00:53
        
        maybe he was born on the island. - Vortech, 2015-05-12, 23:57
        
        Shhhhhhhhhhhhh, can't let the Others find me - ZackDark, 2015-05-13, 00:09
  - Answer to why Mercury has a magnetic field and not Mars. - Funkmon, 2015-05-12, 01:17
    - Answer to why Mercury has a magnetic field and not Mars. - Dagoonite, 2015-05-12, 01:35
    - But why male models? - Korny, 2015-05-12, 02:32
      - ...are you serious? - iconicbanana, 2015-05-12, 02:35
- Because blue>red. - bluerunner, 2015-05-11, 20:28
  - Suck it Blues..... - Monochron, 2015-05-11, 22:36

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All my life, I thought "a couple" == "a few" (Off-Topic)