Don’t do nothing stupid In the movie Pulp Fiction, there is always talking like  Don’t do nothing stupid. I ain’t eatin’ nothin' ain’t got sense enough to disregard its own feces.  They all seem odd to me, like Don’t do nothing stupid, it is Do something stupid in my mind, which makes it pretty strange, so it must mean Don't do something stupid, but why is it ? For the second sentence, it is a man explaining why he doesn't eat pigs and pigs live in a dirty place. It must mean I am not eating something (which) has not got sense enough to disregard its own feces. Same problem as the first sentence. Why double negatives doesn't become a positive? (It's appreciated if someone could inform me any grammar faults in what I was typing as a English learner)
How is double negation interpreted in English? In my native language, double negations "cancel out". I have been trying to learn English using movies and such things, but double negation confuses me. I see instances when double negation cancels out, and some when they do not.  For example, "I haven't got no money" is interpreted as "I have no money." "There wasn't anyone who didn't enjoy the party" is interpreted as "Everyone enjoyed the party."  Is this context dependent? If so, how does one decide which interpretation is correct?
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