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Grammar detail: なくたって、なくったって

なくたって、なくったって  even if not ~, even without ~
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verb なく form
+
たって
means
even if not (verb)
The なく form is the adverbial negative form - i.e., the ない form with the い replaced with く.
そんなトゲトゲしい
かた
しなくたっていいだろう
You don't have to use such a harsh tone with me.
Note that here it would be easy to confuse the たって with the て form of たつ:
てなく
たっていい
You don't have to watch over me.
noun
+
なくったって
means
without any (noun)
The additional っ between the く and た adds further emphasis, and can be used with nouns such as 知識 and 気持ち which can be quantified by 'level' (to imply 'even with a low level').
しんりがく
心理学
ちしき
知識
なんかなくったって
だれ
って
いじょう
異常
もの
かん
った
でしょう
Even without any knowledge of psychology, anyone would have realized this was strange.
Source: 黒い家貴志祐介
きも
気持
なんかなくったってそういう
もんだい
問題
です
Does it matter if that's how I feel? Is that really the problem?
Note that this form is essentially the negative form of past + って  even ~.
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Kanji used in this grammar

チ   し to know   
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シキ    knowledge, discrimination   
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キ   ケ    spirit   
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ジ   も to hold, to have   
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ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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ホウ   かた way, direction   
ケン   み to see   みえる to be seen; to appear   みせる to show   
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シン   こころ heart   
リ    logic   
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ガク   まな to learn   
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だれ who   
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イ   こと different   
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ジョウ   つね usual, normal   とこ- endless, unchanging   
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カン    feelings   
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シュ   と to take   
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モン   と question   と to ask   とん wholesale   
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ダイ    topic   
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