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What is the worst way to start an apology? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'll give it a shot, "I thought I apologized already, but whatever…"

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

They're not inherently insulting - there are ways to use those phrases appropriately, but they can be (and often are) used sarcastically, when the speaker had been clear in the first place.