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

submitted 10 months ago by DJSpunTheDisc@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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

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[-] scubbo@lemmy.ml 17 points 10 months 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.

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