• Tango@piefed.ca
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    22 hours ago

    I have a rule: “sorry means you won’t do it again”. If I’m about to say sorry for something, I perform a thought experiment: if a similar situation arose and I had the same choice to make again, would I? If the answer is “yes”, then I’m not sorry and I shouldn’t say that I am.

    • Korval@lemmy.today
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      2 hours ago

      Not even that; the use of “may” makes the whole thing hypothetical. He hasn’t actually acknowledged doing anything wrong.