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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by BeatTakeshi@lemmy.world to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

Basically I'm sorry that you though I would be sorry for that other thing, but I'm not.

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[-] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago

The first "sorry" is sorry as in "I'm sorry you found that offensive" which isn't a genuine expression of sorrow, nor is it an apology.

[-] Coreidan@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

No they aren’t. It’s just an edgey way to say “fuck off”.

[-] solidgrue@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

Its ambiguous, but it seems to expresses the speaker regrets not feeling regretful about the topic, as if to acknowledge that one might (and maybe should) sympathize with the other party, but in fact does not.

Depending on the context, it might also merely express that speaker is an asshole.

[-] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

As a parent I say this about my kids all the time.

"And then he threw a tantrum because it was time to go, you know the exact thing I warned him about 5 minutes prior, and 15 minutes before that. Sorry, not sorry."

[-] sxan@midwest.social 1 points 1 month ago

I like to internalize this as a victory, and the utter humiliation of the person who offended me. They said "Sorry." That's admitting defeat!

[-] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

Do people still say that? I thought that got played out years ago lol

It's just a buzzwordy way of demanding that everyone notice their shitty opinion about something people probably didn't care about that much to begin with.

[-] callouscomic@lemm.ee -2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

When they say that, they are an attention-seeking asshole.

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