We like to apologize.

December 19, 2001 3:51 PM

We like to apologize.
posted by gluechunk to MetaFilter-Related at 3:51 PM (26 comments total)

And the worst part about it is that usually an apology comes after doing something wrong, not right before. So what's the use? You're obviously not sorry?
posted by eyeballkid at 4:05 PM on December 19, 2001

We have a potty mouth
posted by y6y6y6 at 4:06 PM on December 19, 2001

Sorry, but I don't see the point of this thread. If it's evident to you, I'm sorry I wasted the band....oh, now I get it. nevermind
posted by msacheson at 4:10 PM on December 19, 2001

"Sorry" also becomes the excuse right before someone breaks one of the MeFi rules.

As in:
"Sorry (I'm breaking this Metafilter rule), but..."
posted by timothompson at 4:16 PM on December 19, 2001

This is similar to a behavior I have witnessed repeatedly lo these many years:

People who start sentences out with "Not to be [x]...", or "I'm not a [x], but..." usually are the epitome of [x]. Like "I'm no racist, but them crackers sure are dumb!" or "Not to be a xenophobe, but those Venusians give me the willies."

Hey! Get me with the variables! I'm all mathed up and shit!

posted by Kafkaesque at 4:35 PM on December 19, 2001

We like to use The and What's quite often, too: an extremely relevant observation to this very profound thread which I make here with no apology.
posted by y2karl at 5:24 PM on December 19, 2001

But, we're also very, very grateful.
posted by ColdChef at 5:59 PM on December 19, 2001

Not to be The Master of Time and Space and All That I Survey, but bow to the Riff Lord! I command you!
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 6:23 PM on December 19, 2001

posted by starduck at 7:00 PM on December 19, 2001

We like to say random words.
posted by Su at 7:06 PM on December 19, 2001

Pancakes and ice cream for Starduck!
posted by solistrato at 7:11 PM on December 19, 2001

There must be some German word for "acknowledging that one is doing wrong while one is doing it".

One of my favorite examples of this was an elderly gentlemen who started half of his sentences with "Now I don't mean to brag but .." and would then go on to brag at length and in exhaustive detail.
posted by rks404 at 7:12 PM on December 19, 2001

My favorite is "I've often been accused of..." as if anyone who reads MeFi less-than-obsessively even knows who these people are. I mean there are some people who read MeFi less than obsessively, right? right?
posted by jessamyn at 7:24 PM on December 19, 2001

You would say that, jessamyn.

(insert here multiply-linked support for above accusation, drawing on threads from August 1999 to present. if time allows, search google usenet archives for supporting material. make sure to link Every. Damn. Letter.)
posted by gleuschk at 7:41 PM on December 19, 2001

And we're probably the most cautious weblog in the world, as well.
posted by MiguelCardoso at 10:20 PM on December 19, 2001

i apologize a lot. i admit it.

i think it's better to apologize often for misdeeds than to have people say to you, "jesus, you fucking sonovabitch, don't you remember how you say all this shit all the time? where are you coming from??"
posted by moz at 10:39 PM on December 19, 2001

don't you remember how you say all this shit all the time?

have you ever heard that expression that when three people tell you you're drunk it's time to go home no matter how sober you feel.......?
posted by jessamyn at 10:52 PM on December 19, 2001

posted by y2karl at 10:58 PM on December 19, 2001

Not many people apologized last August. Go figure.
posted by shinybeast at 11:16 PM on December 19, 2001

I'm probably sorry for all the fucking random words I use.

Thank you.
posted by youhas at 1:47 AM on December 20, 2001

posted by walrus at 3:39 AM on December 20, 2001

is this Fark photoshop all of a sudden?
posted by ColdChef at 5:18 AM on December 20, 2001

Uhh, guys? You keep that up, and Matt's going to bar <img> tags...
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 5:19 AM on December 20, 2001

Ok it was stupid. A moment of madness.
posted by walrus at 5:40 AM on December 20, 2001

In that picture, it looks like Matt's getting his Smotin' Finger ready.
posted by jpoulos at 7:05 AM on December 20, 2001

Or that Moses ran full tilt into a pancake with an eerie resemblance to Matt.

This butter looks like Jesus!
posted by jennyb at 7:08 PM on December 20, 2001