@sapinker yup, if they demand my attention and invade my blissful personal space-time bubble, i expect them to be sorry by default ^.^
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@sapinker I'm going to start replying with "You're forgiven."Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker "excuse me" is often a challenge, not a request for forgiveness.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker Try "hello"Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker Not necessarily. A "good afternoon" works perfectly. In my language a "look" can also do wonders. You can do it differently.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker Just used this term today to ask request a fellow passenger to turn down his headphone volumeThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker If you want a change you could experiment with the semantically different "Oi, you!" and "What's goin down, Rudeboi?"Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker In hunter gatherer societies a stranger is a threat. I think we need this politeness to manage our natural response to strangers.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker Excuse me, but It only has the *form* of such a request for forgiveness— not the meaning! In language, forms do double service.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker my therapist always says kids want to know 2 things: am I loved unconditionally and can I have everything I want.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker Similar in Chinese, which acknowledges a wrongdoing; "ma fan nin" lit. "Trouble you" with polite form of you (cf. French vous)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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