That doesn’t make what you said any less liable to be remarked upon. That your first impulse was to be ruder speaks poorly about your impulses, and highly about your ability to control them, but “it could have been worse” doesn’t make what it ended up being any less bad; thinking it does is evidence of a poor calibration method.
Oh it was definitely rude. I object to the remarkably. Especially considering I removed several far ruder things from that comment before posting it.
That doesn’t make what you said any less liable to be remarked upon. That your first impulse was to be ruder speaks poorly about your impulses, and highly about your ability to control them, but “it could have been worse” doesn’t make what it ended up being any less bad; thinking it does is evidence of a poor calibration method.
By your own standards, you mean?
I think I phrased it in a way that would work by any standards.… Er, haven’t I?