Comment Tone Apologies

This cluster captures comments where users apologize for rude, harsh, presumptuous, or otherwise inappropriate tone in their previous remarks on Hacker News.

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EDIT OK CC AC apologize sorry apologies tone rude comment fair thanks respond ok

Sample Comments

andbberger Nov 3, 2018 View on HN

OK sorry, that was rash of me to say.

toyg Jan 26, 2018 View on HN

I agree, I was a bit flippant there, sorry.

kodah Dec 17, 2020 View on HN

Yeah, sorry about that. Thoughtless wording on my part.

oeta Dec 17, 2023 View on HN

I apologize if my tone seemed off.

alex_smart Jul 7, 2021 View on HN

You're right, I'm sorry. That was uncalled for.

dgc223 Sep 20, 2009 View on HN

Oops. OK thanks for the feedback! Didn't mean to come across like that...

glompers Jul 17, 2023 View on HN

That's fair. I apologize for my tone.

sjmulder Aug 6, 2023 View on HN

You're right, I was too quick to judge. Sorry.

TallGuyShort Mar 31, 2015 View on HN

Fair enough. My apologies for how that was conveyed.

drugme Jan 4, 2019 View on HN

My comment was a bit presumptuous then. Sincere apologies.