In that case, I would prefer to hear “I’m sorry that I offended you”. Small change but you take ownership of your actions, even if you don't necessarily regret the joke.

My two cents on the matter, and I’m totally willing to own up to it if I’m getting the grammar all wrong, because for me, that’s what it hinges on:

I mean, we could drill down the the “if” there, too. Saying “if” you were offended when a bunch of people are telling you in no uncertain terms that they are offended is pretty dismissive. Or how about I’m sorry “that” you were offended? That implies that he did nothing to cause the offense - as in “you happened to…

Yaxha, you’ve presented an interesting exception to what I said. I was thinking about an interaction on a completely one-to-one basis, where an individual did something blatantly manipulative to me, and me alone. In his case, what I cited as a non-apology was his way of avoiding taking any responsibility for his…

Boom. The best way to prove you’re intellectual? By not getting sucked into petty shit and instead, talking about your actual intellectual passions. Are you really into Austrian feminist poets of the 1970s? Do you really love Latin American protest music? Did you just read a really amazing book about the development…

While I don’t condone Miles’ actions, The Last Shadow Puppets are great fukin’ band.

What do you call someone who lavishes attention on someone and then calls her an attention whore?

Umm, this is awkward but nice to meet you. Thanks for the blessings :(

After the attacks in Cologne, there were accusations that the media weren’t covering them because they were concerned about inciting violence against refugees.

He’s a derivative hack and I hope you savor every bit of hipster outrage from uneducated jackasses you get for this excellent comment.