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Black text on white background reading “when i say “if i recall” or “if i remember correctly” i am being polite about being right. i remember and i am correct.”
When I use those phrases I’m indicating uncertainty, so really, PLEASE correct me if I’m wrong.
My memory is actually not 100% there so when I use those phrases I do mean “if I recall correctly”, lol. I think I use “we’re all free to think what we think” if I wanna keep the conversation going or “fair enough” when I wanna exit it. 👍
Yeah lol I use it because I often remember the start of a point, but never what we ended up deciding/nuance of the particular pribkem
“AS STATED CLEARLY IN THE PREVIOUS EMAIL, f*ck you” My brain, 4 times a week
That’s funny because when I say those things it usually means “you asked me for an answer so I’m supplying you an answer despite having no personal confidence in my answer. If you act on based on this information alone it’s your own damn fault.”
I hate not using that phrasing because I know I am fallible, but to many normal people, even if you know you can be wrong, you give a confident response.
If there is any chance I could be slightly incorrect I use this phrasing, but this really has meant that some people are more grating to me than others because they will think you arent confident or smart if you show any signs of being able to acknowledge your fallibility
“Is that right? I had heard an alternate theory…”
You’re definitely wrong, and I know more about this than you do.
Really? Because if I use “if I remember correctly” I mean I’m not 100% sure of I do and am completely open for someone else to come along and show me the correct answer.
There are a few times I mean it cynically.
