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pruwyben@discuss.tchncs.de to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 days ago

"With all due respect" could imply that no respect is due and therefore none is given

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"With all due respect" could imply that no respect is due and therefore none is given

pruwyben@discuss.tchncs.de to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 days ago
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    22 days ago

    That’s usually what people mean when they say that sarcastically.

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      22 days ago

      Another backhanded “positive action” comment is “I’m going to give that the attention it deserves” and nine times out of ten it will be absolute fucking rot so no, that’s going to the bottom of the list. Cheers though.

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      22 days ago

      Somehow that never occurred to me.

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    With all due respect, go fuck yourself

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      With all due respect, go $fsck yourself

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    If the caveat wasn’t intended, the word ‘due’ would be superfluous.

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    I said “all due respect”!

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    I’ve used it exactly once in my career.

    Had a senior officer who was trying to get involved in my departmental business about a disciplinary issue . As the next highest ranking in the space, I said “Due respect Sir, I believe the Chief and the POs have the matter in hand, however, I did wish to ask your opinion on the new training schedule?”

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      Well played.

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    With all due respect, nothing gets past a mind as sharp as yours.

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