I mean you could see him recognize that he fucked up in real time. He definitely knew better. It was the ensuing “heated gamer moment” excuse which really made it a meme. He should have just immediately and unambiguously acknowledged that he fucked up and taken real action to show remorse. This is a pretty common pattern with this kind of thing. You can’t do the whole “soft apology with a side of justification” and expect things to go back to normal. And this is just a life lesson in general - when you fuck up, you need to really lean into making a change.
you could see him recognize that he fucked up in real time.
He knew it was a bad word though. That’s to his credit given the circumstances, IMO.
He should have just immediately and unambiguously acknowledged that he fucked up and taken real action to show remorse. This is a pretty common pattern with this kind of thing.
Maybe it’s a common pattern because people go into shock after they realize they fucked up? Not everyone is calm, cool, and collected when they realize they made a mistake.
I lived with an embarrassment for two decades before I apologized to a mate of mine. And that wasn’t even my fault. I was set up into embarrassing myself (by proxy of embarrassing my mate). Either way, being embarrassed can definitely put you in a sort of deer in headlights mode and continue like nothing happened while you try to assess.
I mean you could see him recognize that he fucked up in real time. He definitely knew better. It was the ensuing “heated gamer moment” excuse which really made it a meme. He should have just immediately and unambiguously acknowledged that he fucked up and taken real action to show remorse. This is a pretty common pattern with this kind of thing. You can’t do the whole “soft apology with a side of justification” and expect things to go back to normal. And this is just a life lesson in general - when you fuck up, you need to really lean into making a change.
He knew it was a bad word though. That’s to his credit given the circumstances, IMO.
Maybe it’s a common pattern because people go into shock after they realize they fucked up? Not everyone is calm, cool, and collected when they realize they made a mistake.
I lived with an embarrassment for two decades before I apologized to a mate of mine. And that wasn’t even my fault. I was set up into embarrassing myself (by proxy of embarrassing my mate). Either way, being embarrassed can definitely put you in a sort of deer in headlights mode and continue like nothing happened while you try to assess.