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Calm down. I'm hardly accusing anyone of any wrong-doing. It is a turn-of-phrase that I'm sure most english-speakers have encountered.

• geoelectric 6y ago
  It has a very different connotation when you say "I'm stealing..." than it does when you say "you're stealing..." It's only jargon in first-person. Compare saying "wow, I'm really stupid" when you make a mistake vs. saying "wow, you're really stupid" when they do. Self-deprecation applied to others is just deprecation.