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"we turned inwards, we were wrong. We hope you will accept this ... as an olive branch and accept our apology." That is 100% an apology
by arcticfox 4y ago
"we turned inwards, we were wrong. We hope you will accept this ... as an olive branch and accept our apology."
That is 100% an apology
- lkxijlewlf 4y agoBut not to Casey. You dotted out who they apologized to and it was not the person they insulted, but to the "community". > We were wrong. As such, we dedicate this experimental renderer to the community as an olive branch. We know we have so much more to learn, but we hope that you will accept our apology and understand we’re humans behind this product with a capability and willingness to learn from our past mistakes. Seems rather childish.
- ineedasername 4y agoSyntactically it's a reference to an apology. Semantically it sort of is, but the phraseology of indirect an apologies are common when the speaker wants to distance themselves from the wrongdoing. This tends to happen either from embarrassment or lack of sincerity. In this case, the comment from an MS employee in this thread indicates a potential lack of sincerity. If not for that I'd probably give more benefit of the doubt.