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> but the response appears reasonable and mature I wouldn't say saying "If I knew ... was going to piss you off so much, I wouldn't have done that." is very m

> but the response appears reasonable and mature I wouldn't say saying "If I knew ... was going to piss you off so much, I wouldn't have done that." is very mature.

solarkraft 3y ago
Why? It signals that they respect Linus's feelings (and they really don't want to piss him off), which seems quite mature and de-escalative to me.
- riku_iki 3y ago
  language is confrontational and impersonal.
  - tommica 3y ago
    Curious, what kind of response in your opinion would have been better?
    - riku_iki 3y ago
      you can rewrite the same phrase in more polite language: "sorry, I didn't expect so much push back, I sent these changes with good intentions only".