by snarly | Sep 20, 2023 | Funny-on-Purpose Apologies
The Onion does it again. (Or apparently the Onion did it two years ago but we missed it when it came out): Ways to Apologize Without Saying Sorry. It’s probably a coincidence that all these ways (spoiler alert: terrible) dovetail with our contention that a good...
by snarly | Sep 7, 2019 | Funny-on-Purpose Apologies, Personal Apologies, The Mechanics of Apology
In 2013, Sumac visited Camp Playapology at Burning Man. Her account of the visit remains one of our most popular posts. In 2019, Snarly went to Burning Man for the first time. Her spouse, Dr. Cheezie, was attending his 22nd Burn. (It’s a mixed marriage.) Of...
by snarly | May 7, 2018 | Celebrity Apologies, Funny-on-Purpose Apologies, Media Apologies, The Mechanics of Apology
It’s Amber Ruffin on Late Night with Seth Meyers, apologizing like a sexual harasser! To be fair, of course, we don’t know for sure that Seth didn’t ask Amber Ruffin to punch him in the face. And also to be fair, we haven’t heard from the many,...
by snarly | Jan 13, 2018 | Celebrity Apologies, Funny-on-Purpose Apologies
OUR LONG NATIONAL APOLOGY NIGHTMARE IS OVER. (Of course it isn’t but JUST GIVE ME THIS.) Comedian Paul Scheer — you know his face even if you’re “buh?” on his name — is one of those Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB) guys who’s...
by snarly | Nov 19, 2017 | Funny-on-Purpose Apologies
One reason so many apologies are terrible is that apologizing well is HARD. Look how excruciatingly awkward John’s apology to Karen is. Karen was right to be angry when John impugned her fishing and swimming. Bravo to John for apologizing in person, and for...
by snarly | Nov 2, 2017 | Bropology, Celebrity Apologies, Funny-on-Purpose Apologies
Last year, SorryWatch approvingly noted that actor Chris Hemsworth made a good apology for insensitive behavior. It turns out that his character Thor is also a good apologizer! In a deleted scene from the first Thor movie in 2011, we learn that during the Asgardian...
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