When You Pull At A Thread And The Whole Thing Unravels

The importance of saying "and" instead of "but"

One of my favorite phrases is “no offense, but…” and I don’t mean favorite in a way that I like to use it or find it a nice way to engage, I mean favorite because it is so silly. You start off by saying “no offense,” then you immediately negate it and offer something offensive, and usually, unwelcome. Your plan is to be offensive, to contradict, to figh…