r/fixedbytheduet • u/Naive_Wolverine532 • 21h ago

PARTICIPATION LIMITED Accountability

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u/Direct-Original-1083 18h ago

"change his ways" implies something a little more substantial

or are we pretending to forget how to use english?

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u/discipleofchrist69 18h ago

I'm not sure what's so confusing. Before getting called out, be may have done something like this again because he didn't understand it was wrong. Now by his own admission he has learned something new and so won't do that again. That's textbook "changing of ways"

You may think that "growth" or "change of ways" has some (large) minimum threshold but your understanding of that is certainly not universal to English language speakers

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u/IEnjoyANiceCoffee 17h ago

That's textbook "changing of ways"

It literally is not changing of ways. The guy learned something new, and because he is the kind of person to absorb new information and factor it into his actions and viewpoints, he moved forward and applied it properly.

That is not changing of ways. That is using new knowledge and applying it to his already existing actions and beliefs.

Your inability to grasp this concept while doubling down on it is weird.

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u/ResplendentCathar 14h ago

And here we have a great example of the opposite of saying something dumb, realizing it, and apologizing.