As of late it seems I am starting a lot of sentences with, “Let me preface this with ‘I’m an asshole.'” I did this during a meeting and, after sharing my opinion, one of the committee members quipped, “You didn’t need to preface that, it came through loud and clear.”
Though that might be true, I still like the preface factor – its like having an exclamation point at the beginning of the sentence. And, the truth is, I am an asshole. Not because I’m rude or insincere; because I speak my mind and say, often times, what everyone else wishes they could say.
So let me preface this with, “I’m an asshole…….”
I’ve always loved your honesty!
I usually just say… “as an asshole…”
but as you know, area man is full of good advice for you, and whoever needs advice. so, as I am wont to do, as an asshole, I submit a few ideas to soften your delivery.
a) remove “let me preface this” and replace it with, “all right, suckers”
(it has worked well for me)
b) or just deliver your exclamation point at the end of the sentence, as it should be, grammatically speaking, and refer to everyone else as “assholes.” it truly spins it in your direction.
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As an asshole, I appreciate you providing me ideas to soften my delivery. All right, sucker, only assholes charge royalties.
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