The correct way to apologize for misgendering someone is to say "sorry," correct yourself, and continue with your sentence. The longer your apology, the worse it is. No exceptions.
a good comparison is that it's like buttonmashing through a piece of dialog you've heard a thousand times before. yes. yes. no. yes. i have the scepter of doom. no you're not a bad person for what you said. it's okay. yes. uh-huh. i don't hate you. yes. please stop talking
@HTHR My Personal Journey to Wokeness, a 48 Part Personal Essay Series Written By Anxious Cishetwhiteman, with a new introduction and foreward written by John Green and Lena Dunham.
wait whats that about a doom scepter
@HTHR You're right. Though I guess I've panicked on the few times I've accidentally done it. Because I'm screaming "mother fucker I'm trans, I shouldn't be doing this kind of shit, what's wrong with me" at myself in my head with the volume of a thousand airplanes taking off.
intentional misgendering
@SusanThatBitch absolutely. a short apology means "i have made a mistake and now i will fix it." a long apology means "it's more important that you know i'm trying than that i actually fix my mistake"
@SusanThatBitch also i'm gonna fight your ex
I've been misgendered thousands of times. I've heard every apology there is. Just fucking move on with your sentence, I don't need to hear your specific spin on how calling me "he" was part of your Personal Journey to Wokeness