alt Hacker NewsThis is 100% accurate. I've seen someone apologizing for being stepped on (accidentally, of course). It really does mean "we have, unfortunately and inadvertently, crossed paths and must now ward off the evil spirits by acknowledging this".
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benj111 • today at 10:31 AM
I think it's just acknowledging that the thing has happened, and you aren't pissed because you know it wasn't intended so they don't need to feel bad.
Of course this being Britain, the tone used could make this mean the opposite.
> I've seen someone apologizing for being stepped on
It is really rude to step underneath other people. Or to lay underneath other people. No wonder they appologized.