. By removing the subject (the person who actually did the thing), the speaker acknowledges that something went wrong without actually taking the blame. Linguists and political analysts often call this the "past exonerative"
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“I trusted the wrong person. I quit my job for no reason. I hurt a friend. Mistakes were made. But I’m learning.” mistakes were made vk
The caption is almost always a variation of the phrase. mistakes were made vk
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