Man, same thing happened to me when I swapped my old German surplus blanket for a modern one. The weight difference was insane, but the new one keeps me just as warm somehow.

Thing is, a forced apology can backfire just as bad. People read that stuff and smell the PR from a mile away. It makes you look even more fake than before. Like, he had a chance to say something real and he blew it with a script. That might actually make people angrier than if he'd said nothing. Silence lets people imagine their own worst version of him. An insincere apology just confirms that version is true.

Four hours? That's amateur hour, barely a speed bump on the road to true home ownership hell.