Maybe "weasel word" wasn't the best term, what I meant is that "kind of", "probably" are words they used to deflate the emphasis of their sentence in order to make it seem less gross. This is a technique to make the meaning seem less harsh/disgusting/shocking and easier to agree with -- and you can bet they know it and use it purposefully, the whole article is written by salespeople about other salespeople and is precisely about techniques like this (see how they describe the tactical use of "fair enough", "I'm not trying to [...]", etc).
But it is gross because we can see past all of this, and the meaning of the sentence remains pretty bad.
> Maybe you’re some angel who has never wanted to do anything wrong
I've never wanted to rob or scam people, no. I'm not in the minority either.
> I've never wanted to rob or scam people, no. I'm not in the minority either.
Ok, well then I think you're lying. I don't think you're just misremembering or anything, I actively think you are being dishonest if you are genuinely saying that you've never even once wanted to steal something, if only for a moment. I'm not accusing you of actually stealing anything, but if you're claiming that you've never even once thought "it would be cool to take that thing that that person has so I could have it", then I just think you're not telling the truth.
Frankly this sanctimonious holier-than-thou pretending-to-be-offended stuff is really tiring; you decided to make a comment saying "gross" purely so you could act judgemental for something that, fundamentally, you know really wasn't that bad.
EDIT:
Sorry, for some reason I misremembered, I thought you wrote the original "gross" comment.
But it is gross because we can see past all of this, and the meaning of the sentence remains pretty bad.
> Maybe you’re some angel who has never wanted to do anything wrong
I've never wanted to rob or scam people, no. I'm not in the minority either.