There’s no backspace on things you say out loud. Type slower in real life.

Speech is published the moment it leaves you, with no draft stage and no quiet correction. A sentence you would have deleted after rereading goes straight into another person’s memory, where it keeps its original wording long after you have forgotten saying it. The gap between thinking and speaking is the only editor available.

Give yourself two seconds before the sharp reply, which is enough to change the sentence. When you are tired or angry, choose to say less rather than better. When something comes out wrong, go back quickly, since a fast correction is the closest thing to an undo.