You guessed? You must have been pretty sure, considering you could have killed me.

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This line forces you to notice when someone's certainty put you at real risk. It treats a lucky guess like a choice that carried consequences, not a harmless moment. Ask for the reason and make clear who decides about danger next time. Would you let the same confidence gamble with your safety again?

When to use it

  • At the morning stand-up after a hotfix took the site down, I said, 'You guessed? You must have been pretty sure, considering you could have killed me.'
  • When my partner cut across three lanes to shave off a minute, I hissed in the passenger seat, 'You guessed? You must have been pretty sure, considering you could have killed me.'
  • In the lab, after a classmate mixed reagents on a hunch and smoke rose from the beaker, I told them, 'You guessed? You must have been pretty sure, considering you could have killed me.'
  • After a teammate attempted a reckless tackle that left me on the ground, I looked up and said, 'You guessed? You must have been pretty sure, considering you could have killed me.'