"Well, with that mind of statistics, I uttered to him how I didn't give a shit "because according to statistics, there is a chance you aren't going to be around too long anyway."  Oh, my, what a learning experience and mistake that was because he then started shouting how I had just threatened to kill him.   Luckily, too much else was going on for this comment to make things worse that day."

It's rare when it might actually make sense to be patronizing (or even dismissive) rather than escalating.  That may have been one of those moments.