Among everybody here, you have the most potential to learn something.
Give me some good ones
Submitted 1 day ago by ickplant@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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klay1@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 10 hours ago
You can’t be underestimated
nirodhaavidya@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
Every moment I spend with you is better than the next.
nailingjello@piefed.zip 20 hours ago
Bravo, that one took the most thought to figure out it was backhanded.
v3r4@lemmy.org 23 hours ago
Really got me till the third thought xd
squaresinger@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
I don’t have one in English, but I have some in German for those who understand.
My Granddad had a female coworker that was higher in rank than him. He would always greet her with “Meine Allerwerteste”. It’s a word play because “Meine Werteste” is equivalent to a very formal version of “my dear”. “Aller” is a superlative form, so basically “My very dearest”. But “Mein Allerwertester” (so the male form of what he used) means “my ass”.
The other one is to use terminology like “Er versucht immer sein Bestes zu geben” (“He always tries to give his best”). In Austria, you are legally allowed to ask for a work testimony from your employer when you are looking for a new job. There is some legislation that prohibits negative speech in these work testimonies so that your employer cannot make you look bad in front of your potential new employer (which makes the whole concept pretty useless, but it is what it is). So to get around that, employers adopted a kind of “secret” code where e.g. “tries to” means “fails to”. So you can use the same kind of terminology to deliver something that sounds like a compliment, but for everyone in the know (which is most people by now) it’s clear that you deeply offended the person you are talking about.
officermike@lemmy.world 1 day ago
pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Was that actually in the show? I don’t remember that one.
Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 5 hours ago
I swear I remember pausing it to go “did he really just say that?!” But rewatching the pictured scene in S2E19 he’s speaking with Aang who would not be a worthy recipient of such a burn, and he doesn’t say such a thing to Zuko in that episode
tias@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day ago
Don’t think so. It’s a Nigerian expression.
Digit@lemmy.wtf 7 hours ago
Faster than wisdom. Ha! Gotta remember that.
Objection@lemmy.ml 19 hours ago
Colbert at Bush’s correspondence dinner:
The greatest thing about about this man is that he’s steady, you know where he stands. He believes the same thing on Wednesday that he did on Monday… no matter what happened on Tuesday.
dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
A burn so severe, so long-lasting, that he no longer has to pay to heat his home.
Birch@sh.itjust.works 16 hours ago
You cured my impostor syndrome, thank you.
Diddlydee@feddit.uk 1 day ago
Shakespeare had a banger.
“I was going to challenge you to a battle of wits but I see you are unarmed.”
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 1 day ago
“I could agree with you, but then we’d both be wrong.”
A former co-worker got me with this one many years ago. I laughed out loud. I’ve never forgotten it.
CentipedeFarrier@piefed.social 1 day ago
Got in a literal fistfight in middle school using that first one. Pretty sure they didn’t understand it, and lashed out from ignorance.
Redfox8@mander.xyz 4 hours ago
You’re so vain, I bet you think this meme is about you.
Cattail@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
What you lack in evidence or convincing argument, you make up with conviction.
zebidiah@lemmy.ca 10 hours ago
Wisdom has been chasing you, but you are faster!!
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 1 day ago
You’re really at the top of the bell curve!
runner_g@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
Your intelligence is at least on the top 95% of people.
Jankatarch@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
This took actually long to kick LMAO
QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 1 day ago
It sounds like you’re calling them intelligent when you’re really saying they’re nothing special.
luciferofastora@feddit.org 15 hours ago
Most people like to feel like they’re better than most. Mediocrity is an insult to them.
Blessed are the simpletons that never realise or just don’t give a fuck.
Digit@lemmy.wtf 8 hours ago
Yes
FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world 1 day ago
You represent the 5th percentile really well!
PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 10 hours ago
Many of these rely on big words, or are actually pretty obviously insults even if you don’t understand.
The real gems are the ones that read like simple english compliments, unless you spend actual effort looking for the insult.
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 1 hour ago
Bless your heart
Sprinks@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
Well aren’t you a smart cookie!
Imhotep@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Both answers to @PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca seem to imply there’s a hidden insult in their comment, but I can’t find it. I’m the dumb cookie and I don’t like that
Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 hours ago
I can’t imagine a better day than one spent after your company.
crapwittyname@feddit.uk 7 hours ago
I would agree with you, but then we’d both be wrong.
Romer@reddthat.com 1 day ago
You are a testament to the quality of the educational system.
borokov@lemmy.world 1 day ago
You are hard to underestimate.
treesquid@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Your ratio of words to significance is extremely high
Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 1 day ago
Almost every British insult is like this.
- I admire your courage in wearing that!
- Your personality is unique.
- I’m impressed by your unconventional approach to social intercourse.
- Your hair is magnificent, does it grow everywhere like that?
- You have such a tremendous, characterful appearance. Ever thought about a career in radio?
- You’re very special.
ThePyroPython@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Best one is to respond to something they say with “Oh that’s quite interesting” in the flatest tone possible, then move the conversation on to a different topic or exit.
Works particularly well on Americans because in American English “quite” is an amplifier modifier but their brain will be confused by the flat (not sarcastic) tone.
HurricaneLiz@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Those are cold 😂
vga@sopuli.xyz 13 hours ago
lemmy.ml might be a good instance for you.
nailingjello@piefed.zip 1 day ago
Not directly related, but I’ve always likes the comeback
I’ve been called worse by better people
TheDoozer@lemmy.world 1 day ago
“My days of not taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle.”
-Malcom Reynolds, CAPT.
Big_Boss_77@lemmynsfw.com 10 hours ago
I call her Viera…
SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 1 day ago
This one’s not so brainy, but considering the character it was addressed to it was enough - that being one of my favorite lines from the show Firefly: “Well, my days of not taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle.”
Snazz@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
I must have used up all my luck before meeting you
RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 1 day ago
These kinds of insults just make people sound like redditors.
SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 1 day ago
What are the odds that a significant portion of Lemmy/Piefed users weren’t at one time exactly that? I figure that number’s gotta be pretty low.
thethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 hours ago
I am probably one of few lemmings who have never had a reddit account
RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 1 day ago
Yeah, but you can be a redditor without being a redditor (derogatory).
billwashere@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
I see you are not hindered by the restrictions of logic.
SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
My the rest of your day be as nice as you are.
QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
i like “have the day you voted for!”
YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 6 hours ago
Just happy in I did!
You give me credit, and I’ll give all the shit!
vaionko@sopuli.xyz 1 hour ago
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