Give me some good ones
Submitted 2 days ago by ickplant@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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officermike@lemmy.world 2 days ago
pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Was that actually in the show? I don’t remember that one.
tias@discuss.tchncs.de 2 days ago
Don’t think so. It’s a Nigerian expression.
Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 1 day 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
Digit@lemmy.wtf 1 day ago
Faster than wisdom. Ha! Gotta remember that.
Diddlydee@feddit.uk 2 days 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 2 days 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 2 days 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.
drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
A duel with fists is still a duel
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 2 days ago
You’re really at the top of the bell curve!
runner_g@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 days ago
Your intelligence is at least on the top 95% of people.
Jankatarch@lemmy.world 1 day ago
This took actually long to kick LMAO
QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 2 days ago
It sounds like you’re calling them intelligent when you’re really saying they’re nothing special.
luciferofastora@feddit.org 1 day 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 1 day ago
Yes
FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world 2 days ago
You represent the 5th percentile really well!
klay1@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Among everybody here, you have the most potential to learn something.
drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
I’ve been told that a few times…
Objection@lemmy.ml 1 day 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 1 day ago
A burn so severe, so long-lasting, that he no longer has to pay to heat his home.
vaionko@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
Birch@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
You cured my impostor syndrome, thank you.
PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
You can’t be underestimated
borokov@lemmy.world 2 days ago
You are hard to underestimate.
Romer@reddthat.com 2 days ago
You are a testament to the quality of the educational system.
BrickEater@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
What in interesting use of free will
nailingjello@piefed.zip 2 days ago
Not directly related, but I’ve always likes the comeback
I’ve been called worse by better people
Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 2 days 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 2 days 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 2 days ago
Those are cold 😂
treesquid@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Your ratio of words to significance is extremely high
PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 1 day 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 day ago
Bless your heart
Rcklsabndn@sh.itjust.works 16 hours ago
During my short tenure in the American South I thought women of all ages were in to me because they’d often say, ‘Bless your heart!’ and call me ‘Honey’.
Turns out I should have kept my head down. Don’t be fooled by Southern Hospitality.
Sprinks@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Well aren’t you a smart cookie!
Imhotep@lemmy.world 1 day 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
SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 2 days 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.”
RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 2 days ago
These kinds of insults just make people sound like redditors.
SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 2 days 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.
RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 2 days ago
Yeah, but you can be a redditor without being a redditor (derogatory).
thethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
I am probably one of few lemmings who have never had a reddit account
Rcklsabndn@sh.itjust.works 16 hours ago
I wouldn’t come here if it weren’t for self satisfied know it all’s balanced by insecure smarty-pants’.
With a sprinkling of whatever grammar-Nazi wants to correct my comments.
I generally try to hang out with people smarter/more experienced than I in the hopes some of it rubs off on me.
But, I’m also a pretentious twat, so there’s also that.
TheDoozer@lemmy.world 2 days ago
“My days of not taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle.”
-Malcom Reynolds, CAPT.
squaresinger@lemmy.world 1 day 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.
SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
My the rest of your day be as nice as you are.
QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
i like “have the day you voted for!”
zebidiah@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Wisdom has been chasing you, but you are faster!!
Cattail@lemmy.world 1 day ago
What you lack in evidence or convincing argument, you make up with conviction.
drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
That’s the trick. End with the part that sounds nice
billwashere@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I see you are not hindered by the restrictions of logic.
rumetal@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I like how you live your true self even when it’s not appropriate.
wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I’m confused, should I keep stripping, or…
Opisek@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
Did I tell you to stop?
nailingjello@piefed.zip 1 day ago
Unironically I think this is the reason why I like one of my friends.
bastion@feddit.nl 1 day ago
yeah, seriously a great trait. …in some people.
QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
autism simulator
crapwittyname@feddit.uk 1 day ago
I would agree with you, but then we’d both be wrong.
vga@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
lemmy.ml might be a good instance for you.
Snazz@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I must have used up all my luck before meeting you
shalafi@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Gotta use a positive tone and smile:
“You’re no better than you ought to be!”
nirodhaavidya@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Every moment I spend with you is better than the next.
nailingjello@piefed.zip 1 day ago
Bravo, that one took the most thought to figure out it was backhanded.