Redditors Share Everyday Compliments That Are Actually An Insult And Here Are 20 Of Them
Compliments have a way of uplifting one's mood, but here are some with hidden mockery.
Everyone—and I mean everyone—loves a good compliment. Just as you love to be complimented, you should also learn to compliment others.
Compliments have a way of uplifting one's mood. Something like "You look as beautiful as always" is enough to make someone grin from ear to ear.
However, some people have decided to hide mockery within compliments, making it important to listen carefully and understand what someone is saying to you in the form of a compliment. You can imagine dressing up as cute and smooth as you always do, and someone who sees you, who passes by almost every time, tells you, "Wow, you look good today."
Your default response might actually be to utter a thank you, but as you move and your mind processes the deeper meaning of that compliment, you might think, "So this person is trying to say that I look bad on other days." Well, what can you do but swallow the compliment and listen more carefully next time?
Sometimes, the compliment might not contain mockery, but sarcasm may be added to it, and if you don’t detect it, you’ll keep swallowing it every time. Anyway, a Redditor took to the r/AskReddit community to ask a question similar to this, and the Redditors wasted no time in providing their replies.
And the question has landed...
u/assoudaThe post has more than 5K upvotes along with 3.4K comments. Here are some of the most upvoted comments made by Redditors:
1. Oops! That one hits so hard.
u/optionsgirl702. It's the second reply for me, always.
u/939388383883
3. So you're trying to say that I look dumber?
u/Tubaplayer1959
4. Lol... Master of all trades... Or wisdom.
u/Poorly-Drawn-Beagle
5. Yeah, thank you, but no thanks.
u/napluvr17
6. Whatever it says is what it is.
u/colbyrosenkrantz
7. The respect and leadership you've shown our team simply cannot be overstated...
u/Hysterical_Realist
8. In other words, the place was dirtier or less neat...
u/Wrenby
9. Yup! I look too good for my age.
u/Affectionate-Feed538
10. This means that if I see you first, I hide so you don't see me. That way, you won't see me later...
u/PilotG2-07
11. Yay, Mom! Dad! My performance was on top of the bell curve!
u/ceenyc
12. I will just look you straight in the face with no smile on my face.
u/Inevitable_Chicken70
13. Yeah, right... Shove it down your throat.
u/mandayla
14. The "little man syndrome" got me howling, but I know I shouldn't.
u/BranwenTheRiveter
15. I couldn't pull off being your size like you can.
u/_kipa_
16. Lol... It's the last comment for me.
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17. Uhm... Okay.
u/Infinite_Outside_40
18. We are all allowed to be tired, aren't we?
u/Kylogumi
19. Well, good for you too!
u/WorkingContext
20. I'd deeply meditate on these words because they're profound.
u/The420Wizard
21. What the actual f...
u/mech_eng98
22. I don't have to wear makeup all the time, duh...
u/MrsSamtaro
Most of these compliments I never really knew were actually insults, and some I have actually used to compliment people without any ulterior motive in mind, but I guess we learn every day. Which of these compliments have you been using without knowing they were insults?
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