People Share Insults That Sound Like Compliments And Here Are 30 Of The Most Savage Ones

I was rude to a telemarketer once- she told me to have a better day. Ever since then, I've tried to be more polite because their job must truly suck.

You catch more flies with honey than vinegar!

The expression “Karen” is a slur. Please use different language to communicate that thought.

And this is why I'm not allowed to work in retail.

Neat but not gaudy

I'll say "you're really special, aren't you?" One awful coworker always thought I was sincere and it was a bit funny when she went, "hey, I'm beginning to think that's not a compliment."

My favorite expression for jerks is.....You're A kind person, the kind that falls from a cows a*s!

yes, bless your heart!! no one knows up here (nh) what that really means : )

I've read that!

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I'm old enough to remember when Colin Powell was considering running for president. This was a man with massive military experience and became the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and went on to become Secretary of State. Had huge political weight for most o the 80s and 90s and was a major player in DC. And when the idea was floated so many white people were like, "he speaks so well." Like....this is one of the most brilliant political and military minds of our generation and 'speaks so well' is what you're going to say about him??? It became a very well known joke for a lot of comedians.

This was actually said to me by a person that I thought was cool. NEVER spoke to her again and that was 20yrs. ago.

Im white and i get this. I think because i enunciate

Its like they expect me to click my tongue to communicate

TBH, 'you speak so well' and 'you are so eloquent'- I think context is important. If you are expecting to be talked down to, it will all sound as if you are being talked down to. It could very easily be a compliment- a genuine one that cares nothing for what race you belong to.

That saying has always been a joke and always will be. There's nothing hidden. Yes, the implication is that "you bail before they see you," but that's the joke. Very open and intended as a joke.

Depends on wether you annunciate the "I" or the "see"

It's a joke, of course, but yes, it means "if I see you first, I'll make sure that you won't see me".

Oof… I might start using this! 😃

Yeah, my DH used to say that to me all the time when we were in our teens. He was such a smart-mouth. Eventually he got over it, and we've been married 50 years.

I would 100% took it as a compliment. If you didn't intend it as one - it's your problem.

Amy Shumer has a joke about how her goal is to put out a picture of herself in a bathing suit and not be called 'brave' for doing so.

I take it as compliment, no matter what you mean.

I like it!😁

Years ago I worked in Public Relations at a large university. We were always required to be well dressed, which was not easy on the measly salary we were paid, but luckily for me, I was able to sew my own clothes. Once a year, all our major donors plus spouses, as well as various VIP's, would descend on us for a week of ceremonies and extravaganzas, which meant that we had to look extra special. One year, I didn't have time to make a matching jacket for a dress i had just made, so I teamed it up with a jacket i had made several years previously. So I'm standing at the opening ceremony receiving our guests, all of them dressed to the nines in their impressively expensive haute couture whatevers, and the wife of one of our donors says to me, all syrupy sweetness dripping with arsenic: "That's a lovely jacket, dear. I remember thinking what a lovely jacket it was when you wore it here for the same ceremony four years ago..."

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I love him. I haven't seen that in years but i remember that line.

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This is my favorite!!