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“Try Again”: 59 Of The Most Brutally Clever Comebacks We Can All Take Notes From (New Pics)
Many people get away with dropping ill-advised comments on the internet. But from time to time, you will have one person who humbles them with the perfect clapback that isn’t easy to forget, let alone recover from.
The following screenshots show what that perfect response looks like. It doesn’t have to be downright insulting, but just enough to deliver a burn sick enough to require some ointment.
If delivering the perfect response is something you want to work on, perhaps you can learn a thing or two by scrolling through this list.
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Receiving negative comments is inevitable for anyone who has gained recognition online. And while taking them personally may be a knee-jerk reaction, you can also look at them as a positive.
PenFed Credit Union Chief Marketing Officer Gaurav Bhatia even went as far as saying that criticisms should be perceived as a gift.
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Oerff On Tour 20 hours ago
Quite often they thank my Mexican gardener. I still don't know what Jesus has to do with surgery, all I care about is the length of my grass.
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Shark Lady 23 hours ago
The only voices that are recorded are those in the cockpit. Most of VRs that have been shown on the air crash shows have not had the pilots praying, they are usually desperately trying to save the plane, right up to the very last second.
NapQueen 1 day ago
Nothing wrong with having a bit of faith, as long as you don't shove it down everybody else's throat.
joann fielding 21 hours ago
Yep, NapQueen. My dad used to say, "I don't believe what you believe, but I believe in your right to believe it."
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UnclePanda 23 hours ago
It's the flipside that's always amused me - why is it always, "Thank the Lord for saving us from that tornado," but never, "Thanks a lot, Lord, for sending that tornado."
Nicole Weymann 22 hours ago (edited)
Like that family who came back after a fire had destroyed their house. Going through the wreckage they found a halfway intact nightstand with a bible without any trace of burning and "praised the Lord for that miracle". Dude - that's a bit like saying "thank you so much for this gift" to the burglar who left his visiting card!
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Trillian 1 day ago
I also cross my fingers when I want something to work out. That doesn't mean that I actually believe my crossed fingers will affect the outcome, but to relieve my anxiety and have something to so.
R Dennis 22 hours ago
Every day a certain obituary isn't in the headlines is proof prayers don't work.
Manos 9 hours ago
If you are praying for a bad thing to happen to someone you are not doing it right.
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Rali Meyer 1 day ago
like at a funeral: We gather here today, because your prayers didn't work
Eri J 8 hours ago
Uh, no. Do you have any idea how overcrowded the planet would be if God saved everyone from dying? People say we're overcrowded now. Imagine if no one on the planet ever died.
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Sean Hanton 20 hours ago (edited)
Each and every time, eh? I guess this is despite the fact that that there are recordings that prove otherwise.
Gordon 19 hours ago
NOW Sean, don't go mixing logic and proof into things - it throws things off....LOL
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TiNaBoNiNa 11 hours ago
Which God? God is a title. Different places have different gods. Even the Bible acknowledges that "there are many gods." (1Corinthians 8:5,6) The Trinity doctrine didn't enter the "Christian" religion until ~300 years after Jesus died. So, if you say Jesus is the Almighty God, you'd be mistaken. "But, John 1:1!" you say? Ah, but remember, the KJV was written before many of the manuscripts we have now were discovered. Also, the original language that book was witten in was Koine Greek, which did not have the definite article "a" like English does. If you look at the two K. Greek words for God and god, they are spelled differently. Even the KJV acknowledges who Christians should be worshipping. (Psalm 83:18)
JoeTheBro 7 hours ago
So like 1 Corinthians 8:5-6 says: For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as indeed there are many “gods” and many “lords”), 6 yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live. so idk where your logic comes from, also Jesus explicitly said “Baptize in the Name of the Father, the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, which is the trinity.
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Gordon 18 hours ago
"You know who I pray to? Joe Pesci. Two reasons: First of all, I think he's a good actor, okay? To me, that counts. Second, he looks like a guy who can get things done. Joe Pesci doesn't f**k around. In fact, Joe Pesci came through on a couple of things that God was having trouble with." - George Carlin
Virgil Blue 14 hours ago
I suspect that in those last desperate seconds you'll mostly hear "Oh shi." Maybe something along the line of a heartfelt "tell Anna Iove her." If there is time.
Space Invader 21 hours ago
Maybe if the pilots spent their time operating the plane instead of praying and hoping for miracles they wouldn't crash...
Tamra 21 hours ago
If "true and heartfelt" prayer worked then children wouldn't be shot while trying to learn how to spell, loved ones wouldn't die of cancer, and there'd be no wars or genocide. Seems to me if any god is listening to prayers, their favorite answer is "nah, too busy right now".
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As Bhatia tells Forbes, people who take the time to respond, regardless of their tone, typically care or are, at the very least, interested in what you have to say. Therefore, listening to their feedback is the least we could do.
But since this article is all about crafting the perfect comeback, let’s shift our focus to that. One way to deliver that ultimate clapback is to not think too much about what you’re going to say.
As comedy teacher and improv consultant Belina Raffy tells Mental Floss, “You’re taking yourself out of unfolding reality if you think too much.”
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WindySwede 1 day ago
Have you even read the bible Kevin? If you [harm] a lady, you pay to their father or husband. They were not equal, they were property..
Many of us strive for “perfection” when it comes to delivering the knockout punch of a response, and we tend to criticize ourselves too much. To silence that inner critic, experts advise against thinking and just shooting from the hip.
“In the heat of the battle, you just go for it,” freestyle rapper Lex Rush said in the same Mental Floss interview, noting how dropping rhymes on the mic is like a “stream of consciousness” where she has very little control over what she is saying.
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HangryHangryHippo 1 day ago
Letting that frontal lobe to fully mature sounds like a good thing too!
Quickness is also key to delivering the ultimate comeback. Sure, it’s not as imperative as it is when crafting a perfect response in real time, face-to-face. But as social media expert Scott Talan states, “speed is integral to wit.”
“If you’re trying to be witty and have that reputation, then speed will help you,” he said.
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Daisydaisy 1 day ago
"You pinecone"! Some people think of the most deliciously withering insults!
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cerinamroth 23 hours ago
Ooh, yes. My husband is only just starting to get this too. He agreed that of course a friend of our daughter's could come over after school in 20 minutes. He went back to work. I had to stop work, hoover, clean up and tidy (I'm working two jobs, day and night atm) and be there to answer the door, provide snacks, check they had their hats, scarves, gloves when they went out and that the friend had everything with her when she left after arranging a pick-up time with the mum. My husband would say it was not necessary to hoover and clean up but he's not the one that bears the social penalty for such things - it has been proven time and again that women bear the social penalty for an untidy/dirty home.
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Feathered Dinosaur 1 day ago
I don't know who or what Bad Bunny is and I'm too lazy to run to Google
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Rali Meyer 1 day ago
okay, 8 hours left. I suppose I can learn a new language on the way to work and back
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Earonn - 23 hours ago
That could have been said about the average German under Hitler, too. Nobody made excuses for them. And yes, if you ignore warnings from all over the world and don't work on the problem while it's small, solving it later might be painful. Americans also could support each other, or ask us for help.
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Rocket Surgeon 8 hours ago
So there were plenty of tables but they couldn't get a table? I'm so confused.
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Geoffrey Scott 23 hours ago (edited)
Keep up that line of thinking and your wish will be fulfilled. Once again, a benefit that has existed for 90 years is in trouble by those who refuse to fight and do not grasp the concept a 401k can be halved overnight, but Social Security even if reduced, would still be there. But then that would require effort to hold your elected Rep accountable to your expectations. BTW, at 30...Social Security Disability is more worth it than me at 63.
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Zephyr343 1 day ago
I got my wife a new XPS laptop for Christmas. It has a dedicated Copilot button where the right control key used to be. First thing I looked up was how to disable or remind it. Remember the bixby button that Samsung force fed down everyone's throats? Yeah, the Microsoft button should do the same and disappear
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Auntriarch 1 day ago
We've still got my great grandfather's lunchbox. It's only got a bit of coal dust in it now, but it used to carry his "snap" down the pit
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Fat Harry (Oi / You) 1 day ago
She's just holding out for a world-class university, like Hull.
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CD Mills 13 hours ago
I'm sure there are tons more snappy comebacks floating around the internet, more folks should start being funny and make more retorts and help the folks that gather them up. You can't necessarily fault the OP if their pool to draw from is so shallow.
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Ugh, do I have to? 7 hours ago
I got quite annoyed at my Chemistry classmates today since they wouldn't stop talking while the teacher was giving a lecture, so I finally told them that "I think this is a situation in which your brains are more applicable than your mouths."
CD Mills 13 hours ago
I'm sure there are tons more snappy comebacks floating around the internet, more folks should start being funny and make more retorts and help the folks that gather them up. You can't necessarily fault the OP if their pool to draw from is so shallow.
Load More Replies... Ugh, do I have to? 7 hours ago
I got quite annoyed at my Chemistry classmates today since they wouldn't stop talking while the teacher was giving a lecture, so I finally told them that "I think this is a situation in which your brains are more applicable than your mouths."
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