In ancient times, almost every battle began with a verbal confrontation - two representatives of each army gathered in the field between the armies prepared for battle, and began to shower each other with insults, and the wittier each remark was, the more inspired the warriors would be for the upcoming battle. So it was in the ancient world, so it was in the early Middle Ages, so it was in the days of knights and samurai.
Now, unfortunately, this noble art is almost forgotten, and the battles have gradually moved to the internet. And still, the ability to completely demolish any opponent with just one witty phrase, to make them choke on a retort, remains no less valuable - even if it no longer brings victory on the battlefield.
There's an entire community on Reddit called r/Comebacks dedicated to the most unexpected, impactful, and incredible comebacks ever said, written, or typed. As of today, there are 14.8K members in the community, and hundreds of genuine combo-breaking masterpieces of wit.
Bored Panda has compiled for you this brilliant selection of the most popular and delightful pearls that are likely to have you in stitches. So sit back, make sure you're not chewing or drinking anything right now - and start scrolling this list! Have fun or die laughing!
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My Grandpa and Grandma had two daughters and they all lived in the same end terrace house. There wasn't much space and there were frequent loud and shouty arguments. My Grandpa used to switch his hearing aids off and swore that losing his hearing was the best thing he could have hoped for from WWII.
My sister will remove her cochlear and say "I'm done talking to you right now"
I’m sorry but I do not understand this meme or even know where it comes from and it upsets me every time cause I’m just like “huh”
same as the cat! It's just two ladies yelling at a cat. (I googled it and apparently the girls are from an episode of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, no idea where the cat came from ngl)
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Most of my apartment neighbors are severely hard of hearing, which results in some excessively loud conversations. Now I'm going to ruminate on whether I'm worth batteries.
I get mine free (good job as they last 2-3 days) but realised Americans not only have to pay for their hearing aids (mine cost the NHS £6000- I'm fully deaf in one ear so this is just for my other ear and I'm profoundly deaf in that one so it's strong model- some people need 2!) but the batteries too! They cost around $10 a pack of 10 apparently so I can see why some people may run out, not only may you forget to have some on you, but may not be able to afford them!
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Yes!!!!! The number of times I’ve said this as a joke. Deaf girl problems 😂😂
the first nine was pretty good and this template is my favorite but this was disappointment
My best one ever was when I was shopping at Freddy's and a little old lady walked past me, wearing her mask (I don't ever), and she wagged her finger at me and said "you should be wearing a mask", and I said back "And I should be wearing underwear, but here we are!!" hehe
"Thanks, as we're on the topic of unwanted medical advice, you should probably get tested for hypertension with all that salt in your diet." Can be a good comeback.
I was standing near the front of a looonnnggg line at the DMV today. Someone came to the front and asked "Where's the end of the line?" And the guy behind me pointed back and said "It's at the other end of God's Green Earth." LOL!
I was standing near the front of a looonnnggg line at the DMV today. Someone came to the front and asked "Where's the end of the line?" And the guy behind me pointed back and said "It's at the other end of God's Green Earth." LOL!
