You know the feeling. You get into an argument with someone, the two of you are going at each other back and forth, and they get you so riled up that you suddenly can't think of a good comeback until long after the fight is over.
There's actually a French term for this called l'esprit de l'escalier. It describes the feeling you get when you come up with the perfect reply after the fact.
We've all been there. It's devastating.
So let's take a moment and pay our respects to and celebrate the really good comebacks—the ultimate expressions of wit and cleverness. Taken from the appropriately titled subreddit r/MurderedByWords, here are some of the best ways people have ended their disagreements.
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A Very Important Point
Deutscher Patriotismus vs. American Patriotism
"Educate Your Self"
Say it louder for the ones in the back. Not that they listen to sense.
That’s A Stupid Reason To Ban Transgender People
What does being transgender have to do with trust. Makes no sense to me.
Anti Vaxxer Pretends To Be Educated
And polio, measles, pneumonia, diptheria, influenza? Oh and that pesky Bubonic Plague. A healthy gut sure worked there.
Just Try Not Being Straight For Awhile
I remember this from a few weeks ago! After all, ii did say I wanted to, given its a brilliant comeback :D
The Best Putdowns Come From The Truth
This Comeback Belongs In The Hall Of Fame
In The Interests Of Public Safety
I'd Expect No Less At Dollar General
Bye Bye Trash!!
He himself is both a boob and an ass. If he can find a like minded friend they'd make an interesting pair 😂
Waddaya Say, Then?
Honestly, You're Not Important Enough To Be Microchipped
"I Don’t Understand Marches"
Your Bigotry Is Showing
Stuff like this also shows how mentally stuck in the past conservatives are. They honestly think scenes like this will actually scare people as much it scares them.
America, F**k Yeah!
It's sad that someone let alone a child needs to do this. This is a government and school funding issue.
Babies Are Not A Plaything
Girls Have Ankles Too
$10 To Clean The Bathroom?!
7 out of ten dollars? Smh is that really what they think? I pay around 19-21% and get a lot of it back in tax credits. Do you think it's the 'ism' that makes ppl think socialism is communism? We could always try calling it socialocracy
The propaganda the media likes to show is everything socialism isn’t. Most Americans can’t accurately define socialism because we are so warped from a bias viewpoint of what it actually is. The same happens with corporations like Amazon who use the same tactics to prevent workers from unionizing
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Teach your child about socialism: He cleans the bathroom. He gets five bucks. His sibling cleans the bathroom. His sibling gets five bucks. Each child is "taxed" two of their five dollars, leading to four dollasr to spend on ice cream enjoyed by BOTH children. ----- how my mom explained it
"Socialism" has been used as a scare word in America for at least a century. And no, they don't know what it means. Plus for decades now one of the core right-wing tactics is to blame the left for everything they're doing. Voter fraud? Yeah, on the right. Child sex abuse? Yeah, on the right. Unfair business practices? Yeah, capitalism. It goes on. But they keep their people afraid and angry at phantoms while they gouge them and make their lives worse. Many right-wingers will literally and consciously make choices that make their own lives worse, as long as they can make "the libs" suffer along with them. It's not patriotic, it's not smart; it's just pathetic.
Well, I know, but dang, it's so bizarre to hear what most of my fellow citizens think.
Load More Replies... So many people don't seem to understand how socialism works. Especially in the US, they have been brainwashed into thinking socialism bad, capitalism good even though socialism has far more benefits for individuals and society.
I think you should start using the term social market economy, that's how it's called in Europe and it combines the best of capitalism and socialism. To me as a German the term Socialism always sounds wrong cause it was the System of the DDR and you don't want to have a system with complete state directed economy. We need free markets and a good social system combined.
Load More Replies... How about get paid £10, give £2 of it back to mum, who then spends that £2 on all the schooling, public services, armed forces and healthcare that you need for a functioning society, with about 20p of that going to your sibling who can't work to ensure they don't become homeless/starve/both.
Ironically, America's most socialist policies (such as social security) are the most popular. It's too bad no Republicans know anything about socialism. For a fun experiment, Google happiest countries, safest countries, and healthiest countries. Socialist countries will be in the top 10 for all three ... America will be like 39th.
I really don't understand why people in the USA think we Europeans pay so much tax. My salary is £38,000, (approx $53,000) my income tax and national insurance payments are £8500, ($11,800) that is 22% of my income. The tax a US citizen pays on a similar income would be about $7400. Which may seem like a lot less, but that extra $4400 is still considerably less than the average US citizen spends on health care each year, which is around $12,000. Last year my healthcare costs came to £0.00 and I expect it to be the same next year, and the year after that. That actually makes our higher tax rates look like a bit of a bargain to me.
Yeah I have always paid around 20% in several European countries. And what did I get? Free lunches through school, free University up to Masters, free health care including surgeries, medicine etc, excellent public transportation, safe environment without guns, a great work-life balance, 5-6 weeks of paid holiday per year, unemployment benefits if life kicks me, 3 years of maternity leave, automatic pension even if I don't save up... I could go on :).
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From observation over a period of several decades, people with such simplistic views of how taxes work, do not pay taxes.
And with those 7$ provide them with health care, education, clean water, infrastructure such as public transit , roads, electricity and sewers. Provide supports for housing and food when needed. Oh and daycare too. Their 3$ will then be what they need.
Also if you follow the example of europe at worst he would be taken 5€ not 7. A normal perosn pays between 21 and 35%.
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If you've ever chipped in to get a pizza and a 12 pack with some of your friends, you're a socialist.
People need to take government classes--anything supplied by a government is socialism. If you don't want a police force, public roads or public schools, by all means, complain about socialism.
This absolutely is capitalism. In fact it’s neo feudalism because your taxes make rich people richer and you have no social services.
Scandinavia, Switzerland, Australia, Canada... all "socialist" countries.
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If the kid that got the 7 dollars bought the cleaning supplies and provided the work, then it would be capitalism.
A better representation would be “give them ten dollars and then take two away so they can have dinner and clothes”
Does the non working sibling have on say a mental or physical illness that makes it impossible to work? Maybe they lost their SO so they have to raise their kids alone and need the assistance to be able to feed them?
Neither is good. There's just no perfect answer. However, in capitalism, you can work harder to make a better life for yourself. In socialism, if you work harder, you still earn just as much as those who barely put effort into their jobs.
capitalism would be though if the parent would take the 7 dollars and asked the kids for rent.
No, the boss is the person paying the 10 dollars. The sibling isn't the boss. The sibling is the one getting 7 of the 10 dollars. The capitalism part is the getting money for performing labor. The socialism part is being forced to share the proceeds with someone unrelated to the labor being performed. How is this a hilarious comeback?
Only because in usa you call "socialism" to comunism. While most countries use socialism to refer to social democracies. Which are the countries with the highest standards of living.
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We aren't all bosses because we don't all have rich daddies that can buy our way into whatever company we want so that we can delegate all of our work to our assistant, who in turn splits the work between our employees, and then take home a fat paycheck while blowing up social media with how hard work changes lives.
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Let's Blame Children's Knees For Making Men Uncomfortable
Do they not filter out the weirdos who apply to be teachers? Or are they just good at hiding it?
God Is A White Man
Funny, I've read the Bible many times, and have yet to come across the chapter and verse where God mandates that white men be in the majority. Anyone?
America Was Not Started By Protestors!
Who Knows What They Put In "Food" Anyway?
I heard he apparently was breathing air in those two weeks, so hold ur breath and I'll get back to u asap....
So Cold It Burns
Jeepers Creepers
This, right? Taking strangers pics is not very subtle! Especially this well framed, poor dude. Now I wonder about genders reversed: guy taking picture of young woman with such inference? Well if I find that creepy (which I do), then by all logic this is equally as creepy (which it is)
There's No Vaccination For That
What's sad is that her children have to suffer for her to be proven an idiot.
I'll Bet They Do, At Least The Senior Ncos
Gas Pump (Doesn't) Go Brrrrr
When I was a kid working at a gas station, if the power failed, you cranked it by hand. Lot of years ago, mind
Something About Bootstraps
Not Sure You Are Doing It Right
Exercise By Jumping Into Conclusion
“We Follow Biblical Rules”
The word “homosexual” wasn’t added into the Bible until 1942. Can we not hide behind religion to excuse our homophobia, thank you.
And This Is The Truth
That'll Show Them!
No Second Chances For Her!
Can't Say Much, Can We?
Why Even Publish This Story?
Nice Try
Complete Slam Dunk From This Dude
That Went Over Like A Lead Balloon
That’s A Lotta Damage
Inconvenient At Worst
Wait until they find the truth about the nation wide conspiracy you call Santa Claus
My Dad Hasn’t Paid Child Support In Years And Posted This. I Had To Respond
Murdered By Logic, As Well
When it's cold it's coz the big ball in the sky is angered! If we harass our enemies perhaps it shall return! I think we angered it with the panels! *sob*
Anti-Vax Logic
Please Stop Calling People You Disagree With That
Probably Not Even The Full 30 Minutes
Xena Slays Hercules! (Lucy Lawless vs. Kevin Sorbo)
Why Are People Still On The Side Of The Billionaires?
New Zealand’s Prime Minister Personally Replies To A Hater
Thank you! Lol I love Jacinda, she reacts as any other person, repeat that again person, would. Ppl pigeonhole her by gender can go shove themselves, as they bounce off her like water off a duck's back. Great role model for young women :)
Peon's Don't Deserve Dignity
Meanwhile Jeff Bezos makes $2,489 per second while his warehouse workers rely on food stamps.
Tinder Convo. Murdered By Two Letters. New Record? Likely Can't Ever Be Beaten
Twitter Used Guillotine! It’s A One Hit Ko!
He’s Definitely Not Making Into Smash Now
Amazing Observation
Anti-Masker vs. A Hedge
To be fair to the tweeter, in the UK (don't know about other countries) you do not have to wear a mask outside. Walking in the countryside less so. I've had a jogger almost fall into a ditch trying to avoid me on a country lane, and this was after I'd moved right to the side to allow him to pass. Some people just like extremes I guess.
They Have To, It's The Law
I’m gonna get downvoted into oblivion but i think that decriminalizing ALL drugs is a terrible idea.
I Use Capital Letters To Sound Smarter
The Difference Between Appropriation And Appreciation
When Did They Start Calling Us Doomers?
But antimaskers and antivaxxers don't believe in math or science because they flunked it in school.
Nike Tried To Disown The Shoes Funnily Enough
Pick Me, Pick Me!
Space Ned Flanders Responds To A Comment On A Post About A Plaque On The Moon.
Orbit??! But, but that implies spherical! Stop talking madness you crazy dude
I Used My Argument To Destroy My Argument
Omg!!! Not a bad idea at all! A logic test, of which they clearly lack!
Did Not Know That About The First Computer Virus
Brandy Is Not Having It
Why Is Tucker Carlson?
Wine Is Thicker Than Blood
Being in a bad place yourself is no excuse to hurt others, especially those who depend on you. If you're a parent falling into a toxic spiral, don't be afraid to get help for yourself & your kids before it's too late. Neither of you deserve to be in pain & there are people out there who want to help.
"In His Samarra Hometown, Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi Was Known As The Local Cleric. To The FBI, He's The Militant Leader Who Was An Iraqi Terrorist And Headed Isis."
Seriously, Read Or Be Read.
I Can't Make Titles
It's That Simple
Much Ado About Something
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Poor Washed-Up Has-Been Whining About Back In The Day
Bored Panda has enough material to make a whole post on Tomi Lahren's ramblings
Bored Panda has enough material to make a whole post on Tomi Lahren's ramblings
