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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.

#2

Deutscher Patriotismus vs. American Patriotism

Deutscher Patriotismus vs. American Patriotism

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#3

"Educate Your Self"

"Educate Your Self"

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#4

That’s A Stupid Reason To Ban Transgender People

That’s A Stupid Reason To Ban Transgender People

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Anti Vaxxer Pretends To Be Educated

Anti Vaxxer Pretends To Be Educated

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Stephanie Did It
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And polio, measles, pneumonia, diptheria, influenza? Oh and that pesky Bubonic Plague. A healthy gut sure worked there.

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#6

Just Try Not Being Straight For Awhile

Just Try Not Being Straight For Awhile

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Lauren Caswell
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I remember this from a few weeks ago! After all, ii did say I wanted to, given its a brilliant comeback :D

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#8

This Comeback Belongs In The Hall Of Fame

This Comeback Belongs In The Hall Of Fame

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Jihana
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Seems like for some people the concept of consent is a pretty hard one to grasp...

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#9

In The Interests Of Public Safety

In The Interests Of Public Safety

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Bye Bye Trash!!

Bye Bye Trash!!

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Lauren Caswell
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He himself is both a boob and an ass. If he can find a like minded friend they'd make an interesting pair 😂

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#13

Honestly, You're Not Important Enough To Be Microchipped

Honestly, You're Not Important Enough To Be Microchipped

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Monday
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I ask again...why would they give us FREE microchips with our vaccinations? If they wanted to microchip us you'd better believe they're going to make us pay for it too.

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#14

"I Don’t Understand Marches"

"I Don’t Understand Marches"

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Monday
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How does Tomi still have a job? I feel like I could write a bloody book about the moronic things I've seen from her on this website alone...Did she just never learn how to think...or at the very least google...before she speaks/posts?

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KatHat
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This IS her job. Her job isn't to be correct, it's to stoke the outrage and misinformation machine. She keeps the right wing angry and hating the libs. That is her ENTIRE contribution to the world and they love her for it.

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Leo Domitrix
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Without marches, she'd be unable to even have a bank account of her own.

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Valley Girl
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I totally agreed with Tomi's first 5 words. She does NOT get the point- of anything

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Parmeisan
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I legitimately couldn't think of a bad word that started with "c" and ended with "p" and then I finally realized that they must consider "crap" to be a bad word. The censorship here is *really* getting out of hand.

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Ray Martin
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Who censored "crap". That s**t just makes me want to f*****g swear.

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Yort
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Where was Tomi’s “we don’t need to scream and march” tweet during all those Trump rallies and the Capitol insurrection?

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K Witmer
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

She really thinks she's a patriot but doesn't believe in peaceful protesting that's in the constitution as our right

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Deb Dedon
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And have a bank account and credit cards in her own name! Oh, my. And what if she wants to buy property? And don't get me started on her obtaining medical care without the consent of either parents or a hubby.

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tw 72
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

She is also the one who wanted to know the *exact* date the pandemic would be over so everyone could plan on that and get on with their lives. I can't even describe how stupid that is.

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Patricia Kasprowski
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A whole lot of us in the 60s marched for civil rights, women's rights, and a whole lot more. People today don't understand how things were in the 50s and early 60s. We made our voices heard and effected change people today take for granted.

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Justin Seagull
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The point IS to seek attention, to raise awareness to what they are fighting for, what is this Lahren lady arguing about actually?

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M Kate McCulloch
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I believe she was gifted that right by other women who marched, and some who died... so woman up and march beyotch...

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Karen Lyon
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

MIC DROP. That was a perfect comeback. (Lahren would be shocked to find that it was 89 years for the second item, and longer for the first, I'd bet.)

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Iara Ra
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

She works for Fox Nation and being blonde and a Trump supporter is enough to guarantee her a job there

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Leodavinci
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In answer to alexis isabel, it wasn't marches and protests, etc. as they aren't acts of legislation. Like the Civil War that ended slavery before sufferage, it was (mostly) white men... of various ages, but mostly older, who voted to give women the right to vote. They were after all, the only ones who could vote.

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Jon Allen
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2 years ago

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actually if you look back at the suffragette movement you will discover a lot of women didn't want the right to vote, mainly because of the responsibility that was supposed to go along with it, and if you look at the right to work there was a lot to that discussion, mainly having to do with whether or not there was access to sanitary and birth control materials,

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#15

Your Bigotry Is Showing

Your Bigotry Is Showing

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Toujin C'Thlu
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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#16

America, F**k Yeah!

America, F**k Yeah!

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Foxxy (The Original)
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's sad that someone let alone a child needs to do this. This is a government and school funding issue.

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#17

Babies Are Not A Plaything

Babies Are Not A Plaything

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Scagsy
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Regardless of context, I think the reply was justified. As someone who can't have kids, I am sick to the back teeth of people asking me when and why we don't have kids. Mind your own business.

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#20

$10 To Clean The Bathroom?!

$10 To Clean The Bathroom?!

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Lauren Caswell
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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#21

Let's Blame Children's Knees For Making Men Uncomfortable

Let's Blame Children's Knees For Making Men Uncomfortable

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Lauren Caswell
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Do they not filter out the weirdos who apply to be teachers? Or are they just good at hiding it?

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#22

God Is A White Man

God Is A White Man

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Nikki Sevven
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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?

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#23

America Was Not Started By Protestors!

America Was Not Started By Protestors!

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#24

Who Knows What They Put In "Food" Anyway?

Who Knows What They Put In "Food" Anyway?

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Lauren Caswell
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I heard he apparently was breathing air in those two weeks, so hold ur breath and I'll get back to u asap....

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#26

Jeepers Creepers

Jeepers Creepers

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Lauren Caswell
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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)

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#27

There's No Vaccination For That

There's No Vaccination For That

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#29

Gas Pump (Doesn't) Go Brrrrr

Gas Pump (Doesn't) Go Brrrrr

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Perry Sologia
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When I was a kid working at a gas station, if the power failed, you cranked it by hand. Lot of years ago, mind

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“We Follow Biblical Rules”

“We Follow Biblical Rules”

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The word “homosexual” wasn’t added into the Bible until 1942. Can we not hide behind religion to excuse our homophobia, thank you.

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#37

Can't Say Much, Can We?

Can't Say Much, Can We?

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Complete Slam Dunk From This Dude

Complete Slam Dunk From This Dude

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