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.
You can't spend your money twice, you know. When we just set aside $790 billion for the military, it's obvious we have to cut on some budgets. Yours sincerely, US government.
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In my country children have free school lunches. I really don't understand why America is even considered such a great country...
For the past 50 years they have been slowly becoming a third world country.
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Good on the kid, shame on the school/government that made his actions necessary.
Shame the corporations in the area for asking for tax cuts just for setting up in town. Blame the top earners who get Republicans elected so they don't have to pay the taxes that would feed those kids.
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What we should be doing here is being disgusted by the fact that they force children to go hungry
Another gem in the series of dystopic events re-packaged as feel-good-stories.
Short answer, a lot. There's a lot wrong with this country.
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only in america is this presented as heartwarming instead of horrifying.
This child now knows what he can achieve and the effort it takes. He also sees the huge rewards in doing for others. He is light years ahead of his peers and most adults.
This is not a feel-good story. This is a "we have no empathy or social consciousness so we make kids enter the labor force story".
No free school meals then? All kids in UK get free school meals to the age of 7, and continue to do so after that if their family is on benefits.
In Finland school lunch is free for everybody all the way through secondary education.
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This young man shamed this school, district, and state just by doing the decent thing. He showed generosity of spirit in the face of self-righteous cruelty.
i go to a kind of poor school and they have started giving out free lunch and breakfast
I remember asking a student (neighbours kid) how much he owes at school not too long back. He said "A curly wurly"
I see so many of these stories, especially in the US. And I always think: 'What does it say about the state of this country that this kind fo thing is even necessary??'
Since when did shaking a hand become "manual labor". Bravo for his efforts, but let's be real here people. $5 for s handshake to pay months of meals that the average person(prior to Covid) did on average 20 times a day. A simple handshake.
If the kid is this motivated this young, imagine what his future will be like. Sky's the limit, kiddo. You keep that ambition and compassion right there with it...
Bless his sweet heart. Would like to be around to see the amazing person he grows up to be.
Some You tube personality did a video on these kinds of stories (merketed as heartwarming but actually pointing to major social ills): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXpKvlFQxEs
I do not think we have free lunches in Australia, we didn't when I was growing up anyway. My issue with all of this is that while the child did an amazing thing, adults let him do what he did, why the hell can't a school cover its own bills, if that was his school and six others then it was a few hundred per school, that is ridiculous that that is not budgeted for.
Stories like this shows us that we have to look out for one another as we can’t depend or wait for our electives to do so
Amazing little guy, I tip my hat to him but yeah, why is this his problem?
What the f**k is a lunch debt? Can't you just stop supersizing every meal and give some to the students who need to eat in order to learn so that they can work serving no-longer-supersized meals to no-longer-supersized people? Or do you really think celebrating little Timmy's reaction to watching his friends go hungry is a great example of the beacon of freedom? Oh thank god a 7 year old came along and solved a problem all the f*****g adults were happy to continue ignoring.
Yay ! One more effort, Americans, and child labor and slavery will be back soon !
Alright, I'll probably get downvoted for this I am asking a legitimate question. There are so many ways to get free school lunch and they come in the beginning of school packets. If you're on food stamps, WIC, welfare or any government programs, below the poverty line or if the income, when divided among the family, comes to 10,000 or less per person. Is this a big city problem? I live in the rural South. When we couldn't afford lunch we just brought our own. Like I sincerely don't understand why affording school lunch is a problem. Are you forced to buy school lunch in other places? Is it more then the 2.15 it is here a day? I'm just trying to understand to understand the issue.
It’s very possible that children can’t just bring their own lunch. Unhappily, not all parents have the income to ensure the availability of peanut butter, bread, and apples. For some it’s an impossibility, for others it’s a lack of prioritization of the child’s needs. Whatever the reason, you can’t allow people go hungry. Making sure everyone gets fed is the absolute lowest criteria of a decent society.
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Assuming he's making them by hand and not with a machine it 100% is manual labor.
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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
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
