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Canadian poet William Chapman once said, “Words cut deeper than knives. A knife can be pulled out, words are embedded into our souls”. That rings true with every insult, and most of us can likely attest to that. Whether it’s bullying at school, uncalled-for remarks on the street, or other outbursts of people’s hostility, it’s nearly impossible to avoid it.
Some spiteful comments stick with the receiver for years, even decades after. This has been pointed out by Twitter’s community members, who have answered the user Zaza Man’s question: what’s an insult they’ll never forget. Their heart-wrenching answers show just how much damage a word can do; scroll down to find them and see for yourself.
In order to better understand the subtleties of how certain wording can affect a person and what drives someone to use insulting language, Bored Panda has reached out to the professor of rhetoric and linguistics at Soka University, James Williams, PhD. He was kind enough to answer a few of our questions; you will find the interview in the text below.
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#1
The Milk In Your Fridge 2 years ago
need to get some aloe vera for that sting!
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Mark Fuller 2 years ago
Wax pastels basically. Used by kids to draw. Kinda like chalk but a firmer, more plastic feel.
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Donald Berry 2 years ago
About a co-worker who has a knack for dispensing wrong answers-She's a minefield of information.
Professor of rhetoric and linguistics James Williams, PhD, explained how certain wording can influence a person: “Various studies have shown that positive thoughts and words have a powerful effect on the body, causing the brain to release endorphins and serotonin—hormones that reduce stress, relieve both physical and emotional pain, and produce a sense of well-being.
“Given that we are a highly social species, and given that living in groups, whether family-based or not, can result in difficulties and even conflict, there are incentives to use positive language when interacting with others,” he told Bored Panda.
“With good reason, many linguistic and psychological studies have explored the following question: If positive language results in positive thoughts and feelings, what are the effects of negative language? Various studies have found that negative language activates areas of the brain that are associated with mental distress and physical pain.”
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#2
Henry Russell 2 years ago
i dont understand this can you guys help me understand asking for a friend
Whomever1316 2 years ago
He’s saying the other guy’s family is very inbred. Unlike a tree that branches out with new members, this family only grows around itself.
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JammaCoast2Coast 2 years ago
A heckler at a baseball game yelled out, "Your family tree doesn't branch!". Funniest heckler ever.
#3
Pieter LeGrande 2 years ago
Yes, earning money that buys your clothes, pays your phone bills, puts food on the table for you to eat
Timbob 2 years ago
Do you know the story of Little Richard, the entertainer? He wore lipstick and makeup, and wore outlandish clothes. Someone asked him if his wife minded how he dressed. “I don’t know”, he said. “But she don’t mind how she eats “! Try that on your obviously ungrateful daughter.
Insults can have a long-lasting effect; it’s not just the moment you receive one that hurts. Quite a few examples on the list spoke about insults from years ago, which the receivers carry with them to this day. That reveals how deeply negative comments can ingrain into our brain.
Research reveals that hurtful words trigger sensations in our brain that can be compared to a “mini slap in the face”. By using electroencephalography (EEG) and skin conductance recordings, researchers determined that even under unnatural circumstances, such as a lab setting and no actual human interaction, insults have a strong negative effect on the receiver, which might not wear off even if repeated several times.
#4
Take me to dinner first 2 years ago
Leaving my grandma alone at supermarkets used to mean I would come back and she would have a new best friend who knew absolutely everything about my life
Jessica Seltenright 2 years ago
We always say my grandma never meets a stranger lol
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Monarch cat lady 2 years ago
I pulled into a PARKING SPACE and this older guy told me his life story about his nephew went to jail and getting out, and the old guys wife . All I did was get out of my car!
#5
Ranger Kanootsen 2 years ago
Who wouldn't want to look like a police sergeant in the Bahamas?? I WANT THAT SHIRT.
Natalie the bored otter 2 years ago
Words are extremely powerful even if it’s just a simple thing
The fact that repeating insults doesn’t make them any less painful doesn’t sound all that surprising. In a way, when repeated, they become bullying, which, sadly, a lot of people have gone through at some point in their lives.
To make matters worse, it often happens at school, around the age young minds soak everything up like a sponge. Statistics show that one in five students aged 12 to 18 have experienced it. And kids can be surprisingly cruel when it comes to concocting some of the most painful word combinations.
#6
Peter 2 years ago
That's what I thought. It's the man's job to make the woman look good. Whether she has experience or not he should be able to lead her if he's any good. (Substitute man/woman etc for leader/follower if not taking traditional roles)
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in our local language, Afrikaans, we call that dance yskas-skuif - which means shift the refrigerator. (yskas = ice chest, skuif = shift).
Pieter LeGrande 2 years ago
I sympathise. I married my wife in her home (non-English speaking country). A waltz was planned and practiced months in advance, but the band went off-script and played a polka. There was me and chief bridesmaid - she doing 1-2, 1-2,and me doing 1-2-3, 1-2-3. Complete disaster.
David 2 years ago (edited)
Very relatable. I can't dance for c**p. Had to do the father / daughter dance at her wedding. Faked it like a slow dance with holding her close and shuffling around while she and I talked. At least nobody was mean about it to my face but 'moving a fridge' might have been close to what they were thinking. Also - for Kim /OP - I hope it was just a dancing insult and not a fat joke.
Carole Reid 2 years ago
I am sorry, but that comparison is a riot. Most people can't seem to dance or grasp the rhythm of the music which is not hard to do if you let your inhibitions go a little.
LizzieBoredom 2 years ago
Bless your heart, you dance like you're at a Baptist Bar Mitzvah (an old southern expression I just made up).
#7
BeepBoop the Single Pringle 2 years ago
*not me over here who got made fun of in my middle school for having a big forehead having bad flashbacks*
Cyber Returns 2 years ago
If they wanted to be really savage, they could have added: If you shaved your head, no one would notice
Snorkeldorf 2 years ago
Co worker renewed driver's license during lunch. Everybody started talking about bad license pics. I commented that mine had turned out really good and I wished I could keep it forever. Passed license pics around and when one of the guys got to mine he said very sincerely "Wow....this IS a good pic. It doesn't even look like you."
#8
Louisa Johnson 2 years ago
While slavery is not comparable, I'm white so the comments I get from my mum is not at all comparable to your mum's comment, but my god they would get along our mums. Mine is awful for saying s****y things about my clothes, she does it to my sisters as well. Little comments like "oh wow that is such a lovely top, it's a shame you don't have the figure for it. It's been this way forever.
SkyBlueandBlack 2 years ago
I once got a cute pair of hiking boots, which prompted mom to ask if I was going to school or to the little house on the prairie. So I wore them every time I came back home for the weekend for months. XD
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Upstaged75 2 years ago
Back in the late 90's I had some of those chunky leather sandals that everyone wore. (Similar to this pic.) Any time I wore them she called me Jesus or referred to them as my "Jesus shoes". LOL! Thanks mom. shoes-643e...0b0ba0.jpg 
Old Roadie 2 years ago
My mom was stunning. (Think: Sophia Loren--Maureen O'Hara.) Curvaceous and graceful. She was also a tomboy that could climb higher, run faster, and swing a framing hammer without smudging her mascara or breaking a heel. Meantime, I'm over here with all the grace and skill of a 2x4 in a dress. 😂
Gwyndall 2 years ago (edited)
I had some black, square-toed loafers with a buckle on the side... my MIL asked if they were my "Wicked Witch of the West" shoes. I still wore them afterwards, but ffs.
Gwyndall 2 years ago
Similar to these, but smaller buckle shoes-643e...8a9d48.jpg 
Nonesuch 2 years ago
Working as a hospice I was caring for a terminally ill 13 year old girl. She was quite sick to her stomach and sitting on the toilet having diarrhea. I stood nearby to offer assistance. She was looking downward during this episode at my brown brogans. She said, "Those are the ugliest shoes I have ever seen." That evening when I got home I threw them away. They were quite old anyway.
Cougar Allen 2 years ago
This is the only picture I can find that shows her shoes. Well, part of her shoes.... Harriet_Tubman.jpg 
In an article for Psychology Today, clinical psychologist Barbara Greenberg pointed out that most people vividly remember their childhood bullies. She provided possible explanations for that, such as, for instance, the fact that the bullies confirmed certain negative aspects they were already aware of before. Or they might have destroyed the receiver’s safe zone or planted a seed of self-doubt.
#9
Al! 2 years ago
As a very fair woman myself, I just died laughing out loud. It's the shade right before Ivory!
Cafesinner 2 years ago
Ivory is always too dark for me so maybe I should try corpse!
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Iffydust 2 years ago
Why yes I am?! It my skine tone unfortunely but I prefer to call it snail grey.
BeepBoop the Single Pringle 2 years ago
damn here's another one that hits hard in my heart. I think I need to stop reading these 😅😅
Dawnieangel76 2 years ago
I took, am a very white girl. We had a fire drill the first summer I worked at my current job. Once we were all gathered out in the bright, sunny day, one coworker took off his hat & said "everyone chip in to buy Dawn a melatonin infusion" because I was blinding them.
#10
General Ratto 2 years ago
in video games, when you kill something, usually they drop loot. the joke is that they look like they would drop something bad (common loot) instead of something good (epic or legendary)
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Oliver Kettle 2 years ago
The joke is that they look so basic, that they would only drop low-level items like a pair of loafers instead of something good like a silver watch.
Load More Replies... Aleta Welch 2 years ago
This has got to be UK. We dont always speak the same language, even if it is English we both speak....this has no meaning to me. "Dropping common loot" reminds me of 'dropping a deuce ' which is taking a dump
Brocken Blue 2 years ago
It makes sense if you play video games, regardless of which side of the pond you’re on.
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#11
Take me to dinner first 2 years ago
It would be funnier if she kept looking back and forth between you and the pic
The Milk In Your Fridge 2 years ago
Double whammy! Who will win, will it be a constant battle of insults?
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Mathieu Brouwers 2 years ago
My daughter at 8 years old: Mama is this your wedding picture on the wall? Who is that man in the kitchen?
Pudgy Panda 2 years ago
A 20 something mover saw our (very old) wedding portrait on the top of a box. He looked at my husband and me and said “Dude, what happened?”
Blue_Mouse (read bio) 2 years ago
OK hear me out. Is it rude to call a girl beautiful while she’s wearing make up?
martymcmatrix 2 years ago
Do you mean this dried out scarecrow with her 60kg Bullmastiff, making any attempt of leaving without bleaching the bill obsolete?
Show thyself 2 years ago
Do they look like the 'spoonfamily' (Löffelfamilie) in Leipzig, Germany? It's an add - put up in 1973 - which you can light up and trigger movement by sending a message to a certain number :). http://www.loeffelfamilie.de/
Another article in Psychology Today, written by Dr. Nigel Barber, pointed out that hurtful remarks are often motivated by anger that stems from insecurity about a certain status. Since a lot of insults are reactive, they might be evoked by real slights from people around the bully, as well as imaginative ones that are perceived as threats to their position.
Dr. James Williams pointed out that insults can negatively affect both sides of the far-from-pleasant conversation. “What should be understood is that this consequence affects both the target of negative language and the speaker. The more intensely the person uses negative language, the more agitated and angry he or she becomes through a psychophysiological feedback loop,” he told Bored Panda.
#12
Ranger Kanootsen 2 years ago
See, this is the kind of statement that I say to people all the time. It's funny as f**k and not really offensive, just strange.
Aleta Welch 2 years ago
It's not funny or strange, it's condescending; it means they look poor..
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#13
Robert T 2 years ago
My mum wasn't too keen on being referred to as an old lady recently. She's in her 80's. I've not yet been referred to as an old man, but that day will come!
October 2 years ago
My grandpa allways said he'd deck anyone who'd offer him their seat on the bus.
Robert Trebor 2 years ago
I used to be the one offering. Now, as unsteady as I am, I accept.
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Ozymandias73 2 years ago
I was taking my g.son to school the other day. Out of the blue he asks "Grandpa, how old are you?" I reply "I'm 49 buddy." From the backseat I could hear his jaw hit the floorboard as he exclaims with pure OMG in his voice "WHAAAAAT!!!??" smh Didn't dare tell him I'll be 50 in 5 months. Sheesh. lol
Ranger Kanootsen 2 years ago
My nickname's Cowboy on account of my hat. WAY better than Old Lady, but it's still odd when kids ask for pictures😛
Barbara Baldwin 2 years ago
I can't remember the day I got married but I know down to the second when I was called an old lady for the first time
#14
Seamus Crumley 2 years ago
That's nothing. A long time ago, a girlfriend took me ( a young man) to meet her parents. Straight away they said to her, 'Darling why didn't you tell us you were a lesbian?'
Old Roadie 2 years ago
I would be tempted to kiss her mom... or dad. That'd shut 'em up.
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censorshipsucks 2 years ago
ow what a b***h. I'd have said "because she wanted to improve the poor genes I got from you when we have kids."
Ba-Na-Na 2 years ago
Wow. My mom & dad told my fiancé (now husband) to not marry me…I wasn’t good enough for him.
The Milk In Your Fridge 2 years ago
good thing that you married him! you do whatever the hell you want to 💜
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In Psychology Today, Dr. Nigel Barber also mentioned that a lot of hurtful rhetoric happens in the online world nowadays—it typically brings less consequences than it would in real life. According to Pew Research Center, as much as 25% of people have faced harassment online. It also pointed out that 75% of them experienced such troublesome situations over social media channels.
One of the reasons bitter internet users feel more at ease insulting others online is anonymity. Such keyboard warriors feel safe corresponding under their witty usernames, which shield them from consequences that might accompany harsh words said face to face.
#15
Take me to dinner first 2 years ago
In college??? You would think people would be more mature than that by then...
Jose Antonio 2 years ago (edited)
Now this seems like the funniest thing I'm going to read all day...so kudo's to you.
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RandomEpiBioPerson 2 years ago
First time I saw that joke was the movie White Chicks, and have only heard it a few times since. If you prepare for it, it is a good one.
Upstaged75 2 years ago
"If that joke was any older my grandma would be farting dust." A kid I went to school with said this ALL the time. I'm not even sure anyone got it, but he never gave up trying. :)
Jane Hower 2 years ago
And the only reason YOU are even here is that your mama didn't want to smear her lipstick!!!
Jane Alexander 2 years ago
I like Jellyroll Morton s line; "You ______, you old ______ -an yo mamma don't wear no drawers"
#17
Jp@nda 2 years ago
LMFAO 😂😂😂 aahhhh you couldn't even be mad at that, that s**t is hysterical... Have to protect Gotham.... I'm dead
Seamus Crumley 2 years ago
I am bald and and have a beard. I have been questioned a few times - Why is your head upside down?
The Milk In Your Fridge 2 years ago
“hold up let me just-“ *breaks neck so beard is on top* “that’s better…” /j
Load More Replies... PolymathNecromancer 2 years ago
I can't laugh at this because MICHAEL KEATON IS THE BEST BATMAN (with all due respect to Adam West, Batman Emeritus)
Dave In MD 2 years ago
What's really bad about this is that a student would mouth off like that to a teacher.
April Pickett 2 years ago
I don't know what to make of it, but I always see teeth before I see the batman logo.
aartdesigns 2 years ago
isn't that adorable. Two little boys trying to be a comedy team. How sweet.
“Some research has found that the anonymity that characterizes the internet automatically increases the aggressive linguistic behavior of participants,” professor of rhetoric and linguistics James Williams pointed out.
“The process is associated with what is called deindividuation—which is the breakdown of the social and inner constraints that inhibit anti-social behavior. Deindividuation exercises a powerful effect on the internet because even if users post their names on a given internet platform, the platform characteristics and the inability to link user names to known individuals increase anonymity and encourage aggressive behavior.”
#18
Seamus Crumley 2 years ago
A friend of mine was once insulted by this line - 'You have a body from Baywatch, but a face from crimewatch' Cruel, but believe it or not, she laughed.
#19
Upstaged75 2 years ago
I thought these are supposed to be funny?! That's just cruel and awful. What kind of adult says that to a kid? A worthless one I guess. :(
Louisa Johnson 2 years ago
She sounds like a b***h, I bet you were cute, your cute now. My mum called my daughter fat when she was 9, she was within the weight range for her age.
Take me to dinner first 2 years ago
Wait, your friend or her mother? Anyway, maybe she meant you were not very cute, you were SUPER CUTE
kitteh floof lover 2 years ago
as a kid, if someone told my mom i was cute, or pretty, in front of me, my mom would say, don't tell her that, she'll believe you. thanks mom
busymum 2 years ago
I was in a friend's house when I was around 10, a friend of her mums arrived and starred at me and said I was the ugliest child she's even seen. She was a horrible creature. I have insecurity issues, but my husband says I'm beautiful and we made beautiful children.
#20
Jessica Seltenright 2 years ago
To be fair, Rihanna has a huge forehead, so maybe this was a backhanded compliment
meow point1 2 years ago
I remember when I was twelve, I said (not meaning as an insult; just an observation) to my aunt: "You look like Deanna [Troi]. Sort of. If you curled your hair and had bigger eyes, you would."
X X 2 years ago (edited)
My mom works with kids as well - her boss is heavily overweight, we’ll call her Mrs Vera. She thinks she’s a Kardashian and dresses up super fancy, wearing high heels, etc and the clothes she wears are way too tight/revealing. One day Mrs Vera visited the classroom. At one point she was walking across the room when it was pretty quiet and a 5 year old girl student out of no where said: “Mrs Vera, YOUR BUTT LOOKS PREGNANT!!!” My mom loved it & the little girl really didn’t get in trouble bc Mrs Vera is very mean and treats everyone she oversees / the employees horribly.
Pew Research Center revealed that the vast majority (86%) of internet users agree that the online world enables people to stay more anonymous than they would be in real life. Moreover, 93% of them believe that the online environment encourages users to be more critical compared to how they would be offline.
“Most platforms allow for anonymous participation, which strips the normal social restrictions and guidelines that regulate and control personal interactions in the real world,” Dr. Williams told Bored Panda. “Instead of facing consequences for unacceptable language, those who use graphic and abusive language on internet platforms are rewarded with a ‘like’ and the resulting feel-good serotonin.
“These rewards trigger the same oxytocin and dopamine receptors as positive language even though the linguistic reward is essentially negative. The result is a feedback loop: to generate more ‘likes’, participants are motivated to use increasingly negative language.”
#21
Seamus Crumley 2 years ago
Well at least you don't have two left feet - You'd be wearing 'flop flops.
Rider 2 years ago
Wouldn't it be flip flips for 2 left and flop flops for 2 right. My brain hurts, I think I need to be stoned for this conversation.
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Chopchop sweets 2 years ago
Iykyk is an abbreviation for If You Know You Know
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Seamus Crumley 2 years ago
Bit of consternation about 'flip flips or flop flops' I think most might see the humour of either. It's just a funny use of words. Flop flops or Flip flips, you choose. To be honest I think a flop and a flip are the same shape anyway.
Phoenix(or nix)they/them 2 years ago
I SENT THIS TO MY MOM AND MY SISTER AND MY MOM DIDN'T LIKE IT 🤣 WE MAKE FUN OF HER LONG TOES AND CALL THEM TINGERS(TOE FINGERS) AND WE ALL THINK IT IS HILARIOUS 😂
Remy De La Mora 2 years ago
I once told a girl wearing flip flops she had "orangutoes" and that was about 30 years ago. I still feel bad about it but it was hilariously accurate.
Robert Larson, LPN, JD 2 years ago
I had to come back to this one because I just started to laugh thinking about it! Long toes!!!
#22
Quinn Nix 2 years ago
Terrible person. Why would an adult make fun of a middle-school student's stuttering, in front of the whole class?
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Merry Nethery 2 years ago
What an ugly person. Should not be and absolutely unfit to be a teacher.
Azolane 2 years ago
I had so many "attitude" problems in school because of this. I would never let teachers make fun of me or others and it landed me in the principal's office more than once. Especially that time I tore apart my art teacher's desk for saying to me "shut up fat cow", because I was telling a girl to stop bothering me. I wasn't even fat, I was a frail 13yo but I did have an explosive temper. I always hated with all my guts teachers who abuse their authority like that.
Teresa McGrath 2 years ago
Good for you, standing up for yourself!! Even if you were overweight, the teacher is a nasty person for saying that.
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ValdaDeDieu 2 years ago
That was cruel -- and unnecessary. Normalize dismissing cruel people in your past as a******s undeserving of your breath.
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Alicia M 2 years ago
I came back to work after having laryngitis. My voice was still not 100%. It sounded really scratchy, and was cracking. A lot of my work required being on the phone. As got done having a conversation with someone, and they said "Thank you very much, Sir." This was like 20 years ago and I still laugh about it. 😂
the shrimp whisperer 2 years ago (edited)
one time i was out with my mom and at the time i was identifying as male because i thought it might fit me better (it didnt. but nvm that lol) i was wearing no makeup, no binding, no packing, but the saleslady asked my mom if i wanted to use the mens changing room. ofc i was over the moon. then she said no and told her i was a girl. the saleslady was very apologetic and i was like "no no it's fine i'm flattered really" XD
Luna Crow 2 years ago
As an AFAB gender fluid, I absolutely LOVE when I get male pronouns from strangers. They usually get embarrassed and try to "correct" themselves, but I assure them that they did nothing wrong. A gender bending friend of mine calls this sensation "gender euphoria," and I think it fits
Load More Replies... Linda van A. 2 years ago
I've always been tall for a woman. One day my brother and I went into a store and the salesman said, good morning gentlemen.
Riley Quinn 2 years ago
I was entering the woman's toilet when a woman down the hall shouted to me, "that's the ladies room", so I thanked her and entered. She came flying in seconds later and began to repeat herself as I turned around inches away. She slowly backed out all flustered.
El Howard 2 years ago (edited)
Usually the voice would be a giveaway. My (22 year old) daughter likes to cosplay as male characters, she was worried about getting kicked out of the restroom at a convention, so I just told to speak up as she was entering and everybody would know she was female. She was dressed as Colonel Sanders of KFC fame, and her mom insulted her by telling her she looked just like her dad...
Critique expressed in the form of insults can greatly disturb the receiver even if the slights seem minor (known as microaggressions) or indirect. Research carried out by Dr. Brea Banks revealed that repeated insults—often presented as backhanded compliments or implications—negatively affect the receiver’s cognitive abilities.
#24
Seamus Crumley 2 years ago
These are not insults - It is disturbing. Serious parental failure.
Alexandra Davis 2 years ago
Wow. I'm disabled and have often asked my parents if they feel upset/ burdened etc by me needing more support that my sister as an adult (I'm very lucky they're amazing parents, moving house and area to buy a house that comes with a separate bungalow that I can I have so I live alone but them next door and they do so much for me) and they've always reassured me that they don't. (I also remind them it's their dodgy genetics that caused me to become disabled!). They would never ever say that to me, especially not to a 4 year old. What an awful thing to stick in your memory you're whole life, that's going to require a hell of a lot of therapy to overcome!
A Wild Bean 2 years ago
I'm glad your parents are supportive, and remember that even if you need a little more help, you're never a burden <3 (I'm still learning this, and I'm still learning how to ask for help when I need it, so you're not alone)
Load More Replies... Ranger Kanootsen 2 years ago
Children ALWAYS remember these types of comments. Just don't ever say them.
Merry Nethery 2 years ago
People should be psycholgically tested before being allowed to procreate. Kind of like getting tested for a drivers license and maybe even more important. They can do so much lasting harm.
Shannon Hawks 2 years ago
wow. if that ever came out of my mouth. i would crawl in a hole and die
#25
Ranger Kanootsen 2 years ago (edited)
I once sat down on a park bench and someone just dropped money on me and said "buy some food with it"... truly says something about how I dress
Jaya 2 years ago
A few weeks ago I went for a walk in the city at night after a party, and when I sat on the pavement for a minute to look for something in my bag, a guy asked me if I was homeless. I found that quite funny. Turns out he himself was homeless, and we stayed there chatting for half an hour, which was actually a more enjoyable conversation than I had at the party.
Luna Crow 2 years ago
There are definitely some cool and interesting people who wind up on the street, glad you both had an pleasant interaction
Load More Replies... robin aldrich 2 years ago
And yet when a fancy fashion designer comes out with a line of sloppy, baggy looking clothes... it's labeled as innovative and fresh!!!!
Freya the Wanderer 2 years ago
Brilliant comeback! When you laugh at yourself, nobody can laugh at you.
Celtic Pirate Queen 2 years ago
I totally dress like a bag lady (I do draw the line at wearing flannel jammie bottoms or slippers out), but I have a gorgeous house and an impressive library of hardbacks.
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TheElderNom 2 years ago (edited)
A coworker of mine actually carries a small foldable stool with him. We work on trains and the ladder to the drivers compartment starts at hip height on me, and I'm 170 cm. He's quite a bit shorter, probably no more than 155 cm tall.
Load More Replies... Ranger Kanootsen 2 years ago (edited)
...maybe since shrimps mate for life, the person was admiring your long-lasting relationship?? maybe?? probably not.
Fakus nameus 2 years ago
You should have told them your so fat you could be a pair of a******s
DC 2 years ago (edited)
For these cases, know some redeemable qualitis of all the animals whose reputation is abused to insult you. "Look at that hyena of a woman, blabla, ripping off men, blabla" - hyenas are more than caring parents, sound like having a great sense of humor (I know this is false, but still, here, it may work) and even care about siblings and their offspring well into adulthood. Why is their reputation so bad? Because they are scavengers? Who, in contrast to murderous predators, prevent everything from being full of rotten corpses? For the valuable service to nature? Vultures come to mind also ... they're a lot more crucial to a working ecosystem than the birds usually abused to represent strength and stuff like hawks and eagles. Anyway, shrimp (well, a kind of crayfish, but that's close enough for people who use animals' species as insults) can see more colours than we even have existing (or so), by having no less than 12 different receptoids on their eyes. They see shades we can't even know exist. They see through the smoke and the mirrors. They get reality a lot better than inferior species like, say, humans...
Psychology Spot suggested that another reason why people insult others is their belief that the target is at fault for a certain unfavorable situation. Whether it’s something disappointing, infuriating, or causing other negative emotions, the annoyed ones express their discontent and relieve their bubbling emotions by spitting out hurtful words.
Psychology Spot also pointed out some of people’s main features that get insulted the most—uselessness, stupidity, moral depravity, and peculiarity.
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Lawrence 2 years ago
I am disappointed by the replies to this. All kids should get some playing time. Winning is great but so is learning patience and team solidarity. If your kid is so good and you're both more interested in winning, put them in the more competetive league where they have try-outs.
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Stephanie A Mutti 2 years ago
My coach when I was a bench warmer in JV Basketball. It took such courage to ask for more court time. What a POS for saying it.
Jared Robinson 2 years ago
I'd yank my kid off that team so f*****g fast and give that coach a very stern talking.
Riley Quinn 2 years ago
I started a softball league with co-workers. They wouldn't let me play, I was so bad.
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Louisa Johnson 2 years ago
It should not put you off light skinned girls, just bitches. The love of your life could be light skinned and you wouldn't look twice because of a s****y comment. X
Con O Cuinn 2 years ago
The most racist things I've heard about black people has come from black people
Thida Yang 2 years ago
Same with Asians. No one hates us like we hate ourselves and each other.
Load More Replies... censorshipsucks 2 years ago (edited)
because not everyone finds every shade attractive. Some men prefer a woman to be darker. In Africa many of our women use skin lightener (google, it's a thing), so as to look more like whitegirls, because it's perceived as prestige. Really. Just fyi, an African here.
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Take me to dinner first 2 years ago
I used to love turning the tv off so I could put my arm really close and feel the static electricity
Dispatcherqueen 2 years ago (edited)
That was an insensitive thing for a little girl to say, but she was a child. Put that old memory away.
Take me to dinner first 2 years ago
Isn't that Kanye??? I tried zoom it but it's hard to see lol
Load More Replies... David 2 years ago
It is not a good or bad judgement thing but blackest people I have personally seen were some of the folks in Kenya. Much darker than any black person I've seen here in the US. Between very dark skin and very bright sun I had a hard time making out the facial features on some of them. This is in no way a put down. It was just striking for me to observe and perhaps if I had been an elementary school kid I may have commented on it.
Al Jameson 2 years ago
This is fascinating to me, because it's exactly why many white people are racist: They have one bad experience with one Black person and assume "they're all like that".
Justacrow 2 years ago
No, most white people are racist because of lies and society. Many have never actually met or talked to non-white people before they form their opinons
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Take me to dinner first 2 years ago (edited)
Trying way too hard to make an impression
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Ranger Kanootsen 2 years ago
Don't take this in the wrong way, but... I do see a few similarities.
ohjojo (you/your's) 2 years ago
I don't know the reference but truth be told you're cute as heck
Kevin Doyle 2 years ago
A.V. is a professional basketball player in the NBA and is admittedly goofy looking but its far from an insult in my opinion.
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Lynn Morello 2 years ago
You know something is wrong when you kids tell you things won't work.
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Mabelbabel 2 years ago
One of the clerical staff in a previous job I had was 6 foot 4. She had a desk and chair that weren't height adjustable and had awful back problems. She had had to take time off several times with severe back pain. She brought in her own chair and the office manager wrote her up because the 'equipment' hadn't been safety tested. She'd applied numerous times for adjustable equipment and kept being told there was no budget. She went to occupational health and was accused of trying to get a payout claiming work related injury. She went over the managers head and complained to the directorate head, and his reply was "You're so tall we should put you in the zoo." Finally, she complained to a national organisation, HSE, and triggered an investigation. Typical useless and insulting NHS management at all levels.
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BlueEyesWhiteDragon 2 years ago
I feel like the person was about to say something more offensive (race, age, gender, perceived intelligence or talent, etc.) and changed it to "too tall" at the last moment to save face.
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Eva Kašu 2 years ago
Exactly. Only thing that she attracted is damaged parent.
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Nikki Sevven 2 years ago
It's not even logical, ffs. If you were a demon, there wouldn't be much prestige in possessing a person who was already evil. But turning a good person evil? Boom. Now you're a role model for other demons. Your boss notices. You get a pay increase, a corner office, and an all-expenses-paid vacation to ski in the 9th Circle.
Jeremy James 2 years ago
Oh, you got me with ice-skating in the 9th circle. That was clever! Have you been re-reading, "Good Omens?" That joke wasn't in there, but you sounded a bit like Sir Terry Pratchett just then.
Load More Replies... Kevin the Manager 2 years ago
My grandmother used to say things like that. "You need to cut your hair before you end up smoking the Devil's Grass!"
DC 2 years ago
Oh my. Mama had a delusion, it seems, that dreams up ghost and demons and such. Damned, people, it's not that hard - demons are not real. There is no such thing as any real demon, devil, hell or any of all that. But, an entity of evil intent, she sure had attracted to her, likely only by the means of being closely related, ... but, yet, the evil old knucklehead somehow got to be present enough to spill this nonsense over her own child. Bidge.
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Jessica Seltenright 2 years ago
I stopped wearing makeup and manager told me for weeks I looked tired and asked if i was okay 😫
Ingrid Best 2 years ago
Went to work without makeup, and a student asked «what happend to your face??» 🤡🤣
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Paul Macdonell 2 years ago
Sorry, you own this. You changed your appearance, obviously for people to view, so don't complain if they acknowledge your makeup. I greater insult is if you made this effort and no one commented on it.
Take me to dinner first 2 years ago
Well that's not an insult, makeup really changes people's faces
Ranger Kanootsen 2 years ago
Not really an insult, because it depends on how much makeup you use. For instance, I once saw a friend when I was cosplaying as Nick Valentine, and he had no idea it was me!
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Yvonne Dauwalder Balsiger 2 years ago
A guy complained that his ex-girlfriend now dates his twin brother, awkward silence all around. Then another dude is like "well you're certainly not ugly, I guess it was just your personality" 🤣
bruce wayne's girlfriend 2 years ago
i think that's what theyre going for xd
Load More Replies... ohjojo (you/your's) 2 years ago
I can't stand watching some people do the dishes. Just wash them, don't massage them
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DC 2 years ago
... but, is that an insult? There are a few movies about twins and twincheatery ... I once knew a pair of twin women, and a poor guy who really didn't get he was effing the wrong of them, and ... she got pregnant. Messed up situation. After all, he had just lost his glasses and his fiance sent her sister to pick him up (he was blind as a mole without, didn't have a replacement pair with him or such ...), and gathered interest in him just to p**s off her sister. In the end, they all learned to hate each other, and shared the cost of abortion. Or so ... haven't talked to any of them in years, and avoid to do so whenever I can.
Seamus Crumley 2 years ago
Maybe he is already having an affair with your sister and doesn't know.
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A girl 2 years ago
I was informed in 7th grade that I looked like joanne whirly (famous at the time but matronly) or Wayne Yulivich (9th grade jock @$$hole at my school). My dad was the most supportive. You're 12, you're smart, you're a little weird, and you're a 6' tall woman. It's going to take a couple years before people your age appreciate that. Thanks Dad. I'm a giant "little old lady" now and it amuses me to no end that people try to dis you for things you cannot control.
Jessica Seltenright 2 years ago
They'll make fun of you for being too fat, too skinny, too shirt, too tall, too pretty, etc. You're dad sounds amazing
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T5n 2 years ago
I remember this from when I was younger! But I can’t remember the name of it! Can anyone jog my memory on this?
Mary Kelly 2 years ago
joanne whirly...hahahhaha....hopefully, you also didn't talk or dress like her!
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Jason C. 2 years ago
Idk if this is what they're referring to but Brunswick, Ga is a town on the coast. It has a paper mill and the smell has been compared to rotten eggs or sewage. You pretty much smell it anywhere you go in the area.
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Pieter LeGrande 2 years ago
Him: "What you do that for?" You: "Practicing my method acting skills for showing anger".
Kevin the Manager 2 years ago
Him: "Why?" You: "I meant to do a spit take, but I'm a TERRIBLE ACTOR!"
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Ranger Kanootsen 2 years ago
You dodged a bullet by not going out with him. What a nightmare he would've been in the long-term.
DC 2 years ago
... from a crush, this really can hit hard. I was considered ugly by many people, and it never really bothered me, but when SHE said so, I could phyiscally feel how my inners tried to become my outers. Ouch. Don't do so. I don't know for sure what I had said, but in two cases, I was rude with girls having a crush on me, without really thinking ... learned that lesson, and never again rudely turned anyone down, but at least tried to be polite about it. Should have gotten that earlier, but can't change afterwards ...
robin aldrich 2 years ago
Nooooo!!!! Do not let that stick with you....(easier said than done, I realize)
censorshipsucks 2 years ago
yeah it is hell, that happened to a friend of mine as well. So he spent the rest of his life hitting on people to see if they find him attractive. true story, horrible consequence.
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aZZy_d3Lta (they/them) 2 years ago
i think about this constantly. kids at school keep coming up to me (mostly men) an either ask me out (im gay and taken) or otherwise flirt with me. a few of them have confirmed my suspicions-
Old Roadie 2 years ago
...aaaaand that's why it's poor strategy to share yourself and your loot with random NPCs.
censorshipsucks 2 years ago (edited)
If you have a look on twitter she seems super nice and interesting actually. Some sort of LGBTQIA person who is also a gamer, so seems unfair. https://twitter.com/Ellieminimay/status/1529796266183512065
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Henry Russell 2 years ago
thats why you always eat the forehead first ( it also tastes like a crunch bar)
DC 2 years ago (edited)
"Is that a Braille poem you have on your cheek? It doesn't really rhime with the forehead!" - Erkan S. to Mike A., 7th or 8th grade, my class. Both laughed it off, but the next day, Mike looked like he had a bad accident happen to him - all pimples popped, regardless of being ripe or not, some even scratched open. He was a bloody mess. Literally.
Very Normal Giraffe 2 years ago
Honestly, I would think of it as a compliment! Those are delicious!
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Eva Kašu 2 years ago (edited)
What? You´re sure it was a man not a three pre-schoolers in a trenchcoat? :D
Sami-Jo Ross 2 years ago
It's a convenience store, dude was probably drunk or high.
Load More Replies... Seamus Crumley 2 years ago
You should have said, 'I can have plastic surgery, but you're always going to be a pr**k
Gabby M 2 years ago
Similar to I may be fat but you are (add any insult here) And I can always lose weight.
Load More Replies... Heather Lambie 2 years ago
Wow…. That is TRULY mean and cruel…. Complete stranger!! Hope karma but his a*s hard!
Jp@nda 2 years ago
That would only mess up the worker's day, not the moron with the milk
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Seamus Crumley 2 years ago
I'm Irish - Why is it called the World series? How many countries are involved in this series?
Old Roadie 2 years ago
Because (in theory) the world's best baseball players were all on American major league teams.
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censorshipsucks 2 years ago
I still want to know what withering critique? u2 is only the best band from the global north, ever.
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Seamus Crumley 2 years ago
I remember him. The chairman of the debate was being very kind to him. No wonder why most of the politicians are sitting sleeping during debates in Westminster.
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Cory Tollman 2 years ago
Should have responded, "Now, I feel the same way about you. I wish my mother was still alive and you weren't".
Mabelbabel 2 years ago
There are some truly appalling family members in this whole article. Why put up with such vicious and ugly comments from family? If a "friend" said that to you, you'd no longer consider them a friend, so why not treat family the same? Anyone prepared to be that cruel to you doesn't deserve to have a relationship with you-don't give them a bye just because they're family.
Paul Gerrard 2 years ago
Never ever insult the people who could choose your aged care or decide tonturn off the life support
robin aldrich 2 years ago (edited)
What...the...hell...is WRONG with HER???? and no,she doesn't get a pass cause she might be old
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Seamus Crumley 2 years ago
Also Irish and went to London and was told the same thing. I said I know where your family live. I didn't, but I got free Guiness the whole night.
Casey Horn 2 years ago
hard to believe you’re Irish with a traditional Japanese name like Seamus!
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Roan The Demon Kitty 2 years ago
and the English don't get drunk and smash s**t up? have you SEEN how they act at football matches?
Con O Cuinn 2 years ago
I went to Belfast and got called a Fenian c**t and a taig.swings and roundabouts I guess
Con O Cuinn 2 years ago
Although I do find it amusing that unionists think being called a Fenian is an insult
Load More Replies... robin aldrich 2 years ago (edited)
I'm sorry I laughed at the SNL skit, I think, that involved Irish "hooligans" Especially after watching good old American football fans destroy stadiums and the nearby towns whether they win or lose the game
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Seamus Crumley 2 years ago
You must find out who 'They' are, and try to find them equipped with as many insults as possible.
Old Roadie 2 years ago
I've heard that I wasn't as ugly as my ex said I was. Yeah, well, he's my ex because he was selling my tools for drugs.
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Deborah B 2 years ago
"Wow! You sure are mean and ill mannered!" The only thing to do in this situation is to hit it straight on.
ohjojo (you/your's) 2 years ago
Did you have a good comeback? At least I don't have to deal with him anymore
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Seamus Crumley 2 years ago
Went to a job interview once, and even before I sat down, one of the interviewers said, 'Thanks for coming - We'll let you know in due course' I was waiting for half an hour until the candidate before me had finished his interview. Real confidence booster.
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deejak 2 years ago
The way kids nowadays buy clothes pre-torn and hole-y, I hesitate to discard my old stuff, wondering if I should ebay it. Hey, it takes years to get genuine worn holes.
AlexJ 2 years ago
Go for it. "Genuine worn holes" would make a great eBay description.
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Seamus Crumley 2 years ago
I agree totally with this - Trying to find employment on Linkedin is not a fruitful excercise. I just unsubscribed myself from it.
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Ranger Kanootsen 2 years ago
No matter how small an accomplishment, be proud. You are doing enough. 💝
setsuriseikou 2 years ago
Now imagine the person who was told that is a recovering bulimic. We have no idea of the battles other people are fighting.
Seamus Crumley 2 years ago
Took me a minute to realise that was Batman, but what does he have to do with eating?
Ranger Kanootsen 2 years ago
he looks sad and is in the rain. batman reflects the author's feelings.
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Seamus Crumley 2 years ago
Just smile and take everything he says as a compliment. If it is not mean't to be one, it will really annoy him.
Old Roadie 2 years ago
My go-to response to insults is a smile and Thank you! It's so nice of you to notice our commonalities!
Load More Replies... Pineapple 2 years ago
neither does the "you are very weird" thing but might be just me
Load More Replies... setsuriseikou 2 years ago
"Why, thank you, I adore foxes, their pelts are so shiny, right?" "Well, I've been working hard to be this way, glad you noticed!" "I'm sure every person is a miracle, not just me!"
A Wild Bean 2 years ago
The first one is probably a compliment, the second one I would take as a compliment, and the third one... I'll give them the benefit of the doubt and say it was probably something much less rude that was lost in translation
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Lynn Morello 2 years ago
My first born was the first girl on his side of the family for 4 generations. My second girl had a strip of Red Hair across the back of her head. My MIL said, "WE DON'T have Red Heads in our family." My reply was. Well you do now. She spent the rest of her short life making noticeable differences in the way she treated the girls. I fought her every step of the way.
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Old Roadie 2 years ago
So... you achieved more than he could ever muster. Jealousy is a terrible beast.
Paul Gerrard 2 years ago
What a pfick. A awful person. Hope you get to choose his aged care. Remind him and leave him there
Nancy Howard 2 years ago
Omg. I'm sorry. That is not a decent human being. Choose people to be your family and trash heap that man
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Seamus Crumley 2 years ago
I hate wine people who claim to be experts. At the end of the day, wine is just an expensive handful of grapes.
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Pickles, Pennies, & Ponies 2 years ago
I once heard a kid in school say to another kid, "Why don't your shoes have a party and invite your pants down." It's funnier today than it was back then.
MotherofGuineaPigs 2 years ago
My brother wore shorts for about 2 years. That way his pants didn't look weird. He grew almost a foot in 3 years
Tabitha Osika 2 years ago
My life long love of tall boots was born when, as a lass, I shot up so fast, so often that my pants couldn't keep up.
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A Wild Bean 2 years ago
Sounds like something a five-year-old who hasn't learned social skills would say
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Miles Mawyer 2 years ago
Why does anybody care how many followers people have?? Not everybody is a social media try hard.
Old Roadie 2 years ago (edited)
PsyOp would refer to "psychological operation." Infiltration. Usually referring to undercover work to gather information on people and stir up discontent.
René Sauer 2 years ago
And what does Psyop mean? And why does OP care what that does thinks about them?
Old Roadie 2 years ago
PsyOp is usually a military term for infiltration into a group. Gather info. Stir up hate and discontent.
Load More Replies... Seamus Crumley 2 years ago
I joined Facebook and was told about people I might know. Tried to befriend them all, and was turned down by all of them. Even my SISTER
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robin aldrich 2 years ago
Similar experience here: I was a teenager babysitting a neighbor's kid, I had just gotten contacts, kid told me I looked funny without my glasses, I said thanks, he looked puzzled
Clown fish 2 years ago (edited)
He doesn't mean funny as in ewww funny he meant funny as in it would be a shock/weird to see. My friend got laser eye surgery and it tuck me months to not look at her like a dog when it side-headed.
Load More Replies... Pickles, Pennies, & Ponies 2 years ago
I can totally understand how this could be taken as an insult but, it might not have been. My husband once talked about getting contacts and I said "I like you in glasses." It had nothing to do with hiding his face because he wasn't attractive. I just like a man with glasses.
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Red PANda (she/they) 2 years ago
I take offense to this. I for one quite enjoy eating lunatic salad.
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Ranger Kanootsen 2 years ago
Why would you have to explain it to the FBI? Is there something I'm missing here?
C.M. 2 years ago
I assume they were involved with the FBI for some other reason and were questioned about their Twitter.
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Gaspode the Wonder Dog 2 years ago
What a load of rubbish.Also a sign of fertility when your kids raid it
Clown fish 2 years ago
Lol was going to put thank f#ck it means infertility as I can't afford another one emptying it 2 days after I fill it
Load More Replies... Merry Nethery 2 years ago
Who wants yo be fertile around a jersey like that? Ludicrous statement.
robin aldrich 2 years ago
If you're like me you came up with a bunch of good small penis come backs.... but that was long after he left
ohjojo (you/your's) 2 years ago
It's a sign that you don't have kids, not that you're not going to have kids
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censorshipsucks 2 years ago
I'd never have noticed, it's not like they have flags all over them.
Seamus Crumley 2 years ago
Reminds me of the trainers I once wore in the 80s. I thought they looked cool. Thank God now for Nike
Immortal Jellyfish 2 years ago
I was forced to wear velcro sneakers in the 80's. Anyone else remember these?https://images.app.goo.gl/eizn1A6ZUAzpiYNR8
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Seamus Crumley 2 years ago
I was once driving with my car mother in the passenger seat. It was snowy, and some wee f***er threw a snowball at my car. It went through a small gap in the window, missed my mother and hit me right in the face. All i could think of was, 'what a great shot'.
Con O Cuinn 2 years ago
I dunno, straightener as a euphemism for a scrap is very Irish
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C.O. Shea 2 years ago
First time at a strip club, first time in New Orleans... a male stripper who certainly looked homeless in his nasty old high-top sneakers, came through the audience asking for tips. Cheap date me said, "I got your tip, next time... lose the high-tops!" No waayyyy I was touching that hot mess.
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René Sauer 2 years ago
That was weird, but what does that have to do with being somali? Are they known for having big foreheads or something?
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François Bouzigues 2 years ago
We give a nasty remark 40 times the importance we give to a compliment. So, let´s counterbalance. You are not regular good looking, you are like sunset beautiful.
Old Roadie 2 years ago
I've heard that so often... but it's nothing more than a random thought bobbing around in his Two-Syllable mind.
censorshipsucks 2 years ago
absolute BS. she's amazingly good looking. https://twitter.com/ElaineARoche/photo what the f**k is wrong with people?
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USMCFelicia 2 years ago
Sounds like she's going to grow up to be a "mean girl." Hopefully she makes the wrong comment to the wrong person one day and they put her in her place by knocking her a*s down a few notches.
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Lil Miss Hobbit 2 years ago
Naww. I hope you know that you are cool no matter how you look.
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Seamus Crumley 2 years ago
What a combination - 'Wa*king t*at face. Sounds more like a skill than an insult
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Ranger Kanootsen 2 years ago
I would've said "at least I have a house". And that's why I have no friends.
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Seamus Crumley 2 years ago
Have you not watched 'Full metal jacket?' Being called a turd is nothing
Glengoolie Blue 2 years ago
Hell that's a compliment from a drill sergeant. He called me things every day that get deleted here if I repeated them.
Old Roadie 2 years ago
If that's all they could muster, my very articulate DI would have laughed them out of the barracks.
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Lesley Zed 2 years ago
Everyone should be proud of their heritage regardless of what it is. I would have been happy to have a baby of any colour variation. I have three daughters, two grandsons and a granddaughter. They are beautiful as they are. I’m also proud of my tiny bit of sub Saharan dna and even tinier neanderthal dna. We are all made up of the same tiny parts just in different arrangements. ❤️
Gabby M 2 years ago
I'm just plain ole Eastern European. Despite my last name ended in a vowel lol
Load More Replies... Merry Nethery 2 years ago
Glad you know yourself now and own your self worth and individual, original beauty.
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A girl 2 years ago
I'm a girl who is borderline tenor. Think Sheryl Crow and Tom Petty had a child...me.
Old Roadie 2 years ago
...your voice would sound phenomenal! I always wanted to sing like Cher... a deep contralto.
Load More Replies... Lesley Zed 2 years ago
I was told when young that I was an alto. As a girl it flustered me, as she made me stand among the boys.
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The Doom Song 2 years ago
I once got told by a customer who I refused to serve "well you look like a lesbian and your hair is stupid" I laughed my a*s off as he was escorted out of the pub by security. For the record I refused service coz him and his mates were drunk and being incredibly rude to us staff
Lauren Caswell 2 years ago
For the insults received by children from their parents: half the pain can be that it goes denied/unacknowledged. I know it's the case for me and some of my fellow pandas here. We don't need their confirmation (sure would be nice tho)
ValdaDeDieu 2 years ago (edited)
Some of these insults here can be soul-destroying. As someone who BUILT BACK her soul, I can tell each of you - it can be done. Be the person to yourself you wish others had been to you. Their blindness/rejection re person you are - as wonderful as you can be - is THEIR LOSS. No one can define you. YOU DEFINE YOURSELF. Take back your power. A bad a*s female JAG once wrote- and I repeat it over and over as I've never forgotten: "Blood is kin; Love makes family."
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Julie Chamberlin 2 years ago
I'm from MA but went to college in TX. I got a lot of "bless your heart" comments over those 4 years. It wasn't until I was safely back home for a decade or more that I discovered that it's an insult. 🤣
The Original Bruno 2 years ago (edited)
Aw, bless your heart. (To explain to others who may not know, it means, "Wow, you're clueless, aren't you?" As in, "Jesus has a special place in his heart for the mentally feeble and children, so you must be very special to Him.")
Load More Replies... Captain Awesome 2 years ago
I remembered when I was a freshman in high school a senior yelled out 'who let the wolf out' (I had/have hairy legs). I stopped looked at him and said 'At least I hit puberty'
censorshipsucks 2 years ago
Yeah I never see the reason to insult someone. I've never done it, except to siblings, who were provoking me.
The Original Bruno 2 years ago
I don't know why -- probably because I take it back so well -- but my college friends always seemed to enjoy my insults. Or maybe because it showed them that I "got" them well enough to hit hard but not hurtfully. I started feeling like Rodney Dangerfield, playing to an audience.
Load More Replies... Kevin J. Henning 2 years ago
The worst one I ever heard was directed at me. "Did your mom have any kids that lived??" Matter of fact my parents lost two children in infancy and almost lost me. The guy was lucky I didn't split his face open. Use insults responsibly folks.
Dani 2 years ago
Once while young and walking in heels that quickly became uncomfortable a stranger passing me commented "you must have had a good night, you're walking like John Wayne!" I was in so much pain but couldn't help laughing.
Old Roadie 2 years ago
Ha! That's funny... I know exactly how that achy-feet-in-heels walk goes.
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crowspectre (he/they) 2 years ago
Today a kid in my band told me I look like I drink warm water and I am still recovering
Old Roadie 2 years ago (edited)
... bulimic? Dang. Tell 'em you only use it to make hot coffee to help you deal with idjits like them.
Load More Replies... ValdaDeDieu 2 years ago (edited)
Some of these were funny/harmless; but even as I laughed, I wanted to cry at the crushing ones. Resilience is a CHOICE. Make your detractors, whoever they are, UNIMPORTANT in the larger scheme of things and to the rhythm of your life. Dance to your own inner music.
Old Roadie 2 years ago
Aye. Grow up with any feature out of the current beauty trend, and you must be resilient. Honing a sense of humor to a fine, sharp edge is such an asset. Still, those insults are just a reflection of the fears and weaknesses within those bullies. It isn't about you ...never was. It's about them.
Load More Replies... Vermonta 2 years ago
When our daughter was 4 we had the TV on and Steve Martin was talking. He listed names for breasts. Boobs, torpedos, fun packs, Hooters. The next day her dad walked her down the playschool hall, passed a sturdy woman and our kid points at the lady and says "Look Dad! Fat Hooters!"
The Doom Song 2 years ago
I once got told by a customer who I refused to serve "well you look like a lesbian and your hair is stupid" I laughed my a*s off as he was escorted out of the pub by security. For the record I refused service coz him and his mates were drunk and being incredibly rude to us staff
Lauren Caswell 2 years ago
For the insults received by children from their parents: half the pain can be that it goes denied/unacknowledged. I know it's the case for me and some of my fellow pandas here. We don't need their confirmation (sure would be nice tho)
ValdaDeDieu 2 years ago (edited)
Some of these insults here can be soul-destroying. As someone who BUILT BACK her soul, I can tell each of you - it can be done. Be the person to yourself you wish others had been to you. Their blindness/rejection re person you are - as wonderful as you can be - is THEIR LOSS. No one can define you. YOU DEFINE YOURSELF. Take back your power. A bad a*s female JAG once wrote- and I repeat it over and over as I've never forgotten: "Blood is kin; Love makes family."
Load More Replies... Julie Chamberlin 2 years ago
I'm from MA but went to college in TX. I got a lot of "bless your heart" comments over those 4 years. It wasn't until I was safely back home for a decade or more that I discovered that it's an insult. 🤣
The Original Bruno 2 years ago (edited)
Aw, bless your heart. (To explain to others who may not know, it means, "Wow, you're clueless, aren't you?" As in, "Jesus has a special place in his heart for the mentally feeble and children, so you must be very special to Him.")
Load More Replies... Captain Awesome 2 years ago
I remembered when I was a freshman in high school a senior yelled out 'who let the wolf out' (I had/have hairy legs). I stopped looked at him and said 'At least I hit puberty'
censorshipsucks 2 years ago
Yeah I never see the reason to insult someone. I've never done it, except to siblings, who were provoking me.
The Original Bruno 2 years ago
I don't know why -- probably because I take it back so well -- but my college friends always seemed to enjoy my insults. Or maybe because it showed them that I "got" them well enough to hit hard but not hurtfully. I started feeling like Rodney Dangerfield, playing to an audience.
Load More Replies... Kevin J. Henning 2 years ago
The worst one I ever heard was directed at me. "Did your mom have any kids that lived??" Matter of fact my parents lost two children in infancy and almost lost me. The guy was lucky I didn't split his face open. Use insults responsibly folks.
Dani 2 years ago
Once while young and walking in heels that quickly became uncomfortable a stranger passing me commented "you must have had a good night, you're walking like John Wayne!" I was in so much pain but couldn't help laughing.
Old Roadie 2 years ago
Ha! That's funny... I know exactly how that achy-feet-in-heels walk goes.
Load More Replies... crowspectre (he/they) 2 years ago
Today a kid in my band told me I look like I drink warm water and I am still recovering
Old Roadie 2 years ago (edited)
... bulimic? Dang. Tell 'em you only use it to make hot coffee to help you deal with idjits like them.
Load More Replies... ValdaDeDieu 2 years ago (edited)
Some of these were funny/harmless; but even as I laughed, I wanted to cry at the crushing ones. Resilience is a CHOICE. Make your detractors, whoever they are, UNIMPORTANT in the larger scheme of things and to the rhythm of your life. Dance to your own inner music.
Old Roadie 2 years ago
Aye. Grow up with any feature out of the current beauty trend, and you must be resilient. Honing a sense of humor to a fine, sharp edge is such an asset. Still, those insults are just a reflection of the fears and weaknesses within those bullies. It isn't about you ...never was. It's about them.
Load More Replies... Vermonta 2 years ago
When our daughter was 4 we had the TV on and Steve Martin was talking. He listed names for breasts. Boobs, torpedos, fun packs, Hooters. The next day her dad walked her down the playschool hall, passed a sturdy woman and our kid points at the lady and says "Look Dad! Fat Hooters!"
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