Some people just looove talking. Like your auntie Betsie who just created a FB account and floods it with posts on chemtrails, or that entitled anti-masker who believes wearing a face covering impinges on their rights. Or many other loud ones on social media who can’t miss a chance to spread some misinformation on drinking bleach to prevent COVID-19.
But the world is the place of karma, and if there’s yin, there’s always yang. That means that if you throw some nonsense out there into the world, it may come back and hit you like a boomerang.
To show you how it works in practice, Bored Panda compiled a mesmerizing collection from the witty subreddit called “Murdered By Words.” It’s a prominent corner of the internet entirely devoted to put-downs, comebacks, and counter-arguments.
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Shots Fired, Two Men Down
I'm Gonna Take The Surgeon's Side On This One
Disabled Parking Should Only Be Valid During Business Hours 9 To 5
Being in an argument, whether voluntarily or not, is one of the most emotionally draining situations you can get yourself into. It raises your blood pressure, and you may feel trapped by the opponent trying to prove their point no matter what.
It gets even more frustrating when the person you’re arguing with is proving a point that, in your eyes, doesn’t make any sense to begin with. Whether it’s anti-maskers, anti-vaxers, flat-earthers, or conspiracy theorists, anyone can have their own opinion, but as such, everyone can stand up for their own beliefs.
Luckily, there’re some tricks you should know to winning an argument. According to Susan Krauss Whitbourne, a professor emerita of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, you should start by knowing your facts.
“How many times have you made a claim about some piece of trivia only to realize, as soon as you’ve made that claim, that you’re completely wrong?” Such a situation doesn’t lead you anywhere and gives your opponent a straight shot to winning.
Now Sit Your Ass Down, Stefan.
Find A Different Career.
Apparently, It's Impossible For Women To Be Smart And Beautiful At The Same Time
Reminds me of a time i went on a speed dating: 4/5 dudes straight up told me that they're intimidated with intelligent women. The only one that did not - was a self sufficient, creative, ambitious and overall impressive guy
Seeing other person’s perspective may also help you in an argument. “You don’t have to agree with a foe in order to see his or her perspective,” says Susan.
“However, if you want to win an argument, you do need to be able to see the world the way your opponent does. Stepping into the mental set of those you argue with allows you to figure out what’s influencing them.”
If you figure out what’s triggering the person you’re arguing with, you can direct your focus there and showing a little empathy never hurt anybody.
The Fact That He Never Removed The Post Surprises Me
That Backfired
Murdered By Kindness.
And the third thing is to remember that “Becoming defensive is one of the worst ways to win an argument.” Letting your opponent see that you've dug into your position with no other alternatives may lift the argument from bad to ugly. Moreover, if you let the other person realize that you’re open-minded, even if you're pretending to be, the argument may resolve itself.
It's Never Just About A Cake
Just Pulled The Lever To The Verbal Guillotine.
It's the same distinction between them being blessed with a fruitful marriage, where immigrants breed like rabbits.
On A Comment Thread About UPS And USPS Workers
People that are condescending about other people's jobs are usually parasites with no job at all.
Well, When You Put It That Way...
This Guy Wants All The Cake.
Wise Advice!
Cut The Shit Lady. You Chose The Bathroom.
She shouldn't have said gender neutral ,if she was gonna make a sexist comment. It's like god can u even read
I Love Arnold's Wholesome Murders
It's funny how it's always the people with fragile egos accusing others of being snowflakes, when they themselves are visibly half melted in outrage.
If He Were Here He'd Consume These Morons With Fireballs From His Eyes And Bolts Of Lightning From His Arse
Yellow Tape Around Her Body It's A Fucking Homicide
Amen. Speaking from NZ and Australia I just laugh at how retarded the Americans are in this topic. Raped by your insurance companies and begging for more
Good Old Meghan Mccain
The Ramsays Has The Best Insults
Don't Defend Corporations, They Will Not Return The Favor
This is a famous old case, still worth bringing up occasionally, as many people never questioned the "scamming from poor corporations" line.
Murdered By The Word Of God.
That's Just How It Is Though, Isn't It?
An Effortless Genocide
A lot of immigrants work in jobs that others don’t want to do, majority have come for a better life and will take what they can, they have to start their lives all over again and they are not picky like many of us westerners (especially the privileged). They often take the lower paying jobs like trolley collectors, taxi/uber drivers, food delivery drivers and fruit pickers etc. What a lot of people don’t seem to understand is that a lot of these immigrants are well educated but their qualifications mean nothing because of where they are from and studied so they have to do it all over again.
Very Strange, Indeed
Yeah who wants to go to have a raging know-it-all bigot at a party. No thanks.
Your “Logic” Deserves A Slap In The Face
Homophobia Is Manmade
Thanks for the Jewish perspective! I have seen the first one so often, but the second one is a very new perspective. Thanks for the share!
Taken To School.
Murdered By Laws
Trump wouldn’t know what ethics was even if it slapped him in the face.
A Better Headline
I mean I am happily married even though we both lost our job in corona and now live in a church community house. Screw the idea of having kids though, they’d have to sleep on the floor of the games room or something, and I wouldn’t want anyone’s life to start out like that.
Sorry to hear that, hope you will be able to get back on your feet again.
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Either you get scolded for a hedonistic 'avocado toast' lifestyle choosing not to have kids, or you get scolded for having kids you cannot afford and predictably having to turn to support (family, food banks, stamps). At least you get to choose.
There's nothing wrong with not wanting to have kids and it's not the previous generations fault if you choose not to have them. 🙄
While I wish I would have focused a little more on relationships, I came out of undergrad into a recession. I worked three jobs before I landed a good one. I've worked hard and saved, I have a great job, I've also traveled, I spend time with loved ones. "Marriage and kids", while probably worth it, would have slowed me down... especially as we head into the second recession.
If the countries economy is in ruins it is NOT the fault of your parents/grandparents, it is the fault of those that run the country, those that are in control. Why do you blame the people who were just trying their best to lead a good life?
I can relate to the struggling part not going into detail though.
Hey, I'm a really young millennial here, I'm 12, can we consider that we genuinely DO want to have an education? I know when we're older all the debt adults stuck us in will have to be paid off by us, why should we be losing off on our education? We NEED it for better jobs to support the currently-broken economy!
If you are 12 you aren't a millennial (they are now between 22 and 38) you are Gen Z. There are also various ways of getting a further education that minimises debt. It is worth exploring what options your country has (they vary) plus maybe consider options for studying more cheaply abroad. Things could well be different by the time you get to make your choices so keep an eye out for it as you get to that point.
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The economy has been effed up by every generation at least once, if not twice, and some of us struggled and got on with life anyway b/c, y'know, ADULTHOOD.
Um, yeah we can. Stop being a bum. Mom and dad were right, not their fault fault you fought back and did not listen. Those of us who picked proper courses, and completed school are doing just fine and making great money. You just don't know how to life, and argue when people tell you how.
Previous generation made too many kids, so we don't have enough space. About time some people didn't have them. But I do fear for an Idiocracy future. But I mean, the original post isn't an accusation or anything, just fact, so Kelly is overreacting a little...
Short And To The Point
Murdered By Numbers?
Maybe Not The First, But Definitely The Most Famous
More specifically, first Innocent brown man killed publicly by a police state while his homies could only stand powerlessly and watched.
Kill Theirs Or Educate Ours?
It's the same boring song that Republicans sing every time. Why invest 50 billion in education when we need that money to buy tanks and develop nuclear bombs? Because obviously having the power to destroy this entire world 5 times isn't enough....
Does It Make Sense For You Now?
Ain't No Right Way
Same here! Not everything is as suspicious as you people seem to think!
Is It True
Maybe they think it's part of the uniform? Like typical blue/green "medical color" doesn't really do anything but it's part of the image?
The Aunt Looks Like Such A Nice Person
When you have alcohol problems and are in a divorce but still feel entitled enough to lecture people on how they should live their life.
Roll Tide!
I Lol'd Hard
Were they any steel toilets nearby? That would have given them a shock
Holy Hell! Call The Morgue
Yuck, why not just say your room is getting a bit stuffy and whiffy so please air it out. No need to go into such detail.
Say It Like You Mean It
That Moment When An Anti-Vaxx Mom Is Called Out On Facebook By Her Son's Pediatric Nurse
Sadly only the Anti-vaxxer lies will be retweeted, adding some more misinformation to the huge pile of BS that's already on the internet.
Video Games Cause Violence
"No thank you, I'll keep playing chess where I get ahead by sacrificing my own peons to murder their horses bishops peons and queen".
We The People
Why Do Old People Insist On Doing This?
You Can Disagree With An Opinion, But The Math Never Lies
It's this kind of "math" that leads Americans to believe that in "Socialist" European countries people pay about 125% of their income on taxes. And that's why healthcare is free.
Murdered With One Word Almost 3 Years Later
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Friend recently ranted to me, "Dems are going to make us socialist! I don't want any socialism!" so I replied< "Give up your unemployment, your SSDI, your parents' Medicare and social security benefits, and oh yeah, your medicaid." Strangely, she had no reply to that.
That was amazing. I’m going to use that on all of my conservative republican Christian friends
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Friend recently ranted to me, "Dems are going to make us socialist! I don't want any socialism!" so I replied< "Give up your unemployment, your SSDI, your parents' Medicare and social security benefits, and oh yeah, your medicaid." Strangely, she had no reply to that.
That was amazing. I’m going to use that on all of my conservative republican Christian friends
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