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
This is disgusting! I'm a christian, and I would NEVER treat anyone this way. People should be allowed to love and marry whoever they want
Thank You. Not all christians are homophobes.
Load More Replies...Totally not Christian. I love how people like to call themselves Christians but refuse to listen to a word Christ said about loving others.
I can't even. This is beyond disgusting even if they were getting married without having kids to look after. I will never understand these ( probably) bible thumping characters who are so so horrid to a fellow human. Grow up. Someday this will come to haunt you worse than having to sleep in your damn car
I'm not even okay with them refusing to bake a cake for a lesbian couple but if they politely refused and let it be - okay. This is heartbreaking and atrocious. Those poor women. <3
But they think it is ok to bake a kids cake for kids born out of wedlock and couples on their second marriage. Hypocrites. So many reasons I ran from Christianity and have not looked back. So much easier to just love everyone instead of judging hem.
Load More Replies...Freedom is speech lets you spew that crap on the internet, Scyth. It also means I can call you an idiot. Fun fact: A proud fascist: Hitler put homosexual individuals in CONCENTRATION CAMPS. Hate crimes, such as death threats, are imprisonable since free speech can be harmful or target a certain group. The News outlet should be edited more severely, and given a warning, but it's the headliner, not the entire company.
Load More Replies...Okay. Now. That. That is disgusting and rude and so so so.... I DONT KNOW!!! Why can't peeps accept us.
That's terrible. No matter what you believe, you should never discriminate against others because of what they believe. As my dad told me once, business isn't about red or blue, it's about the greens. (This applies to america, I guess with the colors)
When I read the first part, I was like: Oh, that seems too harsh, they have a right to refuse service to anyone... When I read the rest: Yay, well deserved!
In America, NO they do not have the right to refuse service to anyone. They can not refuse me service because I am Black. Or because someone is disabled or Jewish. Those are protected classes, and if you DO refuse service, they will snatch your business license so fast your head will spin....
Load More Replies...i'm not agree with their statement but if they had just say : it's not our values we are sorry we couldn't make your cake. i'm not agree with that but i could take that as a answer. We can't forget that we have to respect their opinion even if it's not ours. but if they were rude, make death treath i have no respect for that.
Frankly, they didn't need to give an explanation at all! Businesses are allowed to refuse service. Using their position as a business to harass people is just... I hate people.
Load More Replies...I don't THINK frowning on LGBTQ+ people is in the Bible... let me chec- OH WAIT ITS NOT I HAVE FRIENDS WHO ARE BI AND LESBIAN AND I DONT TRY TO SUE THEM
*sigh* My religion is Christian and I believe all people should be treated with respect, these people are just making the rest of us look bad in social media.
Load More Replies...I'll make them a cake for free!!! How tragic about the kiddos losing there mom too.
We're all going to hell. But I'm pretty sure those bakers are going to get there before I do.
Load More Replies...Jesus f*****g Christ. The cruelty of some people never ceases to amaze me.
What the actual hells? I hate people who are homophobic..I'd belt them both with a rolling pin for how disgusting and hateful they are! Maybe I should go ahead with my idea of becoming a celebrant or a counsellor for LGBTQ people so they can have those kinds of services they would otherwise miss out on..and anyone who doesn't like it can kiss my a**e
I'm a christian too but I would not do something like that. I don't support lesbian & gay relationships but i ain't gonna treat them any less human
i have and aunt who lesbian and ever since i was young she was is still is the best out of my two aunts they should be shot in a shallow ditch no one will them
Look, I’m a Christian and I may not want to be gay, but this is ridiculous. I have tons of homosexual friends. This isn’t Christian, this is quite the opposite.
This isn't true. You can look it up and find the facts are not true. It is never ok to deny services to people due to discrimination. They did not purposely put the address online. When they realized it was there because it was at the top of the document they received (same day) Klein took it down. The other party purposely put the Klein's address and number up so that others would see it. I still don't think the original story is ethical. However, if people are going to think it's wrong to purposely put an address and number online than know who did it.
I am LGBTQ, and I simply can't understand WHY CAN'T PEOPLE ACCEPT OTHERS FOR WHO THEY ARE! LIKE WHAT THE ACTUAL F**K IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE! I think the "Christian" bakers deserve a much harsher punishment than a mere fine. I put Christian in quotes because even though I'm not Christian I know no TRUE Christian would be so disgusting.
This is terrible.I am christian and I believe this is terrible. While there are parts of the Bible that may mean God is against gays, it never flat out says that (at least if I rembember correctly). And I don't believe it says anything about lesbians. Even if the Bible said being gay was evil, they may not be Christian. So they don't live by the Bible. And either way it's not their place to judge. They're getting married either way, so why not just make the cake?
I mean, i believe that they had the right to turn down the cake offer, but not about the death threats. that is in no way how a Christian should act.
Disgusting, horrible people. I hope that homophobic couple end up lonely and homeless for the rest of their miserable lives.
Thanks for standing up for decency and moral standards. Too bad it cost you everything. Been there myself a few times.
God... call them homophobes all you want, my parents would never condone this. If they don't want me to date a girl, that's fine by me. (I'll date a girl anyway because it's not their decision, but that's irrelevant) But there's a HUGE difference between believing two people shouldn't date and harassing them. I'm lucky enough to have my parents understand when so many people don't, and I'll always be grateful. Love you, Mom and Dad.
The thing is they both lost but religious freedom won. That is a good thing because it is trespassing on someone else's right to choose who they have a right to refuse. If you flip this and it was nazis and jewish baker or colored people and the kkk. Anyway you look at it businesses have a right to refuse and people have the right to have their religious beliefs and freedoms. That is the core of America. Again both couples were destroyed and that is sad but they both fought properly through the courts and thankfully freedom of choice and secondly freedom of religion was upheld!
That's pretty low to cause someone that much trouble over their personal life choice... That's not the true love of God
Sounds like the cake makers got everything they deserve,that is taking predjudice far to far.
On another note, article like this alarms me to do a fact check on BOTH sides of stories in this day of fake news trying to manipulate people. Not defending the cake bakery at all by no means, but just to keep analytical eye to avoid being manipulated unknowingly.
Yaah, apparently what they said isn't exactly true... https://www.theblaze.com/news/2015/07/13/fact-check-theres-a-false-accusation-circulating-on-social-media-about-the-christian-bakers-who-declined-to-make-a-gay-wedding-cake-and-were-fined-135000
Load More Replies...Money is money whether it’s gay or straight. It’s stupid to discriminate, over something like cake.
I'm going to pray to my imaginary man in the sky that they lose it all again.
And Trump has given the "disgusting bigots" a platform to spew their hatred. When you elect a President that does nothing but spew hatred and incite division...this is what you get America!
Religion is purest form of hate. This above is just one of billions of proofs/evidence instances.
That definitely isn't real religion, Michal. Those horrible people who call themselves "christians" are sadly some of the many hypocrites there are in the church. Christ taught us to love everyone, no matter what, and anyone who doesn't try to do so isn't a really a christian.
Load More Replies...Exactly. Plus those fatty homophobes need to stop sampling their own goods. It makes their outsides match their insides. *Adding the fat-shaming for the win! Snap!
They didn't just refuse them service, they threatened their lives, and the women had to quit their jobs and move because their lives were at risk.
Load More Replies...But being raging homophobes, they lacked the tact to do it appropriately. Rather than simply saying "No, I'm sorry. We can't make that cake for you." They chose to go on a long and violent personal attack against the couple. That is never acceptable.
Load More Replies...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.
Mmm Spicy
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.
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
Really Weird, Isn't It?
"Teen fends off attacker with scissors" would roll better off the tongue tho.
Turned Into Pork Rinds.
I Know, I Know! It's The Second One, Right?
This Tomi lady apparently even wrote a book and is a former television-host..
That's Tough.
Dealing With The Consequences Of Your Actions
Or Just Stop Being A Dick At All, Really
I agree! Acne isn't something that's easy to prevent. Stop being an asshole!
Songwriter Murders Stepmom
The First Guy Was Sooo Close
New Zealand
FBI? This Tweet Right Here
Half Truths Are All Lies
And with an universal healthcare in the long run costs will go down because people won't wait till they need an expensive emergency operation to visit a doctor. Most Americans would go to a garage if their car feels strange when they are driving it, but they won't visit a doctor when their body feels strange even when they are just sitting in a chair.
Dan Wootton’s Worst Take
correct me if i'm wrong, but right side looks to be scallops to me, which is a seafood. So vegetarian at best, for one. Two, my God that soup looks sooooooooooo good
Fuckin' War Criminals, I Tell Ya
Yeah Science Sucks...
Fact. The US had a pandemic response team, but the orange buffoon dismissed them as being SUPERFLUous.
They Also Have Poor Swordsman Skill
And Then There's Kanye...
I feel like, as a human, even Kanye has more things going for him than Trump, and I only know three things about him.
Trump Supporter Jokes About Taking Food From Bernie Supporters.
I supported Bernie. I have a gun. I don't worship it but I've got it.
What’s Scarier Than Measles? Antivaxxers.
I remember a time before vaccinations. I think you should get a vaccination for anything you possibly can - why suffer/die without reason? But, as most adults had had the disease in childhood this generally only affected children. In the western world with good nutrition etc complications were exceptionally rare. Deaths DID happen but they were rare. But if a vaccination is available why would you take the chance?
Pretty Much Murdered Himself
So Apparently Tarentino Is As Savage In Real Life As He Is In Reel Life
That Generation Just Doesn't Have Their Priorities Straight.
This Chick Spews The Most Outrageous Stuff
Unless you were fighting to defend your country on its home soil, you weren't fighting for your country. You were fighting for your country's politicians.
Boomer Murdered For Shitty Take (Resubmitted With Censoring)
Yes, It's To Refrain From Common Sense
Trying To Relate To Their Viewers
YouTube is part of the Google moloch. You know: That friendly search engine that would never sell your data and keep your privacy protected....
Choosing A Mutual Fund > Paypal
To be fair, letting your gran help you with knitting/sowing/ ... would be a nice social engagement for her. Or your gramps in many countries, he'd have learned that and ironing pretty well in the army.
Percentages Are Just So Confusing
Yes the ever emerging "But we have more people so we can have more death people before our situation is just as bad as yours!!!" Because somehow 220 000 death people isn't bad when your country has 320 million people?
Classic Flat Earther
This Is What This Type Of Parenting Leads To
Ah yes, children, those little humans who are your prisoners and who have no human rights according to the Association of Crazy Controlfreak Parents.
Jim Mcgovern Is Brutal Af But Honest Words.
He still has 3 months to mess up the US and boy, will he mess up the US when he loses the elections.
Two Can Play That Game.
Trump had nothing to do with that money. It was my money and Congress gave it back to me for a while.
Hello 911? I’d Like To Report A Murder. The Weapon? Facts.
New To Reddit. Hope It Belongs
If my hubby opted for a sex change then we would likely seperate BUT I would still love him. That wouldn’t change it is just the love would be very different. In saying that though, leaving someone over a hypothetical like that is just stupid.
Didn’t Think That Was Going Anywhere Until It Went All The Way
Not sure why they're arguing with a dead alcoholic wryly comic writer but whatever floats their boat.
Props To Will And Jaden Smith
It’s like some people think celebrities aren’t actual people with hearts or feelings etc. there are posts shaming celebrities for complaining about the pandemic like just because they have money they have no right to complain. Well they are humans too, they feel things like depression, anxiety, fear, sadness, etc just like anybody else. Money doesn’t make you immune or a robot.
Millennials Are Destroying The Eating Industry
i'm a millennial with a "decent" above-average salary in my country. i take of my senior mom. pay medical and utility bills. pay for transport and cooking gas. after all the mandatory expenses, there's little left for "luxuries" like eating out. in a country where onions and tomatoes cost more than OTC vitamin pills and most antibiotics, something's definitely fishy!
Tear Gas Civilians, They Bring Gas Masks. Wow What A Coincidence.
He's Gonna Need A 21 Gun Salute After That
Freedom Seeds, Anger Pipes And Boo-Hoo Water
Be Careful Who You Mess With
Working Class Tales
Username Checks Out
Hey, trackpants aren’t stupid (don’t know what ultraboosts are), trackies are the comfiest pants ever.
We Should Totally Trust The Billionaires To Tell Us How To Run The Economy
Whoops, Matt Walsh.
As long as "Being too smart" is a valid reason to turn you down for the police force things won't be getting any better.
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She'd Like To Speak To The Manager
And with that knowledge Trump tried to declare Antifa a terrorist organization. Because it's really an outrage if Neo-nazi's and white supremacists can't hold their rallies without some Anti-fascists counterprotesting.
Now *that* Is Bravery
Yes, Do Tell Her
This was a BP post and most people agreed that without any context or background information it's impossible to say something sensible on the matter.
The Irony
Choosing Gets Murdered
Guy Finds His Bil‘S Post Of Recently Getting Married And How He „flirts“ With Women
Boomer Gets Roasted On Twitter After Saying The Word "Boomer" Is The N Word Of Ageism.
Shocking...especially With Apple's Record On Protecting The Rights Of Their Chinese Factory Workers...
The left side is too small - can't read what is this burn referring to
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
Load More Replies...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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