So how good are you at insulting people? Or what's the worst insult said to you (if it's safe of course)?
I'm bad at insulting people. I do have a friend who's great at it though. I'd say more but they're pretty bad err, well good insults which make them bad :D
At times, I experience a thing the French call L'esprit de l'escalier, or Staircase Wit, where I can't think of good insults in the moment, but after the situation is over, I come up with the best comebacks, as I'm "on the staircase", leaving the event.
Generally, the biggest insults I get are ones about my weight, or at least, those are the ones that bother me the most. I get a few others, but I laugh those off, because I like myself, personality-wise.
I'm more of the 'blazing' type of person. They're catastrophically devastating on the spot,
but anywhere else. . .they're dookey
i dont insult, i hurt its funnier
Depends on the situation. I can be good but I can be horrible :p
I can have comebacks that can be both witty and make a person feel utterly miserable.. and sometimes they slip out..
but at just point blanck insulting people.. i dont do that, nor would i be good at it.
I am a really good insulter, nothing to be bragging about though. I try to keep them witty and funny. Otherwise, I try to keep the soul smashing ones quite. I really hate seeing people cry in general.
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I only insult people if I'm really mad, and that rarely happens. I don't think I'm any better at it than the next guy, though.
YES. Oh, that always happens to me! :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Rye
I can know what will really hurt people, but I never say it. Most of the time if I'm REALLY insulting someone, it's sort of a semi-guilt trip thing, where I make it seem like I'm not conciously insulting them, but they pick up on something I've said "innocently". I don't make a habit of insulting people, aside from in jest :tongue:
I will criticise a little much sometimes, but that isn't really an insult.
Insults that throw my intelligence or value as a person into question always affect me the worst.
I'm usually fairly quick-witted, and can make some funny comeback to an insult that makes the insulter look like a pillock. However, I must admit that I have suffered from l'esprit de l'escalier on several occasions.
I hate giving lame, below-the-belt insults because it just makes me feel stupid and guilty. I will only ever insult appearances, especially weight, if I truly detest the person. Even then I'll usually go for something else.
I am exactly the same way.Quote:
Originally Posted by Harle-Quin
But I must say, the Germans have are the cruelest insulters I know of. Calling people polio kid, or cripple, instead of stupid and such. It just seems so evil to me.
I'm bad at insulting people because I always feel guilty about even minor insults afterwards. So, I very rarely do it - unless someone repeatedly annoys me.
As for being insulted, I put up with it daily at work. Amazing how many customers are abusive over anything from frozen peas being thawed as they travel throughout the supermarket, to them picking up the wrong lightbulb size. >_>
I don't usually insult people unless I'm really close to them and know they can take it. Like in CIS when one of my friends said something like "that's some pretty nice memory" and I was all "you have pretty nice mammaries" and I got punched real hard but I knew it was out of love. Fun Fact: He lost a lot of weight and I gained so now he gets to make fat jokes about me.
I never really insult anyone unless its in a joking matter.
As for being seriously insulted, that hasn't happened since middle school. My friends will joke around with me, but thats about it.
They make a better reply in my case.
and win in the end.
Im the kind of person that accidently insults someone by taking a joke too far. But anyone who knows me knows that I dont mean it so they dont care.
I am fantastic at insults and comebacks about 70% of the time, if I start ranting (and oh... I do love to rant) I will say things that my friends will be quoting for years, I do pride myself on my wit. I am normally only good if I am being somewhat goofy and messing around, even if what I say is remarkably mean.
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Originally Posted by Rye
Happens to me all the time. But at least I never get insults about my weight anymore, rather compliments on how much I've lost :D
I just...I just got insulted for 'being too damn nice'. What the heck? :(