Thursday, January 5, 2023

Compliments you can secretly use to offend people

They come almost out of nowhere: compliments, for which you first say thank you and then think: „Wait a minute… “. Some people excel at the insidious art of secret insults… they smile in your face while stabbing a blade of nice-sounding words into your back. And even if we speak ironically fluently and sarcasm hear it out straight away: crappy compliments are probably not always meant as an insult, but they are meta level still hurts like hell.
 
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Compliments are like a successful tightrope walk between truth and exaggeration – and we too can use them as a perfidious stab in the back for people we hate. The fact that it’s really impressive how someone can munch on three whole plates of pasta sounds appreciative at first. In reality, though, it’s a nasty one beauty in sheep’s clothing, a subtle hint that the other person can’t get enough, doesn’t want to share or we just can’t stand them. And so, we smile amiably in the eyes of the hated nemesis… and still feel wonderful childish Satisfaction. Here are our 28 compliments to secretly insult your enemies:
28 compliments you can secretly use to offend people

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