Heard a guy respond to another guy calling him a motherfucker with ‘yeah, but your mom didn’t complain much’, so it got me thinking. What are your best comebacks for the common insults you hear from time to time?

  • @667@lemmy.radio
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    921 year ago

    One I’ve heard: a guy was giving another guy some shit for drinking a “girly drink”, saying “real men don’t drink those”.

    The guy instantly responded, “Real men drink whatever the fuck they want.”

  • wirelesswire
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    761 year ago

    “I fucked your mom”

    Oh, so now you’re disappointing other people’s parents?

  • Admiral Patrick
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    1 year ago

    If it’s someone random, and I haven’t said anything to them at all, I’ll usually put on a confused face and sign “What?” in ASL. Really takes the piss out of them. The hardest part is keeping a straight face when they try to repeat the insult but louder.

    It’s also my go-to power move when I’m in a long line or waiting room and someone tries to get chatty. Seriously, if you have the opportunity to take some ASL classes, you definitely should.

  • enjoytemple
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    521 year ago

    I love that this thread is slowly developing into a Monkey Island sword fighting training course.

  • mynachmadarch
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    431 year ago

    I pull out the “I’m rubber, you’re glue”. Nobody expects it these days, either that or “Would Mister Rogers approve of your actions?” I’ve yet to meet someone who doesn’t at least pause at that.

    I can’t pull it off, but “I’m thinking you weren’t burdened with an over-abundance of schooling.” From Firefly is killer

  • Hucklebee
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    361 year ago

    Your mother was a hamster, and your father smells of elderberries.

  • @beerclue@lemmy.world
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    281 year ago

    “Well, I guess you’re no longer invited to my birthday party.”

    Said to a random person, it confuses the hell out of them.

  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 🏆
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    1 year ago

    If someone calls you a pussy, the best response is “you are what you eat, dick.

    The best comeback to an insult in general is:

    “Who is this clown?”

    Because it not only calls them a clown, but it infers they aren’t even popular enough to be a well-known clown.

  • ThyTTY
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    121 year ago

    Ignoring them. Nothing grinds their gears more.

    • Call me Lenny/Leni
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      51 year ago

      Don’t you have that in reverse? It’s supposed to bounce off of you and stick to me, which means you’re supposed to be the rubber.

  • @Tikiporch@lemmy.world
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    No one insults me, so these aren’t field tested.

    “Oh yeah? Well, the jerk store called and they’re running out of you.”

    “I don’t want to talk to you no more, you empty-headed animal food trough wiper. I fart in your general direction! Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!”

    “Yeah, well, you know, that’s just, like, your opinion, man.”

    “What you’ve just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.”