30 Backhanded Compliments.
Nathan Johnson
Published
01/10/2023
Insults disguised as compliments.
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The classic: "I hope your day is as pleasant as you are." This is coming from a retail worker to a Full Karen. -
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“You look.... healthy” where I’m from, the nice way of saying someone has gotten fat. -
3.
That outfit is really brave. -
4.
You are impossible to underestimate. -
5.
You're much smarter than you look. -
6.
My uncle once said to me 'Nice tattoo, did you do it yourself?' It's on my back. -
7.
I love how you just wear anything -
8.
I don’t care what everybody else says, I think you’re pretty cool. -
9.
You have a unique face -
10.
You look so pretty with your makeup on. Like, a totally different person! -
11.
My grandma always says people are "good and kind" when they get on her nerves. They think shes a sweet old lady, when shes really saying they're "good for nothing and kinda stupid". I got it engraved on a mug for her -
12.
You're pretty for a big girl -
13.
“I bet she was beautiful 20 years ago” -
14.
"your sister is beautiful and you are...smart" -
15.
I hope you get what you deserve. -
16.
"And I'm thinking *you weren't* burdened with an overabundance of schooling." -
17.
You always look so comfortable! -
18.
"you talk so eloquently" "you speak so well" towards a black person as if we all talk like we're from the depths of the hood -
19.
I love what you're trying to do with your hair... -
20.
Friends and I do this thing where you add the word "actually" to an otherwise normal complement in order to make it backhanded (e. g. "hey you're actually pretty smart") -
21.
I was doing a timed work skills test a month into a new job and it took me forever so he let me do it again. It took just as long the second time and he said, "Well... at least you're consistent." -
22.
I'm amazed you managed that. They think it's a compliment, while your wondering how they are still breathing without a hourly reminder. -
23.
Wow! You’re much nicer than I was expecting -
24.
You have so much potential! -
25.
In the line at Walmart there was an old lady and a man trying to figure out how much money they needed to pay and when I said the amount, He told me that I was pretty smart for being a girl. -
26.
You're at the very top of the bell curve!! Implying you're just *average*. Telling someone they're on the lower right side of the curve however.. That means you're among the top 1% of whatever. -
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I love how you just don't care how you look. I could never do that I'd feel too awkward. -
28.
My wife once said “i just love your cute little way of living” with total sincerity -
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You haven't changed a bit! -
30.
You look handsome with that mask!
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