Compliments that don't seem like compliments...
Darknovae
12-05-2007, 02:47
I get a lot of those. Normally they're about my acne clearing up, or my weight (which obviously does not seem like a compliment at all).
Does anyone else get one of those, or just me?
Greater Trostia
12-05-2007, 02:49
"Hey, glad to see she didn't press charges!"
Ginnoria
12-05-2007, 02:50
I get a lot of those. Normally they're about my acne clearing up, or my weight (which obviously does not seem like a compliment at all).
Does anyone else get one of those, or just me?
I like to give these. A good one is where you compliment someone on their new haircut, then mention that their old one was ugly.
Jello Biafra
12-05-2007, 02:52
"You look so much better now." Something like that?
Infinite Revolution
12-05-2007, 02:55
"you're not as bald as you think you are."
"i don't think you're an idiot, you're just silly... in a good way."
Darknovae
12-05-2007, 02:55
"You look so much better now." Something like that?
Yeah. :(
When I was little: "You smell much better than the last time I met you"
Cannot think of a name
12-05-2007, 03:15
(With unhidden surprise) "You were a cute kid!" (with sometimes not tacit "What happened?")
I get this one a lot: "You look much older than you are."
"You haven't changed a bit since High School."
Infinite Revolution
12-05-2007, 03:19
"you look really good these days. my mum used to say you were such and odd looking child"
Milchama
12-05-2007, 03:57
the backhanded compliment, oh dear:
"You look so much better in those new clothes"
Smunkeeville
12-05-2007, 04:22
"have you lost weight?"
yes, I am losing weight, but I know everyone who says that (except my doctor, who knows how much weight I am losing) says it to try to be nice, what I hear is
"wow, you are so fat, I can't think of anything else to compliment you on"
oh, and the "your skin is so pretty, I bet you don't even have to wear make-up"
it just annoys me because I don't wear make up.....not because I think my skin is pretty, just because I don't like to wear make-up.
oh and I forgot the "sometimes I forget how young you are"
Soviet Haaregrad
12-05-2007, 05:12
oh and I forgot the "sometimes I forget how young you are"
Remember, when you get that on here it's because of how mature and responsible you are, and because we're unable to see how youthful you are.
:fluffle:
Fluffle-spam always makes me feel less insulted. :D
To be honest, no I don't. Sorry if I killed the conversation, carry on.
Cookavich
12-05-2007, 05:53
I got a lot of those unwanted complements after I got out of boot camp. I mean I wasn't fat (nor was I in shape) yet people were treating me like I had leprosy before.
Neo Undelia
12-05-2007, 05:55
People do that whenever I trim the impenetrable tangle that is my hair.
H N Fuffino
12-05-2007, 05:59
"I suppose you could be more of an asshole, if you tried."
WTF do you mean?! I'm already trying as hard as I can, and the fact that you can't appreciate this doesn't bespeak well of either of us.
Atopiana
12-05-2007, 06:01
I got a lot of those unwanted complements after I got out of boot camp. I mean I wasn't fat (nor was I in shape) yet people were treating me like I had leprosy before.
Mate... you's just got out of boot camp. You'd've had to've been super-fit previously to avoid "OMG YOU'VE GOT MUSCLES" comments. I suspect your friends etc were just shocked at seeing the alterations wrought by the military's finest bastards on you! :p
I'm good at giving them, and equally good at detecting them.
Cannot think of a name
12-05-2007, 06:53
People do that whenever I trim the impenetrable tangle that is my hair.
I have that, sort of. "Officially" I have a goatee, but I don't shave really unless I absolutely have to, so a full beard crops up around the magnificent goatee. As a result, the mere act of shaving the beard that's not really supposed to be there but really is causes that surprised, "You look sharp, what's up?" (or the sometimes even more annoying, 'you missed your chin')
Cookavich
12-05-2007, 06:53
Mate... you's just got out of boot camp. You'd've had to've been super-fit previously to avoid "OMG YOU'VE GOT MUSCLES" comments. I suspect your friends etc were just shocked at seeing the alterations wrought by the military's finest bastards on you! :pLol, true I only wish I could have kept in good shape since I got out of the military. Damn you corporate America!!!!!!!!
Snafturi
12-05-2007, 07:21
"I'm suprised you don't want to color your hair." Growing up, my hair could't decide if it was red, brown, or blond. Apparently I shouldn't have been ok with it.
Maineiacs
12-05-2007, 07:25
My favorites are "You're 40? Wow, you don't look really old." and "You get around pretty good in that wheelchair, huh?"
Normally they're about my acne clearing up
Haaaaaaaaaaaate that one so much.
Jello Biafra
12-05-2007, 11:26
the backhanded compliment, oh dear:
"You look so much better in those new clothes"My favorite backhanded compliment:
Me: Oh, it's your birthday? How old are you?
Them: 37.
Me: Wow, you don't look a day older than 36!
:D
I have that, sort of. "Officially" I have a goatee, but I don't shave really unless I absolutely have to, so a full beard crops up around the magnificent goatee. As a result, the mere act of shaving the beard that's not really supposed to be there but really is causes that surprised, "You look sharp, what's up?" (or the sometimes even more annoying, 'you missed your chin')That's silly. Now people with moustaches missed their upper lip, and people with soul patches missed a spot, too, but not people with goatees.
TJHairball
12-05-2007, 11:31
After the last time I let someone cut my hair:
"Wow, you're actually hot under all that hair!"
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Cannot think of a name
12-05-2007, 11:36
After the last time I let someone cut my hair:
"Wow, you're actually hot under all that hair!"
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"Yeah, but it's warm in the winter."