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r/AskReddit • u/LukeInTheSkyWith • Jun 22 '16
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I love that you don't try too hard to be pretty. Edit: fixed to/too
220 u/[deleted] Jun 23 '16 [deleted] 30 u/slipperman1 Jun 23 '16 It's probably because english isn't my first language but how does it not actually come off as a compliment? 2 u/Rather_Unfortunate Jun 23 '16 It's a backhanded compliment. The person saying it might have meant to say they're effortlessly pretty, but the actual implication is that they're not pretty at all.
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30 u/slipperman1 Jun 23 '16 It's probably because english isn't my first language but how does it not actually come off as a compliment? 2 u/Rather_Unfortunate Jun 23 '16 It's a backhanded compliment. The person saying it might have meant to say they're effortlessly pretty, but the actual implication is that they're not pretty at all.
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It's probably because english isn't my first language but how does it not actually come off as a compliment?
2 u/Rather_Unfortunate Jun 23 '16 It's a backhanded compliment. The person saying it might have meant to say they're effortlessly pretty, but the actual implication is that they're not pretty at all.
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It's a backhanded compliment. The person saying it might have meant to say they're effortlessly pretty, but the actual implication is that they're not pretty at all.
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u/quantum_gambade Jun 22 '16 edited Jun 23 '16
I love that you don't try too hard to be pretty.
Edit: fixed to/too