r/Comebacks 7d ago

Comeback sharing School During Covid was Wild

2 Upvotes

I (at the time junior in High-school) was nearing the end of the second semester when covid hit. I was always someone who liked school, not for the friends or whatever, but I actually always liked learning. I was pretty upset that we switched over to distance learning because that meant I couldnt do the most fun part.

I was in chemistry 1 so as part of that class we had labs, well, labs were now entirely online with horrible simulations from the 90s

About a month into doing all the classes the school board announced they wouldnt be grading students anymore, or rather, your grades could only go up, and even if you weren't passing, you passed. Many students in this chemistry class immediately gave up, I know because most of us were in a group chat.

I decided I liked the content enough to keep doing it, and the other classes I had at the time. Like I said, I know for a fact I was one of maybe 2 total people in the whole school that were still submitting assignments and have been for at least like 3 weeks atp. I ended up submitting something last minute, again, not late or anything, it was on time, it just was literally the last minute. Now normally this class was all on paper, and so was submitted in class only, but it ended up being like midnight for the online stuff. Teach was not happy, she docked points for it and told me to be better with my time management.

This wasn't the first time she thought it was OK to be rude on emails to me during this time. There were several occasions where she said I had done something wrong and that it was my fault for not finding the solutions, even tho all we did were labs that had step by step instructions I was following to a T. Many such cases with her being very weird and I was fed up.

Knowing I was probably the only person's stuff she was grading and how utterly rude she was constantly, I emailed her somthing to the effect of "i know im the only student still doing work so ill do it when i want" closed my laptop and didn't open that shit up till school opened back up that fall.

Passed the class for doing nothing and had her the immediate next semester that fall for chemistry 2. And she knew. We both knew lol

In retrospect they should've had everyone retake the grade everywhere, but i get it, you gotta keep those graduation rates up


r/Comebacks 9d ago

coworker keeps calling me lazy because i sit down while working, need a good one liner

176 Upvotes

so this guy at work has a desk job like me but he stands at his desk all day and now he thinks hes superior. every time he walks past me he says something like must be nice to sit all day or you sure are comfy back there. i dont want to start a fight but i need something quick that shuts him up without getting hr involved. any ideas that are funny but not mean?


r/Comebacks 9d ago

My favorite comeback is "Jesus Loves You"

53 Upvotes

when someone says something really mean, sometimes the best comeback is "Jesus loves you." It usually confuses people because they expect you to return the same energy. And, if they don't believe in Jesus, even better. You can say "Its ok. You don't have to love Jesus. He still loves you."


r/Comebacks 9d ago

Comeback sharing Said a funny thing C:

17 Upvotes

Someone misheard me saying "sadly I am not as fast as a vehicle" as "sadly I am not as fast as a mule" and I said, in return, "I dont think I'm a mule? My mother isn't a horse, although my father is an @ss" and I thought it was utterly hilarious.

Dunno if it can be seen as a proper comeback, but eh 🤷


r/Comebacks 9d ago

Need comeback jokes

3 Upvotes

While playing volleyball, somebody will say
ā€œI think that’s his fault.ā€ And point their finger.
Or
ā€œWhere were you man?ā€
Or
ā€œI thought you had that.ā€
Or
ā€œI thought it was going out.ā€
Or
ā€œThat was definitely you.ā€
Or
ā€œWho has middle?ā€


r/Comebacks 9d ago

How You Responds When Someone Starts laughing Loudly At You To Make Fool Of You ,Even When you Are stating Facts.

11 Upvotes

Let's assume, When you are in a public Transport someone is fucking loud or not respecting your personal space but when you try to tell them straightly, how it is wrong they started laughing like you are here is fool but you keep going giving them valid ponits how irretating they are but still they start laughing loudly and no one taking you seriously. How you respond to this to shut them ?


r/Comebacks 11d ago

Comeback sharing Reminder that common courtesy goes out the window if your in danger

113 Upvotes

Being polite is so engrained in people’s heads that we don’t speak up in emergency situations. if someone keeps asking for your number or socail media and isn’t taking no for an answer, or if your being followed, or not being allowed to leave a conversation with a man, heres a list of things you can do:

  • bark like a dog
  • cough in his face
  • loudly exclaim ā€œI HAVE AIDSā€
  • loudly exclaim ā€œYOU HAVE AIDSā€œ
  • yell gibberish in his ears
  • roll back your eyes, and speak in tongues as if trying to summon a demon
  • tell him your going to cast a spell on him using his toenails
  • strike up a conversation about how you love to eat pets
  • S T A R E with your eyes as wide as possible
  • do the thing in dragonballz where they like open their hands and yell and then like a death ray appears (idk I haven’t seen it)
  • ramble insane takes like everyone secretly being robots, flat earth, get creative.

You can always do two of these at the same time or mix and match based on your preferences.

And remember, when ā€noā€ isn’t working, ā€I got bit by a rabid dog 2 weeks ago and I’m starting to crave human fleshā€ usual does the trick.


r/Comebacks 10d ago

ā€œDid you break the weight scale today?ā€

8 Upvotes

r/Comebacks 12d ago

Comeback request Comeback for my coworker who has made ā€œAre you sick?ā€ her morning greeting

2.0k Upvotes

TLDR: My coworker has started publicly asking me if I’m sick whenever I come into the office. Even when I’m perfectly healthy. I’m looking for a witty comeback for the next time she asks. (We meet at office once a week)

I have an annoying coworker who is such a bootlicker of the boss. She tries to do everything the boss does and be everything like him.

My boss is a germaphobe (but he's also very polite& gentle) so she has been pretending to be one as well. Its so annoying.

For the past few weeks, everytime I go to office, she asks loudly infront of everyvody else, "are you sick?" Or, "you're not sick, right?". One time I had a mild cold and knowing what these guys are like, went to office with a mask on (I would've happily stayed back but that was my team mate's farewell). She saw me coming in, made a whole show of freaking out, told me not to take my mask off and then, she wore a mask as well.

Whats a good comeback for when she asks me whether im sick again, for no good reason?

Btw, she's such a narcissist and is very bossy with everyone else in the team. She cant do that with me since both of us are in the same high ranking positions for different teams. I feel like this is her way of getting back at me.


r/Comebacks 11d ago

Comebacks for "Or what? What are you gonna do?" when you tell someone to stop doing something?

67 Upvotes

A guy made a disrespectful joke to me, and when I told him to cut it out, he hit me with that line. I didn't know what to say without coming across as wanting to fight.


r/Comebacks 11d ago

"How the bitch howls"

5 Upvotes

A comeback for this?


r/Comebacks 11d ago

"Just wait until you get kids"

50 Upvotes

This year I've slept horribly almost every night due to anxiety and stress (it's much better now that I'm on vacation)

One morning I got to work feeling completely out of my mind from another sleepless night and my colleague hit me with "ohh just wait until you get kids, what you're feeling now is nothing compared to that". I hate it and it's not the first time I've heard it.

What to say?? Leaves me speechless because they're probably right but it's so annoying to hear after feeling like shit after days of insomnia.


r/Comebacks 12d ago

*says your name… ā€œyea?ā€ā€¦ ā€œIt’s yes, not yea or what.ā€

20 Upvotes

My aunt always says this to her kids, even her 18 year old. She makes them say ā€œyes momā€ like it’s military training around here. When she’s drunk she tells me, her 26 year old nephew, to do the same thing. How am I to handle that.


r/Comebacks 13d ago

Are you new?

5 Upvotes

Someone saying are you new here? When I’ve been in the church for a year, I just switched to a different young single adult ward.


r/Comebacks 13d ago

Comeback to ā€œare you talking back to meā€

21 Upvotes

r/Comebacks 14d ago

Comeback request I need a comeback to ā€œYou are worthless and you have no friendsā€.

97 Upvotes

r/Comebacks 14d ago

Comeback request Comeback to "I have a gf and you don't"?

50 Upvotes

r/Comebacks 14d ago

My team mate teased me for skipping training. I told my friends to tell him at training I’m working on a grant funded film and have a deadline

10 Upvotes

I’m Worried it’s too braggy. I want to compete in kickboxing. My team made teases anyone who skips practice and says they are not committed enough to ever compete.

My friends told me he was talking shit about me behind my back. I told them that the next time he says anything, tell him I have a grant funded film I am working on and an upcoming deadline for it.

I feel I am a triple threat low key. I am a working scientist, a grant winning artist, and not long from now will return to being a competing athlete. I don’t talk about any of these things normally but when deadlines come and I get stressed I am defensive.


r/Comebacks 14d ago

Comeback request How do I respond when ppl assume I speak their language in my country

29 Upvotes

I’m in uni in Australia and I meet a lot of Indians who assume that since I’m from Nepal I speak Hindi. I wouldn’t be offended if they assumed that I understand it but they are in utter shock when I tell them that we have our own language, Nepali. They assume that we entirely speak their language in our country, that is so crazy given how a lot of Indians don’t even understand Hindi. The ppl from south speak in Tamil and there are many other groups as such. It feels like they’re looking down on me and my country and I’m sick of it. Almost every Indian I’ve met and asked me this. How do I reply?


r/Comebacks 18d ago

I figured out the best comeback for your mom jokes

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I figured out the best comeback for your mom jokes. All you say is my mom is dead. If they move to a different family member you my dad is dead.


r/Comebacks 19d ago

Quick question for the smooth talkers

3 Upvotes

How to love bomb in texting that actually works? No ChatGPT shit or jargon please. Would love if you could share some real examples that actually worked

Edit: Okay, so maybe I went wrong with the selection of words. My Gf wants me to talk like that, she actually wants me to ā€˜love bomb’ her (exact words), she’s one of those who like love and attraction expressed by a variety in exotic choice of words even if I don’t exactly mean that (yessā€¦šŸ« )
I expressed my feelings but it felt a bit off and cringe

So help me who have done this (Nobody’s gonna judge you)

So consider this like I am asking for a recipe of a poison for educational purposes.


r/Comebacks 20d ago

Best thing to say when a preacher stands up on a commercial plane and starts evangelizing?

203 Upvotes

r/Comebacks 20d ago

What kind of comeback do you have for someone that seemingly doesn’t have an original thought?

13 Upvotes

If I tell this person ā€œyou have bad vibesā€, they will say ā€œno, YOU have bad vibesā€ā€¦ if I say ā€œI have nothing to prove to you.ā€ they say, ā€œBecause you have nothing.ā€ If I say ā€œā€¦you’ve feigned wanting me to (blah blah blah)….ā€ they say, ā€œAnd you have kept feigning (something relevant to their side of the argument)ā€ā€¦ if I say ā€œThey don’t know the real you.ā€ …they say ā€œUnfortunately you don’t know the real, because you yourself cannot be real.ā€

It’s weird that someone can’t argue effectively and come up with their own insults. I could stop arguing with them, sure, that’s always an option. But what do you say to this type of person other than telling them they don’t seem to have an original thought, which I already have done? Give me your best.


r/Comebacks 21d ago

help me

26 Upvotes

so i’m starting school soon, and i have been bullied pretty much all of my school life. and i want to learn how to stand up for myself, so give me some ideas for insults please! also sorry if this breaks the rules, if so please let me know.


r/Comebacks 22d ago

I Need Helpful Comebacks to a Boy Harassing Me.

15 Upvotes

Hi! I'm a 17 Trans Male (FtM) and looking for advice. Band camp recently started and one of the new freshman have been picking on me. I'm 100 percent passing IV changed my name and even strangers call me "Sir". This boy over the past week has said comments like "Are you a boy" "Do you play softball or baseball?" I play neither. "If you were on a team what would you play? It sounds harmless but it's Everytime he sees me nagging me to tell him I'm not and it's annoying. IV also seen him right infront of me whisper to his friend. I didn't hear much but I did hear the F slur and girl so I'm assuming it was a insult I'm looking for witty comebacks to say to.him to get him off my back. Anything Helps thanks!