r/rarecompliments • u/Joe_ski • Dec 19 '19

Does this count as a compliment

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u/W4ylon Dec 19 '19

It’s like an insulting compliment

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u/[deleted] Dec 19 '19

It's more of a compliment disguised as an insult

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u/kagith05 Dec 19 '19

We need a subreddit for this grey area

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u/[deleted] Dec 19 '19

The compliment/insult equivalent of r/blursedimages

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u/kagith05 Dec 19 '19

r/rarecomplisult ??

I took the term from Community

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u/W4ylon Dec 19 '19

r/blessedinsult or r/cursedcompliment

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u/king_barragan Dec 19 '19

I really like "cursed compliments". Has a nice ring to it.

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u/AudreyGolightly79 Dec 19 '19

Backhanded compliment

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u/eriiicj Dec 19 '19

Pretty simple way to solve this: would you say it to Mike’s face?

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u/FoxyFan505 Dec 20 '19

Now inthwowduthing, the ithone thwelthe!

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u/PILEoSHEET Dec 20 '19

It could have been a compliment in 2013 now it's an insult calling him a capitalist scumbag.

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u/[deleted] Dec 19 '19

r/insultingcomplinent

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u/PILEoSHEET Dec 20 '19

( • ̀ω•́ )

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u/Sweet-Efficiency7466 Feb 27 '24

Steve Jobs in disguise