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[-] __hetz@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 hour ago

"You are not acting like the person Mr. Rogers knew you could be."

Guaranteed to slug the inner child of, at least, three or four generations. Might have diminishing returns at the extremes (brainwashed boomers and brainrot zoomers) but should still hit pretty hard on those who grew up watching Fred Rogers and are capable of some amount of introspection.

[-] tangentism@beehaw.org 2 points 3 hours ago

"I say this with the greatest respect...."

[-] Pazuzu@midwest.social 2 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

"you're the sharpest bulb in the chandelier"

[-] FrickAndMortar@lemmy.world 5 points 6 hours ago

There’s a great artist that sells stuff at our local ren-faire; I bought a fridge magnet that says “I saw thee, and thought my day unwell.” It’s illuminated like an old manuscript and depicts a slim greyhound tossing his cookies.

[-] Athena5898@lemmy.ml 7 points 7 hours ago

"If she was a spice, she would be flour" - Louise Belcher

[-] SelfHigh5@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago

Have the day you deserve!

[-] DeadNinja@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

You should be paying for the Oxygen. Yes, that Oxygen.

[-] chirayu_alias@lemmy.zip 3 points 9 hours ago

"You look so generic I got a deja vu the first time we met."

I keep recycling this one but it's hard not to. I have so few good ideas!

[-] AntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.ml 5 points 16 hours ago

The truth. The reason you'd want to insult them as a direct pointed criticism.

[-] BROTHERM00N@lemmy.world 10 points 19 hours ago

Chuckle and as you walk away, and under your breath but just loud enough to hear, say "eyebrows" in a way that sounds like you were amused and thinking about how it amused you. They will think about that for years, as I have been

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 14 points 21 hours ago

I love how you don't let facts influence your opinion.

[-] helix@feddit.org 3 points 15 hours ago

"You're irrelevant to me."

[-] wuphysics87@lemmy.ml 2 points 14 hours ago

He only has two tools and they are both screwdrivers

[-] TruePe4rl@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 hours ago

Replace screwdrivers with hammers and you get a description of Jeremy Clarkson.

[-] ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 15 points 23 hours ago

I can explain it to you, but I cannot understand it for you.

[-] Surenho@beehaw.org 9 points 21 hours ago

It's really hard to underestimate you.

[-] SunshineJogger@feddit.org 1 points 6 hours ago

Ohhh, I like this one. Commited to permanent memory.

[-] Today@lemmy.world 4 points 17 hours ago

From my friend - You're the load your mom should have swallowed.

[-] Leather@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

... Do the down votes prefer anal?

[-] tgc2darkness@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 day ago

No one could possibly have a higher opinion of you than I have.

[-] decended_being@midwest.social 1 points 16 hours ago

This one is either a really backhanded compliment or also a self-own.

  • Everyone has a lower opinion of you than I do.
  • I think higher of you than others do.

I must be bad at reading people.

[-] rslogix89@lemmy.world 30 points 1 day ago

“Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!”

[-] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 hours ago
[-] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 5 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

"Your mom is a hoe and your dad is an alcoholic."

ExplanationHamsters have a lot of random sex and elderberries can be fermented into wine.

(You DO need Fr*nch accent to make this insult work tho)

[-] dantheclamman@lemmy.world 2 points 19 hours ago

Beat me to it

[-] nirodhaavidya@lemmy.world 50 points 1 day ago

I have neither the crayons nor the inclination to explain it to you.

[-] chirayu_alias@lemmy.zip 1 points 9 hours ago

Stealing this

[-] Bwaz@lemmy.world 2 points 19 hours ago

A waste of space

[-] LiamTheBox@lemmy.ml 2 points 19 hours ago

Too offensive for lemmy.ml

[-] calmblue75@lemmy.ml 4 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

Removed is the best one.

[-] Today@lemmy.world 34 points 1 day ago

I saw one here the other day calling someone a soup fork. I've been using that for people who are completely useless.

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[-] Safeguard@beehaw.org 6 points 1 day ago

You are the proud owner of not a single redeeming quality.

[-] ashenone@lemmy.ml 33 points 1 day ago

I work with an older lady who hits people with "you're so pretty" when they do or ask something stupid and I love it.

[-] GreyEyedGhost@piefed.ca 13 points 1 day ago

I first saw this used by Hugh Hefner in some reality TV show with some of his bimbos in Venice. One of them said how cool it was to be where Al Capone was born and he responded with, "You're so pretty." Of course, she absolutely took the compliment at face value.

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[-] TheFunkyMonk@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago

Big fan of a slow disapproving head shake and a thumbs down. Especially in road rage situations (or any time I see a Cybertruck).

[-] khannie@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

I only recently discovered the power of the thumbs down in the car. It is magical.

[-] osanna@lemmy.vg 8 points 1 day ago

A few beers short of a six pack

[-] Gerudo@lemmy.zip 15 points 1 day ago

The classic southern "Bless your heart"

[-] Forester@pawb.social 22 points 1 day ago

I can read it to you all day but unfortunately I cannot understand it for you.

[-] 4am@lemmy.zip 12 points 1 day ago

I have to thank the one and only James May for introducing me to “you witless dishcloth”

[-] Aralakh@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 hours ago
[-] FritzApollo@lemmy.today 16 points 1 day ago

I bet you sit on the TV and watch the sofa.

[-] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 2 points 22 hours ago

You two make quite the wit.

[-] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago

Thick as mince

[-] lordnikon@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

You make this world not worth saving.

[-] blackbrook@mander.xyz 12 points 1 day ago

Did your mother have any children that lived?

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