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pratchettquotes · 11 months
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"Is that so?" said Mistress Weatherwax sarcastically.
"Yes. It is. And Miss Level believes in telling them the truth!"
"Good. She's a fine, honest woman," said Mistress Weatherwax. "But what I say is you have to tell people a story they can understand."
Terry Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky
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debbiecolon · 7 months
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Backhanded compliments like this are poor taste. Don’t.
Keep that to yourself, or your friends, and preferably out of tags. It makes you look insecure at best and unpleasant to be around at worst.
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navybrat817 · 1 month
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https://www.tumblr.com/navybrat817/743118116923506688/navy-im-so-sorry-you-didnt-get-the-promotion?source=share
Is this a poll for fun or is this to write more? We don't need anything else for this when you have better stories. 😔
Thank you for letting me know I have better stories, nonnie. I suggest not reading this AU then should I choose to expand it. I'm certainly not forcing anyone to read my stuff.
But while we're discussing this, maybe send some love on the fics that are "better"? Encouragement over backhanded compliments.
Thanks for stopping by.
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akhiandesertdrake · 6 months
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Trans Euphoria #11
I dress however I want to and nobody comments about it. I haven't heard a single reference to my clothing choices since coming out. Yeah, I look like a typical Office Joe. But the point is, after 20+ years of backhanded compliments, "you would look so good in __ let me dress you up", and "don't wear that guys will stare", that NO ONE CARES. That's how it should have been from the beginning.
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howifeltabouthim · 1 month
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You hate when people say, You look beautiful. That is cruel. Tonight, with that dress and the professional hair and makeup, you nearly pass for one of us. We are proud of you.
Lisa Taddeo, from Ghost Lover
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honeybitch-scrat · 7 months
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I think about this once a month probably since it happened but ONE TIME literally TWO YEARS AGO
There was this woman that came into my place of work wearing a hot pink romper. And it was, like, with the pants. It was a professional looking sort of jumpsuit
I’m all about hyping up other women so I was like OH MY GOODNESS YOU LOOK INCREDIBLE and at first she was like THANK YOU
But here’s the thing
I do not wear bright colors. Every one of my outfits has to have some element of black in them. Most of the colors I wear are desaturated.
So this girl?? Wearing a hot pink piece from shoulder to ankle?? That speaks of CONFIDENCE and I’m all about it
But as I was going to acknowledge this, I said
“Especially since—“
This girl. This girl was just feeling herself. She smiled and glowed because it was HER DAY goddamn it!! But these words came out of my mouth and her face turned so quick into one ready for war. She looked at me like she was going to carve whatever sentence I uttered next into my skin with her fingernails
I realized what she thought I was going to say. “Especially since you’re so big!” That’s not what I was going to say
But my headass blue-screened. I could only concentrate now on the insult. If I dared to utter words, those would be them, and I didn’t want that
She said “thank you”
And I said “yes ma’am”
BUT NOW I THINK ABOUT THAT INTERACTION ALL THE TIME
Hot Pink Jumper Woman, if you’re out there, I’m sorry you thought I was ever going to give you a back-handed compliment. I just wanted to acknowledge you had bigger balls than me and Elle Woods would have worn your outfit to brunch on the White House lawn
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eway4 · 7 months
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Another problem I have with World Of Light!
Alot of the songs are amazing and this "mode" does not deserve those songs.
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msboutofcontext · 2 years
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kitdunsmore · 4 months
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Backhanded compliment of the week, seen on YouTube:
I don't have any interest in this activity and would never ever do this but I watch this channel. The videos are great for falling asleep to.
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the-expose-on-girls · 7 months
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Mean girl rehab
It's been my experience that a mean girl turning over a new leaf is a phenomenon more rare than unicorn sightings.
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nyc-uws · 9 months
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“Negging” Is the Toxic Dating Trend to Look Out For—and We Know How to Spot It
Negging is a backhanded compliment given to someone to undermine their confidence and is all over dating apps—and this TikTok has highlighted how to spot it.
Navigating the complex and ever-changing world of dating apps can be tricky.
There’s always a new term or trend to look out for, from oystering to dry dating, and in a sea of people all seeking different things, finding people you have shared interest and common ground with while swiping from left to right can be tricky.
But beyond the swipes and witty one-liners found on these dating profiles can lay something far more sinister – something we should all look out for called “negging”.
Negging is an act of emotional manipulation whereby someone insults you with a backhanded compliment to undermine your confidence.
“Negging is a term coined by pickup artists where somebody kind of insults you to increase their social value in your head,” she says in the clip.
“Although we know that anyone can insult us, there’s a part of our brain that thinks: ‘Well they just insulted me, they must be better than me, I need to prove myself to them’.”
Ali says that on dating apps, this is often represented as an insult about an entire group of people that makes you want to say “no-no not me”.
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I’m cultured like a petri dish
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they-call-me-haiku · 9 days
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i know the whole “he doesn't like being stared at” is supposed to be spooky, but i'm just imagining Mr Bonzo being super self-conscious and breaking into tears the moment someone makes eye contact with him.
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cemeterybrat · 2 years
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your sims are really good but the foreheads are too small it throws the whole sim off. i’m not hating btw!!! i love them i’m just telling you
a lot of hairs clip with large foreheads. anyway, they’re my sims, i make them how i want, but thanks.
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amphoraeus · 11 months
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The Gerudo king.
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howifeltabouthim · 9 months
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He wanted to be kind, but I boiled—fists clenched, fury rising. He had offered me condescension, compensation. Don't worry, Harry, you count, too, he was saying, even if you are funny-looking.
Siri Hustvedt, from The Blazing World
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