Crackhappy@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoWhat is the worst subtle insult you've ever heard?message-squaremessage-square48linkfedilinkarrow-up191arrow-down10
arrow-up191arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the worst subtle insult you've ever heard?Crackhappy@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square48linkfedilink
minus-squareMagicShel@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up43·7 days agoThey have but two brain cells struggling for third place.
minus-squareLORDSMEGMA@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·7 days agoGuess that makes it a pretty bad subtle insult
minus-squarerichieadler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·6 days agoI guarantee that there are legions of people for whom this is exceedingly subtle.
minus-squareOnomatopoeia@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 days agoThat’s downright Shakesperean!
minus-squareMagicShel@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 days agoI removed it because I didn’t think it qualified as subtle, but I rather like it.
minus-squareOnomatopoeia@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 days agoOh no, it’s subtlety lies in the sentence construction - it’s how someone like Jefferson or Jane Austen would’ve written it.
They have but two brain cells struggling for third place.
It’s great, but not very subtle
Guess that makes it a pretty bad subtle insult
I guarantee that there are legions of people for whom this is exceedingly subtle.
That’s downright Shakesperean!
I removed it because I didn’t think it qualified as subtle, but I rather like it.
Oh no, it’s subtlety lies in the sentence construction - it’s how someone like Jefferson or Jane Austen would’ve written it.