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December 30, 1955 — see The Complete Peanuts 1955-1958
#peanuts#comics#humor#existentialism#charlie brown#violet#negging#backhanded compliment#nice guy syndrome#friendzone#mediocrity
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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
#tiffany aching#granny weatherwax#esme weatherwax#miss level#a hat full of sky#discworld#terry pratchett#people#psychology#truth#story#narrative#persuasion#philosophical differences#backhanded compliment#a fine honest woman#is that so
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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.
#poor tumblr etiquette#backhanded compliment#it’s the same energy as cool art but I hate that ship#artist on tumblr#ps: I live in a state that has harsh winters you fucking donkey
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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.
#navybrat answers#like there's no tomorrow au#backhanded compliment#thanks?#anon ask#asks are always appreciated
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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
#condescending#backhanded compliment#nuance#hurt feelings#passing#try hard#close but no cigar#reminds me of#oliver quick#farleigh start#oliver x farleigh#quotes#lit#words#excerpts#quote#literature#lisa taddeo#ghost lover
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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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#magic school bus#out of context#ms frizzle#carlos#rot land#backhanded compliment#your idea sucks#decomposition#rot#Meets the Rot Squad
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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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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.
#girl vs girl#girlvsgirl#mean girls#bullies#passive aggressive#backhanded compliment#mean girl rehab
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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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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.
#he just has social anxiety leave him alone#you defeat him by giving him backhanded compliments#tmagp#the magnus protocol#tmagp spoilers#tmagp mr bonzo#tmagp bonzo#tmagp gwen#tmagp gwendolyn#gwendolyn bouchard#tmagp ep 10#mr bonzo#tmagp shitpost#magnus protocol
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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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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
#lookist#sexism#backhanded compliment#condescending#pity#insulting#quotes#lit#words#excerpts#quote#literature#siri hustvedt#the blazing world
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The Gerudo king.
#just a ganondorf appreciation post#Also the king of backhanded compliments#tloz#totk#tears of the kingdom#ganondorf
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"did you draw this character as trans, or are they cis?"
the answer is yes. whichever makes you happiest. or, if you're being weird or a jerk about it, it's whatever makes you angriest. if you're transphobic, every character I draw is trans. especially your faves. they're Turbo Trans actually.
unless I'm specifically saying otherwise, you're welcome to view the characters I draw as whatever you like! sometimes they're trans when I draw them, sometimes they aren't. sometimes they're just a pretty man or a girl with small boobs or whatever. I tend to prefer an androgynous aesthetic so it's not easy to tell lol
#zilly squeaks#everyone is Schrodinger's trans character in here#i mean except the trans characters. those are just regular trans#I've gotten some questions about this recently that have been kinda rude ngl!#it's one thing to be curious bc you like trans characters#it's another thing to try and make it a backhanded compliment bc then you sound a bit transphobic my guy
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