# Insults that are more like compliments. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 21, 2013, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insults-that-are-more-like-compliments/669383 "2013-09-21T15:21:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insults-that-are-more-like-compliments/669383/61 "2013-09-24T19:56:24Z")
Recently overheard: 24 year old guy: I don’t want to get laid. In fact, I’m a virgin. Snide guy: YOU’RE A VIRGIN? What the fuck is the matter with you? Guy: I don’t have any children or nasty diseases. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insults-that-are-more-like-compliments/669383/62 "2013-09-24T21:48:40Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > “Nice legs, shame about the face?” {Checks link}Yes! I win! 😃 Calamari for you! Do you like it with breaded with lemon or flash fried with sesame oil, chilies and garlic? 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insults-that-are-more-like-compliments/669383/63 "2013-09-25T03:53:33Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > That comment, from that type of guy, is indeed a high compliment. I certainly think so. I treasure that comment to this day, almost 20 years later. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insults-that-are-more-like-compliments/669383/64 "2013-09-25T04:36:23Z")
> [@swampspruce](#): > > Calamari for you! Do you like it with breaded with lemon or flash fried with sesame oil, chilies and garlic? 🆒 Breaded with lemon! Also, salt-and-pepper squid. ---
**Author:** ![Rala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@Rala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rala)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insults-that-are-more-like-compliments/669383/65 "2013-09-25T07:27:32Z")
> [@lost4life](#): > > I sometimes get “You always think you’re right.” I mean, that’s a good thing. It’s kind of scary to believe you’re wrong, but you’re going to argue the point anyway. People should say things because they think it’s right. My sister says that to me a lot. Of course I think I’m right, that’s why I said it in the first place. Does she want me to say things I think are wrong? ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insults-that-are-more-like-compliments/669383/66 "2013-09-26T12:46:55Z")
Strangely, mine seem to be more compliments that could be taken as insults than the other way around. Yes, I’ve been insulted as a liberal, a feminist, a know-it-all, a walking encyclopedia, but those aren’t the fun ones. I had a student once try to scam his way past making up missing assignments. His approach (“But, Ms. Phouka, you have the power to make this go away!”) had apparently worked with other teachers, but I just nodded and said “you’re right, I do, and I choose not to. Get your work done and turned in.” His friend, tired of the discussion, finally declared. “Dude, it’s Ms. Phouka. She’s not _stupid_.” 😃 At a job, one of my coworkers seemed to be getting sweet on me, and I was interested until he said, in all seriousness, “phouka, you’re the kind of woman worth compromising for.” Really? Seriously? In what world is that a compliment? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insults-that-are-more-like-compliments/669383.md?page=3)