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Good snide: How to shut down a bitchy comment

Dec 08, 2023 04:01 PM IST

... aka, how to shut down a bitchy comment, and stop random meanness in its tracks

Play dumb. “I didn’t catch that. What did you say?” It buys time. Gives the other person a chance to backtrack. The best way to offend your offender is to not acknowledge the offence in the first place. A good hack: Reword what they said and say or text it back to them so they can see their rudeness too. “Wait, did you mean to call me fat?”

In 2023, Hailey Bieber limited the comments on her Insta post after fans of Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez trolled her for a video of Bieber’s where she allegedly mocked Swift.
In 2023, Hailey Bieber limited the comments on her Insta post after fans of Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez trolled her for a video of Bieber’s where she allegedly mocked Swift.
When a commenter called Tapsee Pannu a ‘faltu heroine’ in 2020, she responded by saying he probably didn’t understand high-quality work.
When a commenter called Tapsee Pannu a ‘faltu heroine’ in 2020, she responded by saying he probably didn’t understand high-quality work.
When a troll said “If a man quoted a James Blunt song for me I think I’d vomit!”, Blunt replied, “I’d willingly hold your hair back”.
When a troll said “If a man quoted a James Blunt song for me I think I’d vomit!”, Blunt replied, “I’d willingly hold your hair back”.
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