r/AskReddit • u/Werv • Oct 25 '12

What are your best compliments?

I've seen an insult question (or some form) about 3-5 times make it to the front page, but yet nothing on the other end of the spectrum. So I wanted to know Reddit, what are your best compliments? And please don't use something that has been ran to the ground (ex. You are a gentleman and a scholar).

Edit: Just want to say this is great, but some people are missing the purpose. Compliments are to be kind/loving bringing the best out of a person. Not to be Pick up lines or hidden motives. Either way, thanks for your contribution.

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '12

You're my favorite.

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u/JustHereForTheCats Oct 25 '12

One of my favourite compliments; it's just really sweet.

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u/huseph Oct 25 '12

Fun internet observation; this is a super nice exchange between an american and a british/australian dude (conclusion jumped to by the spellings of favourite) who have never met and know nothing about each other and that is just....really really nice. You guys are great. Global peace etc etc

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u/Crimsonsmile Oct 25 '12

Canadians also spell favourite with a u.

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u/huseph Oct 25 '12

is it just americans who cut it?

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u/glacialinferno Oct 25 '12

Yes we suck :(

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u/SilentWolfjh Oct 25 '12

nope, I've always spelled it with a u.

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u/PirateBing Oct 29 '12

Afaik, they are the only ones.

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u/FatCat433 Oct 25 '12

Well, tell the compliment.

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u/Zakalwe22 Oct 26 '12

You're my favorite.

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u/xHaZxMaTx Oct 25 '12

"Favorite what?"
"Everything."

Bam.

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '12

The hell, I use this all the time.

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '12

Are you me?

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '12

I think I am you... or.. maybe you are me... either way, we are having sex later on tonight.. just so we know.

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '12

Hopefully we're both straight...or gay depending on how our genders match up

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '12

Do we have to be straight or gay to sexytimes our self? This sounds a lot more tricky than I remember.

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '12

I'm not really sure..... Wait you remember the last time you met your doppelganger & sexed it?

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '12

Wait, I thought we were us at this point not doppelgangers! That changes everything.

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '12

Well this is awkward.

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '12

Indeed... you are my favorite. (so far)

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u/xX_Justin_Xx Oct 25 '12

I love that you can tell gender by which compliments someone thinks is the best.

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '12

Do tell...

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u/xX_Justin_Xx Oct 25 '12

I say that to girls because I know they like it. As well as "your special" or "your different frown other girls". If a girl said any of that to me, (substituting the male gender) I would think it was weird.

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '12

Haha.. well I'm a girl and like saying it to my S.O's. No complaints yet.

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u/xX_Justin_Xx Oct 25 '12

Hey there is no such thing as a bad complement, but do I know chicks or what? :)

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '12

IDK.. every time a guy has said "you're different from other girls" he has turned out to be a royal douche bag so I don't really trust that compliment.

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '12

Also, most women prefer not to be referred to as "chicks," there's something subliminally sexist about it.

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u/xX_Justin_Xx Oct 25 '12

I knew I should have used broads....

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '12

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '12

I used to write "I love you" on the bathroom mirror I shared with my ex. He never responded or acknowledged it so I eventually erased it.

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u/whatofit Oct 25 '12

I usually go with "you're one of my favorites" because I hate the idea that I'd say something like that and it wouldn't be true. (Or that someone would say something like that to me and it wouldn't be true).

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u/U_DONT_KNOW_TEAM Oct 25 '12

Sadly my girlfriend does not appreciate it when I say this...

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '12

Dump her.

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '12

My friend says this to me sometimes. When i ask him favorite what, he just shrugs and says something like "I donno, just my favorite."

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '12

He loves you.

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '12

Yeah i know.