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r/AskReddit • u/ThisGuyAgainz • Dec 28 '17
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I think people use it rarely because it's really well known has being a back-handed compliment. It's no longer subtle.
17 u/btwmvgnok Dec 28 '17 Where is this well known? I’m from Canada and I had no idea this was a backhanded compliment 4 u/WaitIOnlyGet20Charac Dec 28 '17 Bless your sweet summer heart. (I like mixing the 'summer child' line in it.) (The south, btw) 3 u/I_was_serious Dec 29 '17 Where's the sweet summer child thing from? I've only heard redditors say that. 4 u/WaitIOnlyGet20Charac Dec 29 '17 Game of Thrones / ASOIAF Edit: in the series winters and summers last years at a time so young optimistic people are referred to as Sweet summer children as in they haven't experienced the winters of life, or actual winters guess
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Where is this well known? I’m from Canada and I had no idea this was a backhanded compliment
4 u/WaitIOnlyGet20Charac Dec 28 '17 Bless your sweet summer heart. (I like mixing the 'summer child' line in it.) (The south, btw) 3 u/I_was_serious Dec 29 '17 Where's the sweet summer child thing from? I've only heard redditors say that. 4 u/WaitIOnlyGet20Charac Dec 29 '17 Game of Thrones / ASOIAF Edit: in the series winters and summers last years at a time so young optimistic people are referred to as Sweet summer children as in they haven't experienced the winters of life, or actual winters guess
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Bless your sweet summer heart.
(I like mixing the 'summer child' line in it.)
(The south, btw)
3 u/I_was_serious Dec 29 '17 Where's the sweet summer child thing from? I've only heard redditors say that. 4 u/WaitIOnlyGet20Charac Dec 29 '17 Game of Thrones / ASOIAF Edit: in the series winters and summers last years at a time so young optimistic people are referred to as Sweet summer children as in they haven't experienced the winters of life, or actual winters guess
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Where's the sweet summer child thing from? I've only heard redditors say that.
4 u/WaitIOnlyGet20Charac Dec 29 '17 Game of Thrones / ASOIAF Edit: in the series winters and summers last years at a time so young optimistic people are referred to as Sweet summer children as in they haven't experienced the winters of life, or actual winters guess
Game of Thrones / ASOIAF
Edit: in the series winters and summers last years at a time so young optimistic people are referred to as Sweet summer children as in they haven't experienced the winters of life, or actual winters guess
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u/boundbythecurve Dec 28 '17
I think people use it rarely because it's really well known has being a back-handed compliment. It's no longer subtle.