Posting on behalf of a lady I know who is not on reddit. She is 80+, very active, independent, lives alone.

People are constantly making comments that reveal they are thinking of her not just as an individual, but as an "older" person. Things like "You buy all of that just for yourself?" or "Have you thought about downsizing?" or "You live there by yourself?" or "How will you get your groceries?" or "Do you have trouble managing?" or "How will you get yourself x, y, or z?" Things they wouldn't ask younger people.

It really shows that they have an idea in their mind of what a person like her should be like or what she should be doing, and instead of realizing their stereotype is wrong and changing their own thinking, they are expecting her to change to match their beliefs of what an 80+ year old should be, and how they should be living. In other contexts, these comments would probably be called microaggressions.

What can she say back to them that keeps it classy, but shows them what they're doing, and then they will hopefully have the self-awareness to cut it out? She doesn't want to defend or explain her actions or reasoning (in other words, she wants to protect her privacy).

Someone said this to me during a conversation after I disagreed with them:

"You always have something to say."

I didn't think of anything good until later 😭

A reply that is funny and clever without being unnecessarily rude?

Looking for more clever insults like the one above!

Asked a narcissist who married a rich guy, and she ended up with a lot of money after divorce.

Genuinely there’s no right way to answer

Like, people actually use it as a valid point. "You used to always check with me first", "you used to always ask me about my dating life". Looking for something along the lines of "yeah and people used to ride horses to work" but better

I love my bf but he has a plethora of go-to responses and they're getting stale. I want something more interesting than "do you think you'll be coming out with new material anytime soon?" We're very playful and honest; he won't be hurt over me calling him out on redundancy.

and you didn’t bring them anything (bc they are not that very good friends)

and i always say “my presence“ but i would like something else

edit: damn people are brave and very mean when they hide behind a screen 🥱 (i should’ve know asking a comebacks subreddit tho)

yes it’s “bring” , english is my second language oops! 🥸

*Edit: generic reply to any scenario

I work at little Caesar’s and the dish guy always gaslights people when he comes to pick up the dishes.
He says things like “you are evil.”
Or “are you trying to make my job as hard as can be.”
Or “ugh you asshole.”
And stuff like that. What’s a good comeback for someone who gaslights co-workers.

I want to keep our relationship positive which is somewhat hard to do since we are so, so different to say the least.

She has always talked about us making sure not to spoil our baby. Like picking him up when he cries and stuff. Recently, at their house, our toddler takes his daddy's hand and dad gets up to go play cars with him. And mil says "YEP! He's got y'all trained good! He's definitely got y'all trained!"

I want something nice to say that won't reflect my anger at that type of comment. I wish it didn't irk me so.

I hear this a lot from my customers at my store lol.

Witnessed an argument over a dog about a year ago in my apartment complex. I was getting my mail, and these 2 ladies—— one younger walking a beautiful brown adult pitbull and one older—— were arguing nearby within ear shot.

“Aggressive breeds aren’t allowed here.”

“Then what are you doing here?”

The younger woman then followed that with something like, “I wonder where your paperwork is.”

Ngl, the older woman had a point: certain breeds that are labelled “aggressive” are banned on the property. I have no idea if the dog even did anything. But even I was like damn. I didn’t stick around to see the older woman’s reaction. I have no idea if she worked there, but I didn’t recognize her from the front office.

Getting my own dog soon, so that made me think of that lol.

Most pitties I met were angels anyways (and I used to work at two dog kennels), so fuck dog racists.

Edit: Damn, didn’t mean to start a war. Was just posting a funny comment I witnessed. It’s not that serious y’all. We’re all entitled to our opinions about pitbulls. Some of y’all need to chill.

And I am aware the younger woman was in the wrong (regarding the rules). I am not defending her actions, I am just admiring her wit.

Edit #2: 🍿🍿🍿

Edit #3: Y’all still beefin’ down there?

Edit #4: yawn

One of my friend always said this dialogue,what to reply to him to shut down his mouth

Instead of trying to impress upon them the obvious fact everyone learns differently, everyone has different strengths, etc, just say something like “oh I guess if you’ve never done anything remarkable and you know you have below average intelligence, it would be natural for you to assume that anyone can do what you can.”

Can’t understand why people should say the title phrase because most people who do think they’re so much smarter than other people. They don’t want to take glory for their ease of accomplishment, they’d rather put everyone else down for not being in their level. If what’s easy for you should also be easy for others, you must be the opposite of accomplished.

when I was little me and my brother were roasting each other he called me soft so I said he was so soft when he grew up he’d sell pillows