You know the feeling. You get into an argument with someone, the two of you are going at each other back and forth, and they get you so riled up that you suddenly can’t think of a good comeback until long after the fight is over.
There’s actually a French term for this called l’esprit de l’escalier. It describes the feeling you get when you come up with the perfect reply after the fact.
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We’ve all been there. It’s devastating.
So let’s take a moment and pay our respects to and celebrate the really good comebacks—the ultimate expressions of wit and cleverness. Taken from the appropriately titled subreddit r/MurderedByWords, here are some of the best ways people have ended their disagreements.
#1 “Educate Your Self”
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#2 A Very Important Point
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#3 That’s A Stupid Reason To Ban Transgender People
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#4 Anti Vaxxer Pretends To Be Educated
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#5 Just Try Not Being Straight For Awhile
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#6 The Best Putdowns Come From The Truth
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#7 This Comeback Belongs In The Hall Of Fame
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#8 Deutscher Patriotismus vs. American Patriotism
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#9 In The Interests Of Public Safety
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#10 Waddaya Say, Then?
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#11 I’d Expect No Less At Dollar General
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#12 America, F**k Yeah!
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#13 Bye Bye Trash!!
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#14 Jeepers Creepers
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#15 “I Don’t Understand Marches”
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#16 Babies Are Not A Plaything
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#17 Your Bigotry Is Showing
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#18 Girls Have Ankles Too
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#19 Let’s Blame Children’s Knees For Making Men Uncomfortable
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#20 Honestly, You’re Not Important Enough To Be Microchipped
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#21 $10 To Clean The Bathroom?!
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#22 So Cold It Burns
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#23 America Was Not Started By Protestors!
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#24 Who Knows What They Put In “Food” Anyway?
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#25 God Is A White Man
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#26 Tomi Lahren
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#27 There’s No Vaccination For That
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#28 Gas Pump (Doesn’t) Go Brrrrr
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#29 I’ll Bet They Do, At Least The Senior Ncos
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#30 Not Sure You Are Doing It Right
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#31 Exercise By Jumping Into Conclusion
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#32 Something About Bootstraps
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#33 “We Follow Biblical Rules”
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#34 No Second Chances For Her!
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#35 That’ll Show Them!
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#36 Why Even Publish This Story?
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#37 And This Is The Truth
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#38 Complete Slam Dunk From This Dude
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#39 Can’t Say Much, Can We?
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#40 Nice Try
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