• Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Related: if they call you a smartass, a retort I like is "I’d rather be a smartass than a dumbass"🤷

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      1 year ago

      Oooh so we were talking about the snarkiest comeback, to someone already frustrated with us, got it.

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        1 year ago

        OR to people who have been proven wrong and want to deflect the conversation to a personal attack on the one who proved them wrong, which is also often the case with arguments like in the OP 🤷

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          Actually you’re right. I only have to deal with my loved ones who say it playfully, I forgot that it was originally a dumbass weapon.