How to insult someone in a nice way (politely)?
I have a boss who likes to insult and be rude to us. He makes comments pretaining to our intelligence, or calls us names.... He cant fire us therefore next time he picks on me and insults me I would like to "counter" with a polite insult. Does anyone know of a good polite insult? A good example of a polite insult is Richard Nixon's insult "Don't get the impression that you arouse my anger. You see, one can only be angry with those he respects." But this quote is all too well known. Thanks
Writing a letter to my nosy neighbor
I live in an apartment building with a few older people. One of them is a Christian and a goody-two-shoes. He heard me cursing in my own home the other night, and he mentioned it to my mother, who lives in her own place down the hall. I'm an adult in my 30s, yet he felt the need to tell my mother that I cursed at him when he was coming out in the hall, even though I didn't direct anything toward him. He whines constantly about this and that to my mother, from our A/C units and refrigerators buzzing loudly in his ears to this. I think it's a form of harassment, and I want to write him a letter telling him to stay out of our business. How do I do this without him being able to accuse me of the same thing? I hesitate to put a letter under his door because I'm pretty angry right now, but he cannot control my cursing or anything else I do or say in my own apartment. He's 62 and retired, and does nothing but sit at home or go to church. Everyday.
I think i have a serious explosive anger problem?
Nice troll, by the way. Or nice confession to aggravated assault, take your pick. And now that I've earned my Violation Notice.... Turn yourself in. Committ yourself to a psychiatric ward for being a Threat to Self and Others. This way, you'll get treatment for your issues ASAP. That's the polite way to put it. The true, accurate way to put it is: You will *Learn* better self-control once a small horde of armed Security Guards beats you down and hurts you, repeatedly, for your threatening outbursts. At the very least, most primitive animal level you will fear for your life and limb as you realize that people out there *do* have better weapons, training and attributes than you do. And the best-case scenario would be? You also learn that your actions have real consequences, and that this life lesson will encourage you to maintain an internal locus of control--a faith that you can and will be in charge of yourself because it beats having others in charge of you. It beats being *beat down* and locked down by people *paid and trained* to be better jerks and bullies than you are. I kid you not. What kind of "human being" punches a woman's lights out and punts her head? You should be mortified--mortally ashamed and frightened of yourself. This is absolutely *NOT* something to brag about. The only good news, if this post is genuine at all, is that you're willing to admit your behavior well *well* after the fact....most repeat abusers never do. Well, that and if you committ yourself, it might, on the outside chance, keep you out of prison, and reduce the odds of being worked over by criminals with STDs and nothing to lose. While the guards there laugh at you no less. I am absolutely not kidding. This behavior you describe is bullying at its nadir, at its lowest point and it is absolutely appalling. And really, this is the internet, so what do you intend to do about it? You can admit it's a troll, or committ yourself like a human being *should*. This is disgusting. Your behavior is disgusting. Do something positive and *REAL* about it, not on this internet, will you?