And yet, almost every person who had said that to me has tried to assure me that it's not.
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Got a good 'Complisult?'
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And yet, almost every person who had said that to me has tried to assure me that it's not.
Yeah...like I haven't heard that one before
Hey, did you know that racism doesn't exist anymore? Turns out it's all in your head. Who'd a thunk it!
It never fails,
Every time I get a hair cut and some young person is doing it I get this line.
"You have really great hair, for a man your age"....
Thanks Hun, your tip just got cut in half.
Every time I get a hair cut and some young person is doing it I get this line.
"You have really great hair, for a man your age"....
Thanks Hun, your tip just got cut in half.
I just always called the back-handed compliments.
A friend of my wife's makes them all the time, Im pretty sure its a result of her own insecurities. You know, trying to bring other people down to her level in a somewhat friendly seeming way.
HA! I really should have read the second post.
No. No, sir, you were not the only one.
The only one I could think of is, after playing a pretty good game of basketball, "Hey! Way to hustle out there...."
Ya know, since I don't have any actual basketball skill and all
I think, perhaps, that was just as actual compliment...
A few "compliminsults" here, as I've been collecting these with all my pals over the years. Glad to pass them on, because they're fun.
- "good is NOT the word."
- "I was thoroughly entertained."
- "you're so pro, dude..."
- "that was the best I've ever heard you play..."
- "I could never do that."
- "You've really got your own thing..."
- "I can really hear what your going for..."
- "Tones.....the tones, man...."
- "well, you've done it again!"
- "good is NOT the word."
- "I was thoroughly entertained."
- "you're so pro, dude..."
- "that was the best I've ever heard you play..."
- "I could never do that."
- "You've really got your own thing..."
- "I can really hear what your going for..."
- "Tones.....the tones, man...."
- "well, you've done it again!"
I would think so, if I had ever heard someone actually say "good play, "good game," etcetc....I always hear the buzz words people use for white athletes - "hustle guy," "high motor," "energy guy," "gives it 110%" and all that
You should be glad you have a wife who knows who Chris Squire is! My wife couldn't tell me who plays bass in my band...
"You're really articulate for a musician".
Yes, a musician with a master's degree and a day job giving presentations for a trillion dollar investment company. Yep.
Yes, a musician with a master's degree and a day job giving presentations for a trillion dollar investment company. Yep.
Yeah...like I haven't heard that one before
Hey, did you know that racism doesn't exist anymore? Turns out it's all in your head. Who'd a thunk it!
So only our heads and psyche are racist? PROGRESS!
*ahem*
"Wow, I didn't know short people could play rugby!" and "You're pretty social for a biologist" are 2 I got a lot while in school. Now I work in business analytics and am too short to play in a men's union. Funny that.
A good drummer friend of mine once shouted out to another drummer at a gig, "Hey Jimmy, Nice Chop!"
Dirk
Dirk
My two faves:
I like what you're trying to do there.
Every note you play is better than the next one.
I like what you're trying to do there.
Every note you play is better than the next one.
"You guys sounded GREAT!!!" ... then... i ask...
"How many drinks did YOU have?"
guess someone could take that as a backhanded comment
"How many drinks did YOU have?"
guess someone could take that as a backhanded comment
