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[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 0 points 1 hour ago

r/lolsorandom

[–] Pacattack57@lemmy.world 8 points 4 hours ago

Only a Sith deals in absolutes

[–] dQw4w9WgXcQ@lemm.ee 9 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

"You [...]" makes pretty much anything an insult.

A positive word implies sarcasm. "You genius". "You hero".

A random noun drags out the negative aspect of the noun or implies lack of a brain. "You french fry". "You paper bag".

Adding a random adjective just strengthens the statement. "You british bathroom sink". "You beautiful parking lot".

Of couse it depends on delivery, and using random words makes some strange insults, but I rarely see "you [...]" turn into a positive compliment.

[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

“You genius” sounds like a compliment to me. A “funny” compliment. Would it be taken as sarcasm in the US? It really depends the tone I guess but in Australian english I wouldnt interpret it as sarcasm.

[–] dQw4w9WgXcQ@lemm.ee 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I think that changing it to something gramatically correct would make it into a compliment. "You are a genius" would make it positively charged. However, I would expect "you genius" to be something that, for instance, someone would exclaim when someone cuts their hand when trying to open an avocado. Meanwhile I think it would be strange to exclaim "you genius" when someone solves a partial differential equation. But it probably does rely on the tone.

“you genius” is what a lad would say when you’ve found a solution to a stupid problem you got yourselves into while drunk or something. A geniune compliment, but with some humour added in.

[–] killingspark 2 points 4 hours ago

I'll take "beautiful parking lot" as a compliment and there is nothing you can do about it

[–] WoahWoah@lemmy.world 13 points 9 hours ago

Absolute unit.

Whoops, I broke it.

[–] Shapillon@lemmy.world 7 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Only a Sith deals in absolutes.

[–] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Shapillon@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

Look at me I got the low ground!

[–] AFaithfulNihilist@lemmy.world 12 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Almost any adjective works. It's the 'you' part that implies ire and intended denigration.

You incredible sock! You blind carrot! You empty bottle! You missing tooth! You complete thumb! You glazed pie! You stewed milk! You wet sandwich! You frosted toenail! You waxy discharge! You nauseous chifferobe!

Okay maybe not every one of them works but I think most of the time you can just put on a bad attitude and attach a adjective to an object to create some rare insults.

[–] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 hours ago

I think it works best with an adjective that has 3+ syllables. E.g. You incorrigible turnip You reprehensible teapot You abominable spoon You acephalous sandwich

[–] MeatsOfRage@lemmy.world 11 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

I've watched all of the Gordon Ramsey Kitchen Nightmares series and it's full of these, except it's usually fuckin' instead of absolute.

My favorite is when after having lunch he went back to the kitchen to find they were just microwaving everything. The exchange went something like this:

"Did I have anything for lunch that wasn't microwaved?"

"your salad"

"Of course you don't microwave a salad you fuckin' donut"

Edit

Found the clip at 1:15 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=so5eX9q3k9A

[–] lmaydev@lemmy.world 5 points 12 hours ago

It's a very British thing. Like adding "ed" to anything to mean very drunk. Hammered, trollied, steamed, cunted etc.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Too much absolutism in this thread.

[–] babybus@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 hours ago

Good, good.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 14 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Equally if you write the word "totally" in front of any noun it means drunk.

"I'm totally suitcased"

[–] Trail@lemmy.world 14 points 16 hours ago

That's not a noun, is it.

Could be a system daemon process though.

[–] Dagnet@lemmy.world 71 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

You absolute winner

You absolute king

You absolute beast

Im bad at this

[–] Nasan@sopuli.xyz 38 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

No you're not you absolute gummy bear

[–] ByteJunk@lemmy.world 13 points 16 hours ago

You guys are absolute stars!

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago

Absolute winner and absolute beast are common compliments in my social group.

[–] Num10ck@lemmy.world 10 points 16 hours ago

you absolut vodka

[–] PennyRoyal@sh.itjust.works 6 points 15 hours ago

And add absolutely to the front of almost anything to describe how pissed you were. I was absolutely trousered/shedded/etc

[–] RegalPotoo@lemmy.world 14 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

You absolute strawberry plant

You absolute fishtank

You absolute houseplant

Yeah, this checks out

[–] Mr_Blott@feddit.uk 10 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Close!

This has been a Brit thing for a decade or so, particularly Scots and Northern English. The idea is to use a noun that could already be a slightly insulting word to start with, like 'potato' in the example

You absolute donkey

You absolute cabbage

You absolute bin-bag

You absolute Belgian

Etc etc

[–] MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 minutes ago

"You absolute melt" is my favourite. Uttered by a GBBO baker about himself in the latest episode.

[–] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 9 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

On a similar note, with an "absolutely" and a word ending in "ed", you get words which mean "very inebriated/stoned"

Common

  • absolutely battered
  • absolutely blathered
  • absolutely pissed
  • absolutely wankered
  • absolutely trolleyed
  • absolutely shitfaced
  • absolutely twatted

Less common

  • absolutely potatoed
  • absolutely cultured
  • absolutely traffic coned
  • absolutely fishcaked
  • absolutely Belgianed
  • absolutely bin-bagged
  • absolutely cabbaged
  • absolutely Tobleroned
[–] Mr_Blott@feddit.uk 3 points 15 hours ago

"absolutely" in this context can be replaced by "pure" if you're a weegie

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 13 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

You shouldn't have given me this new power you absolute pork tenderloin!

I love it! Lol

[–] logos@sh.itjust.works 7 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Foods definitely work best, you absolute Dorito.

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[–] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 25 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

You absolute textbook.

Yeah, you.

[–] fin@sh.itjust.works 15 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

How dare you say that? you absolute toothpaste

[–] M0115732@lemmy.world 6 points 18 hours ago

I think his name is based on "Harvey Dent", and not "dentistry" you absolute dolphin

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[–] Chozo@fedia.io 19 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

Only a Sith deals in absolutes.

[–] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 7 points 18 hours ago (1 children)
[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 13 hours ago

Weird how one of the strongest Jedi in history "just didn't notice a Sith Lord corrupting the whole fuckin Galactic Senate"

"He trained Like though?"

Yeah, just like Palpatine wanted, so he could get a newer, younger model.

[–] eth0slash0@sh.itjust.works 13 points 21 hours ago

You absolute sith.

[–] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 16 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Get out of here, you absolute integer.

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech 17 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

What a non-negative thing to say.

[–] ralakus@lemmy.world 6 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

It's only natural to say it

[–] Saber_is_dead@lemmy.world 3 points 13 hours ago

Hey, get real

[–] ilost7489@lemmy.ca 13 points 21 hours ago

You absolute value

[–] SatyrSack 9 points 21 hours ago

You absolute absolute

[–] EtherWhack@lemmy.world 5 points 19 hours ago

You absolute noun

[–] gwildors_gill_slits@lemmy.ca 3 points 17 hours ago

This is absolute Reddit shit.

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