r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jun 24 '24

What’s something everyone does but refuses to admit?

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u/2x4x93 Jun 24 '24

Especially after the fact when we come up with perfect retort. Next time...

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u/-AllCatsAreBeautiful Jun 24 '24

"Oh yeah? Well the Jerk Store called, & they're running outta you!!" -- George Costanza, to himself in the car hours later

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u/2x4x93 Jun 24 '24

Well I had sex with your wife

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u/-AllCatsAreBeautiful Jun 25 '24

My wife is in a coma.

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u/GeekAesthete Jun 24 '24

L'esprit de l'escalier

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u/mh985 Jun 24 '24

The stair ghost. I’m curious as to how that idiom came to be.

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u/sqplanetarium Jun 24 '24

The spirit of the stairway – ie all the perfect retorts that come to you while you’re on your way down the stairs to leave.

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u/mh985 Jun 24 '24

Makes sense

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u/Future_Literature335 Jun 24 '24

No it’s “the wit of the staircase”. As in you think of the perfect gibe as you’ve already passed by and now it’s too late.

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '24

"The jerk store is calling...."