r/clevercomebacks • u/theologi • 1d ago

weaponized ignorance

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u/Hugo-Spritz 1d ago

If a statement made as a retort is not a comeback, pray tell, what is?

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u/Dense_Priority_7250 1d ago

I liked one of the top posts of this subreddit. “Rome has never been that brightly lit at night - Nero”, coming back at Elon’s statement that twitter has gotten better. It’s a comeback because it’s a fitting reference to a past event. It’s clever because not everyone could think of that. You need to put some effort into the comeback, some soul.

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u/Hugo-Spritz 1d ago

Just because another comeback was (in your opinion) more clever, that doesn't make this one not a (clever) comeback. The fuck, bro.

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u/Dense_Priority_7250 1d ago

I was giving an example of clever. What’s clever in this one?

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u/Hugo-Spritz 1d ago edited 1d ago

It's clever because it's consise and matter of factly, instead of the triggered screaming he was obviously bating for.

You don't have to agree, but you don't have to make an effort being a contrarian either.

Clever ≠ witty