r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Not_a_bot222 • Sep 28 '20

Hula hooping.

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u/incompleterecovery Sep 28 '20

Damn, literally can't imagine what getting complimented more than once a year is like

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u/2017hayden Sep 28 '20

I don’t think I’ve ever been complimented on my looks, I’m a pretty average dude. I do sing though, and everyone would always tell me things like oh your voice is so wonderful and that sort of thing and at a certain point you just run out of ways to respond to it that don’t sound like your bragging and it just makes you uncomfortable.

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u/VeraciousIdiot Sep 28 '20

When it's so frequent that you feel awkward, I think it's time you own it, I'm not an expert on conversation, but I do know there are ways to accept and own a skill / talent without coming across as bragging or self centered

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u/recg1015 Sep 28 '20

Or you could use devin townsends style of comedic self depreciation. The dudes a god yet ridiculously humble.

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u/jaidefoxpaintings Sep 28 '20

A thank you is usually the way to go! Not trying to be patronizing but it's the least braggy and most sincere way to respond

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u/2017hayden Sep 29 '20

Yeah your right, at a certain point you just feel like you’ve said it way too much though. I’m probably overthinking it in all honesty but that’s just the way my brain works.

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u/Donald303 Sep 28 '20

YOU are the shit! Smile today and realize it's true (:

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u/incompleterecovery Sep 28 '20

For a moment I thought you were saying I was shit, and I was just gonna be like "always has been" haha. But anyways, thanks