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GeneralFap

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So Ive read the article on the 5 Ways to answer a challenge, the one on dealing with disruptive men, as well as the one on moral superiority. But what I'm wondering is how do you respond to someone giving you a direct insult? For example, someone tells you that "You're clothes look ugly," or that "you're ugly," or that "you're a pussy" in front a girl or group of friends. How would you answer to these insults in a least effort way and win?
 

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Why would ppl be insulting you in public/in front of a girl? I'm sure you gave hypothetical scenarios but still...I don't think this happens as much as you think. It certainly doesn't happen to me - I'm tall and muscular (and very good looking but that's besides the point). I think the question should be "why would I be insulted" rather than "how do I react when I'm insulted". I know this doesn't answer your question but my point is this just doesn't happen. I excel at nite game and I've never seen it happen. So are you ugly? Get a better style. You'd be surprised what a little smoke and mirrors can do to improve your looks. Spend a little extra money on clothes, brand name clothes, nice things, that way you can say "ugly?! bro my watch/shoes/sunglasses/etc costs more than your whole outfit." If you're a pussy (or rather what the guy is actually saying: you portray weakness through your body language) then read the articles on this website about projecting dominance, how to be manly, how to appear alpha.

But address your weaknesses and tighten up your image that you project and work out to get your muscles on point and I think you'll find the insults disappear. No one can really tell you how to react or respond to an insult, that part is decided by your personality and how willing or unwilling you are to escalate to the next level.
 

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Yes, I was just giving examples for these types of insults. I just want to know what would be some good comebacks to give people that throw direct insults at you. If you've been tall, muscular, and good-looking your whole life of course these types of insults are foreign to you because most people have never dared to challenge you.
 
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HellAtlantic

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GeneralFap said:
Yes, I was just giving examples for these types of insults. I just want to know what would be some good comebacks to give people that throw direct insults at you. If you've been tall, muscular, and good-looking your whole life of course these types of insults are foreign to you because most people have never dared to challenge you.

I've always been tall, just recently in my late 30s I've become very muscular due to working out 4x a week. Good looks, hey like everyone there's good years and bad years, but working out has put me in a place where I'm on my game the last few yrs. I'm in a good phase of appearance. But even when I was chubbier or whatever no one ever challenged me like that. And that before I read up on how to project dominance thru body language. But as far as looks go I can care less what a guy thinks of me. Only matters what females think of my looks and I get favorable reviews.

But you mention having good comebacks. You see insults from random strangers just don't happen - if they do then nothing you say will be appropriate because if a random guy thinks you're weak that's why he's insulting you and no words will make him just turn around and leave because "you got him back with a good comeback". If someone is going to punk you in front of other ppl most likely its to get you to fight. Which brings me back to my initial point - address the image you project so that random guys aren't singling you out to insult and punk. See how it all comes back full circle? If you're talking about ppl in your social circle insulting you then obviously it's probably all in jest and part of having your balls busted by your friends.
 

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HA raises a good point that "comebacks" etc are high effort and thus unattractive. Also that problems can to some extent be avoided in the first place by projecting a dominant vibe (I do not really think looks or physique matter, just being a boss is what is important). BUT, people WILL challenge you. Especially horny women. And it's hard to deal with, I usually fall over at this point haha. If you aren't getting challenged then maybe you are super alpha. Or maybe you are a boring nice guy.

Start by laughing and looking to the side and back in a "are you for real" way. This will buy time. Then dismiss the challenge by either ignoring or self deprecating "haha they always kiss me thinking I'll become a handsome prince, but it never seems to work"... it's like chase and sexual framing, you see opportunities if you think fast and stay sharp and in practice.

Ray
 

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I agree with ray, I don't really care about guys but women, especially horny women, test a lot.

I look very young, I'm in my early 30s but could easily pass off as 16 (I'm not kidding), so you can imagine most people probably won't think much of me at first sight.

As long as you handle your presence well, most guys are actually quite cool to interact with, but occasionally there will be some less socially attuned people trying tool me, especially when they see me flirting with the girls. In a way, they feel challenged when they see hot girls getting attracted to someone who looks like a boy.

The key here is not comeback lines but your FRAME, whoever has the strongest frame determines the context of the interaction.

For example, I was telling some girls about this stupid mistake I made the other day,
Guy: wow that must be so difficult for you... (implying I was too young to handle the situation properly)
Me: (accept and re-frame) yeah I know, there's so much to learn. Well you know, things happen and you learn (spoken in a warm, genuine tone)
then continue the conversation.

If you do this right, he'll be seen as a socially awkward person making a fool out of himself if he continues to make stupid remarks like this. 9 out of 10 times the guy will just shut up.

I've also had guys insulting me more directly, like there was this guy who said I look like a kid.
Me: yeah I know, I just can't understand why there are so many girls who are attracted to me (wink at a cute girl in the conversation)
then continue the conversation.

Again the key here is not the comeback line, it's how you frame the interaction and your non-verbals when answering that. Again if you do this right (which helps if you're a naturally confident person), 9 out of 10 times the guy will just shut up, and the girls more intrigued about me. Thanks for that!
 

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Depends. If its out of the blue/completely uncalled for, you can probably just use the stuff the article on disruptive men talks about. If he has good reason for insulting you (you can tell because other people will take what he said seriously/paying attention to him), you really have only two choices:
1. Escalate as far as he's willing to go. In other words, you would insult him, he'll insult you back, and it could hypothetically escalate to a fight (90% of the time, it doesn't). <---This is probably not the best path. It will often scare girls away if it gets too heated. Plus, it just makes both of you look like children.

2. Make him look retarded by keeping a neutral voice. What'll usually happen is, he'll escalate and start yelling/shouting insults. You just keep a calm/bored tone of voice. You'll seem in control, while he seems like a child who has 0 social intelligence. <---You'll actually see this in a lot of movies. Unfortunately, I can't think of one off the top of my head.

If this is the girl you're talking to (or any environment where it's a 1 on 1 conversation), you can literally dismiss it like it's she's a child throwing a tantrum. You might:
-Smile and chuckle
- Give her the skeptical look
- Just smile and say "Aww, you're cute"
- Ignore the comment entirely <---This one is by far the easiest to pull off.

After that, you would just continue the conversation like this didn't happen. If she's really "bitchy" or "self obsessed" as many men would describe, you can even be a little bit of an asshole by teasing her about it later on in the conversation. Cause girls like that probably won't go into auto-rejection from being insulted.
 

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Side glance and smile. Then walk away.
I do this all the time and then they try harder and I ignore them. It's so fun!
And hilarious too.

Lawliet
 

disciple99

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hey there are already answers by so many great people and they are all right and also no one is directly gonna come and say you look stupid or ugly in cold approaches (other than crazy girls ;)) and if they come ignore them but best is to question them and make them explain them self and it can work in loose social circles but my rule is chill and let them make fool of themselves or give a short but sharp comment and ignore them completely.
hope this helps
 

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GeneralFap said:
Yes, I was just giving examples for these types of insults. I just want to know what would be some good comebacks to give people that throw direct insults at you. If you've been tall, muscular, and good-looking your whole life of course these types of insults are foreign to you because most people have never dared to challenge you.

First off, that is not true. Everyone nowadays has to deal with insults.

Second off, you shouldn't focus on comebacks. If you don't know how to properly execute them, it looks like you put too much effort into them. And believe me, high effort isn't attractive to girls.

Thirdly, witty comebacks take years of practice to master. You need to be highly observational in order to successfully piss someone off with a well crafted insult.

For example, I was playing Halo: Reach the other day, and someone who had a similar username to me (our names were based off of the fictional character named Noble Six) had beaten me and my team pretty badly. He was also impolite, as he had t-bagged me every time he killed me. After the match, he sent this:

noble60: im better noble

To which I replied:

(me): And a better T-bagger, too.

Now granted, it wasn't necessarily an insult as much as it was a witty comeback, but that is what you want to go for. Trading insult for insult comes off as immature and high effort. Witty comebacks, on the other hand, do not.

Notice how I observed the fact that he was inappropriately t-bagging my corpse in a virtual reality. That just goes to show how weak and insecure he is, and I was able to point this out in my comeback.

Also notice how I did not deny or admit that the was better than me. You never want to argue with someone like that. For example, if someone tells you that you are ugly, don't respond with "No, you're ugly moron!" It's high effort and it doesn't look good.

Let me give you a mock scenario so you can get an idea of what you want to aim for.

Scenario:
- There's me, Nick, and there's Mark.
- We are both college students who are on campus in-between classes.
- Mark has a girlfriend named Maria.
- We don't get along very well in class.
- I pass him on the street.

Mark: Hey p*ssy, if your headed to the ladies room, you're going the wrong way.

[He's insinuating that I'm a woman just in case you didn't pick up on that.]

Wrong way to respond:
Nick: F*ck you!

[This is typical and weak.]

Right way to respond:
Nick: Oh I was already at the ladies room five minutes ago banging Maria in the stall.

[This is good, because I didn't bother arguing with him over whether or not I was a p*ssy. Instead, I moved past that and directed it to a topic that would piss him off.]

Before I finish, it's important for you to know that body language is a huge factor. If I had mumbled "Oh I was already at the ladies room five minutes ago banging Maria in the stall." under my breath and I was all hunched up looking at the ground, that looks incredibly weak and Mark would most certainly take advantage of that weakness.

But if I said "Oh I was already at the ladies room five minutes ago banging Maria in the stall." while nonchalantly walking past him (with my head still turned towards him) with a devilish smirk on my face, then that impacts him MUCH more and should get him to back off, albeit with a chip on his shoulder.
 
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