Is that even a compliment...?

[Kinguendo]

Have you ever been given a really obscure compliment? Given one? Or just thought of one now that would be weird?

Well, tell us at the Escapist so we can all have a jolly good laugh and chat about it.

Being called a "pretty" man or a "handsome" woman would be confusing, it would just throw me off of what they were trying to say.

 

[flare09]

Yeah anything followed by "in your own way" is pretty backwards.

 

[Kinguendo]

...What is a compliment?
I do not understand the question.

Oh the title is just related to the topic in a roundabout way, it is what I believe people would think when they get given odd "compliments".

 

[pantsoffdanceoff]

Anything with "different".

Oh gee you have a different sense of humor.

 

[PurpleRain]

Handsome has lost its actual connotations. It's nice to call a woman handsome, but today it's generally meant for men.

A complement I get which can be obscured into an insult is:
"You're very good at packing," -at work. I take it how it is, but a more jaded mind can see "You've been here too long."

 

[Kinguendo]

...What is a compliment?
I do not understand the question.

You have sexy elbows, thats a compliment. Also known as a subjective observation, often exaggerated, about another person.

Wow, I never noticed his elbows before... Max you should wear short sleeves and show those bad-boys off! XD

 

[9NineBreaker9]

Anything with "different".

Oh gee you have a different sense of humor.

This! I've found that a lot of people say this to me, and I'm left wondering if it was actually a compliment or they were just left confused by my completely irrelevant and otherwise sarcastic humor.

Or: "Nice hat, miss." by a sales clerk. Last I checked, I was a dude.

 

[Kinguendo]

"Your pants are looser than your voice suggests."

Thats actually a pretty good put down too.

 

[SomeGuyNamedKy]

Anything involving the phrase "Sort of".

Ex. You're really smart, sort of.

 

[pantsoffdanceoff]

Anything with "different".

Oh gee you have a different sense of humor.

This! I've found that a lot of people say this to me, and I'm left wondering if it was actually a compliment or they were just left confused by my completely irrelevant and otherwise sarcastic humor.

Or: "Nice hat, miss." by a sales clerk. Last I checked, I was a dude.

I've said "nice car sir" once, it was actually a missus.

 

[Xan Krieger]

I told a girl she had torpedoes big enough to sink the bismarck as a compliment (I thought it was nice to tell a girl she had a nice chest.). She knocked the glasses clear off my face. I don't really understand why she took it as an insult.

 

[Kinguendo]

I told a girl she had torpedoes big enough to sink the bismarck as a compliment (I thought it was nice to tell a girl she had a nice chest.). She knocked the glasses clear off my face. I don't really understand why she took it as an insult.

Her father was a battleship...

Oh, oh. Wait, I thought of a good one... You could say, she sunk your battleship! XD

 

[thiosk]

WOW! Your hair, it looks so... Jewish!!

 

[Lexodus]

"You come up with the most hilarious shit ever" (shit meaning shit, rather than 'stuff')
"You're pretty funny... for a fruitcake".
Both have been said to me.

 

[BardSeed]

Handsome has lost its actual connotations. It's nice to call a woman handsome, but today it's generally meant for men.

A complement I get which can be obscured into an insult is:
"You're very good at packing," -at work. I take it how it is, but a more jaded mind can see "You've been here too long."

So, you put fudge in boxes for a living?...

 

[Simriel]

Umm... I sometimes take being called horrible names as compliments? Does that count?

 

[Lexodus]

Anything with "different".

Oh gee you have a different sense of humor.

This! I've found that a lot of people say this to me, and I'm left wondering if it was actually a compliment or they were just left confused by my completely irrelevant and otherwise sarcastic humor.

Or: "Nice hat, miss." by a sales clerk. Last I checked, I was a dude.

I have been mistaken for a girl soooooo many times...

 

[Kinguendo]

Umm... I sometimes take being called horrible names as compliments? Does that count?

Depends... was it at Halloween? Cos' if not then probably not, no.

 

[Crimsane]

"You get more disturbing by the minute with a side of awesome and a hint of perv."

 

[Kinguendo]

Anything with "different".

Oh gee you have a different sense of humor.

This! I've found that a lot of people say this to me, and I'm left wondering if it was actually a compliment or they were just left confused by my completely irrelevant and otherwise sarcastic humor.

Or: "Nice hat, miss." by a sales clerk. Last I checked, I was a dude.

I have been mistaken for a girl soooooo many times...

I got mistaken for a woman once, while playing cricket?!? I was confused and then the cricket ball hit me just under my knee cap, we all know kinda that pain.