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People Share The Best Responses To Being Called 'Ugly'

People Share The Best Responses To Being Called 'Ugly'
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John Curtis
By John CurtisSep 08, 2022
John Curtis
A novelist, picture book writer and native New Yorker, John is a graduate of Syracuse University and the children's media graduate program at Centennial College. When not staring at his computer monitor, you'll most likely find John sipping tea watching British comedies, or in the kitchen, taking a stab at the technical challenge on the most recent episode of 'The Great British Baking Show'.
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Everyone is beautiful in their own way.

Something all too easily forgotten in this world of unrealistic, not to mention unhealthy, standards regarding beauty and physical appearance.

Making it all the more upsetting that there are still people in this world who actually feel the need to call people "ugly" right to their faces.

Luckily, those on the receiving end of that unnecessary bullying often have enough self-worth that they have just the right response should such an unfortunate situation arise.

Redditor Distorded_Girl was curious to hear the best responses to tasteless attacks on people's looks, leading them to ask:
"What's the best answer to being called ugly ?"

Always Rely On The Classics

"Classic Cyrano de Bergerac: 'I give you this to work with, and that's the best insult you can come up with?'"- Terpsichorean_Wombat

You Must Know This From Experience

‘"Hopefully that’s all we have in common.’"- Annoying_pain_in_a**

That The Best You Can Do!

"I've been called worse things from better people."- That-End-322

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The Bar Is Certainly Low

"'And even I wouldn't f*ck you'."- elenchusis

Blessing In Disguise... Or Just A Blessing!

"I once had a guy tell me that he would find me attractive if I wasn’t fat."

"I basically went 'whew! Good thing I’m fat!'”- Low-Stick6746

“'Thanks, its a relief to know that someone like you doesn't find me attractive'”- greedthecurious

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You Think You're The First?!

"If I had a dollar for every time someone called me ugly, you'd think I was handsome."- GreyFoxNinjaFan

Not Afraid To Bring Your Mother Into This!

"I've got a face only a mother would love, and your mother loves me very much!"- fenris_dallocort

Learn From The Greats

"A quote from Lincoln after he was called 2 faced:"

"'If I was two faced, do you think I would choose this one to wear?'"- Layer-Motor

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Tell Me Something I Don't Know...

"Just go 'and?' and look at them all confused as if they just pointed out something irrelevant about you, like the color of your hair."

"People really break when you give them an anticlimactic reaction."- Particular_Fudge4856

It's sad to think that people have nothing better to do than to make demeaning comments about others.

Making them all the more deserving of all the clap-backs listed above.

Plus many, many more.

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