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Finally A Solution For Asshole Posters

posted 2 years ago by chilidoggg (14305)
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Use this 3-word response when someone is rude to you, says Harvard-trained etiquette expert

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/use-this-3-word-response-when-someone-is-rude-to-you-says-harvard-trained-etiquette-expert/ar-AA1al4JR?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=df5923f0486c4e28a97295860109efa9&ei=21

"Are you okay?"

"If it were a friend who said something mean to you, I usually look up and say, 'Are you okay?'," she says.

Those three words can signal that even if you don't take the comment personally, you didn't really appreciate it.

Just as important as content is tone, Ho emphasizes. When you say, "Are you okay?" don't be short or sharp. Use a friendly affect.

"I'm not being offensive back," she says. "I'm coming from a place of care and that is usually to put the other person in check."

[–] ClementinaSpur (1207) 2 years ago

I just read your post, and afterwards I started watching an episode of one of my favorite shows. A main character wasn't really listening to another person speak, so the one being slighted said "Are you okay?"

Uncanny timing! This is great advice. Thanks for posting.

[–] Mustang (5432) 2 years ago

I just block the ones who post a lot of crap.

[–] FredBurroughs (21545) 2 years ago

It took a "Harvard-trained" expert to think of a Terry Bogard line?

https://youtu.be/9OtYYyahg6k

[–] Turb (158) 2 years ago

ARE YOU OKAY, would be more appropriate. I like reading things here on this forum. There is Only A FEw POSTERS THAT COME OFF AS ASSHOLES.

[–] Kowalski (75736) 2 years ago

are you okay?

[–] jriley555 (8137) 2 years ago

Here's mine : Are you OK ? You sound like you have the wrong end of a hairbrush up your ass.

[–] Quasimodo (16388) 2 years ago

Yes I think you might have stumbled upon the fundamental flaw in this "solution".

[–] chilidoggg (14305) 2 years ago

Yeah, that was my first thought on reading the article. I would probably say "Are you okay, JACKASS?"

[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

There's a right end of a hairbrush to have up your ass?

[–] chilidoggg (14305) 2 years ago

When you pull it out, you want to be grasping the handle part.

[–] OnanTheBarbarian (12068) 2 years ago

That would work with friends, but not always with assholes on the internet.

[–] Where (1505) 2 years ago

‘Harvard trained etiquette expert’ giving advice on how to handle assholes? That’s rich.

[–] BillHicksFan (10579) 2 years ago

lol, yeah, just like their tuition

[–] AndyKing1967 (38288) 2 years ago

When I see certain posters now, I don't even bother reading their posts.