People are sharing the meanest backhanded compliments they've received
LONDON -- Compliments are great, except when they're actually insults in disguise.
People have been sharing the most offensive backhanded compliments they've ever received using the hashtag #CrappyCompliments, which was kicked off by Midnight on Comedy Central.
Since then, the hashtag has trended globally and people from around the world have been sharing their crappiest compliments. From remarks about appearance, intelligence, personality and relationship status; these insults that masquerade as compliments can be really hurtful and detrimental to self esteem.
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Through the hashtag, people are lifting the lid on the most brazen remarks they've ever received, and they're pretty outrageous.
Naturally there were "compliments" about people's appearance.
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Comments about size
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And gender
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Not to mention personality
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Charming!
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Rachel Thompson is the Features Editor at Mashable. Rachel's second non-fiction book The Love Fix: Reclaiming Intimacy in a Disconnected World is out now, published by Penguin Random House in Jan. 2025. The Love Fix explores why dating feels so hard right now, why we experience difficult emotions in the realm of love, and how we can change our dating culture for the better.
A leading sex and dating writer in the UK, Rachel has written for GQ, The Guardian, The Sunday Times Style, The Telegraph, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Stylist, ELLE, The i Paper, Refinery29, and many more.
Rachel's first book Rough: How Violence Has Found Its Way Into the Bedroom And What We Can Do About It, a non-fiction investigation into sexual violence was published by Penguin Random House in 2021.
