Insults That Seem Like Compliments and Vice-Versa

"You're like Michael Jordan, when he played baseball. You make everyone around you look better."


"He would make a really great ex-husband."


"You look like you could be a Sears model."


"I like people like you; people like you make me feel smart."

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A Little Less Ebb, Please

"Okay, look, things ebb and flow, okay? Sometimes people are just more into it than other times. This is just how it is. But you can't stand the ebb. It feels like no ebb's allowed.

[...]

I'm sorry. I didn't mean to put it all on you. I'm sorry. It's not you, okay? I mean, it has to be something about me if you can't trust me after all these weeks or stand even just a little normal ebb and flow without always thinking I'm getting ready to leave.

[...]

Don't think this is about something wrong with you. Don't do that to yourself. It's us, us is why I'm leaving, okay?"


David Foster Wallace, come back.

Kids Say the Darndest Things

stephanie: my brother is named after adam ----
did i ever tell you that?
i was 4
i was in pre-school
i was trying to impress him (adam)
stephanie: so i demanded that my parents name the baby-to-be adam
and didn't tell them why
and it grew on them
stephanie: and they finally gave in
and i went back to pre-school
and i was like, hiiiiiiii addaaaaaaammmmmmm
guess whaaattt
i have a baby brother
and his name is adam toooooooooo
stephanie: but adam ---- just rode away on his trike
but my brother's name is adam, forever
which i think is hilarious
obviously
but my brother does not think it's hilarious



And that is the story of why KidNation never took off.