Backhanded compliments aren’t really compliments at all, because the insulting part inevitably has a larger impact than the ostensibly complimentary part.
I mean, if I gave you a backrub and then stabbed you, you wouldn’t refer to that as a “backhanded spa treatment,” you’d just call it a really weird stabbing. And then you’d call the police.
But these nasty little attacks are things that people get all the time – especially women. Here are just a few anonymously submitted examples.
10. Hair today, gone tomorrow
Thanks for letting me know I’m hideous most of the time.
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Source: Whisper
9. The size of things
Unless this person was nine years old, there’s no excuse for this.
Even then it would merit a talking to.
![](https://humansoftumblr.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/backhanded-2.jpg)
Source: Whisper
8. I’ll make an exception
Also so weird when men feel like they need to let you understand that they’re carving out an exception for you.
![](https://humansoftumblr.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/backhanded-3.jpg)
Source: Whisper
7. Does that make me crazy?
This is what we would refer to as an “inside thought.”
![](https://humansoftumblr.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/backhanded-4.jpg)
Source: Whisper
6. A glowing endorsement
Never guess at that ever, ever, ever, ever.
![](https://humansoftumblr.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/backhanded-5.jpg)
Source: Whisper
5. On a scale
And to think I didn’t even know I’d signed up for this competition.
![](https://humansoftumblr.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/backhanded-6.jpg)
Source: Whisper
4. Gotta be so rude
Um. Finally?
![](https://humansoftumblr.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/backhanded-7.jpg)
Source: Whisper
3. Too hot to trot
And yet, here we are.
![](https://humansoftumblr.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/backhanded-8.jpg)
Source: Whisper
2. Get a leg up
Nothing compared to what’s about to happen to you.
![](https://humansoftumblr.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/backhanded-9.jpg)
Source: Whisper
1. Try it out
People aren’t a buffet, you knob.
![](https://humansoftumblr.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/backhanded-10.jpg)
Source: Whisper
Gross. Gross gross gross.
What’s the worst “backhanded compliment” you’ve ever received?
Tell us in the comments.