Insulting someone creatively is useful to answer sharply, to settle the accounts or to put someone back in their place. Whether it's someone who's used to insults or doesn't know a limit in making fun of you, a creative insult can stop irritating behavior in the bud.
Steps
Part 1 of 4: Keep Calm
Step 1. Think before you react
If you insult someone without first taking a moment to think about some humor, you will likely be acting defensive or it will be a confusing insult. When you insult someone, take some time to think. Not too much, or they will notice, but a long pause is perfect. If you run out of ideas, use the previous insult by modifying it. Chances are they won't understand it.
Take a few deep breaths, inhale loudly if it helps. Focus on what needs to be said and practice your sharp, previously thought-out answer (go to step 2)
Step 2. Think about insults in your spare time
Think about appropriate ways to make fun of people who may be insulting you. If it has a starting point, the rest will come by itself.
Step 3. If you don't take their insults seriously, they won't be able to insult you seriously
Part 2 of 4: Staying Calm
Step 1. Don't react
Instead, try to smile and laugh at it. This way the person will wonder if they are doing something wrong.
Step 2. Don't swear or say "Your mother
"and all its variations like" That's what she said! "You can use mother jokes to silence them when they are about to say something, but they are not creative insults and people have learned to ignore them.
Step 3. If you have a pride point and they try to hit it, you have to understand that it is because of their insecurity
If you are able to make it clear how their insult can work better on them than it does on you, you disarm them of their effectiveness, showing that they are just projecting their insecurities onto you.
Step 4. Find their point of pride and make fun of it
If they respond sharply, laugh out loud and say "Maybe it's a little late for sarcasm, but thank you." You have to show that for you, what they said is a compliment, you will make their insults ineffective.
Part 3 of 4: Responding Using Right Arguments
Step 1. If you find a flaw in their argument, question them and mock them
Again, it's all about decreasing their power, increasing yours.
Part 4 of 4: Using Other People's Frustration
Step 1. If you can block their insults, they will be frustrated and will try even harder
If so, stop them and debunk their insults.
Step 2. If you let yourself be overcome by frustration, you have practically won
Frustration is the equivalent of a grab in martial combat - you haven't won yet, but you're almost there. It is a critical point. At this point you have the option to apologize or to send them away in their swearing and tears. You have to feel it when they are frustrated.
Advice
- They are human, and therefore they too suffer the effect of insults, but avoid vulgarities.
- Don't answer "your mother".
- Hold on. In Japanese martial arts they say to keep your center and evade the attacks of others. Before attacking someone, you must be in harmony with yourself.
- Learn about creative insults, which may not be understood, but will be intimidated by them.
- The use of vulgarity is so abused that it no longer means anything.
- Sit up straight and try to look intimidating.
- Shakespeare has written cute insults in many of his plays. They work not only as an insult, but also to confuse and frustrate.
- Seriously, no vulgarity.
- Try not to insult based on your physical appearance, it will only make you look superficial and not creative at all (which this whole article is all about).
Warnings
- If they start swearing, gawking, or crying, stop and leave them alone until they insult you again.
- Don't swear!
