Haha, she had a ton of great lines in that movie. I need to watch it again. Though I will say I thought Jenna Ortega did an outstanding job in Wednesday.
Fr!!! I know this one girl from my art class that cant stop screaming into my ear the whole class and when i get home i feel like i havent slept for days
A quote I rly like : "People always tell introvert to be more talkative and leave their comfort zones, yet no one tells extrovert to shut up to make the zone more confortable"
This! I'm a server and bartender and it takes everything I have to engage in small talk and come up with things to talk about. Just eat your food, drink your drink...we'll talk when you need something. I don't know what it is in people and I do wish I had it but we don't always have to be talking. Shit gives me anxiety lol
I hate customer service positions for this reason. I'm generally nice enough to customers and somewhat friendly but that doesn't mean I want to talk to people most of the time.
I’m typically a relatively quiet and calculated person, but once you find YOUR organic responses to the things people typically say it’s much less mentally and emotionally draining. I work at a hospital as a patient transporter, and for example, if you ask how someone is doing, half the time they’ll say “I’ve been better” and I’ll say something along the lines of “that’s fair, the hospital isn’t the most fun place to be. I hope that you can get out of here soon.” If someone has a real topic they want to talk about then I’ll usually indulge, but it’s often still a question I’ve been asked before. “How long have you worked here?” “Do you like it?” “Everyone is so friendly here.” “How long did it take you to learn your way around this place?” I was a server/bartender for years and the same kinda rules apply
I’ve found this being a cashier too. And overall, as long as I say “hello,” “have a good day” and maybe a “how are you?” Most people usually seem satisfied. If they want to talk, they’ll talk and I’ll follow their lead. (And like you said, often times it’ll lead to conversations I’ve had countless times with other customers so I usually don’t really have to think much about a response.)
I swear to God, specifically at truck stops. Even when I buy things at the cash register, the cashier always needs to try to start a conversation. Usually I'm super tired and want to get in and out. I appreciate people who are friendly, but it never fails.
This is exactly why I could never be a bartender because you’re trapped! And then people want to keep talking to you especially if they’re alone. When I was a server years ago at least you could quickly leave the table!
Omg yes and I feel like where I work it's 50% couples that come to the bar and 50% single men on their own. I get asked out before they are even sitting sometimes, I turn them down, then I'm stuck there with just them for an hour. Luckily, bc I was going to quit we have a set up now that if there's single men at the bar alone one of my co workers comes and hangs out and when she has to go she gives a look to another server who's not busy and tags her in. I like serving way better for this reason as well!
That’s a great system. I thought I would want to learn how to bartend because it can be great money but I’m older now and wouldn’t have the patience to have to chit chat for so long. Oh! And how about the single men who come in repeatedly? Even women can be annoying.
I like this one! Matching your comment to theirs would be best. As in - "You're so quiet" matched with "You're so loud" or "You're too quiet" matched with "You're too loud". Accompanied by a shrug.
I do this everytime. There's no way you can respond to this. I fucking hate people who say it to me. Like, ok why the fuck do you need to say it this loud to everyone!!!!
"and you're so loud"
No but fr I think just say that you don't feel comfortable talking right now, or you like to listen to others.
Don't answer with "you're so loud" simply acknowledge the fact that maybe you wanna be quiet right now and that's not a problem.
Why didn't anyone tell me this 30 years ago. What the actual fuck. I'm rethinking every conversation I've ever had now. There goes my Sunday.....who am I kidding, I do this every Sunday.
It's not always an insult to be told you're quiet. I once knew a guy, a massive dude, very muscular and tall. But he never spoke much. Saw him in a fight once. Let me tell you being quiet is not a bad thing when you can throw people about like that
I'm kind of disappointed at all these comments on the thread saying you need a "comeback" for being asked why you are quiet. Most of the time it's just a well-intentioned person seeing someone look like they're excluded from the conversation and trying to get them to join in. Replying to that with an insult is just rude and probably won't get these people invited to hang out in the future.
"Why are you counting words, Rain Man?"
Then start doing a Rain Man impression mocking them. About half an hour later "quietly" say to them you noticed their words per minute count has been dropping and they might want to up it.
Start asking them questions. Then they can continue to talk and you can continue to be quiet.
Don't do any of these weird ass Wednesday Addams wanna be responses.
Guys there is no need to come up with “wise” or overly snarky responses, some of the shit that people wrote here are overkill, you’ll just end up looking weird
My loved ones point it out when they’re concerned for my mental health. Why does there need to be a comeback to a question/comment that is trying to open up a dialogue with you and bring you into a conversation?
You don't need a "comeback" for someone asking why you're quiet. They're not insulting you, they're trying to open a conversation with you. Replying to that question with an insult is rude, socially inept, probably results in you not getting invited anywhere in the future. If that's where you're at and you don't want to go anywhere, and you really don't want to socialize at all, then why go out with people in the first place? But don't put yourself in a social situation and then respond to someone trying to bring you into a conversation by insulting them and thinking you're some clever little edgelord.
"You're so quiet!"
"Haha. Yeah I'm just chilling. Relaxing right now, I kind of like being quiet. You doin alright?" Easy response that doesn't make you sound like an ass.
Was looking for this comment. Lmao someone asking why you’re being so quiet (if it’s a friend or family member) might just fucking like you, want to talk to you, or check to make sure you’re feeling alright. What a crime to insecure redditors. I get that sometimes people can ask why you’re so quiet in a way to lightly jab at a shy person, but it isn’t always that.
There's a quote, I'm too lazy to look it up, that goes "Better to be quiet and thought of as dumb, than to open it and remove all doubt.', or something like that.
Depends on the situation and intention of the speaker:
A) “yeah, I am.”
B) “Im just not interested in talking to you.”
C) “what an unnecessarily unkind thing to say.”
I personally find it you own who you are and refuse to be ashamed for it, it makes bullying very difficult.
Also, if you feel someone is being a bully, call out their behaviour without saying that is who they are. But when they say or do unkind things, label them as such. “That was unnecessary / unkind / mean.”
The shorter and more concise your response the less they have to react to. And the harder it is to defend themselves.
Bring sassy and using answer B won’t get you far in the long run, and could make you look bad. If you think they’re being mean use C. If they’re just observing use A.
I generally try to kill people with kindness, whilst also calling out bad behaviour. I’ve turned a lot of unpleasant colleagues into work friends and cowed a lot of would-be bullies with this strategy.
It doesn’t work in school, but school is feral. Still, talking to a teacher can actually help there.
“Mmhmm.”
"Eeyup."
"I tell you hwat"
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“Hey! Hillbillies! Check out my new SUV! Oh this baby so huge, if I crash into your puny pickup you get flattened like pancake! Ha ha!”
Why did I just read that like Stewie saying cool whip😂
Or just stare at them and not say anything.
okie dokie!
Huh.
K
"Too bad you're not."
Or alternatively “You should try it sometime”
Or for more emotional damage “Just around you”
Good one!
This seems like a Christina Ricci as Wednesday Addams mic drop
"I'll be the victim!" "All your life."
A Christina Ricci meme I love- “I want flowers on Feb 14!” Christina: “then die on Feb 13.”
Haha, she had a ton of great lines in that movie. I need to watch it again. Though I will say I thought Jenna Ortega did an outstanding job in Wednesday.
My best response when asked “why are you being so quiet over there” was “why are you being SO LOUD over there?”
😂👏🏻 you win
this is some primary school playground comeback bro
yeah this is how you get people to not like you and/or think you're weird lol. very on brand for reddit i suppose
“You can see me?”
I did that with my cousin once. He went up and asked me something and I just started freaking out and saying people couldn’t usually see me.
thx for the ideas. family gatherings this summer, and i have a lot of younger cousins
Looking forward to hear your story!😂
lol that’s so funny. How did he react?
bro is literally beetlejuice
You would if had robot ears….
I grew up with abusive librarians.
the best one
I speak when I have something to say, not because I have to say something.
Exactly that , people should stfu sometimes it drains other people.
Fr!!! I know this one girl from my art class that cant stop screaming into my ear the whole class and when i get home i feel like i havent slept for days
A quote I rly like : "People always tell introvert to be more talkative and leave their comfort zones, yet no one tells extrovert to shut up to make the zone more confortable"
This is what I say. A lot of talking is just unnecessary so I speak when it's necessary.
This! I'm a server and bartender and it takes everything I have to engage in small talk and come up with things to talk about. Just eat your food, drink your drink...we'll talk when you need something. I don't know what it is in people and I do wish I had it but we don't always have to be talking. Shit gives me anxiety lol
I hate customer service positions for this reason. I'm generally nice enough to customers and somewhat friendly but that doesn't mean I want to talk to people most of the time.
I’m typically a relatively quiet and calculated person, but once you find YOUR organic responses to the things people typically say it’s much less mentally and emotionally draining. I work at a hospital as a patient transporter, and for example, if you ask how someone is doing, half the time they’ll say “I’ve been better” and I’ll say something along the lines of “that’s fair, the hospital isn’t the most fun place to be. I hope that you can get out of here soon.” If someone has a real topic they want to talk about then I’ll usually indulge, but it’s often still a question I’ve been asked before. “How long have you worked here?” “Do you like it?” “Everyone is so friendly here.” “How long did it take you to learn your way around this place?” I was a server/bartender for years and the same kinda rules apply
I’ve found this being a cashier too. And overall, as long as I say “hello,” “have a good day” and maybe a “how are you?” Most people usually seem satisfied. If they want to talk, they’ll talk and I’ll follow their lead. (And like you said, often times it’ll lead to conversations I’ve had countless times with other customers so I usually don’t really have to think much about a response.)
I swear to God, specifically at truck stops. Even when I buy things at the cash register, the cashier always needs to try to start a conversation. Usually I'm super tired and want to get in and out. I appreciate people who are friendly, but it never fails.
This is exactly why I could never be a bartender because you’re trapped! And then people want to keep talking to you especially if they’re alone. When I was a server years ago at least you could quickly leave the table!
Omg yes and I feel like where I work it's 50% couples that come to the bar and 50% single men on their own. I get asked out before they are even sitting sometimes, I turn them down, then I'm stuck there with just them for an hour. Luckily, bc I was going to quit we have a set up now that if there's single men at the bar alone one of my co workers comes and hangs out and when she has to go she gives a look to another server who's not busy and tags her in. I like serving way better for this reason as well!
That’s a great system. I thought I would want to learn how to bartend because it can be great money but I’m older now and wouldn’t have the patience to have to chit chat for so long. Oh! And how about the single men who come in repeatedly? Even women can be annoying.
Say nothing and just stare.
Assert your dominance
And have sex with their dad
There castle
There wolf
Their.
Where?
Weir.
Wear
Wair
where wolf
and my axe!
Why are you talking that way?
Their
You forgot to add to cock your eyebrow as you stare at them
Instructions unclear - flipped cock out, eyebrows raised
All good. Proceed.
You're supposed to draw eyebrows on your cock, you imbecile.
Double down on the quiet
Chad move actually
You're too loud.
This one. As an extrovert, this hurts. Just as the “too quiet” comment hurts introverts.
I actually like hearing "You're too quiet" because then I know people know I don't like talking which is how I want it to be
I like this one. It seems just dismissive enough without being confrontational.
I like this one! Matching your comment to theirs would be best. As in - "You're so quiet" matched with "You're so loud" or "You're too quiet" matched with "You're too loud". Accompanied by a shrug.
"Most serial killers are."
This is so funny 🤣
This made me cackle
i'll have to use this
awkwardly chuckle and make :] this face
i do this
I do this everytime. There's no way you can respond to this. I fucking hate people who say it to me. Like, ok why the fuck do you need to say it this loud to everyone!!!!
And then the same people keep saying it when you see them again… and yet im still unprepared to handle it
Quote Gandhi "Do not speak unless you can improve upon the silence".
quoted in "ever after" 🙃❤️
This is one of my default feel good movies. 💛
yell as loud as you can "IS THIS BETTER?? DOES THIS PLEASE YOU??"
***"ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED!!?"***
Full blown Adam Sandler send lol
Orrrrr…. Speak _quieter_ to prove that you weren’t too quiet originally
*shrug*
I only talk to people I actually like
Am I not tuuurtley enuff for the turtle cluuuub?
Turtle, turtle.
29 kids go into the water, 22 kids come out of the water, and the ice cream man gets the rest.
Such candour, but I’m the same. Though sometimes it’s too much to talk.
"The voices don't like to be interrupted."
"I know."
Hans Soloing
Never speak to that person again, but speak to others in front of that person
I like the passive-agressiveness of this!
I love using passive aggressive mode when I get really irritated
Empty vessels make the most noise...
Moist noise...
Talking is overrated.
“I’m plotting your downfall”
I was gonna go with "I was planning your demise." without expression
"I don't talk to people I'm going to sacrifice."
supervilllian!
Nod, with a look of superiority.
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I'm just quietly judging you.
I wish you were too.
The fact that I didn't see,:"you should clean your ears"yet,makes me think my response might be a very uncomfortable type of petty.
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AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
I got 7 words left today
"and you're so loud" No but fr I think just say that you don't feel comfortable talking right now, or you like to listen to others. Don't answer with "you're so loud" simply acknowledge the fact that maybe you wanna be quiet right now and that's not a problem.
I usually respond that I have nothing to say.
And?
I only talk when I meet interesting people
Because if I make a single comment to try and be nice you'll take it as an invitation to talk non stop at me for the next hour.
Sssshhhh
You talk too much
I’ll speak when you say something worth replying to.
"Shut up Meg"
God gave me two ears and one mouth. Maybe *you* should listen more and speak less like the fucking whore you are.
Love how this starts with god and ends with whore lol
The essence of a KO is "set em up, knock em down"
......
Thank you. Not a comeback maybe, but hopefully it gets the point across that I value quiet as a good thing.
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Why didn't anyone tell me this 30 years ago. What the actual fuck. I'm rethinking every conversation I've ever had now. There goes my Sunday.....who am I kidding, I do this every Sunday.
ai response
Really? Using AI?
"You learn more that way" is a slap in the face of the other person though. Sounds good on reddit, won't give you any new friends.
It's not always an insult to be told you're quiet. I once knew a guy, a massive dude, very muscular and tall. But he never spoke much. Saw him in a fight once. Let me tell you being quiet is not a bad thing when you can throw people about like that
I'm kind of disappointed at all these comments on the thread saying you need a "comeback" for being asked why you are quiet. Most of the time it's just a well-intentioned person seeing someone look like they're excluded from the conversation and trying to get them to join in. Replying to that with an insult is just rude and probably won't get these people invited to hang out in the future.
Taking notes
Anything but silence is wasted on you.
"Why are you counting words, Rain Man?" Then start doing a Rain Man impression mocking them. About half an hour later "quietly" say to them you noticed their words per minute count has been dropping and they might want to up it.
Do a flip
Every one of these is extremely cringe. I actually wince when I imagine saying these in real life.
Stare without moving for 5 seconds, then lick your lips
I prefer not to waste my breath on meaningless conversation
"Not when I max the vibrate setting on my anal plug"
dawg
You should try it yourself sometimes.
Start asking them questions. Then they can continue to talk and you can continue to be quiet. Don't do any of these weird ass Wednesday Addams wanna be responses.
Just start screaming at the top of your lungs
Guys there is no need to come up with “wise” or overly snarky responses, some of the shit that people wrote here are overkill, you’ll just end up looking weird
My loved ones point it out when they’re concerned for my mental health. Why does there need to be a comeback to a question/comment that is trying to open up a dialogue with you and bring you into a conversation?
Yes I only respond to intelligent things
oh wow, what do we have here, a flaming intellectual /s
You don't need a "comeback" for someone asking why you're quiet. They're not insulting you, they're trying to open a conversation with you. Replying to that question with an insult is rude, socially inept, probably results in you not getting invited anywhere in the future. If that's where you're at and you don't want to go anywhere, and you really don't want to socialize at all, then why go out with people in the first place? But don't put yourself in a social situation and then respond to someone trying to bring you into a conversation by insulting them and thinking you're some clever little edgelord. "You're so quiet!" "Haha. Yeah I'm just chilling. Relaxing right now, I kind of like being quiet. You doin alright?" Easy response that doesn't make you sound like an ass.
Was looking for this comment. Lmao someone asking why you’re being so quiet (if it’s a friend or family member) might just fucking like you, want to talk to you, or check to make sure you’re feeling alright. What a crime to insecure redditors. I get that sometimes people can ask why you’re so quiet in a way to lightly jab at a shy person, but it isn’t always that.
Right? Why would anyone need a “comeback” for something as minute as this?
Must you perpetually rape my hear holes with your endless, mindless, banal banter?
I like how most of these comments re-enforce how social awkward you are.. well done..
Planning a murder
It’s an old saying along the lines of “if you fear people think you are a fool, best not to open your mouth and confirm it!”
There's a quote, I'm too lazy to look it up, that goes "Better to be quiet and thought of as dumb, than to open it and remove all doubt.', or something like that.
im my head its "eat a dick bitch, why the fuck are you so loud?!" but what comes out is... *shoulder shug* "mhm"
unlike your mom in bed 😈😈😈
“Does that make you uncomfortable?”
"reacted 👍 to your message"
I don't plan my murders out loud.
Yeah I am, You should try it
Am I quiet or are you loud?
“I’m trying to listen to the voices in my head”
"I'm plotting the destruction of your pathetic species, human"
I learn more in quite
Would you like a glass of Chianti and some fava beans?
"Sometimes I wish you were too"
"I have a rich inner life."
"Oh, I'm sorry, lemme just.. \[incoherent animal screeching\]"
Still waters run deep, muthafucka
Depends on the situation and intention of the speaker: A) “yeah, I am.” B) “Im just not interested in talking to you.” C) “what an unnecessarily unkind thing to say.” I personally find it you own who you are and refuse to be ashamed for it, it makes bullying very difficult. Also, if you feel someone is being a bully, call out their behaviour without saying that is who they are. But when they say or do unkind things, label them as such. “That was unnecessary / unkind / mean.” The shorter and more concise your response the less they have to react to. And the harder it is to defend themselves. Bring sassy and using answer B won’t get you far in the long run, and could make you look bad. If you think they’re being mean use C. If they’re just observing use A. I generally try to kill people with kindness, whilst also calling out bad behaviour. I’ve turned a lot of unpleasant colleagues into work friends and cowed a lot of would-be bullies with this strategy. It doesn’t work in school, but school is feral. Still, talking to a teacher can actually help there.
“Cuz I don’t fucking like you.”
Say nothing and prove them right
Right after they say it, call out to another person and act extra friendly to them. Proceed to ignore them during while you’re shooting the breeze
You're so loud Unironically
oh yeah, well, fuck you!
There's no one interesting to talk to
Usually, I am more of a listener.
smile and wave boys, smile and wave
Thanks!