Compliment or Insult?
By Anne Marie
@Ghosthere2 (891)
United States
August 28, 2019 9:26am CST
There are many times in my daily life when I am left wondering if what someone just said was a compliment or an insult or criticism. (I am fairly good at recognizing sarcasm.
Here was one from yesterday. A co-worker said that I was very good at conversation threading. First of all I am not quite sure what conversation threading is, and it made me feel like perhaps I simply talk too much.
Do you think this was a compliment or insult?
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@Hannihar (130150)
• Israel
28 Aug 19
@Ghosthere2
Did you ask her what she meant by being a good conversation threader?
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@Ghosthere2 (891)
• United States
28 Aug 19
No it was a very public place with many listening I was uncomfortable.
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@Ghosthere2 (891)
• United States
28 Aug 19
Well I guess I will let it go and assume the best.
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@1hopefulman (45111)
• Canada
28 Aug 19
I would have thanked them and asked what they meant as I have no idea what that means?
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@Ghosthere2 (891)
• United States
28 Aug 19
It was a very public setting and I was feeling quite uncomfortable. I just kind of "wilted" into the background.
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@Porcospino (31365)
• Denmark
28 Aug 19
I think it was a compliment. I think that the person wanted to say that you are good at talking to people or good at continuing the conversations.
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@Porcospino (31365)
• Denmark
28 Aug 19
@Ghosthere2 Someone wrote about this topic on Reddit. The person gave advice and examples, and tried to teach people how to become good at conversation threading. Before I read that I didn't even know what the word meant.
@Ghosthere2 (891)
• United States
28 Aug 19
Oh, I do hope you are correct! Although I am not certain that would be accurate.
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@ShyBear88 (59342)
• Sterling, Virginia
28 Aug 19
When some says something and I’m not sure I ask a why question back to get further info if it’s a compliment or to see them freak out fo they freak out and take a while to answer it’s typically and insult. So I would have said why do you think I’m good at conversational threads?
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@Ghosthere2 (891)
• United States
28 Aug 19
Well that would have been an question I might have felt comfortable responding with - thanks for that.
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@ShyBear88 (59342)
• Sterling, Virginia
28 Aug 19
@Ghosthere2 your welcome! You could probably even ask it today if you saw that person. Hey, you remember yesterday you said this I wanted to know why you thought that?
@LindaOHio (222285)
• United States
28 Aug 19
It's not a simple explanation: I don't think it was meant as an insult at all.
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@LindaOHio (222285)
• United States
28 Aug 19
@Ghosthere2 That's not a common term that comes up in conversation. I would say they knew what it meant.
@Ghosthere2 (891)
• United States
28 Aug 19
That does seem very complicated. I wonder if they even knew what it meant.
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@Ghosthere2 (891)
• United States
28 Aug 19
It was a very public setting and I didn't really feel comfortable asking. I probably should have.
