Some of the best wordsmiths that ever lived wrote classic novels and poems that stood the test of time. But in today’s digital age, you will find many of them in comment boxes all over the internet.
Enter the Rare Compliments subreddit, which collects screenshots of the most uniquely worded praises you will read online. Many of these may induce amused laughter while making you wonder, “How did they come up with that?”
We’ve compiled the best ones from the group, showing that comment sections aren’t always filled with toxicity. They may also inspire you to be more creative the next time you give someone a verbal pat on the back.
#1 A Wonderful Compliment For A Wonderful Man
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#2 What A Compliment
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#3 At First I Was Like Huh? Then I Get It
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While this list is about rare compliments, how they were delivered draws more attention here. The unique blend of wit and humor made these comments worthy of a screenshot and share.
Journalist and Harvard University lecturer James Geary published a book in 2018 titled Wit’s End: What Wit Is, How It Works, and Why We Need It. In it, he mentioned that wit essentially establishes a common ground between entirely different ideas.
#4 Could Have Been In Shrek
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#5 Funny Rare Compliment Found On R/Rareinsults
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#6 Found Another Gem On Youtube
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“(Wit) consists in binding together remote and separate notions, finding similarity in dissimilar things (or dissimilarity in similar things), and drawing the mind from one word to another,” Geary wrote.
Geary adds that a witty person’s brain has far fewer inhibitions and “uncensored access to associations.”
#7 Too Effortlessly Cool For Me
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#8 Wholesome And Unique
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#9 Sometimes Youtube Comments Are Wholesome
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Not everyone may have the same sharp wit as the commenters on this list. Fortunately, it’s a skill you can develop if you feel like you lack it. In an interview with Boston.com, Geary gave some tips, beginning with practicing puns.
In the interview, Geary gave this simple pun as an example: “‘What branch of the army do babies join? The infantry.” It is easily understood, which draws an easy laugh. As Geary explains, it puts everyone on the same wavelength.
#10 Task Failed Successfully
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#11 Was Told This Might Go Here?
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#12 Rip Jimmy Carter
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Taking things literally is another way to sharpen your wit. Geary says interpreting daily symbolisms at face value allows for clever delivery.
As an example, he used one of comedian Steven Wright‘s famous one-liners: “When everything is coming your way, you’re in the wrong lane.”
#13 Drip Faucet
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#14 On A Video Featuring Dale The Tiktok Self Defense Instructor
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#15 About Snarky Puppy’s Drummer
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One point Geary made is that wit and humor don’t necessarily have to go hand in hand. In a 2019 talk at the Chautaqua Institution, he explained that the slight difference is that the former requires more mental exercise.
“Like juggling, wit is keeping a lot of different ideas, a lot of balls, in the air at the same time,” he said, emphasizing that wittiness is about “finding novel combinations about things.”
#16 Quite The Imagery
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#17 An Interesting Title
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#18 On A Video Of A Robot Experts Explaining Robotics
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#19 On An Elvis Blue Suede Shoes Post On Yt
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#20 “Such A Nice Painting”
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#21 Racc Vibes
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#22 Anyone Wanna Make A Pact?
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#23 One Of The Nicest Compliments I Have Gotten On Reddit. 🙂
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#24 On Mario Duplantier From Gojira
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#25 Not Mine. I Saw This Comment On Youtube
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#26 The Man Did Indeed Have A Nice Voice
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#27 I Do Like Tiramisu
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#28 I Found This On An R/Askreddit Thread Where The Question Was “What Is Your Biggest Flex?”
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#29 The Best Compliment A Goth Girl Could Get
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#30 Gets Who’s Back?
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#31 Anyone Remember The Gta 6 Leaks
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#32 Creative And Rare Compliment Found On Youtube
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#33 Was It Too Far ?
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#34 Bald
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#35 Winter Of George
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#36 Damn If Only I Could Do It When She’s In Front Of Me
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#37 From A Video Of A Guy Playing Night Of Nights On A Phone
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#38 Friend Wanted Me To Post This Here Soo
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#39 Doggo
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#40 Strange Complement, But Honestly Yeah
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#41 I Found This Posititve Comment On Youtube
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#42 Was Told To Post Here, Can’t Tell Whether It’s An Insult Or A Compliment But Mans A Good Looking Guy Imo And In The Other Sub’s Opinion!
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#43 My Great Grandfather Would Probably Recognize That One
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#44 God=artist
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#45 Disney Movie
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#46 Well That’s Nice I Guess
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#47 It Was On A Roblox Edit
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#48 One Of The Best Compliments To Be Honest
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#49 Saving The Planet One Tweet At A Time
Andrew Tate has been detained following the video he made in response to Greta’s tweet, so he won’t be able to drive the 33 cars he owns.
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#50 A Mustache Fit For A Villain
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#51 I Miss Early Twd
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#52 A Shiny Compliment
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#53 That Being Said I’m Keeping The Hat
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#54 Please Help I Still Don’t Know What It Even Means
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#55 Reverse L Bozo
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#56 Does He Pay His Taxes Earlier Though?
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#57 This Is My Partner Of Three Years <3
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#58 On A Post About A New Laptop
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#59 What The Hell Does This Mean
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#60 Online Friend After Hearing My Voice For The First Time
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#61 He Does Though
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