Have you ever thought of the best comeback only after it was too late? Right before bed, while taking a shower or standing in an elevator, you get your light-bulb moment: “Ahh, why didn’t I think of it before?” The French even came up with a term for that, l’esprit de l’escalier—the spirit of the staircase—and it means that the perfect retort arises only when it doesn’t matter anymore.
However, this does not apply to everyone. A select few have the superpower of coming up with snappy one-liners on the spot, and the r/CleverComebacks subreddit is the site to go for these legendary comments. As the moderators put it, “If someone just got shown up, this is the place to post it.“
So make sure to scroll down and upvote your favorite retorts! And if you can’t get enough of snappy comebacks, make sure to check out Bored Panda’s previous posts here, here and here.
#1 He Was Asking For It!
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#2 Bless This Woman
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#3 Not Be A Baby Machine
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#4 This Always Makes Me Laugh
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#5 It Was Social Distancing Haha
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#6 They Don’t Give A Damn
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#7 Oof. That Burn Needs Some Love
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#8 German History Lesson
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#9 A Punchline From Twitter, Does This Count As A Meme?
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#10 Someone Needs A Refresher On Anatomy
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#11 That’s A Good Proof
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#12 Got Roasted By A Police Twitter
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#13 It Is Funny But True
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#14 Yep May Be It Is True
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#15 Whatever Your Weakness, There’s A Hellion To Exploit It
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#16 Most Of Us Are Too
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#17 Elon Musk Gets Destroyed By Facts And Logic
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#18 Simple Math To Hard
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#19 True Perfection Has Been Achieved
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#20 Old But Gold
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#21 Accessible Parking, But Only During Office Hours
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#22 I Swear It Was On
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#23 Jesus Statues vs. Police State
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#24 Finnally A Manager Making A Comeback
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#25 Found This While Browsing Instead Of Sleeping
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#26 Would You Like Some Whine With That?
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#27 F*cking Sheep
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#28 English Unchanged
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#29 He Makes A Good Point
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#30 Technically He Spoke Genders Into Existence Because By His Very Word He Can Create
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#31 I Prayed For Help And God Sent Doctors With The Vaccine, I Said “No Thanks, I’m Waiting For God To Help Me”
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#32 One For The Burn Ward
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#33 Mindy Kaling Shuttin’ ‘Em Down
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#34 Not Sure What Is The Objective Is Here?
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#35 Nasa Is Untrustworthy
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#36 It Really Is The Churches Motto Tho
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#37 The Real Deal
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#38 She Seems So Dumb
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#39 I’m Not A Gamer For Nothing
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#40 Why Do Some People Want Others To Have It Bad Cruz They Had ? Hope This Isn’t Already Here
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#41 Look I Made A Joke
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#42 Does Jlo Have A Reply To That?
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#43 In 1919 And 1920, At The Very Start Of His Career, Tolkien Worked On The Staff Of The Oxford English Dictionary; He Later Said Of This Time That He “.. Learned More In Those Two Years Than In Any Other Equal Period Of My Life”
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#44 It Works Both Ways!
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#45 He Wants The Ring Please
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#46 Don’t Mistake Empathy For Weaknesses
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#47 Getting Schooled
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#48 Fake Incest Go!
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#49 State Representative Got Owned!
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#50 He Really Went There
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