People's Favorite Polite Insults

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mattstaff
Oct 11, 2020 9:00 AM EDT

Someone on AskReddit fired up a thread about people's favorite polite insults. Some of these might be familiar. They're the kind of insults that don't come out blatantly swinging, but more so go for the subtle sting. 

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