12+ Funny Things Everyone Is Secretly Guilty Of Doing

3. Thinking Of A Great Comeback Hours After The Insult

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Have you ever been roasted by someone and you have no retort on demand but a few hours later you at last come up with something decent to say. It happens to the best of us; you are merely hoping you will get an opportunity to atone. During those times, the sting of the insult stays with you and you go back over the conversation in your mind wishing you could have spoken better. You can have a flash of shame or rage, hoping you could turn back time and provide the ideal response. If you had just considered this on the spot, you might spend hours seated there wondering about how great a comeback would have been. The annoyance stays, and you go back in your thoughts to see how the dialogue may have changed if you had been fast on your feet. You now have to carry that idea with you, one which you may have spoken but did not do. This encounter not only emphasises the need of humour in social situations but also reminds us that occasionally, the best comebacks occur when least expected, usually long after the incident has gone. Knowing that the ideal comeback could strike at any moment, even if it's too late, the next time you find yourself in a comparable scenario you could even wish for a delayed response.