Think of a few backhanded compliments.

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i have caused some angst in the past regarding my attempts at "complementing" people. i know i should compliment people because i understand that they are most often pleased at being complimented, and they become more conducive to directions from people who they feel favor them.
it does not work out that way very often however.

examples
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once i was interviewing a young man for a job at the company i worked for, and i was thoroughly of the mind that he was not suitable for the position. i started to feel "sorry" for him in a kind of way because he seemed to lack self esteem and i felt inclined to be kind to him.

when i gave him a form that he had to sign his name on, i appraised his success at writing his name by saying "excellent work" in an contrivedly enthusiastic tone which he quickly uncovered and he became not happy with me.
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her: (age 36) i try to do all i can to preserve my looks.
me: well you look remarkably young for your age.
her: sorry?!? what "age" do you think i am ????
me: ahhh reasonably .....not old???
her : so what does that mean?
me: nothing really.
her: how old do you think i am?!?!?
me: i would have no idea.
her: well why do you think i "look younger than my age"
me: just because.
her : so i again i ask how old do you think i look?
me: no more than 50. that's for sure.

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it is a faux pas to tell someone "you are the only person to whom i have not had to repeat what i said more than 4 times before they understood what i was saying".
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god! i could not be bothered to make myself an outfit like yours even if i had 3 sewing machines! you are so industrious.
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i feel so fat and boring sitting on my ledge watching you struggle in the undercurrents of your uncertainties. you are surely more able to describe "angst" than i am. i salute your knowledge of the feeling of being destitute, and you are far richer in your dissemination of that state of being than i am.

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to person with a amber colored shirt on.
"i like the fit of your filthy white shirt"
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"i can tell you are young because you have pimples."
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your eyes are as black as a licorice contaminated turd.

your hair is as blond as the feces that is excreted by someone with liver disease.

you have a set of teeth that lets me know that once you get your chops around something, it will never escape.

i like eating "chops" for breakfast. especially "chops" of lambs..
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when a girl asks you to imagine what part of australia they came from, and you nominate a dry and arid parched region as your answer, they seem to wilt and lose interest which is good value.
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"god?!?!?. you understood what i said?"
i do not believe it! what a genius you must be to make sense of the nonsense i spout that even i do not understand.
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there is loads of ways to rankle people.

*Edited out pure failure.*

*That hat does a great job covering up your gross hair.
*You're so pretty that you actually look good in that outfit!
*Wow! You're not fat anymore!

"You know what? You're actually alright!"

"It doesn't matter what other people say about you behind your back, I think you're okay. Don't listen to them."

(Duh, as if I could....)


"You're really starting to come out of your shell!"

"You've blossomed into a lovely young man now."

"I know I shouldn't say this, but I like you."

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THINGS I LIKE
Parasaurolophus, Plesiosaurs, Dinosaurs, Pterosaurs, Music, Tuna, Chocolate milk, Oreos, Blue things

Parasaurolophuscolobus. Parasaurcolobus. Colobusaurolophus.
....And Nunchucks are my friends.

"My seven year old can write better than that."

Is this one?

You're pretty strong, for a girl.

Yo mama is like a bag of potato chips! FritoLay!

A guy in a pub said to me: "look not all guys are into skinny girls. Plenty of us like a fuller figure" (I am desperately trying to lose 30 pounds)

I don't see how lot of these are back handed compliments.

You're so good looking, you look like a man!

I once said to someone online "You're so thin it looks like you have a girl's body" and the person took offense to it. I wished I looked that thin so I couldn't understand why it was so offensive. She thought she was fat though. This was back in 2007 or 2008. I think 2008.