"Have a nice life" An insult?

Karl Hungus

Does it boggle anyone else when people blurt that "Have a nice life" thing as if it were some kind of insult? I've heard this one the odd time on IRC, or in PM from some muppet without two brain cells to rub together. It's always said in the context of some foaming rant too...

Have a nice life?

Clue in gobtards, telling someone to have a nice life isn't as insulting as you might think. It's perplexing at best, and retarded the rest of the time. Why are you wishing someone you cearly don't like to have a nice life? Why not have a life drenched with misery and pain?

Do you say "Good luck" or "Hope it all goes well for you" to people you're attempting to insult? Kinda misses the point, doesn't it?

If the intention is to get across your scorn to the person you're addressing, I'd skip niceties and jump right in with a I hope you die screaming of syphilis!!! Is anyone else equally as bemused as to this particular saying's role in insulting addresses?

Polite but dismissive. Insulting, maybe not...

Giblet

As hard as you may try, gobtard isn't going to catch on!

Karl Hungus

Giblet wrote:

As hard as you may try, gobtard isn't going to catch on!

Have a nice life.

OfflerCrocGod

Karl Hungus wrote:

Is anyone else equally as bemused as to this particular saying's role in insulting addresses?

No, because anyone trying to insult me is clearly an idiot.

Unpossible

I always thought it implied that you would have to live without this person in your life, it suggests that you life will somehow be poorer as a result of his/her absence. So it stands for "have a nice life without me".

Giblet wrote:

gobtard isn't going to catch on!

yeah, even hacktard is more catchy

shamblertine

I quite like using "Good luck with the future" as a dismissive comment

Karl Hungus

Alter-Ego wrote:

Have a nice life KH.

Have a pleasant evening, AE.

Sinfonia

i·ro·ny1 /ˈaɪrəni, ˈaɪər-/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[ahy-ruh-nee, ahy-er-] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun, plural -nies.
1. the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning: the irony of her reply, “How nice!” when I said I had to work all weekend.


sar·casm /ˈsɑrkæzəm/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[sahr-kaz-uhm] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun
1. harsh or bitter derision or irony.
2. a sharply ironical taunt; sneering or cutting remark



Have a sh!te day!

Alter-Ego

Maybe its a form of sarcasm or something...

Ah some people think way too much!

Have a nice life KH.

Ruu_Old

Smell ya later, Karl!

Donald-Duck

Unpossible wrote:

I always thought it implied that you would have to live without this person in your life, it suggests that you life will somehow be poorer as a result of his/her absence. So it stands for "have a nice life without me".

I always thought the same. Not used as an insult, but generally something you'd use to someone who use to be your friend.

Nevyn

Some people in Pi seem to think have a nice day is an insult

Overheal

I prefer to talk about how their bottomless black soul will swallow their chances for a peaceful life...and how it will also suck in their testicles and make them sterile...and how they are republicans.

but when my fingers are tired I usually just say 'sure'

EDIT: when I say have a nice day its usually either to wish you a nice day or screw with someone's Karma by wishing them a nice day...nobody feels worse than when they do bad things to nice people

Sparky

It all depends on the context IMO.

Same way some people think "Yeah sure!" is a form of expression of "oh I don't believe you".

Caliden

shower of gobtards, hope you all die in fires

DonkeyStyle \o/

Donald-Duck wrote:

Not used as an insult, but generally something you'd use to someone who use to be your friend.

Yeah same here.

Heisenberg.

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Call Me Jimmy

Unpossible wrote:

I always thought it implied that you would have to live without this person in your life, it suggests that you life will somehow be poorer as a result of his/her absence. So it stands for "have a nice life without me".



yeah, even hacktard is more catchy

****tard ftw imho rofl lol !!!!!1111oneoneone

The_B_Man

Have a nice life! = I dont want to ever see ya again! im done wit ya, now **** off and dont come near me again!

its usually girls that say it tho. any blokes i know would never say it, instead opting for a more direct line such as "**** off ya prick before i bate ya, ya bollox/smelly tart!".


/EDIT: I actually know a fella that used to tell ppl to "Burn in Hades" or however ya spell that "Hell" place.

Unpossible

only a country of begruders could turn "have a nice life/day" into an insult

Karl Hungus

Unpossible wrote:

only a country of begruders could turn "have a nice life/day" into an insult

God, that "Begrudgers" crap is even worse than the "Have a nice life."

Now have a pleasant sleep, and a cheerfull morning.

Unpossible

God, that "Begrudgers" crap is even worse than the "Have a nice life."

hence the (anyway isnt it an american phrase?)

Now have a pleasant sleep, and a cheerfull morning.

I.... ah..... o...k...?

connundrum

Karl Hungus wrote:

Now have a pleasant sleep, and a cheerfull morning.

Oh Noes, I feel teh curse in mah bones. Killing with teh kindness

biko

Karl, try it out in the Thunderdome.

nomadchef

the phrase is just fine. why should anyone be insulted? we're not that shallow eh?

Ghost Train

"have a nice life" implies I won't be seeing you ever again or I don't want to see you ever again, so for the former it have genuine meaning (saying goodbye), for the later it makes a good insult. So depend on the context I'd say

Catari Jaguar

eolhc wrote:

"have a nice life" implies I won't be seeing you ever again or I don't want to see you ever again, so for the former it have genuine meaning (saying goodbye), for the later it makes a good insult. So depend on the context I'd say

Yea, it's your way of telling a person you won't see them again. And you're remaining dignified by not screaming abuse at them. You're so over it, that you actually wish them well, but you don't really care. I quite like it. Not an insult, but a way to let someone know you're gone from them, and make them feel bad

mawk

meh its just an easy way of taking the higher moral ground.

im mean you call someone a filthy bitch faced cunt and tell them to **** off and die.
you just come off looking petty and unable to control a situation.

AND, Staying totally calm when someone else is losing the rag is the perfect way of getting them MORE wound up and likely to embarras themseles.

you just look like less of a spa when you keep your **** together, and offer a pleasnt though mismeant phrase

il gatto

It's as said above. They're cutting diplomatic ties for the remainder of the offender's natural life. If it's been said to you, be under no illusions. There is no good way to intepret that phrase without being perverse.

Hobbes

I remember someone on IRC saying "May you live in interesting times" as an insult. I didn't understand and said "I already do" whereby they went "no, no I am insulting you, do you not read Terry Pratchett?". I had but said no just so he would ramble on like an idiot explaining why he thinks its an insult.

tbh if you have to explain your insult your probably not doing it right.

Gaspode

Hobbes wrote:

I remember someone on IRC saying "May you live in interesting times" as an insult. I didn't understand and said "I already do" whereby they went "no, no I am insulting you, do you not read Terry Pratchett?". I had but said no just so he would ramble on like an idiot explaining why he thinks its an insult.

tbh if you have to explain your insult your probably not doing it right.

I thought that was a compliment in the TP books.....damn, I'll have to read them all again to check. So much for my 'nice life'!

I wonder if have a nice life has appeared a lot on the insult thread?
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054945156&referrerid=&highlight=%22the+insult+thread%22

dr.bollocko

Its not gobtard, or hacktard. it's ARTARD.
As in (ar$e + tard). It also works on other levels but I'll leave it to marinate with you guys for a while.
You might be thinking, What a ****ing artard, trying to come up with artarded words that sound vaguely like two bad words joined up together. Well if you are thinking that, then u have already used my word and bought into my cynical word joining.
Have a nice goddamn day you stinking bunch of artards.

Futureman

eolhc wrote:

"have a nice life" implies I won't be seeing you ever again or I don't want to see you ever again, so for the former it have genuine meaning (saying goodbye), for the later it makes a good insult. So depend on the context I'd say

Absolutely. I guess the OP isn't quite up to speed with cynicism.

And what feckin' retard coind that irritating "aren't I hilarious"internet phrase "rofflecoptor"?

dr.bollocko

Grrrr rofflecopter.
I cant stand that one either. Frankly it's artarded.
Some slightly slow demented 14 year old with a love for helicopters coined that one, and then suffered a tragic end a few short days later at the hands of a low-flying english dictionary.
And ROFL is not a ****ing verb either. You dont roffle. Nobody roffles. Go and roffling roffle your artarded self and dont bother me with your artarded / post modern take on basic english. And what the **** is LOLZORS? Jesus christ people. We used to have a language that we spoke for the purposes of communication with others. Now its just some yardstick for how many artarded internet words and immediate dotcom cultural references we can throw in FFS.

From now on, Non abbreviated posting ftw!

joe_chicken

dr.bollocko wrote:

Now its just some yardstick for how many artarded internet words and immediate dotcom cultural references we can throw in FFS.

From now on, Non abbreviated posting ftw!

QFT!

Nehpets

Karl Hungus wrote:

Clue in gobtards, telling someone to have a nice life isn't as insulting as you might think. It's perplexing at best, and retarded the rest of the time. Why are you wishing someone you cearly don't like to have a nice life? Why not have a life drenched with misery and pain?

someone doesn't get it!

(it as in the understanding - not what you were thinking you pervert)

carbonkid

I think for a close mate to say "have a nice life" to you when pissed off with you before walking away is pretty nasty, its just lost in translation through text. Id rather they smack me in the mouth...long as theyre not too strong :rolleyes:

Sinfonia

dr. bollocko, they say artard in south park, so are you sure it's ar$e + tard?

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=artard

faceman

I wudnt say its an insult but its an idiotic statement to make. Answer it by askin, "why? are you goin to kill yourself?"

altho thats equally as dopey!

dr.bollocko

SumGuy wrote:

dr. bollocko, they say artard in south park, so are you sure it's ar$e + tard?

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=artard

Dammit. I must have sucked it in through some form of nasty word osmosis. Nuts. Whole Hazel Nuts. I was so certain I was being exciting and original. Dangerous, even.