"Have a nice life" An insult?

Karl Hungus · 27-02-2007 10:59PM #1

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?

27-02-2007 11:01PM

Polite but dismissive. Insulting, maybe not...

Giblet · 27-02-2007 11:09PM

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

Karl Hungus · 27-02-2007 11:10PM

Giblet wrote:

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

Have a nice life.

OfflerCrocGod · 27-02-2007 11:11PM

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 · 27-02-2007 11:13PM

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 · 27-02-2007 11:13PM

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

Karl Hungus · 27-02-2007 11:14PM

Alter-Ego wrote:

Have a nice life KH.

Have a pleasant evening, AE.

Sinfonia · 27-02-2007 11:14PM

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–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.

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–noun
1. harsh or bitter derision or irony.
2. a sharply ironical taunt; sneering or cutting remark

Have a sh!te day!

Alter-Ego · 27-02-2007 11:14PM

Maybe its a form of sarcasm or something...

Ah some people think way too much!

Have a nice life KH.

Ruu_Old · 27-02-2007 11:15PM

Smell ya later, Karl!

Donald-Duck · 27-02-2007 11:16PM

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 · 27-02-2007 11:26PM

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

Overheal · 27-02-2007 11:30PM

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 · 27-02-2007 11:31PM

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 · 27-02-2007 11:44PM

shower of gobtards, hope you all die in fires

DonkeyStyle \o/ · 27-02-2007 11:46PM

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.

27-02-2007 11:56PM

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Call Me Jimmy · 28-02-2007 12:01AM

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 · 28-02-2007 12:10AM

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 · 28-02-2007 12:38AM

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

Karl Hungus · 28-02-2007 12:43AM

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 · 28-02-2007 01:00AM

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 · 28-02-2007 01:04AM

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 · 28-02-2007 11:25AM

Karl, try it out in the Thunderdome.

nomadchef · 28-02-2007 06:19PM

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

Ghost Train · 28-02-2007 06:29PM

"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 · 01-03-2007 12:28AM

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 · 01-03-2007 01:27AM

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 · 02-03-2007 07:27AM

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 · 02-03-2007 07:52AM

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.

"Have a nice life" An insult?

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