“Mic Drop”: 52 Times People Delivered A Comeback So Memorable, They Still Talk About It

In middle school my daughter, a serious athlete, was getting hassled by some little punk for having big shoulders. She told him “maybe someday you’ll hit puberty and get some muscles too.”.

Right-wing journalist Brian Glenn asked Zelensky: “Why don’t you wear a suit? You’re at the highest level in this country’s office, and you refuse to wear a suit. Do you own a suit? A lot of Americans have problems with you not respecting the dignity of this office.”

Zelensky: “I will wear costume after this war will finish. Maybe something like yours, yes. Maybe something better.".

My Best Comeback Ever: Back in the day I was in Quality Control (USAF). QC were the bad guys who were always checking up on how equipment and aircraft were being repaired and maintained. We were the guys who wanted to see the technical data out, open and being followed. We wore black baseball caps with white "QC" letters on them. One evening I wandered into the Avionics building around the midnight shift change time. There I was spotted by a Technical Sergeant who did not like me much. He was surrounded by three young female troops and apparently couldn't resist showing off for them and messing with me. He said loudly "Look out... Here comes QC - the Queer Chaser." I quickly replied "That's right, Sergeant Boyle... I'll give you five minutes head start." The girls all burst out laughing and the sergeant turned red... and never bothered me again.

One of my friends kids was being bullied and they approached him in a school hallway and called him gay as an insult. He replied "I'm straighter then the pole your mum dances on". No problems since.

In the days before call display, my friend got a call from some pervert breathing heavy and saying “Guess what I’m holding in my hand?”. She responded, “If you can hold it with one hand, I’m not interested.”.

Don’t think this was an insult but still find it hilarious: that one scene a guy tells a cop, “Do you know who my father is?” And the cop says, “Did your mother not tell you?.” Lol.

I had a customer when I had a used car sales business who asked about the history of the car, I told her it was a company car. " Oh well I'm not buying it then. My son had a company car and I saw how he treated it," I said " Well madam, that really tells me more about your family than it does company cars,".

Many stories about the rivalry between authors Norman Mailer and Gore Vidal. In the heat of one particular verbal ding dong, Mailer threw a punch which connected. Upon recovering his composure, Vidal quipped "as usual, words failed him.".

Old friend of mine also was my manager, got an argument with an engineer off-site. It got heated and the engineer asked my boss if he would like to step outside.

Boss - Do you think the fresh air is gonna give you an edge?

A friend of mine was walking past a group of boys sitting outside a gaming shop who were painting miniatures. They all made a point of cat-calling her and making nasty comments about her weight. She just shot back, “charisma was your dump stat, wasn’t it?“ and walked on, leaving them speechless.

Never cat-call a gamer girl. It will not end well for you.

From Aliens:

Private Hudson: “Hey Vasquez, you ever been mistaken for a man?”

Private Vasquez: “Nope. Have you?”.

Honestly, the best I ever saw didn't say a word. Just glanced over her shoulder, looked him up and down, and smirked in a way that conveyed he had just said something utterly ridiculous and transparent, like a toddler with chocolate on his face saying he didn't know what happened to the candy and blaming it on the dog. Then with the slightest of eye rolls, she just casually turned her head and went back to her conversation.

My friend on a dating site.

Her: Have you seen me compared to you, why are you even trying?

Him: Because I felt charitable today towards you.

There was a good angry wall of text rant after that which isn't Reddit friendly.

Guy 1: what's it like to be more brawn than brains?

Guy 2: I don't know. What's it like to be neither?

My daughter in an argument with her frenemy. For context, both are children of divorce, my daughter has me (stepfather) and still sees her dad as often as she likes. "Thats not your real Dad!" "I have TWO, you don't have any!!"

My favorite was a conversation between my two daughters. The older daughter was probably 10 at the time and the youngest was probably 5 or 6. The 10 y.o. kept bothering the younger one for awhile, just kept making jokes about every thing she said and trying to get under her skin. Not in a mean way, just in a "siblings razzing each other" kinda way. This went on for a little while, with the 6 year old barely acknowledging it, when suddenly she lets out a sad sigh, looks at her older sister very seriously and says, "I'm sorry sis. One day you'll be cool and have friends, and then you won't act this way anymore.", then she went back to coloring her picture. My older daughter sat there for a moment and then just got up and walked out of the room, and the younger immediately started giggling. A minute later I went and found her in her room and I had to laugh at the look on her face. She looked genuinely flustered and told me, "she really got me. I couldn't say anything so I had to leave the room. I wanted to laugh and to cry at the same time. I'm so proud of my sister".

You know, I think I envy everyone you haven’t met.

"I've been called worse by better people." — That one shuts it down instantly.

Don't get smart with me!

Sorry, I didn't mean to leave you out of the conversation.

I was leaning over someone's desk, signing something, and some other lawyer comes up behind me and says "there's a tempting target" (implying that he would beat me).


I turned and said "Gee, Mike, I didn't know you swung that way!"

That was the end of that.