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How to have witty comebacks?
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How to be witty?
My real advice mimics others in this thread. Even if you "win" arguments, it will be a hollow victory and not improve your life or make you feel better. It's not a healthy goal to focus on.
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However, I also believe that people never actually listen when you teach them life lessons; they have to experience it themselves first.Start by practicing with some LLM chatbot. Tell it to insult you, replicating the bully's methods and tactics. The goal is to desensitise yourself to toxicity, so you can be witty instead of hurt. Ask it to rate how well you responded. Careful to not get addicted to this or lose track of reality; only do it for a week or two maximum to get started in a sandboxed environment.
Next, practice making jokes in Discord voice chat communities and getting real people to laugh. Then practice improv or even stand up comedy. You can find many tutorials online, even better if you can find something in person.
Basically you're trying to train the part of your brain that is creative under time pressure. This is still a useful skill to have, even outside of witty comebacks.
Adhd and a shitty childhood?
idk about adhd but i have kinda shit childhood