Self-Deprecating Comments That Are Actually Really Harmful

Don’t dwell in this negative headspace when it’s more likely you just haven’t found someone who appreciates all your hideous qualities.

Great, now everyone has to acknowledge it and lie to make you feel better.

Don’t be so hard on yourself, you’re at least 5-foot-7.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, maybe reframe that as falling a little short but getting farther than anyone else had.

Talking like this in front of a microphone can hurt your chances of being drafted at all.

Not now, focus!

Even a hilarious joke like this has a cry for help buried deep beneath the surface.

This isn’t a realization you could have arrived at before we put a deposit down on the venue and booked a photographer?

Bragging.

Modesty is all well and good, but people want to feel confident in their pilot’s abilities.

It’s all the more harmful if you say it within earshot of a blimp pilot.

Many people made their greatest contributions later in life, so do not give up! Unless you’re already over 35 or something.

Show some damn pride, pinko. USA number #1!

Seriously, she made them just for you and you’re going to let them go to waste like that?

It was harmful enough to come into a Subway sandwich shop after a black-tie event, but this is just a step too far.

They’re going great, you stupid fucking shit.

Hey now, you’re almost at the end of the slideshow.

The word “hate” may not fully capture the depths to which another person loathes you.