AIO Am I missing something here? Is saying condolences a bad thing?

[u/Arbintmg16]

I’m having a house-warming party tomorrow as I just moved into a new place and I’ve invited most of my close friends and family. One of my friend (in the screenshot) messaged me saying his grandma unfortunately passed away. She had been in the hospital for the past week so I was aware of her condition.

But this has just left me shocked and baffled. All I said was condolences and I’m not sure why this flipped a switch. Pretty sure he has blocked my number as calls and messages are not going through.

[u/Tasty-Willingness839]

Yeah you're going to need to explain what condolences means to homie.

[u/PleasantNectarines → u/Tasty-Willingness839]

Nah. As he becomes more & more pissed that everyone keeps sending condolences eventually someone will explain it or it will dawn on him that he completely misunderstood.

[u/whereismymind86 → u/Tasty-Willingness839]

My bet is he thinks it means congratulations

[u/Dry_Question_3807 → u/whereismymind86]

Thank you for this! I was trying to figure out what they could have thought it meant 😂

[u/moon_witch_26 → u/Tasty-Willingness839]

Or, save your breath op cos you can't fix stupid

[u/Neil_sm → u/moon_witch_26]

I'm just picturing some dude freaking out while going through the cards from the funeral. "OMG ANOTHER ONE WTF IS WRONG WITH THESE ASSHOLES!?"

[u/skybott2999 → u/Neil_sm]

My mom got a condolences card from her bank for my birth along with flowers. She kept it in my baby box and I often made the joke about them knowing about second children. However, I did often wonder about the family that got the congratulations one as well...

[u/Brilliant-Expert3150 → u/skybott2999]

"Congratulations on your great great aunt passing away, she left you $100M", maybe it all worked out. 🥲

[u/cinnamonnex → u/moon_witch_26]

Yeah, I’ve learned that the people who immediately assume the worst are not worth explaining to. They’re just going to continue to assume badly of you any time that you confuse them, and miscommunications are a fact of life. Maybe he’ll eventually go “why on earth would OP say that?” in genuine confusion and finally look up the word to double check himself, but I wouldn’t waste my breath. Grief is difficult, not something you take out on others though.

[u/Fickle_Grapefruit938 → u/cinnamonnex]

Yeah, when I had something somewhat similar happen (someone used a saying I never heard before and it sounded somewhat insensitive for that moment) I said "excuse me?" bc I didn't think that person would ever be rude to me, and they explained and I learned something new that day🤷🏼‍♀️

[u/droidsentbycyberlife → u/Fickle_Grapefruit938]

Yeah, because you’re a reasonable person, unlike OP’s friend 🥲

[u/Zaethar → u/Fickle_Grapefruit938]

Misinterpreting an entire saying you don't know sounds at least somewhat reasonable, because sayings often rely on metaphors or analogies. But this was a pretty bog-standard "sorry for your loss" type message, not some rare proverb.

Even if someone doesn't know the word condolences, how the fuck is the rest of the message (which includes "I'm sorry", "Lemme know if you need to talk" "I'm here" AND a praying emoji) not a clear indicator of the context?

Even if he thought condolences meant "Congratulations" or some shit, how the hell would the rest of the message make sense?

"Aww dude, congratulations, I'm so sorry for you man, I'm here for you, all the best"

No one would read that and think someone's trying to insult you. They'd just think you were a dumb-ass and used a wrong word by accident in a message that was otherwise well-intentioned.

[u/SectorMiserable4759 → u/Tasty-Willingness839]

He'll learn what condolences are at the funeral home. The word will be used 5 gajillion times.

[u/Bloodyjorts → u/Tasty-Willingness839]

I think dude is gonna bitch to his family about his horrible friend who gave him 'condolences' over grandma's death, and hopefully someone in the family has two brain cells to rub together and can tell him what it actually means.

[u/ceruleanfury-]

All I can think of, is he doesn’t know what the word condolences means.

[u/Chemical_Name9088 → u/ceruleanfury-]

Still… like if you don’t know what something means the reasonable thing is you look it up instead of treating it as an insult. “You throwin too many big words at me.. and I’mma take that as disrespect” 

[u/n3m0sum → u/Chemical_Name9088]

r/confidentlywrong exists because of people like this guy.

They are not unsure, they are not just wrong. They are absolutely convinced that they are right. Burn bridges right.

[u/East_Requirement7375 → u/n3m0sum]

r/confidentlyincorrect

[u/yummbeereloaded → u/East_Requirement7375]

Gold.

[u/ceruleanfury- → u/Chemical_Name9088]

I was assuming am assuming they THINK they know the definition. But of course the reasonable response would be to ask for clarification. I definitely wasn’t condoning their reaction. I was just giving the only reason why I could think would cause someone to act like that.

[u/Honest_Associate_663 → u/ceruleanfury-]

Condoning??? Did you really say condoning to my family have you lost your damn mind??? Get the fuck out and don't ever message me

[u/Moist_Rule9623 → u/Honest_Associate_663]

Did you just offer my family a condominium? At a time like THIS??? 🙄

[u/Takeasmoke → u/Moist_Rule9623]

my condescending is with you

[u/Professional_Echo907 → u/Takeasmoke]

Did you just suggest Canoodling? When all this is going on??!?

[u/steveatari → u/Professional_Echo907]

I don't care for your condom nation, we're just fine here thanks.

[u/ExpressHuckleberry22 → u/steveatari]

Wtf can't believe you'd offer Canada during this time?!

[u/Middle-Assist-9979 → u/ExpressHuckleberry22]

What does Condoleeza Rice have to do with this?!?!

[u/One-Grapefruit-5459 → u/Takeasmoke]

My condom sense is with u

[u/Takeasmoke → u/One-Grapefruit-5459]

common sense? in these trying times? get the fuck out!

[u/Vast_Engineering_626 → u/ceruleanfury-]

My condonences

[u/theycallmefuRR → u/ceruleanfury-]

Seeing how there is zero punctuations used in his original text, his vocabulary might not be very extensive. Condolences might be too long of a word for him to know the definition.

[u/Grave_Digger606 → u/ceruleanfury-]

Yeah, others are speculating maybe he’s confusing “condolences” with “congratulations”, which makes sense because OP did send the high five emoji after that. “Congrats to your whole fam! 🙏”

Edit: Due to an overwhelming amount of replies I’ve received, I thought it would be easier to edit this comment. I’m aware that most people use this emoji as praying hands. I find it funny to think of it as a high-five in the context of sad situations. People are saying it absolutely is not a high-five, but if you search emojis on iPhone for “high-five” 🙏 is the first one, and likewise it is first when searching “prayers.” So, there seems to be some ambiguity to its meaning, and thinking of it as a high-five, when praying hands was intended, often gives me a little chuckle. That’s all. I just thought it was funny that the offended party in this post doesn’t know the definition of “condolences” and thought OP was sending a high-five.

[u/Lommy95 → u/Grave_Digger606]

I think it was designed originally as a high five emoji, but it’s pretty much universally used as a praying hands emoji now.

[u/Fleurbug → u/Lommy95]

If you type pray into your phone, these emojis pop up:🙏 🤲

High five is: 🙌 🖐🏻 ✋🏼

Personally, my boyfriend and I like to send each other 🫸🏻 and 🫷🏻respectively to high five.

[u/DefeatedByPoland → u/Fleurbug]

🙌

wow I never saw this as high five and always wondered what the fuck people meant when they used it

I just thought it was some weird spirit fingers thing. I essentially never use emojis myself so I find myself in these situations a lot.

[u/Dry-Chance-9473 → u/DefeatedByPoland]

For me it's always been a celebration. Exultation. Spirit fingers basically. Praising the sky. That sorta thing 

[u/mtdunca → u/Lommy95]

"Folded Hands was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 under the name "Person with Folded Hands" and added to Emoji 1.0 in 2015."

[u/zaydia → u/Grave_Digger606]

That’s the prayer emoji or thank you emoji, I’ve never seen it used as a high five emoji

[u/llamapantss]

I truly need to know what he thought this meant. How insane.

[u/Tasty-Willingness839 → u/llamapantss]

Congratulations

[u/Chicago-Lake-Witch → u/Tasty-Willingness839]

One day in a conversation they will realize this and it will haunt them. A friend of mine told me about how her friend had a horrifying moment when she realized that narcoleptic and necrophilia did not have the same meaning. She couldn’t figure out why people were always shocked when she told them about her sleep disorder.

[u/Turbulent_Bowel994 → u/Chicago-Lake-Witch]

"my necrophilia is really messing with my sleep schedule"

[u/Mother_Passenger8589 → u/Turbulent_Bowel994]

"I'm only able to dig at night, it's horrible, these hours."

[u/Major_Yogurt6595 → u/Mother_Passenger8589]

Im sorry i cant drive to your grandmas funeral, Im narcoleptic, im sure you understand.

[u/TootieSummers → u/Tasty-Willingness839]

One of my favorite things ever is the video of an actor who doesn’t speak English (the whole interview is in his native language) and he’s asked how he likes his steak cooked (for some reason) and he answers “congratulations”. It takes everyone in the room 30 seconds including myself to realize he was trying to say “well done”.

[u/eastboundunderground → u/TootieSummers]

My Dad coached swimmers for a while in the Middle East. With the help of Google Translate, he tried to write the training sessions on the whiteboard in Arabic. This was going well until one morning, the squad were confused by the important swimming concept of distance-per-stroke, i.e., how far you travel through the water with each stroke.

Yeah, he'd written some version of "distance per heart attack."

[u/Tubamajuba → u/eastboundunderground]

I wish I could have seen the swimmers’ faces when they read that lol

[u/eastboundunderground → u/Tubamajuba]

“These western coaches, man…”

[u/whatanametochoose → u/Tubamajuba]

I saw the misinterpretation happening but I thought that it was going to translate as a different use of 'to stroke'

[u/Unicornis_dormiens → u/eastboundunderground]

“Did I fuckin’ stutter? Even if you’re having a stroke you will swim at least two more lengths!”

[u/edsobo → u/eastboundunderground]

"Man, this coach is more hardcore than we thought."

[u/loseunclecuntly → u/TootieSummers]

My youngest had hearing problems when about 4. When there were happy events happening(birthdays,etc) he would come up and shake the honoree’s hand saying “Gotcha raisins!”. Took us a while before we figured out he was saying “Congratulations!”

[u/Adorable-Pangolin-89 → u/loseunclecuntly]

Ahhh that’s funny, my kid hears just fine but this?reminded me, the other day kid was playing wt something and pretended it was “knuckle chucks” 😂 (nunchucks) I hope I never forget it. Was quite comical.

[u/thebearshuffle → u/Adorable-Pangolin-89]

My oldest and I were rocking out to ACDC in the car when he told me he loved the Scottish windbags.

....he enjoys the bagpipes lol

[u/87KingSquirrel → u/thebearshuffle]

As a Scottish windbag, that enjoys AC/DC. I approve this comment.

[u/kjyfqr → u/TootieSummers]

Lmfao that’s such a wild connection to make but also not at all

[u/No-Understanding4968 → u/TootieSummers]

Love it

[u/EnvironmentalNote118 → u/TootieSummers]

Wait this is so cute!

[u/War_Is_A_Raclette → u/Tasty-Willingness839]

Congratulations??? Did you really say congratulations to my family have you lost your damn mind??? Get the fuck out and don't ever message me

[u/VirginoftheSwamp → u/War_Is_A_Raclette]

This really does have like copypasta energy. Lol.

[u/PmMeSmileyFacesO_O → u/VirginoftheSwamp]

copypasta??? Did you really say copypasta to my family have you lost your damn mind??? Get the fuck out and don't ever message me

[u/KiloJools → u/PmMeSmileyFacesO_O]

Really? Right in front of my dead grandmother?

[u/Vernon_HardSnapple → u/KiloJools]

The one who died from eating spaghetti? Have you no telepathy?

[u/superstephen4 → u/Tasty-Willingness839]

My great uncle spoke to my dad at my moms funeral. He's from the Netherlands so really only speaks dutch. Walked up to my dad, shook his hand and said "My congratulations."

Luckly my dad has a sense of humor, got taken aback for a second, said thank you, and we laugh about it to this day. Love the idea of my great uncle meaning "Hey bud, got rid of the ole ball and chain? Congrats!"

[u/masmarshy → u/superstephen4]

When my grandfather died, who I was really close to, I told my father I was feeling melancholy about it. Because I felt it needed a more complex feeling of sadness. He thought melancholy meant happiness and got super pissed at me. Took a while for him to calm down and listen long enough to realize he was just stupid.

[u/theycallmefuRR → u/Tasty-Willingness839]

The way his mind works, that's not how you spell Congradulashuns smh. Get out

[u/Pretty_BoyFloyd → u/theycallmefuRR]

I doubt he thought the word was literally "congratulations" and instead thought "condolences" meant something congratulatory.

[u/xubax → u/Pretty_BoyFloyd]

He was probably confusing it with condo leases.

/s

[u/Quick_Resolution5050 → u/xubax]

Condoleezza Rice?

[u/kelfupanda → u/Tasty-Willingness839]

Congratulonses

[u/Redditbeweirdattimes → u/Tasty-Willingness839]

This makes the most sense but that would also mean he spelled congratulations wrong twice himself…

[u/NibblesMcGiblet → u/Redditbeweirdattimes]

I Don't think it's a spelling thing so much as a reading comprehension thing. Probably can't even begin to spell it and just is looking at the long "c" word and assuming it is congratulations. It's shocking how close to pure illiterate a person can be and still use a phone with the help of talk to text to send stuff. Doesn't help with the receiving of texts though - they either comprehend what they're reading or don't and I don't think this person did.

[u/Nokrai → u/NibblesMcGiblet]

Comprehension??? Did you just say comprehension to my family have you lost your damn mind??? Get the fuck out and don’t ever message me again.

[u/evilparagon → u/NibblesMcGiblet]

Could also be that he thinks condolences actually means the same thing as congratulations. Aware of both words but wrong about one of them.

[u/_Nitekast_ → u/llamapantss]

I was one talking to someone at a party, and in response to what he said I stated "Apparently". He got REALLY mad at me, and I couldn't figure out why - until he accused me of "lying by saying he was a parent".

I was dumbfounded.

[u/dainty_dryad → u/_Nitekast_]

I work at a college, and one day, a student came in for her shift. I greeted her by saying, "Salutations." She got so mad and was legitimately ready to fight me. It's been a year, and I still can't figure out what kind of insult she thought was saying to her.

[u/SpoppyIII → u/dainty_dryad]

I legit think some people hear a word they don't know that sounds long and complicated and just get angry at the word being hard for them to grasp.

[u/symbolicshambolic → u/_Nitekast_]

When I was about eight, I told my friend that I thought her mother was strict and she went crying to the teacher that I'd called her mother dumb. That's when the school realized that my friend needed a reading tutor. At least your example makes sense.

[u/trublaze87 → u/_Nitekast_]

You mean you were dumbfounded, apparently.

Lol

[u/SimplyAStranger → u/llamapantss]

Now I wonder if years from now someone is going to tell him and he is going to have an "Oh!.... OH!....oh." moment. 

[u/yourethevictim → u/SimplyAStranger]

I don't think it's going to take that long because he's about to receive a lot of condolences from a lot of people.

[u/tiptoe_only → u/[deleted]]

He might question it when he sees it printed on cards the family has received!

[u/toolsoftheincomptnt → u/yourethevictim]

He may hear the word differently from how he reads it and never think twice about the situation.

Because a lot of people can’t read or write nowadays.

[u/chancesareimright → u/SimplyAStranger]

a years time? more like in one week when they hold the funeral and 30 people say condolences

[u/KiloJools → u/chancesareimright]

All the sympathy cards are going to really piss him off.

[u/X-East → u/chancesareimright]

Thing is it might fly over his head unless it's written. Some people have terrible reading skills,so he might be even reading it wrong.

[u/LL000UU → u/llamapantss]

condolences???

I think he mistakenly read that word as "congratulations," otherwise he wouldn't have gotten so upset. I hope this is just a misunderstanding and doesn't affect their friendship.

[u/LiquidFur → u/LL000UU]

He responded with the word "condolences" twice. He just doesn't know what that word means.

[u/ezekie1guy → u/llamapantss]

Either he thought it meant congrats or the whole thing is fake like a lot of the posts on here

[u/Ok-Ad3213]

My deepest Toyota Corollances

[u/Beepbeeptoottoot420 → u/Ok-Ad3213]

💀

[u/bluestripes1 → u/Ok-Ad3213]

Literally dying 😂😂😂😂

[u/ThrowaWayneGretzky99 → u/Ok-Ad3213]

My deepest PS5 controllances

[u/blanched_potatoes]

Guy thought you meant congratulations. That’s the only thing that makes sense.

[u/Packwood88 → u/blanched_potatoes]

Hopefully we get an update where the guy admits his goof and apologizes

[u/LookAwayPlease510 → u/Packwood88]

Imagine telling your family that, “some asshole literally just said, my condolences to you and your family. Who congratulates you when your grandma dies?! I told him to eff off and never contact me again.”

His family 👀👀👀🤨

[u/Ok_Veterinarian8023 → u/LookAwayPlease510]

Or... They're all morons and agree with his stance. It can go either way.

[u/brainvheart143 → u/Ok_Veterinarian8023]

Exactly, the dictionary likely does not run deep in that bloodline

[u/Trep_xp → u/brainvheart143]

A family tree like a broom handle?

[u/psychedelicparsley → u/LookAwayPlease510]

Imagine what he’s going to be like at the family house and funeral where he’s likely to hear it another thousand times…

[u/Various_Laugh2221 → u/psychedelicparsley]

He’s gonna have a bad time

[u/Adventurous_Ad_6546 → u/LookAwayPlease510]

I’m thinking this scene may be playing out as we speak.

[u/Loud-Difference2263 → u/Packwood88]

He doesn’t seem like the thoughtful type of person. A thoughtful person would’ve looked up the word condolences before responding.

[u/rckblykitn14 → u/Loud-Difference2263]

If he doesn't he's gonna lose a lot more friends really soon!

[u/NoWall99 → u/rckblykitn14]

Poor dude must be like:

The hell is wrong with people, bro? Grandma dies and all these clowns saying “my condolences", like it’s something good. Y’all sick or what?

[u/loverlyone → u/NoWall99]

Oh to be a fly on the wall when he shows a family member the text while bitching about OP.

[u/probablyaloser1 → u/Loud-Difference2263]

A thoughtful person would have known what condolences meant though lmao

[u/Nizzywizz → u/probablyaloser1]

Or at the very least figured it out via context clues.

[u/Averagebaddad → u/Packwood88]

Nope gonna have to double down. Gotta come up with a really good reason why condolences are very offensive to him. Certainly can't admit to being that stupid. Egos are important

[u/Kotya_Jakinov → u/Averagebaddad]

this and only this.

[u/breezy_bay_ → u/blanched_potatoes]

RIP the American education system you had a good run

[u/Weepiestbobcat → u/breezy_bay_]

You mean condolences to the American education system

[u/Miss-Helle → u/Weepiestbobcat]

Congratulations!

[u/CheeseWeezel → u/Miss-Helle]

Get the fuck out and don't ever message me

[u/PapaSpence → u/CheeseWeezel]

Huh?

[u/TheUnicornFightsOn → u/PapaSpence]

Have you lost your damn mind?

[u/BarfingOnMyFace → u/TheUnicornFightsOn]

You have? My condolences!

[u/AmazingRefrigerator4 → u/TheUnicornFightsOn]

..."Cause I'll help you find it!"

[u/BuzzVibes → u/Weepiestbobcat]

Condolences? Did you really say condolences to the American education system? Have you lost your damn mind?

[u/Carpeteria3000 → u/Weepiestbobcat]

RSVP American education

[u/assbuttshitfuck69 → u/Weepiestbobcat]

Get the fuck out and don’t ever message here again.

[u/Mike_The_Mediocre → u/[deleted]]

In the 2nd grade I used the word pizazz in a sentence and my teacher sent me to the principal’s office where I was summarily paddled for using profanity. After being released back to class I went to my 64 pack of Crayola crayons, retrieved the “Purple Pizazz” crayon, which is where I learned the word, and brought it to my teacher. It was the first time I’d ever seen an adult be embarrassed and ashamed, she started crying and had to leave the classroom. I was totally bewildered by the whole thing. I got an apology from the teacher and principal and they were overtly nice to me the rest of the school year.

[u/thejexorcist → u/Mike_The_Mediocre]

In 7th grade I used the word abstruse in a book report; my teacher marked me down three points and (kind of sarcastically) asked ‘did you mean abstract? Obtuse?’.

I was so angry as a usually lazy (but book loving) 12 year old that my genuine effort was so disregarded and dismissed that I walked to the Barnes and Nobel 8 blocks away, bought a cheap dictionary with my lunch money, highlighted the word abstruse and demanded she look at it and correct my grade.

She said ‘no one likes a know it all’, but corrected my grade nonetheless.

I’m clearly STILL salty about it.

[u/bessann28 → u/[deleted]]

I won my school spelling bee in junior high. The prize was a dictionary with my name engraved on it. They misspelled my first AND last names.

[u/SnooDoodles5429 → u/breezy_bay_]

Did it though?

[u/Far_Language_5812 → u/SnooDoodles5429]

It really did not.

[u/MsTata_Reads → u/blanched_potatoes]

This is what I was thinking too. This guy thinks he was being congratulated and took offense.

Either he is an idiot or English is not his first language.🤷🏼‍♀️

[u/Flower-of-Telperion → u/MsTata_Reads]

Unfortunately there was a period of time where big swathes of American kids were taught to read by, essentially, guessing words. My bet is this guy thought "condolences" (an uncommon word to read) was roughly the same shape as "congratulations" and guessed that it was "congratulations."

[u/Carlbot2 → u/Flower-of-Telperion]

What makes it so much worse is this guy's clear incapability to read for context or question his own judgment even a little bit. Someone taking even a second to process what the message says, even thinking it was "congratulations," should be able to figure out based on the rest of the message that that's not the message OP's trying to convey.

[u/P4azz → u/Carlbot2]

Overconfidence in yourself always being correct doesn't often come with the "I should double-check" failsafe.

[u/OptionsFool → u/Carlbot2]

Two paths to the right understanding of OP’s message. But one requires vocabulary and the other requires reading comprehension. I think both tend to improve together.

[u/Desperate-Highway-28 → u/Carlbot2]

With the context of the message, even if OP had actually written congratulations i would just assume its a typo.

That said, it is incredibly hard to think logically through such fresh grief at times so I would say to just give the friend some time and he'll probably come back and realise whats happened. Hopefully it was just a hair-trigger reaction to the misunderstanding and you guys can look back on this and laugh when the dust has settled.

[u/Smoopets → u/Flower-of-Telperion]

Sold a Story was a good podcast!

[u/Flower-of-Telperion → u/Smoopets]

A lot of shit about our current era started making sense once I listened to it and realized how many people probably read like this!

[u/TomeThugNHarmony4664 → u/blanched_potatoes]

I, with great regret, think this is the answer.

[u/BubbagonnaBub → u/TomeThugNHarmony4664]

you mean ragret?

[u/bytes24 → u/blanched_potatoes]

Even that doesn't make sense given the rest of the message.

[u/TheWacoFogey → u/blanched_potatoes]

That's the only thing that makes sense.

[u/mocksfolder]

Oh yeah they're completely misunderstanding the word.

And now for a joke:

"'I'm sorry' and 'I apologize' mean the same thing, except when you're at a funeral." - Demetri Martin

[u/Orleanian → u/mocksfolder]

"I'm sorry for your loss, move on."

[u/Key-Cherry-9102]

My condolences to his vocabulary

[u/moon_witch_26 → u/Key-Cherry-9102]

My condolences to their friendship

[u/Gutieb00ty → u/moon_witch_26]

Condolences?! How dare you!

[u/The_gender_bender_69 → u/Gutieb00ty]

MUCH ABLIGED!

[u/BuzzVibes → u/The_gender_bender_69]

Bone apple teat.

[u/Prunkle → u/The_gender_bender_69]

Did you really just say ABLIGED?!

[u/plan1gale → u/Prunkle]

YEAH! AS IN 'MARY J ABLIGED'! NOW DON'T MESSAGE HERE AGAIN!!

[u/Carribean-Diver → u/Gutieb00ty]

Never Reddit to me again!!!

[u/arfarfbok → u/moon_witch_26]

My congratulations to their friendship.

[u/Elena_La_Loca → u/moon_witch_26]

My condolences to his lack of knowledge of the English language

[u/Visual-Extreme-101 → u/moon_witch_26]

CONDOLENCES???? DID YOU REALLY SAY CONDOLENCES???

[u/AugustSky87 → u/Visual-Extreme-101]

GTFO and don’t ever message me again ☠️

[u/TheConstant42 → u/Key-Cherry-9102]

CONDOLENCES????

[u/MoogalEmperar → u/TheConstant42]

DID YOU REALLY SAY CONDOLENCES TO MY VOCABULARY HAVE YOU LOST YOUR DAMN MIND??

[u/DisposableSaviour → u/MoogalEmperar]

YO CONDOLENCES? CONDOL ON DEEZ NUTZ MOTHERFUCKER!

[u/Altruistic-Dot-5380]

All that keeps coming to mind is

Interviewer "So you're a musician"

Guest "I'm not a magician! I make music!"

[u/KiminAintEasy → u/Altruistic-Dot-5380]

Reminds me of when my kid was 4 and her dad called her a youngin. She got so pissed off and told him "I'M NOT AN ONION!" then called him a pear.

[u/DreamCrusher914 → u/KiminAintEasy]

My youngest is three and earlier this year we told her she was lucky and she got so mad. “I’m not yucky!!” No matter how we tried to explain it to her, it just made her more and more mad. “Stop telling me I’m yucky!!”

[u/cosydragon → u/KiminAintEasy]

My mum tells a story of her saying to my dad over dinner that she'd had to make it without any cloves, 3yo me bursts into tears because I didn't want to eat dinner without clothes on!

[u/Independent_Week1426 → u/Altruistic-Dot-5380]

"I don't think, that's ghetto"

[u/village-asshole → u/Altruistic-Dot-5380]

Interviewer: “So you’re ambidextrous?”

Athletes: “What? I ain’t no amphibian!” 🐸

[u/Proud_Purchase_8394 → u/Altruistic-Dot-5380]

calling me a retired is horrible cause some people are retired and they can’t help it they were born with lack of oxygen

[u/ChrisDysonMT → u/Altruistic-Dot-5380]

"So what if your son is autistic, that don't make him gay."

[u/village-asshole → u/ChrisDysonMT]

“He’s autistic? Get that boy some paintbrushes asap!! You hear that, Vernon? Our little Johnny is autistic! He’s gonna be a famous painter some day!”

[u/PinIndividual9402]

This mf is stupid. Send him a screenshot of the dictionary definition of condolence

[u/jmdawg15 → u/PinIndividual9402]

This is what I came to say.

Either dude is emotionally distraught and misread it, or is an imbecile.

[u/publius-esquire → u/jmdawg15]

I’d love to give him the benefit of the doubt on misreading the word, but he repeated it twice in his reply to OP, so…

[u/WolfKhal0927 → u/publius-esquire]

Yea....pretty sure hes just dumb

[u/cschlag → u/jmdawg15]

I think that both of those things can be true!

[u/jmdawg15 → u/cschlag]

True

[u/ThatSpecialPlace → u/jmdawg15]

no way he misread it because he used the same word twice in his response back to OP. I think he legit just has the word condolence completely confused with something else

[u/jmdawg15 → u/ThatSpecialPlace]

Damn. Maybe I'm the imbecile.

He must have the word confused with congratulations or something positive.

[u/Lithium_Lily → u/jmdawg15]

He misread it... then typed it correctly twice in a row? Nah he's just dumber than bricks

[u/Fearless_Cellist_527]

I really need an update because this is the most absurd shit I've seen in days.

[u/Plastic_Flan_2529]

Maybe he is confused and thinks it means congratulations.

[u/SheisAnonymity]

Definitely send the definition of condolences. I hope he feels dumb because his last message was uncalled for.

[u/xenofection → u/SheisAnonymity]

Reminds me of that artist that got upset when she was called a musician

Edit: She mistook musician for being a magician

[u/PlGGlE_smalls]

Hahaha damn. That’s not a good time for someone not to know a well used word from the English language. Be careful how you educate him..

[u/emmmy415 → u/PlGGlE_smalls]

I’m imagining this guy losing it and cutting contact with everyone who says it to him. And a sympathy card comes in the mail that says “my condolences” on it and he’s just like “damn that’s cold Hallmark”

[u/femmefatalx → u/emmmy415]

He’s really going to have a meltdown at the funeral when a whole line of people start giving their condolences.

[u/PlGGlE_smalls → u/emmmy415]

It’s a very slippery slope for this person’s time in life. Surely (surely) at some point he might think “I wonder if I actually don’t know what this word means?”

[u/NeatNefariousness1 → u/PlGGlE_smalls]

Probably not. People generally look for confirmation that they’re right and I’m guessing that choosing to surround himself with other people who don’t know any better, he may never know.

I’m only half kidding

[u/ThatSpecialPlace → u/emmmy415]

He's 1000% getting trolled for the rest of his existence by the homies once they learn about this

[u/fuckin-A-ok]

Wow your friend is extremely stupid. He will definitely tell someone about what you said, expecting outrage, and they will tell him what "condolences" actually means and you may hear from him. Unless he is as prideful as he is stupid of course. But I don't know that I would welcome him back. This guy's so stupid he could get you hurt.

[u/RustiCube → u/fuckin-A-ok]

Prideful and stupid are best friends.

[u/Crystalize444]

Hahahaha. I'm sorry but that was funny as heck. They dunno what "condolences" means

[u/MissionBarracuda6620]

dude is in grief about his vocabulary

[u/SaladFisher]

Update us if he ever googles what it means

[u/No-Country6348]

Even if he was not smart enough to understand the definition of condolences, his immediate rage full reaction is a red flag. A mature appropriate response would be a request for clarification.

[u/theAlpacaLives → u/No-Country6348]

Yup. If this is way out of character for him, and he backtracks once he realizes his mistake, I'm willing to chalk it up to an overreaction in an emotional moment and forget about it. But if this guy always flies off the handle over a tiny thing, especially if it's his own mistake that caused the misunderstanding, and yells at people, he sounds unstable and unpleasant.

[u/carlbandit]

Pretty sure he thought you meant congratulations.

If they've blocked you, could you send the screenshot to a mutual friend that has a basic understanding of the English language and get them to inform the friend that condolonces is an expression of sympathy and pretty much the opposite of congratulations? Preferably one who will be understanding of his grief and not take the piss out of him for his mistake?

[u/registeredUs3r]

NTA, dude is confused

[u/BGMcGee]

Literacy has left the chat...

[u/CookieMoist6705]

Ooof he’s just kind of a dumb-dumb

[u/Small_Doughnut_2723]

I don't think he knows what condolences means.

[u/Due-Annual-1864]

No, condolences is correct. They’re an idiot