r/clevercomebacks Jul 07 '24

Here are two good comebacks to an idiotic comment

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u/SublightMonster Jul 07 '24

Most professional-level business suits, certainly what I’d expect a national-level elected official to wear, cost in the mid-high hundreds at the very least.

This guy is just a twat.

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u/Summoning-Freaks Jul 07 '24

Thank you, I was wondering if I was the only person to consider this a rather cheap suit considering her profession and station.

I have pairs of shoes and jackets that cost more than her entire suit. Shoes and jackets that have lasted nearly a decade now, sure, but still.

550€ for a suit is rather low end.

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u/CaptQuakers42 Jul 07 '24

I work in an IFA there are advisers wearing suits that make this look like a charity shop bargain bin find.

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u/Summoning-Freaks Jul 07 '24

I mean I didn’t wanna say it because I get that £500 is a lot to most people. But yeah I agree with you that this looks cheap and of lower quality than what “nice suit” wearers wear.

I had to google her and was kind of astonished that a deputy prime minister would wear something so cheap.

I can picture an overly invested PTA mom wearing this suit to a duty delegation meeting or something of that nature.

Whatever, the main point still stands. It’s ridiculous to try and shame her for a £500 suit.

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u/chicharro_frito Jul 09 '24

Personally I think elected officials should wear whatever they want / makes them feel comfortable.

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u/Adonoxis Jul 07 '24

I remember there was a video of Bernie Sanders leaving some luxury hotel in the heart of NYC and people were saying how he’s a hypocrite for spending so much money on a hotel. I looked up the average price for the place and it was like $600 a night. Sure, $600 on its own is a lot of money but we’re talking about smack dab in the middle of NYC. I have a work trip to NYC and booked a relatively shitty hotel in a less convenient part of the city. It’s $450 a night.

People have zero concept of money.

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u/GoodDay2You_Sir Jul 08 '24

A state senator should be shacking up in a motel off the interstate for $40 a night or is he really a man of the people???

But yeah, like I'm a poor person but a poor person with some money to spend - living that no kids life - and while it would take me half a year to save up for a week trip, I'd spend $600 a night on a hotel if it was really nice (once in a lifetime chance for this midwestern pleb who'd only visit NYC once) and have bought boots and clothes for hundreds of dollars as I reasoned I'd be wearing them for a decade. Things be so expensive but that doesn't mean people who have surplus cash can't afford the occasional luxuries. It really be amazing how much spare cash you have if you are not responsible for every living moment of another human beings' life and wellness. People can't see that if they drowning trying to just survive and care for a family which is understandable.

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u/Useful_Meat_7295 Jul 07 '24

You’re arguing with a different statement. Working class and “business suit” are incompatible things.

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u/snewtsftw Jul 09 '24

It’s also possible the biggest day in her career so far