What does you look great because you look different mean?

The speaker of this “compliment” is usually trying to convey two separate thoughts: 1. You look good, and 2. you are more done-up than usual and therefore look different. However, it can come off as “You look great because you look different,” implying that someone does not look good regularly on a day-to-day basis.

What are the signs that someone just isn’t that Into You?

At this point, most of us know some of the signs that someone just isn’t that into you: they flake, they make you feel like you’re not good enough, etc. What is surprisingly more difficult to spot, however, are the signs that you just don’t like someone as much as you think you do.

What is you look so good I didn’t recognize you?

1. “You Look So Good I Didn’t Recognize You.”. The speaker of this “compliment” is usually trying to convey two separate thoughts: 1. You look good, and 2. you are more done-up than usual and therefore look different.

What does you look good for your age mean?

2. “You Look Good For Your Age.” If someone looks good despite their age, that means they don’t look as good as they would if they were younger. Plenty of older people look good period, even when compared to younger people.

How do you know if a speaker is invoking special pleading?

In each of the examples above, there is an extremely obvious objection or offense but the speaker is invoking special pleading by simply claiming the objection or offense doesn’t apply in this case. The easiest way to check for this is to show what happens if you don’t include the exception until after the objection: Hey! That’s sexist!

What does it mean to not understand what the other person feels?

The phrase suggests that you don’t truly understand what the other person feels at all. (Really, how could you?) It suggests that you feel the need to turn the conversation toward your experience, not his or hers, and that ultimately you don’t really care about that person’s concerns after all.