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What dose "You fail to disappoint." mean?
Someone commented this sentence on my YouTube video.
Is this negative comment, or positive?
Dec 4, 2021 12:54 PM
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This sounds like a rather backhanded compliment. 🤔 If you wish to compliment somebody why use negative formulas?
December 4, 2021
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It's a positive comment meaning that you don't disappoint.
December 4, 2021
1
Basically, if you tried to disappoint them, you'd likely fail. Thus, you always please them with your content. It's a very good comment.
December 4, 2021
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It means you do not manage to disappoint , so it's a positive comment albeit written very badly.
They should have written " you never disappoint.:)
December 4, 2021
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It sounds like a joking way of complimenting you--or a small mistake by a non-native speaker who meant to say "You never disappoint." A very common way of paying a compliment, among US speakers of English, is to say something "never disappoints." This is always a compliment. It is praise for reliability. It is praise for always doing a good job. It is praise for setting a consistent high standard. "Restaurant X is sometimes great, sometimes not; but Restaurant Y never disappoints."
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