How to Respecfully Disrespect

Everyone nowadays are comedians, but not everyone is a smart comedian.
I am fortunate enough to be able to sneak diss people and still be a likeable person.
Learning how to respectfully disrespect is not a necessity, but people you work with or your professor will see you as the one with sense of humor.
Here is the ultimate breakdown of how disrespect anyone while being respectful. To respectfully disrespect, it is all about timing, how you say your punchline in conjunction with the contents of your punchline, and how to bounce back if offense is taken.
So here is the breakdown; first off, timing is the epitome of not tarnishing your reputation in the workplace or classroom.
If you see someone that is upset or trying to talk to their “person of interest” then that is the time to lay off.
The perfect time is when the victim’s mood is stable. For example, seeing your buddy in the cafeteria sitting with other people.
Second, I am gonna start with what you choose as a punchline.
So, going back to the cafeteria scenario, it is important to choose the right words to lay into him without getting a bad rep.
For example, if that person is the type to grab 5 plates at once, the punch would be, “Did you save me a spot or do I need to be edible to have a place at the table?” Anything of that matter is acceptable depending on how it is presented.
That brings me to my next point, which is the saying that goes, “It is not what you say, it is how you say it.”
If you have ever taken a course in drama you would know that the most important thing for actors is the objective.
For example, there is are so many meanings for the phrase, “thank you.”
It can be sarcasm, it can be sincere, and it can be rude depending on the timing as mentioned earlier.
So if you tell the person at the table the example punchline, your objective is to say it with the intention of joining your friend’s lunch group while also poking fun.
Now let’s say your friend felt a sting from your punchline, it is important to know how to make up for your damage.
The example phrase can be perceived as an insult on their weight, and that is the number one thing people are sensitive about.
You still want to seem funny so don’t apologize, just roll with the negative and flip it. Turn the negative into a positive by cracking uplifting jokes about what you said.
So, an easy fix is to crack jokes about reflecting how healthy they are with the same similarity as the previous joke. “This 10,000 calorie diet is helping you out fam, you gonna let me borrow half so we can be even.”
Yeah that was lame, but you get the idea. That is my take on how to respectfully disrespect.