For all the people who wanted to pop off on social media…

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…these clapbacks deserve a standing ovation.

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1. When this person got owned even in anonymity

http://nachoaverage-gal.tumblr.com/post/131717099799/shouldnt-use-it-at-all-but-if-black-people-are

2. When people ask “WW (MLK) D?”

http://urbestenemy.tumblr.com/post/136038381648/clap-back-of-the-millennia

3. When people complain about BHM

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4. When you gotta hit them with “Check my IP address!”

http://admiral-reign.tumblr.com/post/129713277271/intellectuellenoire-babastickyland

5. When you read them like the book they’re recommending

http://black–wallflower.tumblr.com/post/131099538737/kimshinegyu-flyandfamousblackgirls

6. When they ask “any questions?” thereby inviting the clapback

7. When they’re being salty

http://lookchile.tumblr.com/post/124208073527

8. When they don’t know whose country they’re in

http://hchocolate.tumblr.com/post/134828625706/janemba-codeinewarrior-sunnbather

9. When folks troll play in the mentions

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10. When they try to throw shade…but fail.

http://a-la-creole.tumblr.com/post/97637889757/this-is-still-my-favorite-thing

11. When they’re unaware of the anti-aging creams in their near future

http://no-chill-at-all.tumblr.com/post/132196431864/k

12. When you have to remind fans that they aren’t priority #1

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13. When we literally have to clap back

http://oxtail-gravyy.tumblr.com/post/137894057141

14. When they get all in their feelings in your comments

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15. When they didn’t hear you the first time

16. When people forget that black don’t crack

http://breezzybuck.tumblr.com/post/132110099942/djisjustmysirname-daji-ruhu

17. When you put that backhanded compliment down, flip it, and reverse it

http://longlivefise.tumblr.com/post/138150281587/while-im-teaching-my-7th-grade-class-i-hear

18. When you rest your case in their defense

http://xvibagsofxo.tumblr.com/post/131719138937/lilkimbra-my-cat-scratchs-at-the-window

19. When you take them back a few pages in the dictionary

http://turntreirei.tumblr.com/post/132895232464/blacklamb-danicawhatsherface-blacklamb

20. When you got receipts that go back centuries

http://magnum-souls.tumblr.com/post/131390935881/white-people-are-devils-on-earth

21. When people try to preach appropriation

http://athena-nyx.tumblr.com/post/133696001306/reshajadore-thesickestsinner

22. When stereotyping goes wrong

http://wu-disciple.tumblr.com/post/135978410135/best-comeback-ever-clapback-clapbackseason

23. When they try to throw shade but can’t

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