Misery Upmanship ...... to teach someone for making a glib comment about any thing that could cause sorrow in order to put them in their place.
Mainly used by the bitter and the socially awkward.
Example:
Person #1: Justin Bieber's music makes me want to shoot myself.
Person#2: My father shot himself.
Person #1: Um ok, but really given the choice between his music and cancer I'd choose cancer.
Person#2: He shot himself because he had cancer.
Person#1: Shit! I mean aids, I'd rather have aids than go to a Bieber concert.
Person#2: My best friend died of aids.
Person#1: Run over by a space shuttle?
Person#2: My friend's uncle's niece .....
Misery Upmanship only works if the person making the glib comment gives a fuck.
