What's the point of insulting someone if it doesn't actually affect them? Insults are meant to be hard-hitting, they aren't to be used lightly. The normal insults are easy and fun and all, but there are very few people left who are actually insulted by them, and for some people, they aren't strong enough. The solution is a rare insult. Rare insults are very specific, specially-crafted insults made for one certain person or a small group of people. They hone in on the small things about a person, hitting them where it hurts. They are clever and sometimes a little confusing, adding to the injury.

Most of the people receiving these insults deserve them, so it's okay to laugh. Some of them just got caught in the crossfire. Reddit's /r/rareinsults is a subreddit where people share the most diabolical, brutally rare insults they see being thrown around online. The people who got these insults will never recover from the burn. Here are just 26 of them to inspire the next rare insult that might be needed.