The hardest part about being in a debate is coming up with a clever comeback quickly. Debates are all about coming up with quick and witty comebacks to prove the other person wrong. This is not an easy thing to do. Everyone has had those moments where they freeze up during an argument and don't know what to say next, it's embarrassing. What's even worse is when a comeback is thought of hours or even days later, when the conversation is over. This is not a problem for some people, though.

Some people are comeback geniuses and know exactly what to say all the time. Granted, when a debate is online there is more time to think of to say something back, but still, it's impressive. Reddit's /r/clevercomebacks is a subreddit where people post the most savage comebacks they find online. These comebacks were true debate-stoppers, there's nothing left to say after these were commented. Here are 27 clever comebacks that totally owned.