I met an old classmate today, and after hanging out for a while, I said a good joke. Her response was a small laugh accompanied by saying, "You are less annoying than I thought you'd be by now." I genuinely didn't know how to feel about that, and I just mentally noted it down as the weirdest compliment I've received so far in my life. What's yours?
This is a very classic backhanded compliment. I wouldn’t even consider this a compliment. I mean why say this to someone? It’s a little rude, in my opinion. They could have said something else like “I really like the way you are now” or “You really became well” or something in the lines of that. Do not try and make excuses for other people’s rude comments. Accept it for what it is.