Re: WC 150K Post Challenge - You Ready?!
He's just passing on knowledge, I think.
Correct.
Using your example it would go something like this -
person one - "how has your life been?"
person two - "I've lived through the worse of the worst."
conversation continues...
As you see it gives it context where if you just say it there is none. The rest of the conversation would be person two indicating what the 'worst' has been.
As a statement it implies something but what is the 'worst' for one person is not necessarily the same for another. To me the 'worse of the worst' would indicate extremely bad but maybe that's my dark side.