50 Hilariously Cringe Posts Of Unshakable Confidence Gone Awry (Best Of All Time)
Interview With ExpertFake it till you make it! Whether you’re terrified to ask out your crush or you’re worried about finally taking the practical exam to get your driver’s license, you’ll feel much better once you finally have the courage to go through with it. Pretending to exude confidence might also be the perfect way to land your dream job or trick yourself into riding a rollercoaster. But there’s a time and place for being extremely sure of yourself, and the internet will not be very forgiving if you’re overly confident and incorrect…
Below, you’ll find some of the best posts of all time from the Confidently Incorrect subreddit. This community, which has 1.1 million members, is dedicated to calling out people who should really check their facts before posting online. So enjoy scrolling through these screenshots, and keep reading to find a conversation with communication expert Dr. Michael Gerharz!
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Brb, Going To Dye My Hair Rainbow Colors So People Like This Will Be Repelled
What does it mean if I'm attracted to unnatural hair colors on women? Asking for a friend 🤐
Meanwhile I wore bright unnatural color hair inorder to attract partners. Like a bird! And like a bird species that are monogamous, I was hoping to attract someone with funky hair as well! To have funky hair together! Cause it's fun! And I like birds! Fun fact, most species of birds that share the same plumage between sexes mate for life. Bald eagles, macaws, etc.
Well Maybe That’s Her Favorite Kind Of Yogurt
Old saying: better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt
Remember when stupid people stayed quiet? Pepperidge Farm remembers.
Load More Replies...City people may have no idea that only female cows produce milk. Or maybe it is just the anti-science education that so many Americans are embracing that causes this.
I think it's mostly that agriculture (both meat and plant) isn't talked about that much in school anymore. The places where it is if the school is affected by it. Where I grew up, there's a land grant university, so agriculture is a massive part of its history. Because it is, they have a creamery and one of the field trips the elementary schools take is to said creamery to learn about cheese and ice cream making.
Load More Replies...A bit off topic but in which country can you buy such aesthetic yoghurt jars?
Berle Farm in New York (state?) in the US. This is their website: https://www.berlefarm.com/
Load More Replies...Princes vs. Princess. Plurals Are Difficult For Some
so if he was a male member of a royal family would he be prince Prince?
Load More Replies...Just by the way they type is indicative of their low intelligence.
Please learn to read, and how to spell, and how to write a coherent sentence, and much, much more
What I find fascinating is that he used “youre” (although minus the apostrophe) when “your” would have been correct. Most idiots do the opposite.
Load More Replies...We’ve all been there. You swear that one actor is in that film- no, you’re not mixing them up with someone else! Or you know for a fact that this song came out in 1997, not a year earlier or later. But sometimes, we’re just wrong! Everybody makes mistakes, and as embarrassing as it may be to have to own up to them, it’s even worse to dig your heels in and get called out online.
That’s where the Confidently Incorrect subreddit comes in. If you respectfully try to correct someone, and you’re actually right, you don’t need to worry about ending up here. But if you’re incredibly smug and simultaneously wrong, well, you might end up learning the hard way that you should be careful what you post online.
Let’s See Those Snarky Atheists Answer That
I love the idea that there's only been *one* asteroid impact on Earth!
I still can’t believe such a thing exists. Wait, no, I can believe it.
Load More Replies...But the Bible says the earth is only 6000 years old. My Christian school is always right, and you're going to hell/s.
They lived in caves (cavemen was the giveaway) and the dinosaurs didn't.
Imagine Assuming People Erase Their Own Culture By Themselves
Same as "we had no famous black or female scientists or heads of state, it was almost all white men". Yeah, why was that, one wonders...
Cue you know who voters: “Why is there no white history month??”
Load More Replies...It annoys the heck out of me. My Gaelic is very limited because I went to an RC school, and they didn't let us speak anything except English (and Latin during prayer time). You got a slap with ruler if anything you said wasn't clear English.
I do enjoy someone who puts some thought into their insult. Bravo, yokosssser.
My doctor told me last week that there’s not a person in Ireland who doesn’t have a vitamin D deficiency.
Change your doctor. I can believe that in the middle of winter getting the recommended amount of vitamin D is a problem, it's still a daft statement from a doctor. Common, maybe - but not the whole population.
Load More Replies...But, as I always say at this post, see also James Joyce criticising Irish people who had entire conversations in English and then said "goodbye" in Gaelic, as if that somehow amounted to retaining your culture
I’d be interested in a historically-accurate list of horrible things the Brits did to the Irishm apart from not helping them with the potato famine, which was horrific. But what else?
How long have you got? How about Oliver Cromwell's campaign for starters? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Waterford
Load More Replies...“You Should Speak English”
I dont know why but it makes me a little less sad to see that the US is not the only place that has stupid people like this.
And that is EXACTLY what we are feeling in the U. S., Trumpageddon!! If I could afford it, I would get the heck out of here now!!! He is going to stop all the special education programs, cut vaccines, 25% tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China. Yes, that is the way to lower inflation. (said EXTREMELY SARCASTICALLY) The list goes on and on and on.......
I can't know what would be affordable to you obviously, but the Dutch-American Friendship Treaty (“DAFT”) allows you to come and work in The Netherlands if you have €4500 ($4700). The whole process costs about €7000.
Load More Replies..."Welsh?" Now you're just making up fake languages like "Klingon" or "French."
To find out why people are so inclined to believe that they’re correct, even when they’re not, we reached out to communication expert and author Dr. Michael Gerharz. He was kind enough to have a chat with Bored Panda and break down why confidence is so important.
“Confidence is the duct tape of communication — it can patch over a lot of holes, at least temporarily,” Dr. Gerharz shared. “Speak boldly enough, and people might just overlook the fact that you’ve built your house on sand.”
Hiv And Covid Are The Same...right ?
Magic Johnson retired rather than infect anyone. Kyrie Irving was being selfish. No cure for HIV in the 90's, but a vaccine is available for COVID.
Respect- I was a nurse during that time- extremely heartbreaking and families rejected them as they were dying 😢
Load More Replies...maybe they should like. start doing that then. it'd certainly bring in viewers.
And you'd need an open wound to spill that blood into for a reasonable chance of infection.
Load More Replies...Well to be fair it is also passed through the blood. There was a very low risk, but if he and another player collided by accident and were injured enough to draw blood, it could have been transferred. But I don't watch basketball so I don't know if players get badly injured like in other sports.
Yea, No They Haven’t
One lesson from Freakonomics that stuck with me is that they found the MTV show from a couple decades ago about pregnant teenagers caused a decrease in teen pregnancy.
Freakonomics is all about correlation, without evidence of causation. They break the cardinal rule of statistics.
Load More Replies...But.....why does anyone care about what Kirstie Alley - a "Scientologist" has to say about abortion, or pregnancy or literally anything at all ever....???
There's No "I" In Happiness
The sentiment behind this is also BS. You're not going to be happy if you never put yourself first, if you are always putting others first. Not prioritizing yourself gets you burnt out, disappointed, overlooked, and stressed. We need to stop romanticizing the idea of giving selflessly all the time. That's a recipe for misery, not happiness.
there is an "I" in T-E-A-M though... everyone just keeps missing it. It's right there in the hole of the A
Sorry that did not turn out the way I thought it would. I tried to use the arrow to point to the I
Load More Replies...Could be referring to Elliot Ness after he busted a moonshine operation.
So why do we become overconfident even when we’re wrong? “Because it works – at least in the short term,” the communication expert says. “Confidently stated nonsense can sound convincing, and it often leaves others too uncertain to challenge it.”
“Plus, when we project certainty, it’s easier to convince ourselves that we’re right, even when we’re not,” Dr. Gerharz explained. “You could call it a psychological safety blanket: ‘If I sound confident, no one will notice I might be wrong—even me.’"
"As the saying goes: ‘A bold assertion beats weak evidence.’ It’s a quick fix for uncertainty that creates the illusion of truth,” he added.
How Dumb Can You Get
That's what Kellyanne Conway said in an interview..."c'mon people, this is Covid 19, not Covid 1-18" as if we had gone through this 18 times before...woooo, what an idiot
I remember that. I've been shaking my head ever since.
Load More Replies...Cars, Our Vehicles, In Distress. Cats Only Visualize In Dogspeak. Conservatives Own Venereal Insanity Disease.
Don't tell them it's official designation name...they might lose it of they see SARS.
COVID-19 is the official name. SARS-CoV-2 is the official name for the virus that causes the disease.
Load More Replies...Okay, but if it comes from COrona VIrus, where does the D in COVID come from?
I remember Trump thinking it was the 19th virus. And when was it officially announced? Oh yes, March 2
It did come out of a government biological research lab in Wuhan, China.
Redditor Thinks Atheists Are The Obnoxious Ones
I will only tell you I'm an atheist if it comes up naturally in conversation. Or if you are on my doorstep waving a bible in my face and trying to harass me into attending your church, except in those circumstances it will be phrased as "f**k off".
As an Atheist I support this post and Christians, please don't start conflict with other belief systems because they don't believe that some rando created the universe.
Why hasn't someone pointed out all those atheist hymns we hear at funerals and weddings?
Smart Enough To Lead... Smart Enough To Breed?!?!
This is the weirdest false equivalency I've ever seen. It makes my brain hurt analyzing this. Greta isn't guiding anything. She's an advocate and a protestor trying to save the world. She's famous but she has no political power. Epstein was a disgusting POS who abused undergage women for fun and profit. This isn't apples to oranges, it's apples to used tires.
And in one month we will be ruled by a group of men who would not qualify to be a scoutmaster because of their sexual predatory pasts.
Load More Replies...If a 16 year old girl is being coerced having sex with a man 'she is old enough to know what she was doing' by a majority of men. But god forbid if she has an opinion about climate change 'she must be brain washed by her parents' shout the same men.
greta : we haven't got enough ressources for everybodys greed epstein: As long as my greed needs underaged " ressources,I don't care if it's illegal Comparing a bird warning other birds for predators with... any predator,greedy enough to eat them all
Huh ? I don't see any connection or relevance from one to the other.
When are you going to understand that Greta Thunberg was nothing more or less than a tool.
Clearly, the people featured on this list didn’t do a great job of correcting others. But is there a polite and respectful way to do so?
“Correcting someone is a delicate art, like defusing a bomb,” Dr. Gerharz says. “If you’re too blunt, it blows up; too cautious, and it still blows up. The trick is to snip the ego wire first. Keep the conversation focused on the idea, not the person. For example, saying ‘That’s wrong’ can feel like a personal attack.”
Flag Code? In My America?!
"I demand you do it the way I half-understand it to be, not the way it actually is".
The flag paraphernalia Republicans douse themselves in are also a violation of said code for desecration. Neither is the US flag to be used for overt commerce/marketing. However minor, there is absolutely zero bottom or end to republican hypocrisy. Every. Single. Aspect. Of. Their. Lives. Including and especially their sacred patriotism (quickly devolving to nationalism before our eyes.) SO sick of the star-spangled-azsholes this country cranks out. Christian conservative fuxking trash. The most existentially threatening thing the country they profess to love has encountered.
When you have to scream your patriotism or faith, you have neither...
Load More Replies...There are actually people in the world who get upset about flag height?
Display The flag should be displayed from sunrise to sunset, but can be displayed 24 hours a day if illuminated. It should be flown in fair weather, unless it's designed for inclement weather. Hoisting and lowering The flag should be raised briskly and lowered ceremoniously. When lowering the flag, it should be received by waiting hands and arms, and no part of it should touch the ground. Maintenance The flag should be kept clean and free of damage. When it's no longer fit to serve, it should be destroyed in a dignified manner. Other considerations The flag should not be used for advertising, or as part of a costume or athletic uniform. It should not be dipped to anyone or anything, except as a distress signal. When the flag is displayed on a vehicle, it should be firmly attached to the chassis or clamped to the right fender. So, yes, there are rules for proper display and care for the U.S. flag.
And at the same time you see USians wearing their flag on shorts or bikinis, something that is strictly forbidden and should lead to prosecution (wearing the Confederate flag on your crotch is however allowed)
''for The Last Time'', He Proclaimed
I'm quite convinced that the vast majority of people who are super hung up about this frankenstein/dr Frankenstein thing have not read the book themselves. They just want to display how cultured they are by putting other people down. A bit like being hung up about pineapple pizza. Kind regards, someone who read 2/3 of the book and then didn't finish it because I foolishly started reading another book.
I want to take every copy of Frankenstein, flip to the final page and write "And the monster said 'I really dont mind if you just call me Frankenstein instead of Frankenstein's Monster'"
or something like "actually, my name has been Herbert this entire time, why are you calling me a monster?"
Load More Replies...Idk why you’re being downvoted, this is actually true. He’s never referred to as a doctor. He’s more of a scientist. Yall can google this!
Load More Replies...I understood it the first time. What's wrong with you people? I'm certain you never read the book.
If you use his correct title ... " Dr. Frankenstein ", there's no problem.
But We've Been To The Moon
Also saying that the UK uses the metric system is an oversimplification. We do use it mostly, but then we travel miles to avoid it sometimes.
NASA also crashed an orbiter into Mars because they confused metric and imperial units.
It was descending at 3 feet per second, perfect. Oh wait, it's 3 METERS per second! ShіtShіtShіtShіt
Load More Replies...Actually NASA until 2007 used both, I know someone who worked as a physicist for NASA (had a PhD) and said for some thing they use metric and for some they use imperial, and they keep records in both measurements. Even since to 2007 switch to ful metric everything is kept in dual records. At the US Section of the ISS uses Imperial and NASA will not let them switch to metric. They only went all metric after an error with a Mars lander happened because the dual system led to an error. Edit: At the time of all the moon landings, they exclusively used imperial
So did a lot of other countries. Australia changed around 1966 so was still using both.
Load More Replies...Canada uses a bit of everything. Cooking? Not metric. Math things? Metric. Other math things? Not. Etc.
And just to confuse them more, we've invented our own.
Load More Replies...Sorry, where did the rocket technology that brought people to space come from again?
Germany. Which uses the metric system. The early launch systems are V-2 derivatives.
Load More Replies...Unless we're talking height and weight, it really is time to move on.
Load More Replies...Look. We TRIED. It was a disaster. Our teachers tried so hard to explain it and teach it to us in elementary school. There weren't many resources for adults to go learn it that I knew of. I have a rudimentary understanding enough to be able to figure km to miles, celsius to F, etc.
Donald tRump jr just proves that the fruit does indeed fall from the tree.
Instead of immediately telling someone they’re wrong, Dr. Gerharz recommends instead trying, “That’s interesting—I’ve always heard it differently. What do you think about this perspective?”
“Questions like these gently nudge toward the truth. They invite a conversation instead of launching a debate,” he explained. “Also, remember: nobody likes a know-it-all, especially one who doesn’t. If you’re swooping in to correct someone, make sure you’ve done your homework. Otherwise, you might end up as the next feature on the subreddit.”
My God
I upvote for baby elephant and baby doggie ♥️ And anyone who thinks that newborns are different from foetuses because they can make their own decisions and live their own lives is nuts and can f*ck themselves. ☺️
I assume the discussion is about abortion. But it feels a bit scary that OP seems to think only those capable of living independently deserves to not je killed. That also rules out a lot of people that are injured and disabled. Sometimes you can live a happy life that is not independent. Or start dependent and then get better. Not only the perfect deserves to live.
As Grace Jones teaches us: "We all start out pretty much the same. Where you go from there is entirely up to you."
Load More Replies...You are both equally stupid! One confuses animal embryos with human embryos, one claims that human embryos can manage life on their own. I suspect that neither of you would be capable of making your own decisions ...
Hercules Doesn't Know What The Word Boycott Means
Steve was our babysitter when my kids were growing up. You did good, Steve!
Kevin Sorbo is an idiot. At least we got the Xena franchise back in the 90s. The best thing he accomplished is elevating a strong female character in a spinoff series.
I always liked Iolaus way better than Herc in the original show anyway. Michael Hurst has a fabulous smile. And Iolaus always seemed nicer, kinder, and just better than Herc. And yes, as a teenage girl (I was 13 when Xena first aired) I absolutely LOVED her and Xena: Warrior Princess!
Load More Replies..."boycotts Chick-fil-A for being Christian" is a gross over-simplification that avoids the actual root of the reason for the boycott, and Sorbo knows it.
I'd question the assertion that Kevin Sorbo knows...anything, really
Load More Replies...What‘s up with Chick-fil-A anyway? We don‘t have it here but I‘ve read the name on the internet over the years and now I‘m curious
In an oversimplification the owners are right wing Christians who dislike anyone who isn't white and straight.
Load More Replies...Whichever shoes professional Christian victims want to be offended by today.
Load More Replies...Økay
Is Pepys’s one of the people who gets offended by the thumbs up emoji and correct punctuation?
So... You literally ARE descended from the uber-white Vikings. And you have shown your intellectual supremacy over Pepys's. Ahhhh, So it must be true! You ARE a white supremacist(!)
I work in medical billing where we need to distinguish one from the other and we use that.
Load More Replies...Why is no-one saying anything about using "pepy's Venezuelan beaver cheese" as your username?!
Hardware stores must be super racist, because they write Ø 10mm everywhere, lol. I do get what he is saying though, there are white supremacists who use ø in words where it doesn't naturally belong, to signal their views. But obviously he should have said "Using ø in English, without good reason, CAN be a white supremacist give away", because there are many cases where people use this letter for legitimate reasons. Like words/names from Danish, Norwegian and a couple of other languages. And people who are into Viking cosplay.
I use that all the time as a null symbol in my paperwork at work. It literally means nothing. Like this portion of the report means nothing and doesn't matter.
It's consistently used in STEM disciplines to distinguish "0" from "O", which my own keyboard doesn't do clearly by the way.
Load More Replies...And if you realize that you’re made a mistake, Dr. Gerharz suggests simply taking accountability. “We’ve all been there: halfway through a passionate argument, only to realize we’ve been confidently—and gloriously—wrong. The best approach? Own it. Fast,” he told Bored Panda.
“Something like: ‘Wow, I totally goofed there. Let me set the record straight.’ This not only clears the air but shows you value getting it right over saving face,” the expert explained. “Bonus: it also makes you more relatable. People trust those who admit their flaws more than those who act flawless.”
Mistakes Were Made
Christ Himself told us to pay our taxes. Y'all know the parable of 'Render unto Caesar', right? That's literally what it's about.
I love the church of satan. If I were living in the US, I would belong to that “church” purely just to support them!
Someone tell this muffin that the reason why the Vatican State exists is basically just so the head of the Catholic church doesn't have to pay taxes to Italy.
You do know the Catholic Church isn't the only Christian church, rught?
Load More Replies...I do not consider myself a religious person, but these days, if I were to join a religion, it would be The Church of Satan (NOT to be confused with The Satanic Temple!) They do so much good, more than most Christian Churches do
Yeah, that's kinda their whole point, spaghetti monster guys too. Both are parodies of institutionalized religion gone wrong.
America Didn’t Import Slaves
Witzke knows full well that US imported slave, etc. She’s a right wing denialist and propagandist. In four years her view will be common in US
Tbf, they didn't import *all* their slaves, some were born from imported slaves, and some were just stolen from the indigenous populations that they didn't outright annihilate
Load More Replies...They even enslaved the native American Indians who originally lived here, my ancestors. Literally all of Americas history rides on the backs of the enslaved, unpaid,underpaid, overworked and abused.
To be fair, some of those American Indians that were part of the Assimilation phase (ask an Anthropologist) also had farms/plantations and owned slaves, including the Cherokee, some of my ancestors.
Load More Replies...What a clueless idiot who I am sure voted for that loser Trump. God this country is in serious trouble.
Frankly the original American names were Tuscarora, Pontiac, and Sitting Bull.
Load More Replies...And white men destroyed the native American population......mostly
They F'd around & they are fixing to find out. I just hate that they will take us down with them.
The sad thing is the belief will live on. No matter how bad things get, there is always a portion of society that stick their fingers in their ears and say " lalala". Just like in the movie " dont look up".
Load More Replies...If this person is an American, they are woefully ignorant of their own history. I'm an Aussie, but it's general knowledge that African slaves " built " the South, Chinese and Irish workers built the Southern Pacific railroad over the Sierra Navada mountains, etc. How many more examples do you want ?
Just Wow
I'm down withthe Hello Kitty remix. Maybe we can plug the whole movie into AI and see what comes out.
Load More Replies...Woman here. No to: Hello Kitty, sparkles, pink. Yes to: hunky Aussies and Asgardians.
“Think of it this way: correcting yourself is like rebooting your reputation. It might be a little awkward in the moment, but it keeps the whole system running smoothly in the long term,” Dr. Gerharz added. “Mistakes are inevitable, but doubling down on them? That’s optional.”
Explain This
One time, after telling a guy that I'm Indian, he asked me what tribe? I am genuinely annoyed that the same word is used for two totally different groups of people that I don't think could be any more unrelated. I've always wondered but never had the chance to ask if Native Americans like the word "indian" to describe themselves or if they prefer a different word. I would prefer they used a different word. My people come from the Indus valley, the word Indian makes sense. We call native Americans Indians because some explorers a few hundred years ago were confused about where they were (at least that's my understanding). There must be a better word to use for describing people who lived on this land before the USA was a country. -- Google tells me the preferred terms are "Native American" or "indigenous".
You will find people who prefer Indian, Native American, indigenous people, First Nations, aborigine, or the name of their respective tribe. And people who hate some of those options. Only way to know is to ask the individual.
Load More Replies...when telling me a family member was pregnant with her second child and then saying "it's another girl. I guess she only has girl eggs." This. Its 2024. God help us.
I won a grant after four grueling rounds, because I was a victim of rape (from my apartment manager) for free rent for a year. A now housemate of mine actual said to me and I quote: "I have the right to feel more safe than you do because I pay rent and you don't." This was said when a 3rd housemate accidently left a door unlocked.
That would definitely have been an unforgettably stupid thing to hear
Hmm... Yes. That Sounds Right. Zeus, Mr Horny Year Round, Has Only One Son
the whole greet mythology is basically Zeus not keeping it in his pants
Dionysus, Ares, Apollo, Hermes, in some versions Hephaestus, Heracles, Pollux and Castor, Perseus, Minos, Tantalus… and that’s only about 1/5th or 1/10th of Zeus known offspring, I believe.
Both castor and Pollux are not his sons (only one of them) and if I were to guess that is less then a 20th of his kids
Load More Replies...On this week's episode of "Have I Got News For You" someone made a simliar quip about Boris Johnson.
pipcomix is not wrong. it would definitely b easier to list those who arent zeus's children. movies, tv shows, comics, books etc about the greek gods all make jokes about the fact zeus cant keep it in his pants. the webtoon lore olympus even does it. zeus has so many children and bc thats well known its basically become a running gag at this point
If Greek mythology were modernized, Zeus would be the one sending d**k pics to everyone lol
Zeus is literally the opposite of loyalty. If you don't believe me just ask Hera.
Correcting An "Author"
Yes. A 'minster' is a type of church. As opposed to a 'minister' who is a church official.
Load More Replies...Three Year Letterman, the person responding, is in on the joke. They regularly post things like this for laughs.
Also, minster is a building, mostly built in monasteries. Therefore, not only the rabbit is a typo...
I thought that in the joke the bar tender asked the three what blood type they were? Am I right or wrong.
I have to admit, I read the reply in that intentionally wrong, try for laughs, tone
Lol Stephen King literally spelled out the punchline, and this dumb sh!t STILL DID NOT UNDERSTAND IT. Lol yeah dude...SUUUUPER embarassing...but not for Stephen.
“The next time you’re tempted to speak confidently without really knowing, ask yourself: ‘Am I trying to be right, or am I focused on getting it right?’ One feeds the ego; the other feeds the truth,” Dr. Gerharz noted. “And only one of those is going to keep you out of the Confidently Incorrect subreddit.”
What Kind Of A Monster Writes Their Memoir In The First Person?
"No way I can do this". Why, are you illiterate? Innumerate? Or just lazy?
do you think Dinesh just refers to himself in the third person all the time like a caveman?
Yeah! As a former leader of a nation, he should show decorum and refer to himself as 'One'. Like the royal families do!
"Oh my god, this twelve year old's diary says 'I bought some chips today' instead of 'The small female bought some chips today'! Sound the crumpets!"
On How To Be Cool, And Not A Fool
To be honest, the original post feels like a prime example of baiting or intentionally using Cunningham's law ( stating a wrong statement to get a correct answer quickly). I'm not sure why he'd want that, but it doesn't seem to be genuine ignorance
Exactly, clearly bait to build up engagement for some commercial reason.
Load More Replies...Confidently Corrected An Author
He must be doing it on purpose surely? No one can be that confident in their stupidity?
Load More Replies...Or he is trying to look like he is trolling, because its less embarassing than looking inconceivably stupid.
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And He Mixed Up Black Bear vs. Brown Bear Behavior
What he said is true for black bears in general. What the EXPERT said is true for the case she was talking about which was a momma bear with cubs. Almost *any* female animal will attack you to defend their cubs (there are a few exceptions, mainly animals that have multiple litters a year and can afford to lose the offspring in order to preserve their own life)
If a black bear starts coming for me, my knowledge of her maternal status will have no effect on my actions - or my bowels.
Load More Replies...Best to avoid bears, but James Blackley is correct. There have been a total of 86 lethal black bear attacks in 240 years of American history, about 1 every three years. Of those, the "clear majority" were after the bear was attacked. You're 200 times more likely to be attacked and killed by a dog than by a bear. The normal behavior is to charge as a threat, but not to attack. And the person who wrote the caption is the one that mixed up black bears vs brown bears (some populations of which are known as grizzly bears).
Yeah I've unintentionally gotten in between a black bear and her cub, didn't realize they were there, it rolled down a hill in front of me, mom turned around and booked it out of there and I just froze until the cub finally waddled off after her
Load More Replies...Third Hole?! Surely You Jest!
I highly doubt he'll be in-cumming at all if he can't figure out basic anatomy
Load More Replies...The annual PSA needs to explicitly state that there are, in fact, three holes. Because yes, there are men that ignorant.
Well technically there are 6 holes to be found in the vulva - Vagina, Urethra, 2 openings for the Skene glands and 2 for the Bartholin's glands
Load More Replies...They would deny that even if it hits them in their face? 😏 but I guess there is nothing to worry about, that their face and a vulva beeing at the that close together.. 🙊
Men pee out of the penis thru a urethra(hole at the end). Women do the same though the hole is in a different place. Maybe that's what make men think their so well endowed. Sex Ed is about anatomy and biology, not teaching how to make babies. But if Republicans get their way..
When I redesign the human body, I'm going to run the urethra out the left little finger, so you can pee while driving down the road, just by sticking your hand out the window. In Britain and former colonies, I'll run it out the right.
Load More Replies...I do not know about education from wherever this Will person is (would venture a guess USA though...) but what he is talking about was literally a subject in biology classes in elementary school. With pictures. In 1980s.
I'm guessing that you were not educated in the US, at least while you were in elementary school, in the 1980's?
Load More Replies...Basic Math
Many years ago, I took a training class in which we had to solve a maths problem. Everyone - including the trainer! - got the wrong answer because they did the equation left to right without following the order of operations. When I explained why it doesn't work that way and explained the order of operations, one of the other participants tried to claim they didn't have the order of operations when they were in school.
I was taught the order of operations as, PEMDAS, which is to be done from left to right. Starting with P-parenthesis, E-exponents, M-multiplication, D-division, A-addition, S-subtraction. I never realized this wasn't taught this way for everyone.
Load More Replies...Oscar The Grouch
If I'm living in a bin, I'm classing myself as homeless. Don't be giving politicians ideas. Oh those people aren't homeless they just live at the dump. Delete them from our statistics!
Load More Replies...Got a whole a*s magical neighborhood, and not one of those MFs can give her a room? Give her Mr. Hooper's old place, you finks.
Hunting Vegies
Well, if we think about languages other than English, the matter is no longer so clear-cut. The best example is the Japanese term キノコ狩り (kinoko kari) whose translation is literally mushroom hunting. I also wouldn't say in Finnish that I go to collect mushrooms, but it has its own word that contains the word mushroom, sienestys. You can also say that you are going to a berry forest, marjametsälle or a game forest, riistametsälle. The word hunting is completely missing even though both are about it. the Finnish term metsästys contains the word forest and does not really explain what is being hunted there in the forest. Stones, plants, berries or people. who knows.
BP can be an annoying site sometimes, but I keep coming back largely because I get to learn things like this. Thank you for another bit of random knowledge I didn't know I needed to know!
Load More Replies...In Spain, to go to pick mushrooms is often said to go "hunt" mushroms. It is a weird way to describe it but not uncommon.
It's not uncommon for the word "hunt" to be used instead of "search" in English also (at least in my part of the world). It's not restricted to things to do in the forest either. You could be hunting for your shoes, or hunting for a job.
Load More Replies...Both are correct, but foraging more common. Mind you, I have often heard people use hunt too, like going on a truffle hunt.
Load More Replies...The reference is to Hunter-Gatherers, but the other explanations are interesting.
Mushrooms have been proven to be living creatures, whose internal communication system is much like neurons in human brains. But don't tell a vegan. Just let them be hypocrites.
Glenn Beck Is Bad At History
Does he not understand what the word "amend" means? They included a whole process for amending the document, thus allowing it to evolve over time.
Well... you can go with the argument that the government doesn't grant rights, and the Constitution only enumerates them. But saying that it doesn't evolve is stupid, even so...
That seems like a pedantic argument. Sometimes when those rights were finally enumerated in an amendment, a whole group of people suddenly had rights they didn't have before.
Load More Replies...Glenn Beck, who got fired by Fox News for being too looney and mendacious even for them.
Correct, Glenn. However...there are those you adore who COMPLETELY trash the 1st by demanding a "Christian nation". It reads.."Congress shall pass no law establishing a religion, nor the free exercise thereof". As for the 2nd, since the founders could not have even DREAMED there would be weapons that fire as fast as the trigger can be pulled, all semi and automatic weapons must be confiscated and be replaced with muzzle loaders.
Aren’t your ammendments exactly that? Come to think of it… the “right to bear arms” is an ammendment, right? Funny
...and he and his cronies are champing at the bit to roll that back.
Yeah, Who Is This Stephen King Guy Anyway?
I was dazed for a second. I could literally feel the shame and stupidity when this guy realized. lol
Incorrect On Multiple Levels
To be fair, that doesn't mean he has autism. Ridiculous that parents don't accept their children's diagnosis though, even worse when they won't even get them tested.
When Americans Think English Is The Only Language
According to BP there are entire countries that are offensive: N***r and Nigeria - N I G E R and N I G E R I A, two of the biggest in Africa (they seem to have changed their policies regarding Nigeria...)
Or Spanish, how do you say `to deny" : NEGAR ;--D
Load More Replies...I was punished in prison for being racist. I called someone niggardly.
I was banned from one website for telling someone that they were being niggardly. I was told to apologise for my 'racist' comment but instead I responded with the word's definition. That was unacceptable because 'it doesn't matter what it means, it *sounds* racist and causes offence to people who don't know it's meaning'. I said that other people's literacy wasn't my problem...and was banned.
Load More Replies...did this person really suggest to legally change their name to a complete stranger cuz they think the persons name is offensive? wtf is wrong with ppl. i garuntee this person was pronouncing the name wrong in their head making themselves think its offensive. ppl get all riled up for no reason these days
It's the sort of thing I can imagine the Australian politician Pauline Hanson saying. Yesterday she said someone shouldn't be eligible for the senate because she hadn't fully given up citizenship for her birth country- because the Taliban are in control and refused to respond!
Load More Replies...It is disgusting that hateful people have perverted legitimate names of people and places. In this case, even THAT doesn't apply as this is a proper name from a different language from the offensive one.
I had a classmate of that name in late nineties. You wouldn't believe what sort of idiotic remarks she had to hear, and I didn't even know her well by any means, I sort of knew she exists, and the german expression "Neger" for a black person, then, was a lot less frowned upon than is today.
When You Can't Tell Antennas And Solar Panels Apart
Jesus this 5G thing needs to just go away already. I work every day around 5G signals, I install, maintain, and monitor easily 500 devices broadcasting 5G signals and it never had an adverse effect on me or my health. Hell, I could count on one hand at least 8 benefits of 5G signals being used in day-to-day lif... wait...
Load More Replies...For the last time, 5G is a type of radio wave, electromagnetic radiation, that has a wavelength of about 25 millimeters, electromagnetic radiation only becomes harmful at a wavelength of about 350 nanometers or smaller (UV, X-rays, Gamma radiation), the color blue has a wavelength of about 450 nm. The color blue is more harmful than 5G radiation.
I doubt they were any happier with the explanation. Solar power is communist.
Probably think it's stealing power from the sun too!
Load More Replies...Advanced sciences should be a prerequisite to becoming a functional adult in a society.
Of course he's still not convinced because he's done his own research.
honestly, the school should not have responded. why would you want their parent anywhere near your school?
Do The Basic Math, People!
So someone born in 1999 is now, checks excel spreadsheet, 123 years old..
can we go back to old school teaching instead of coddling every whim of the delicate kids and pearents out there? we are doomed.
That just broke my brain fellow Pandas, I must stop reading these...but I can't
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Trump criticised the judge in his hearings, using the 'insult' 'this so-called judge'. Yes, so-called because they are a judge. That's what we call them.
Let's all start referring to Trump as the 'so-called president'!
Load More Replies...Technically true, I suppose, because you could be elected to congress and not be a woman, in which case, you wouldn't be a congresswoman.
I don't want to nit-pick, Mike. But by being elected to congress, really does make her a congress woman. Unless I've really misunderstood the job title.
Look, it says right in the Constitution that the lower house of Congress shall be named the House of Congressmen Until Such Time As We Get Our S**t Together And Start Electing Women. So the answer is in the document.
Clarification here, Mike pence did not post the reply, you can see that the person replying replies to both AOC and Mike
Mike Pence should have checked his fact with "mother". No wonder he never leaves the house without her.
Who Controls The Control Group?
"I do not understand science or it's methods, but I have a strong opinion on it".
I write this so much, my phone predictive text has the words ready: Your inability to understand science is not a valid argument against it.
Load More Replies...So...anyone wanna go halfsies on a space program with me? Jaysus f*****g christ, we gotta get off this planet.😞
Who’s Gonna Tell Her?
As someone from Arizona, tell me about it 😒
Load More Replies...No guesses whom SHE voted for in the recent US federal election
Still My Most Favorite One Yet
That is scientific proof, but they will still deny it and tell you that God created the Earth as "mature" and "fully-formed," just as Adam was created as a full-grown adult from dust. Trust me, there's no actual, real proof you can give these people that they won't have some answer for.
The scary thing is that those religious idiots are the ones having more and more kids. Spreading ignorance around the country. While intelligent people are having none or few kids.
Load More Replies...Christians against science writing on a computer connected to the internet....
They see technology as being different than science. The rationalizations never cease.
Load More Replies...You can't explain common sense to them otherwise the whole story of Adam and Eve would crumble because they would know that you can't build a population of people by breeding a single man and woman a lot of times, especially when they only have two sons.
If you read the Bible or know the Bible you will realize that Adam and Eve had more than two sons. They even had daughters. Genesis 5:4b.
Load More Replies...Only 4,000 years old? So how TF do they explain the Egyptians, whose empire existed over 5,000 years ago, whose slave trade started in about 2600 BCE so they passed that 4,000 year mark in 1400 AD, and who are also the subject of a significant portion of the Bible, especially the Old Testament?
Your opinion has absolutely no effect on facts, so go ahead and be a moron.
I used to teach and study evolution and I think this all the time about people who say they don't "believe" in it. Evolution doesn't require belief; it genuinely doesn't matter what you think about it. It's been happening for 4.5 billion years on this planet, it will continue most likely for another 5 billion when the sun goes nova and swallows the planet. Your opinion on whether it happens or not just... doesn't matter.
Load More Replies...To be fair, the half-life argument doesn't disprove a young earth, but it does prove a vastly ancient Universe.
It negates the probability of a young earth.
Load More Replies...my take away from this is, wow I thought uranium was a rock or ore type element, and not like a soft metal like lead. so I looked it up.. . here is the answer. uranium is considered to be as malleable as lead, meaning it can be hammered into different shapes without breaking, although it is generally considered a slightly harder metal than lead; both are classified as malleable and ductile metals when in their pure form.
Happy 8 Month Old Birthday!
I… am not sure what the problem is here…. Might this be a cultural thing? Because I often see people.. well not celebrating, but at least acknowledging the first 12 months of a babys life seperately. Or do I understand incorrectly?
It’s the word “birthday” that is the issue - at 8 months old, he’s still 4 months shy of the anniversary of the day he was born.
Load More Replies...Q: Why is this photo censored in the preview and not censored here? A: Because like all BP censorship this doesn't make sense
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I really got nothing in "hope for the human race" department, so all I can give you is this photo of my disabled dog about to vaporize his birthday cupcake XD stilly_cup...519bd6.jpg
Proving their stupidity might be the only thing that idiots do NOT need help with.
This is a roundabout way of saying women should sit down and shut up. Does he know there are female athletes?
Uh, No
When people confidently state rubbish like this, do they not look to other languages and note the obvious similarities in the words? News is literally the things that are new. It's the same in Welsh: new = newydd; news = newyddion. Also, acronyms are a relatively new thing. So no, golf does NOT mean "Gentlemen only, ladies forbidden", posh does not mean "Port out, starboard home", and fúck does not mean "Fornication Under Consent of the King"!
"NEWS, everything that's happening in the North, East, West and South" would be such a good slogan.
Load More Replies...News = more than one new thing. From indo-european. Latin: Novus, novum. German: Neue. Afrikaans: Nuus, Nuwe. Swedish: Ny, nyheter (newhoods). Slavic: novo, novaya. Greek Neo, neos. Sanskrit (India): Nutanam. Etc.
What’s The Welsh Word For ‘Overconfident’?
What about a language that is fairly widely spoken in its country of origin makes it dead?
I can only suspect (fear?) that the next post will be something horrible like: "I asked if UK taxpayers wanted to subsidize the forced schooling of a dead language, AND A STAGGERING 103.16 PEOPLE SAID THEY DIDN'T! time to end this now!"
There are some Welsh people who do indeed believe that Welsh should die so that the Welsh people can "enter the modern era" - a quote from some people I met in Swansea. They are in a minority, though I have heard the sentiment in Swansea and Cardiff.
Load More Replies...Learning a bit of basic Welsh has been on my bucket list for a while. It has just moved a bit further up that list.
Just because it's difficult for a foreigner to learn doesn't mean it shouldn't be taught in schools!
Using the word "seen" instead of "saw" is an indication of this person's intelligence.
I'm Counting Three Things Wrong With This
Bible was written by a bunch of people. Jesus wrote none of the bibles books Jesus wasn't American.
"iffin y'all's kerrs about me, you'uns'll do what I says." John 14:15
Load More Replies...Someone Doesn’t Understand How The Food Supply Chain Works... Or Agriculture, For That Matter
Here in Germany, I remember a discussion about whether agriculture is an essential part of ecomony, because it only makes up about 1% of our gross domestic product. Like people actually seem to think that we could just stop doing agriculture and only lose some money. Imagine a country that has to import 100% of food from others.
Because Trump will introduce tariffs that make food from outside the USA too expensive. Good luck.
My gods! Where will I ever get my caviar from???
Load More Replies...Idiocracy (2006) it's a very funny movie, but it's starting to get scary close to the real world.
im gonna pretend i didnt read this. where does this person think everything in the produce section comes from?
From "the back," duh! Why do you think employees tell you they don't have anymore extra stock in the back? It's cuz that's where they grow the corn. /j
Load More Replies...To Argue The Point
Don't, it's depressing on numerous levels. However, you are right, The Sun was the newspaper equivalent of a belligerent forum member long before the internet. Like Fox News, they are good at stirring emotions, and very poor at journalism.
Load More Replies...Ok, I have said this before, and have been resisting the desire to say it again, but I can't, so here it is...Why do people equate "snowflake" with an insulting term? I would enjoy being called a snowflake. Why? Well, because there are no two alike. Their entirely unique beauty is unto themselves, and much like life, their intricacies become more profound when you realize the transitory nature of a snowflake.
When I die, if you bring me back into the work to go back to work for a living, I'm gonna be pretty POed to.
What country's Sun are you talking about? I read the Toronto Sun every day, and it's (generally) the best real-news source I know.
The Sun is The Sun, the Toronto Sun is the Toronto Sun.
Load More Replies...so delicate sensitive one......... everyone is a poor misunderstood victim? Spare me your stupid drama.
What are " Snowflakes " in this context ? Of course, Frankenstein's monster was the victim. It didn't ask to be made.
Communism Is When You Are Only Allowed To Buy One Share Of A Stock
I always chuckle when I see Americans argue about things they got no freakin' clue about.
More people have used the words "communism" and "socialism" in the last decade, with no clue what either word means, than have ever done so human history.
Load More Replies...There are only a few thousand actual communist party members in the USA. The right wing media has all their sheep thinking a Democrat is the same as a communist.
In most countries democrats would be considered right wing
Load More Replies...Covid Has Brought Out The Best In Everyone!
There isn't even "The Flu" - it's several different influenza variants and each year experts have to estimate the ones most likely to spread so that pharma companies can mix the right shots for the most likely to show pathogens
Which is why they were able to develop a vaccine against Covid-19 in just a few months.
Load More Replies...Took husband to hospital today for further checks after his pulmonary embolism. The nursing assistant, (or whatever the correct term is, sorry!) did the usual questions and answers, do you have any allergies, when did you give up smoking, have you had the 'flu jab, etc, then she stumped both of us by asking him if he'd had the "ammonia" jab. Turns out she didn't know how to pronounce "pneumonia". It was rather sweet!
Soup Of The Day
Nadine, before anybody else hits you with sarcastic remarks instead of explaining your mistake, 'precise' should be 'specify' in that sentence.
Load More Replies...On the other hand: Why call it "Soup du jour" and not simply "soup of the day"?
Wireless PC's Don't Exist
I've been in IT 30 years. A laptop is a PC. It's a computer that you own personally. That big boxy tower computer is called a desktop computer, and it is also a computer that you own personally. Laptops and Desktops are both PCs.
Well akshually, I personally own my desktop but not my laptop. How bout them apples, Dirk!?
Load More Replies...Excellent example of confusing opinion and fact.
Load More Replies..."I'm Not Sure If I Agree But Ok"
Why (apart from stupidity) isn't the obvious counter-answer 'I'll drive at more than 75mph then'? And for those asking where you could possibly do that, this screenshot doesn't state that it's point-to-point. It could be laps on a NASCAR race circuit. They do an average of 180mph, so 11.1 hours continuously.
Are there cars that will go that far/that long without refueling? Electric? Atomic?
Load More Replies...They're So Close To Getting It
Educated does not always equal intelligent, but this post shows the inverse IS correlated.
Educated implies informed, which is the relative characteristic here.
Load More Replies...Almost Like They Was Wrong
Even heart damage is extremely low and benefits outweigh risks by normal medical standards. 1 in 10,000 and only for Pfizer. Read any medicine pack for context.
i got the first vaccine and then my doctor told me to not get the others. i asked my other doctors bout it they said the same thing. apparently something in the other vaccines can mess with my epilepsy in a bad way. my nuerologist told me it was a safe idea. told me not to risk it. id trust my doctor over wat a medicine pack says any day. for the record i have 3 nuerologists all highly recommended in my state and they all said the same thing. theres a reason medication commercials and ads say "talk to ur doctor before taking this medication" wen they do the disclaimer part.
Load More Replies...Conspiracy theorists never admit that they're wrong; they just move on to the next conspiracy.
Listen to Alex Jones, 35 million have died of vaccine "They've admitted it" as he likes to say about whatever bullshit he's currently spewing out.
Who is the "they" who "admitted it"? The imaginary dead people?
Load More Replies...1) Star Is A Shape And 2) Oranges And Blackberries
Blackberry, sure, is like blueberry that it is a fruit called after a colour. But orange (colour) was named after orange (fruit); before then we called the colour ‘red-yellow’.
Or just 'red', hence 'robin red-breast' and 'red-head'
Load More Replies...If It's Not White, It's Uncivilized
Mesopotamian civilisation pre-dates the Indus Valley civilisation.
Load More Replies...I have seen this before, and the best response was something like "I do not consider the US to be a civilized country".
2020 + 80
Let's all meet up in the year 3000, won't it be strange when we're all fully grown
From This Example I'd Say: Hard No To Homeschool, Lady
So now normally I'd say come on guys stop bashing Americans but then I remembered the latest election results.
And older people wonder why younger people are not having kids. :(
Load More Replies...you saw the recent election results in the states, right?
Load More Replies...Seems as though we need more teachers and many people need to go back to school!
My conservative friends told me about this site. They are right that it is hilarious. It's my new favorite site.
So now normally I'd say come on guys stop bashing Americans but then I remembered the latest election results.
And older people wonder why younger people are not having kids. :(
Load More Replies...you saw the recent election results in the states, right?
Load More Replies...Seems as though we need more teachers and many people need to go back to school!
My conservative friends told me about this site. They are right that it is hilarious. It's my new favorite site.
