30 Times Unaware People Challenged Someone That Was Actually An Expert In That Subject Matter, But Realized It Too Late
It's hard to imagine a more rewarding experience than being challenged to something by a person who doesn't know you're an expert at it. It's right up there with bringing a child into this world and becoming the first person to walk on the Moon.
Recently, a redditor who goes by the nickname Struedolf asked people who were in this position to tell their stories and oh boy, did they respond! From an archer forced to compete with a bow and arrows to a construction worker blamed for property damage, these are just a few priceless examples of the nearly 23K responses Struedolf's post has received. Scroll down to check out more and don't forget to upvote your faves!
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I guy I went on a date with tried to serenade me with his okay piano skills. He was incredibly patronizing to me and tried to explain to me what the notes were even when I told him I’m also a pianist. So after his endless explanations I asked him to move over on the bench so I can try to play. I’m a two time Carnegie Hall pianist. He never called me back afterwards. Worth it!
Struedolf decided to ask redditors this question after something like this happened to them. To Struedolf's delight, they were on the delivering end. "I didn't really expect my post to receive this much attention so I was kind of shocked," Struedolf told Bored Panda.
However, the abundance of comments made it clear that it's a topic people want to brag about. And why wouldn't they? If someone spends 10,000 hours perfecting a craft and it brought them a pleasurable moment, it's their right to tell the Internet about it.
A buddy mine was at a concert in bad seats and started complaining about it via twitter. All of a sudden the band starts reading some tweets and calls my friend up to sit on stage for a couple songs. They sit him at the piano and during the next song, they jokingly go "ok piano solo!" The crowd laughs for a second but then my buddy just starts jamming out, as he plays piano in his band. Talk about dream moment getting to play with your favorite band
"Reading the stories really was an amazing experience," Struedolf said. "It was really fun to go through everyone's responses and if there was anything I took away from it, it would be to not challenge people to something not knowing how good they are at it."
So there you have it, folks. If you want to establish your dominance by competing with somebody, at least try to figure out beforehand if it's not you who's going to be mopped.
I was a competitive swimmer for 14 years, including 4 years of NCAA, but I'm on the shorter side so people don't assume I was any good.
Was at a friends house on a lake one summer, and a macho guy challenged me to race to a buoy in the middle of the lake, to prove... something, I guess. The lake is deceptively large, about a half mile across, so I warned him that if he isn't a strong swimmer it could be dangerous.
He was running out of gas after about 2 minutes, so I offered to let him off the hook, but he insisted he would finish. I went to the buoy and was swimming back when I found him floundering, so I lifeguard swam him back to the house. His ego took a deserved hit that day.
Don't get cocky around water, even if you think you're a strong swimmer.
I’m a teacher so people try to tell me how to do my job all the time (parents, kids, politicians, etc). How’d it turn out? Welcome to my world, f**kers. Home schooling is a b****, isn’t it? Your kids are kind of horrible, aren’t they? Lessons aren’t that easy to plan, are they?
Meanwhile, I’m drinking a beer at 10am while grading the assignments I posted last week.
For all of you who are hating on the OP. Click on link under post (Motocrossx23). It will take you to the original reddit site, where he explains further that this is satirical. Here's a quote from him: "Parents, this was meant to be satirical: please do not think for a second that we as teachers do not appreciate and sympathize with you all during this ordeal, especially those who are working still!"
It's the truth - satirical or not. Because a lot of parents do not teach discipline at home and if a teacher (of any discription) does it, the kids come running to their parents complaining that for the first time in their lives they were expected to listen and do as they're told. As a kindergarten teacher I've seen it all and guys - it gets worse year by year.
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my mother was a middle school teacher, and she quit her job because of this one kid in class that was ALWAYS disrespectful to her, and brought her to tears because he kept doing it, and he got no punishment at all, because of his parents agreeing that is my mother's fault that he was like this. gosh this is why "be respectful" is a slogan right now in schools!
Honestly I completely understand them. During my last years in school, my classmates and I noticed a strong shift in the way teachers and students interacted. The younger students were disrespectful in ways we never would dream of being, even to the nicest teachers. Parents would defend their kids' terrible behaviour and blamed the teachers for everything. There are terrible teachers as well, I've dealt with my fair share of them, but in my experience nearly all the problems come from the students, because of bad parenting.
So four years ago I decided to go back into education and get myself a degree. As such, there was like a 10 year age gap between me and most of the class. Jesus... Christ... I could have murdered them... I can't imagine the amount of money they'd have to pay me to become a teacher.
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It's the truth. If people can't deal with it, let them hate on the OP. They are just showing their idiocy.
We teachers don't. Maybe now the parents will back off and learn to trust the professionals. It is hard work and kids are not angels.
I am constantly saddened and surprised about the # of my step kids teachers who (back in the before times, long ago) thanked and congratulated me for being involved in the kids scholastic life. Every. Single. One. Told me that they were very surprised when, during P/T conferences, I turned to 6th/7th/8th and 10th/11th/12th grader and said, "Ok, you said xyz about abc assignment/ class/ other person, the teachers is right here, tell me the truth. In front of them." They said they were even more surprised when I told Nth grader to stop lying AND apologize to the teacher for being a disrespectful lazy asshat in their classes. The kids and teachers both realized really quickly that I don't take BS from either side. You treat my kid unfairly? My kid screws around in class, lies about HW, tests, and class behavior? I'll listen to both sides and whomever is in the wrong WILL make amends.
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There are "parents" who know exactly what school should do, what community should do, what the government should do for their children......but they don't know what they should do for their children, except to teach them everything wrong and destructive to their children's lives and the lives of those around them. My pediatrician wanted to sterilized 75% of human population.
"I’m a teacher so people try to tell me how to do my job all the time (parents, kids, politicians, etc)." ROTFL - I actually DID - AS A FORMER TEACHER - LAUGH OUT LOUD!
The people who love explaining stuff don't find teaching hard. What gets to us is.....the know-it-alls (politicians, parents.....) I do not experience glee seeing people fail at teaching: What I want to tell them is that teachers didn't choose their jobs because they couldn't find anything better paying. We teach because we crave that little twinkle in a student's eyes when they've FINALLY understood.
You hate know it alls, cause you like to be the know it all.... you can’t put that twinkle in their eye if they already know what your gonna tell them. It’s even worse if they have a different opinion and your lesson is opinion based like history, sociology, or literature...
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Well, for a teacher you have very foul language, but I think it’s great you got your revenge.
Hey, teachers are allowed to swear, it's not like they're talking to their students with that. (also sorry about Connor...)
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Ok, I get it, it's satirical. But the truth is that home schooling wasn't that different than when my son went to school. I don't understand why everyone thinks homeschooling was that horrible. I found it actually more relaxing. It's not that I don't help him when he goes to school. I help him in both ways.
Uh, my sons grades went up and his interest in learning instead of girls and being bullied by people he couldn’t retaliate against, ahem you know who I mean and I’m not getting banned for being a bigot, so yeah some of us can do your job better for OUR children, have the time, and desire to not have to watch our child have to walk on eggshells while others get glorified for being worthless and whorish.
Some of us have been waiting for this day. Some of us, saw our children’s grade finally improve because they weren’t being distracted by popularity and bullying. Some of us just never desired to teach OTHER PEOPLES kids and some of us only sent our children to school out of social pressure.
This is really kinda s****y thing to say. It is much easier, I would think to teach in a classroom with very little distractions. Calling the children you teach horrible? Why don't you hold class at someone's house and see all the distractions. Damn,. some teachers are just d***s
If you are drinking beer at 10 am, regardless of anything else, then the parents' comment are probably correct.
Your last sentence demonstrates why you're such a bitter, unimaginative and f****d teacher. I'm an ex-teacher and I have run into a Hell of a lot of clueless losers like you.
Vile? For what? Enjoying the fact that he might get the respect he should have gotten always?
Load More Replies...When working as a teacher I beat a lot of students in Pokémon battles, cause they didn't think of me being like 15 years ahead of them in fighting experience. Noobs
Wasn’t me, but there’s a story about an old geotechnical engineer who used to work for the company I work for.
Several senior staff had to attend a meeting with the client, and some government regulatory staff who were being awkward and not approving the design.
This geotech guy is pretty much quiet the whole meeting. Throughout the discussion, the government guy keeps referencing this research document and shooting down anything anybody suggests.
Near the end of the meeting geotech asks government guy if he has the research paper with him. He responds yes and places it on the table.
Geotech asks government guy who is the author of the paper? Then slides over a business card. Turns out it’s geotechs own paper that government guy has been referencing to defend his argument.
Government guy went bright red and apparently approved the design the same day
A neighbor on my block in Brooklyn challenged me to a pizza bake-off. I recently catered pizza for my daughters school and word got around the neighborhood my pizza was pretty darn good. My first thought was, "this guy is a Brooklyn native, my pizza will be s**te compared to his!" But there was something about him bragging that I couldn't resist the challenge. He talked up how pizza was in his blood, how his dad ran the pizza place around the corner years ago. I remained silent and let my skills answer for themselves. I got a buddy to let us use one of Baker's Pride ovens at his restaurant. We even had total strangers try our pizzas. Every last person chose my pizza over his. I never mentioned to him that I've worked in pizza places almost every day for the last thirty years. I never mentioned that when I'm not working at a pizza place I'm making pizzas at home at least once every two days. I never mentioned that at nine years old I knew that I wanted to be a pizza man. Here I am 45 and getting ready to start my own pizza business.
Not me but a while back a guy I knew from church growing up posted on facebook something about Crusades and medieval Christianity. A girl responded and gave x, y, z reasons why he was wrong. The guy responded back with you don't know what you are talking about, you need to do your research and linked couple of youtube links of armchair historians/pastors. She hits him back with a dozen or so academic sources and let him know that she was 3 years in a PhD program studying medieval history.
I once challenged a girl who was a friend to foosball, not knowing she grew up with a table in her house and older brothers. I even, jokingly, put money on the game. Well I learned a bit about humility that night.. the icing on the cake was when she drove me to an atm to get her the money
My wife and I were taking an evening cruise for adults in Portsmouth Bay. The ship drove around the shipyard, where my submarine and several others were stationed. My wife and I are having a quiet drink when a really loud know it all starts spouting misinformation about each submarine we are driving by. Calling them all the wrong class, wrong names, etc. When he literally points to my submarine and says "and that is a 637 class" my wife finally speaks up and says "actually that is a 688" . The guy gets all gruff and says "well how would you know?". My wife smiles, hugs my arm and says sweetly "That's my husbands submarine, it is the Minneapolis St Paul, SNN-708." He turned beat red while his date laughed.
I once went to a museum with my sister and her friend, who I hadn't met before. We got to the Greek art bit and her friend started telling me how she was super into Greek myth, and I thought that was cool, because I was, unbeknownst to her, doing a Master's in it at the time and also keeping a blog of myth retellings, which was pretty popular, and it was a relief to have something in common with this stranger.
She then got weirdly haughty and told me she probably knew more myths than I did, so, being polite, I didn't challenge her on it and just asked her to tell me her favourite, so that we could have a conversation about it.
She proceeded to tell me the myth of Daedalus and the minotaur. I asked her how she'd heard of that one, because it's fairly obscure. She told me she'd read it on a viral blog post on a blog about mythology.
It was my blog.
Huh, is the myth of Daedalus and the minotaur really obscure? I've seen it pop up in a bunch of places.
Co worker - “I’m pretty good at running, I run every day. I could probably beat you in a marathon.”
They didn’t know I used to be a pro runner. Ran under 14 minutes in the 5k, sub 29 in the 10k, and under 15 hours for 100 miles on trails. Won a national title even.
So I agreed to run with them and jumped in the local marathon with no training. I took the prize purse and made myself a few hundred bucks and took everyone out for beers with it. Was an interesting next Monday at work.
Astronomer here! So if we were to just meet on the street, you probably wouldn't guess I was a scientist (I am a woman who enjoys dresses when the weather is nice), and this was doubly true when I was a few years younger in my 20s and single. Especially at bars.
So at the end of college I was doing a summer internship in Mountain View, California where if you went out there'd be a lot of Google boys who would literally sometimes wear "Google" shirts so you'd know they're extra obnoxious. I remember getting stuck chatting with one, and when he asked my major he sneered with the "do you really know the subject?" attitude. And ask me if I knew how the Heisenberg Uncertainty principle was. And when I explained his 20 questions, said "it's probably not so hard because they go easy on women because they don't want to scare them off."
Then he proceeded to tell me about a lecture he attended in Mountain View that he'd been lucky enough to visit, as a Google employee, by Jill Tarter who runs the SETI Institute. And proceeded to tell me about the Allen Telescope Array they were building in northern California because I "might not know about it."
I gave him a minute for his spiel but then said I actually was working for Jill that summer at the SETI Institute, on interference mitigation for the Allen Telescope Array. And did he want to hear what she was really like, or see some pictures from the ATA site? I'd also just met Frank Drake, and he was really nice!
Oh man, was that guy not happy! But hey at least he stopped talking to me like right after.
Not me but my brother & best friend. We were in Baltimore for a baseball weekend in 2009 and hanging out at a bar across from Camden yards. They had a Silver Strike bowling video game. At our local bar back in Boston we had one as well. I’m decent at the game but my brother and buddy were F**king amazing at this game. Bowling 300 games and what not. So two dudes are playing this game and drinking. We ask them if we can play when they’re done. They ask if we want to play them. We said sure. My brother and buddy destroy these guys. Like it wasn’t even close. These dudes said it was a fluke and they wanted a rematch but this time for a round of beers. Again, annihilation city. But they kept wanting to play, to eventually win a game. No lie, after THIRTEEN ROUNDS OF BEERS they finally gave up. They were great guys. We saw them the next day at the same bar and they walked up to Us with beers in hand already and said “rematch”. To this day we still hang out with them whenever we go to Baltimore. And to this day, they have never won.
Went with a big group of college students to a bar. I was challenged by a cute little girl (and by that I mean she was maybe 95lbs, 4'11") to a drink contest with a pint of beer. I'm 6'1", 200lbs, so I just chuckled and agreed to it.
It seems like I had just enough time to tilt my head back to start chugging when I hear her empty glass hit the table. Turns out she had the ability to just open her throat and pour the beer down.
We dated for about six months after that. Seriously.
Someone at a bar bet me there were only 30 days in a particular month. $20 if I could prove them wrong right then (pre-cellphone days). I was born on the 31st of that month, showed them my drivers license
Mine’s kind of dumb, but I think it still counts. At work I’m kind of the Google Sheets “expert” and I make lots of tools for different departments to use. Enter “new guy” who needed to collect, aggregate and display a bunch of data. My boss was like, “Send Wish a calendar invite so you can tell her what you want and she’ll set it up for you.” New Guy was having none of that and insisted he was going to do it himself. Well, a week later, he finally has this s**tty sheet that doesn’t have half the information we need, and we have to have the numbers for the State by tomorrow. So my boss asks me to fix it and new guy is like, “Yeah, okay, that’s not really possible. This is is a good as it’s going to get!” Two hours later, I send them both a fully functional and automated sheet that does everything we need, and we’ll be able to use it indefinitely, which means next time (and every time) the stupid state report is due, it will already be done. New Guy was like, “I would have added that in if I’d had more time.”
A local mall had a portable climbing wall with a “make it to the top and win $100” side. The route was actually pretty challenging. As I walked by the guy asked me if I’d like to try “nobody has made it to the top, you think you can do it buddy”
At the time I was ranked top 12 climber in my age group and kind of laughed to myself.
After taking my $100 I then proceeded to call the rest of my climbing team and one by one they went to the mall and claimed their $100
After the 4th person they guy got suspicious and took the sign down. We later told him we were all Nationally ranked competition climbers and he got a good laugh. The company who owned the rentals was the one who lost the money, he just worked the booth and wasn’t the one who lost the prize money.
Basketball.
I'm a very unassuming looking guy. 5'8", 150 pounds, not a tattoo to be found. But back in the day, I was pretty athletic and could hang in games with fringe D1/semi-pro guys. But I can't emphasize how much I didn't look like it at all.
Anyway, in college, hanging out in someone's room, it came up that I play a bit and some dude I didn't know started running his mouth about how he could destroy me. Just wouldn't stop talking. I gave him every out, until it basically became personally offensive.
Other guys were a bit tired of this ***hole hanging around, and they knew I could play, so we all trooped over to the gym, late as f**k in the dead of winter, so we could settle things.
11-0 the first game. Not sure if we played after that, but I remember it was 11-0 because I made sure to not let the guy score. And I'm a pretty mellow guy and usually would have laid off and let him score a couple when it was clear that I was better, but this guy was a real ***hole, so I just clamped down on him start to finish. I blocked a ton of his s**t.
He stopped hanging around nearly as much after that, so I was kind of a hero to the rest of the guys. Like St. Patrick. Drove that snake out of our nation.
I found myself in a discussion about vaccinations with an antivaxx couple in a fkn smokers area of a bar.
I'm a scientist.
I tried every logical, emotional and personal plea but they ended up getting mad, telling me to get f**ked and walked off. My friends that heard it said I put forward a good argument and they walked away because they lost. Sucks because we all lose when they don't vaccinate their kids yeehaw
My landlord tried blaming me for damage to the kitchen cabinets but didnt know that im in construction and am very familiar with home building codes.
They placed the cabinets too close to the stove and the glue that held the laminate had melted.
I was living in a small town, driving an '84 Honda Accord I'd inherited from my brother. During a drive home from the store, the dash lights came on and the car quietly died. I knew what was wrong as the car had experienced the same problem 4 years earlier. The timing belt had slipped off the reel. I called a mechanic in town and asked them if they could come get my car and replace the timing belt and reel. He said "why would you say it was the timing belt." I explained the symptoms and how it had happened before. He proceeded to argue with me and I finally said "Just come get the car!" An hour after they got the car, I called him. "So what seems to be wrong with it?" In a meek voice he says "timing belt."
My nephew challenged me to Super Smash Bros Ultimate once. Once.
When my son got a switch his uncle came over to play SSB with all of us (since he too had a switch). No one could beat this man haha, my fiance is a gamer and couldn't. Everyone in the house tried, we would even do 3 vs 1. He would take us all out, every single time... we tried this on multiple occasions... we gave up for good playing with him 😂
Just graduated as a teacher and I’ve been working as a Casual Relief Teacher. I play lacrosse which is a small sport already and even smaller here in Australia. I tried out for the last World Cup team and made it to the final cut.
I was team teaching with another teacher who worked at the school. Before the period he spoke to me and said “hey mate, we are doing lacrosse today. It’s a bit of an odd sport and hard to teach so just wait over there and then you can just help with supervision and discipline.” then walked off.
Being a CRT from an agency, didn’t really know how to speak to him/speak up. I tried to speak to him and say that I played but he didn’t give me a second so I just listened and did my thing. Few minutes into the start of the lesson I grabbed a stick and ball and just started to work my around the class giving them pointers and hints.
The way he was teaching was completely incorrect and I didn’t want to say anything so when the kids broke off into groups, I kinda just taught them correctly.
He pulled me over at a drinks break and asked how I knew so much/good perform the skills. I told him how I play lacrosse and my playing history. He asked why I didn’t speak up and say anything and I said I tried to tell him.
Anyway, I ended up running the rest of the class and even ended up sitting down with him and going through the correct and easier way to teach the game and skills.
People say all kinds of random s**t how weather and climate functions. I’m a meteorologist in disguise—work as a data scientist but has a Master’s and a PhD in meteorology. When I politely (and gently) inform them how things actually work, people are usually super interested to know more. But occasionally I got something like “Oh yeah?! And how do you know?” Well, I have published several papers on the matter, would love to discuss it all night. So far, they’ve all backed down after that.
I’m really good at archery. My friend and I rented him a bow at the local range and he wanted to bet me beers for every round. I told him repeatedly no, you will not win. He could probably get lucky if we did one arrow shoot offs but he wanted to do proper three arrow rounds.
He insisted. I drank for free all night.
My Uncle challenged Jack Nicklaus to a golf game in college, without a clue. The humiliation burns him to this day
I’m not a great swimmer but there was a time when I would do laps for literally hours. I would go slowly to make sure that I had the energy to do the time I wanted to. This kid challenged me to race. I left him so far behind it was funny. He though he was about to humiliate me in front of his friends.
Some Japanese client that studied in France asked me for a translation job but wanted to change all my sentences to prove she was better than me at my own mother tongue. She ended up writing something grammatically correct but that sounded so horribly sexual that if you tried and googled the terms you would only find porn and erotic novels. I had to tell my boss she was forcing me to write porn (because it was for a mascara brand that was supposed to be sold in France) so he could stop her and after that she stopped trying to best me
Chess. I'm a Chess master. I think when people hear that they're like 'oh he's really good at chess', but what it means is that I've played in international tournaments and beaten other masters and some governing body has given me a title.
Anyway, I get challenged a lot by friends who think they're pretty good. What they don't realize is that your average 'pretty good' player is getting destroyed by your average tournament player. And your average tournament player is getting destroyed by a master.
My bf plays chess (1900 or so) and he's always reading, learning and watching matches to improve his play. He even tried to teach me... only when I met him I realized that knowing how to move the pieces doesn't mean you know how to play.
While not a pro, I'm pretty darn good at poker. The church I was at had a Poker night and I was just going to watch. They insisted I join the 25 cent game.
Came home with $200 and they decided to never have a poker night again.
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It wasn't even a week since I had an argument with someone on facebook under a covid-19 article. In the end (after I linked her several research) she claimed she is right, because she graduated as a medical doctor. On facebook. Where I saw her profile saying she is confectioner. She sure hadn't checked mine which says I have a master degree from biotechnology...
It’s especially annoying when it’s the attitude of men treating women like that. Some guys just don’t see women as human beings for some reason and don’t think we can be as good in the STEM world, again for some strange reason.
I have a friend that is a retired Admiral, he took warships around the world etc. But for civilian boats, the navy qualifications do not apply, so if you want a have a small skiboat etc, you need to get a new licence. He ended up sitting thru all the classes about radio procedures, weather, etc etc without any one of the lecturers knowing about his previous naval qualifications. And the civilian exams are not as strict as the naval exams.
This one sounds like me, an Istrian, taking beginner level Italian classes in my graduate year in university in Korea. Italian is literally my native language (besides Croatian). But, what could I do... Had to satisfy the curriculum of obligatory subjects, so....
Load More Replies... Not a challenge, but a funny story. When I was 19, I was with my cousin (16y) at a bar. He asked me what I wanted to drink, I said I wanted a beer (you must be over 16 in Belgium to drink alcohol). He went to the counter to ask for two beers. I just took a sip and suddenly the bartender came up to me and grabbed my glass. He yelled that I was underage and not allowed to drink alcohol (I look very very young) and my cousin answered "no she's 19!". He didn't believe it, so I said "You wanna bet for 100 Belgian Franks?" (100 Franks back then is the equivalent of about 20 Euro these days). He agreed and I showed him my ID. He turned pale and excused himself, went behind the bar and came back with 100 franks AND another beer.
my nephew told me he learned just learned to play chess and I asked if I could play with him thinking I could beat this 6yo even though I'm not that good with it, but I thought I played a lot more than he has so what can this kid do to me. he beat me effortlessly. my brother (kid's father) told me when he said "just learned to play" meant he had spent the entire few months prior playing nothing but chess, obsessively.
I had a guy at my gym try to tell me my tattoo is Japanese, and he would know because he studied Japanese. My tattoo is in fact, Chinese. I would know because I studied Chinese and Japanese and had a friend who is an accomplished Chinese calligrapher write the quote I wanted so the tattoo artist could trace it.
That almost top my experience of a native European telling me how living in Malaysia is like. I was born and bred there.
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These are satisfying ... because the pwn'd people at least have the minimal awareness to sulk/storm off/laugh due to being caught out - meaning they are admitting they were wrong. What happens to many of us - is that you get condescended to, you show all the degrees, the research papers, even evidence from other experts (you know... in case the person just refuses to submit to *you* in particular 'cuz it's you)... and they STILL insist that you're an idiot or "buying into some hollywood bs" or "You just guess lucky".
I am an engineer for a company that sells airborne cameras. There is a forum dedicated to debunking UFO and other similar claims that I usually just lurk on. But when so called experts come out and claim something is unidentifiable, when it was recorded on a camera system that I personally tested, and they are misinterpreting what the overlay readings mean, I cant help but chime in and shut them down. How they are the 'go-to' for visual phenomena is beyond me - wouldnt you ask the people that sell the systems first to explain any unusual lighting effects?
For me, it depends on what's at stake. A neighbour gave me career advice when I was job hunting. It was way off the mark, but she meant well, so I thanked her. In another situation, my then boss was giving the wrong information to a client, so I contradicted him. He told me afterwards never to contradict him in front of a client. I can understand how he felt, but he could have either consulted me beforehand or asked me to explain things to the client.
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I retired after 40+ years in the plumbing and HVAC field. I went to a local hardware store to rent a sink cleaning machine. The kid behind the counter started a how to lecture. Which was okay but he was so condescending and arrogant. When he finally shut up and asked for my I.D. I showed him my drivers license and Master Plumbers license. I told him I've had this since before you were born. It was worth it just to see his face and listen to him stammer.
Years ago a friend and I were at a rugby game, we were long time fans of the Crusaders from NZ. That night we were playing the side from NSW. NSW had been talking themselves up a lot and the Australian couples behind us were giving us some good natured static about giving the Crusaders a hiding. At that point the Crusaders had 14 starting All Blacks in the team. By half time we were 68 nil in front. It was the best night ever.
I was 13 and a smaller kid, played a lot of baseball and always had a pretty good arm. In the mid late 90's, my friends and I were roaming around the local fair and we came up to the throwing pit that has a radar and clocks how hard you throw. I knew I threw harder than normal kids, but no idea how fast. So there is a drunk guy there throwing, and he hits 59 as I walk by. I snicker, which totally pisses this guy off. He yells and proceeds to tell me I cant throw that hard. Then he bets me $10 he can throw harder than me. I counter to make it $20 (parents have given me 20 to have fun for the night) and ill give him a 10 mph cushion. He accepts, makes his 3 throws maxing out at 63. I throw my first, nothing registers. Second throw, nothing again. Carnie proceeds to walk over and tells me the radar gun is set to not clock over 80 and i should take a little off. At this point, drunk guy is riding his high. I take some off, clock 78, this guys drops his mouth, pays up, walks away.
I've written books, etc., on film and pop culture, including fandoms with lots of haters, like Star Wars and Twilight. I have the age, experience, and academic credentials to back it up. Then, you know, I went on the Internet. Well. I try to comment simply, and in encouraging ways, to people voicing their sincere thoughts. All good. But, occasionally, when I see a person attacking another person for the fandoms they love... I am happy to offer my support to the lovers -- and not the haters. Please love what you love for the reasons you love it. And please allow others the same respect. MTFBWY.
One day I made a time machine phone and I call up Einstein for a physics battle. I totally pwned him when I told him about relativity, then he stole the credit for it. It's true, because I posted it on the internet!
Not really in the same vein but i did enjoy one moment. First i have to state that i really don't like the fact that my grandson plays way too much on video games. I mean hours. Alittle would be fine but i am talking over kill. Well, my washing machine broke and u had to take my clothes to the laundromat. There was a stand alone game console that had several old school games on it. Knowing i don't like gaming but wanting to k kill the time my grandson challenged me to a game of my choice. I selected galaga. I played for so long on my first "ship"he got bored watching, eventually getting the high score for the machine. Little did he know that during college i worked both as bartender and waitress in a bar on the docks where business would be on and off depending on the ships coming into port. During the slow times i played that damn machine for distraction. By the way, did the same thing to my son when he was in his twenties with pool... they had a pool table in the bar, too.
I once got into an online argument with a man from the UK . He said he had been to the Netherlands twice. He was a real expert he said. He spoke about the marihuana/drug laws in the Netherlands. What he said was completely false. He also said in winters we ice skate a lot.( we havent had thick enough ice to skate in ages) He went on saying that its best to cycle everywhere in Amsterdam( Not a good idea with all the traffic,unless you know what youre doing.Many of us from outside Amsterdam wouldnt ever even think about cycling in Amsterdam). You get around faster. I asked him if he was an experienced cyclist. He said he wasnt,so i said '' you must have a deathwish then.'' He got very annoyed with me. He said '' wth do you know woman! Have you ever been to the Netherlands?'' I said '' well you could say i'm an expert, since i was born there 43 years ago. And i still live there...sooo'''. The man then logged off..
My son and his friends were playing Mortal Kombat X and asked if I wanted to join in. They’re 15; I’m 35. I win a few games in a row handily and left for work. Fast forward a couple of years and they are 17 and I’m 37. Now it’s Mortal Kombat 11 and I’m in the mood to play so I proceed to demolish these teenagers. I don’t even let up, kind of being a jerk about it, but it’s a good lesson in humility. My son was the best of his friends group and I handily beat him every time. He angrily asked how I was so good at this since I never play games and never played this one before then. I politely informed him I’ve been playing Mortal Kombat since middle school, long before he was born. Even if I haven’t played in a good 10 years I’m still a Mortal Kombat OG.
What really strikes me in all these stories is how many people seem to go around thinking they are "the best" at anything, and absolutely wanting to beat someone into the ground just to look good before their friends, or because it's a woman knowing her subject, etc. This arrogance is really unsufferable.
Worked at Sprint as an asst mngr for 7 yrs on the Big Island of Hawaii. Had a very rude Russian female ridicule me in Russian to her friend while speaking to me in English about how I needed to "FIX IT for her". The fix required her to call in and extend her bill payment due date. Explained the fix requires her to call in to care. She speaking in Russian to her friend about how idiotic, ugly and rude I was. The friend then asks her while I call into Care for her, "do you think she can understand us?" To which she replies, "I DON'T CARE". I fix her payment arrangement, write the confirmation on her bill. Then I write "Me too, and yes I can understand you. Have a nice day." in Russian scripting. Both her and her friend went pale and left. Little did they know a learned a bit of Russian in high school to speak to a Russian foreign exchange student who I was friends with.
Gotta wonder how many of these posts were from Legends in their Own Minds, who are making up stories to justify their delusions?
I was going to write something deeply cynical and sarcastic, but who am I kidding? You're the Master. I'm crushed :{
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I don't have much formal education but have a high IQ and was invited to join MENSA the 1st time at 14 after taking their test. I love science and have always read a lot and watched a lot of documentaries, but left school at 15 b/c I was bored and going through some stuff. My fiance was taking A&P and struggling and I was helping by quizzing him from his index cards and notes, etc. He was getting frustrated and made a remark about how hard it was and that I didn't understand b/c I never had to take it. So I took one of his quizzes with no study or reading(other than those index cards.) I scored higher than he did. He was so shocked and apologetic. No idea how I knew all that but it was all stuck in my head somehow.
It wasn't even a week since I had an argument with someone on facebook under a covid-19 article. In the end (after I linked her several research) she claimed she is right, because she graduated as a medical doctor. On facebook. Where I saw her profile saying she is confectioner. She sure hadn't checked mine which says I have a master degree from biotechnology...
It’s especially annoying when it’s the attitude of men treating women like that. Some guys just don’t see women as human beings for some reason and don’t think we can be as good in the STEM world, again for some strange reason.
I have a friend that is a retired Admiral, he took warships around the world etc. But for civilian boats, the navy qualifications do not apply, so if you want a have a small skiboat etc, you need to get a new licence. He ended up sitting thru all the classes about radio procedures, weather, etc etc without any one of the lecturers knowing about his previous naval qualifications. And the civilian exams are not as strict as the naval exams.
This one sounds like me, an Istrian, taking beginner level Italian classes in my graduate year in university in Korea. Italian is literally my native language (besides Croatian). But, what could I do... Had to satisfy the curriculum of obligatory subjects, so....
Load More Replies... Not a challenge, but a funny story. When I was 19, I was with my cousin (16y) at a bar. He asked me what I wanted to drink, I said I wanted a beer (you must be over 16 in Belgium to drink alcohol). He went to the counter to ask for two beers. I just took a sip and suddenly the bartender came up to me and grabbed my glass. He yelled that I was underage and not allowed to drink alcohol (I look very very young) and my cousin answered "no she's 19!". He didn't believe it, so I said "You wanna bet for 100 Belgian Franks?" (100 Franks back then is the equivalent of about 20 Euro these days). He agreed and I showed him my ID. He turned pale and excused himself, went behind the bar and came back with 100 franks AND another beer.
my nephew told me he learned just learned to play chess and I asked if I could play with him thinking I could beat this 6yo even though I'm not that good with it, but I thought I played a lot more than he has so what can this kid do to me. he beat me effortlessly. my brother (kid's father) told me when he said "just learned to play" meant he had spent the entire few months prior playing nothing but chess, obsessively.
I had a guy at my gym try to tell me my tattoo is Japanese, and he would know because he studied Japanese. My tattoo is in fact, Chinese. I would know because I studied Chinese and Japanese and had a friend who is an accomplished Chinese calligrapher write the quote I wanted so the tattoo artist could trace it.
That almost top my experience of a native European telling me how living in Malaysia is like. I was born and bred there.
Load More Replies... These are satisfying ... because the pwn'd people at least have the minimal awareness to sulk/storm off/laugh due to being caught out - meaning they are admitting they were wrong. What happens to many of us - is that you get condescended to, you show all the degrees, the research papers, even evidence from other experts (you know... in case the person just refuses to submit to *you* in particular 'cuz it's you)... and they STILL insist that you're an idiot or "buying into some hollywood bs" or "You just guess lucky".
I am an engineer for a company that sells airborne cameras. There is a forum dedicated to debunking UFO and other similar claims that I usually just lurk on. But when so called experts come out and claim something is unidentifiable, when it was recorded on a camera system that I personally tested, and they are misinterpreting what the overlay readings mean, I cant help but chime in and shut them down. How they are the 'go-to' for visual phenomena is beyond me - wouldnt you ask the people that sell the systems first to explain any unusual lighting effects?
For me, it depends on what's at stake. A neighbour gave me career advice when I was job hunting. It was way off the mark, but she meant well, so I thanked her. In another situation, my then boss was giving the wrong information to a client, so I contradicted him. He told me afterwards never to contradict him in front of a client. I can understand how he felt, but he could have either consulted me beforehand or asked me to explain things to the client.
Load More Replies... I retired after 40+ years in the plumbing and HVAC field. I went to a local hardware store to rent a sink cleaning machine. The kid behind the counter started a how to lecture. Which was okay but he was so condescending and arrogant. When he finally shut up and asked for my I.D. I showed him my drivers license and Master Plumbers license. I told him I've had this since before you were born. It was worth it just to see his face and listen to him stammer.
Years ago a friend and I were at a rugby game, we were long time fans of the Crusaders from NZ. That night we were playing the side from NSW. NSW had been talking themselves up a lot and the Australian couples behind us were giving us some good natured static about giving the Crusaders a hiding. At that point the Crusaders had 14 starting All Blacks in the team. By half time we were 68 nil in front. It was the best night ever.
I was 13 and a smaller kid, played a lot of baseball and always had a pretty good arm. In the mid late 90's, my friends and I were roaming around the local fair and we came up to the throwing pit that has a radar and clocks how hard you throw. I knew I threw harder than normal kids, but no idea how fast. So there is a drunk guy there throwing, and he hits 59 as I walk by. I snicker, which totally pisses this guy off. He yells and proceeds to tell me I cant throw that hard. Then he bets me $10 he can throw harder than me. I counter to make it $20 (parents have given me 20 to have fun for the night) and ill give him a 10 mph cushion. He accepts, makes his 3 throws maxing out at 63. I throw my first, nothing registers. Second throw, nothing again. Carnie proceeds to walk over and tells me the radar gun is set to not clock over 80 and i should take a little off. At this point, drunk guy is riding his high. I take some off, clock 78, this guys drops his mouth, pays up, walks away.
I've written books, etc., on film and pop culture, including fandoms with lots of haters, like Star Wars and Twilight. I have the age, experience, and academic credentials to back it up. Then, you know, I went on the Internet. Well. I try to comment simply, and in encouraging ways, to people voicing their sincere thoughts. All good. But, occasionally, when I see a person attacking another person for the fandoms they love... I am happy to offer my support to the lovers -- and not the haters. Please love what you love for the reasons you love it. And please allow others the same respect. MTFBWY.
One day I made a time machine phone and I call up Einstein for a physics battle. I totally pwned him when I told him about relativity, then he stole the credit for it. It's true, because I posted it on the internet!
Not really in the same vein but i did enjoy one moment. First i have to state that i really don't like the fact that my grandson plays way too much on video games. I mean hours. Alittle would be fine but i am talking over kill. Well, my washing machine broke and u had to take my clothes to the laundromat. There was a stand alone game console that had several old school games on it. Knowing i don't like gaming but wanting to k kill the time my grandson challenged me to a game of my choice. I selected galaga. I played for so long on my first "ship"he got bored watching, eventually getting the high score for the machine. Little did he know that during college i worked both as bartender and waitress in a bar on the docks where business would be on and off depending on the ships coming into port. During the slow times i played that damn machine for distraction. By the way, did the same thing to my son when he was in his twenties with pool... they had a pool table in the bar, too.
I once got into an online argument with a man from the UK . He said he had been to the Netherlands twice. He was a real expert he said. He spoke about the marihuana/drug laws in the Netherlands. What he said was completely false. He also said in winters we ice skate a lot.( we havent had thick enough ice to skate in ages) He went on saying that its best to cycle everywhere in Amsterdam( Not a good idea with all the traffic,unless you know what youre doing.Many of us from outside Amsterdam wouldnt ever even think about cycling in Amsterdam). You get around faster. I asked him if he was an experienced cyclist. He said he wasnt,so i said '' you must have a deathwish then.'' He got very annoyed with me. He said '' wth do you know woman! Have you ever been to the Netherlands?'' I said '' well you could say i'm an expert, since i was born there 43 years ago. And i still live there...sooo'''. The man then logged off..
My son and his friends were playing Mortal Kombat X and asked if I wanted to join in. They’re 15; I’m 35. I win a few games in a row handily and left for work. Fast forward a couple of years and they are 17 and I’m 37. Now it’s Mortal Kombat 11 and I’m in the mood to play so I proceed to demolish these teenagers. I don’t even let up, kind of being a jerk about it, but it’s a good lesson in humility. My son was the best of his friends group and I handily beat him every time. He angrily asked how I was so good at this since I never play games and never played this one before then. I politely informed him I’ve been playing Mortal Kombat since middle school, long before he was born. Even if I haven’t played in a good 10 years I’m still a Mortal Kombat OG.
What really strikes me in all these stories is how many people seem to go around thinking they are "the best" at anything, and absolutely wanting to beat someone into the ground just to look good before their friends, or because it's a woman knowing her subject, etc. This arrogance is really unsufferable.
Worked at Sprint as an asst mngr for 7 yrs on the Big Island of Hawaii. Had a very rude Russian female ridicule me in Russian to her friend while speaking to me in English about how I needed to "FIX IT for her". The fix required her to call in and extend her bill payment due date. Explained the fix requires her to call in to care. She speaking in Russian to her friend about how idiotic, ugly and rude I was. The friend then asks her while I call into Care for her, "do you think she can understand us?" To which she replies, "I DON'T CARE". I fix her payment arrangement, write the confirmation on her bill. Then I write "Me too, and yes I can understand you. Have a nice day." in Russian scripting. Both her and her friend went pale and left. Little did they know a learned a bit of Russian in high school to speak to a Russian foreign exchange student who I was friends with.
Gotta wonder how many of these posts were from Legends in their Own Minds, who are making up stories to justify their delusions?
I was going to write something deeply cynical and sarcastic, but who am I kidding? You're the Master. I'm crushed :{
Load More Replies... I don't have much formal education but have a high IQ and was invited to join MENSA the 1st time at 14 after taking their test. I love science and have always read a lot and watched a lot of documentaries, but left school at 15 b/c I was bored and going through some stuff. My fiance was taking A&P and struggling and I was helping by quizzing him from his index cards and notes, etc. He was getting frustrated and made a remark about how hard it was and that I didn't understand b/c I never had to take it. So I took one of his quizzes with no study or reading(other than those index cards.) I scored higher than he did. He was so shocked and apologetic. No idea how I knew all that but it was all stuck in my head somehow.
