Convincing someone you’re right is all about confidence. If you fake it, you’ll make it, right? R-right? Having bucketloads of confidence is great (and certainly dramatic), however, it’s never enough in isolation… especially if you’re just plain wrong and everyone around you knows it.
Being direct. Looking assured. Feeling unwavering and braver than Braveheart—these are all wonderful qualities to have, but without other substantial things to back it up, it’s all just bravado without the bite. And darn it if it isn’t entertaining as heck to watch!
We’re not the only ones to think so. In fact, that’s why the ‘Confidently Incorrect’ subreddit, with over 404k members, exists. Their community is built around poking fun at people who are chock full of confidence but get deflated the moment someone with an ounce of logic and common sense chimes in. There’s plenty of facepalm moments waiting for you, so get scrolling and upvoting your fave pics. Remember to visit the r/confidentlyincorrect community if you like their stuff!
Bored Panda interviewed the creator of the subreddit, redditor ShadowAlchemy. Read on for what they told us about how the community started and got popular, as well as for their thoughts about to what extent confidence is important in real life and what we should do if we ever find ourselves to be confidently incorrect.
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Haha... actually Quiet was female character in MGS V: The phantom pain :)
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Years ago my mother told me: think before you speak. This now translates to think before you post.
That 500+ people were equally stupid and like that tweet makes me feel some kind of way.
Maybe if you give the cows names, people actually start viewing them as living creatures instead of the mindless machines consumerism wants them to be.
... mindless machines creating farts, according to AOC.
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I thought people liked the comment because it is so stupid, that it made them laugh.
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She's wrong in another way. Drinking milk is not "consuming animals."
I am supposed to be doing homework. I burst into laughter at the last comment. Rip that idea.
I'm interested in why they named one of the cows Quiet. There is a story there, I'm sure!!
This lady has never seen an animal larger than a goldfish in her life
If my dairy product comes from a male goat, cow or sheep, I am seriously gonna go vegan.
Let me quote a wise tumblr user. “You don’t kill a cow… to make cheese…”
maybe they like a bit of forbidden dairy sometime? Or something...
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I’d like to see what kind of milk a bull or steer would make. Lol
It doesn't help when kids animated movies have male voiced cows (can't remember the name of the one I'm thinking of right now)
Hey I was had someone tell me all bulls are called cows....................
I’m dying!! 🤣 🚽 (I laughed so hard I have tears running down my leg 😉 )
Trans-fats in MacDonalds' Happy Meals have come from trans-cows for years now but are shielded from anyone knowing their true identity...but one used to go by the name Ronny before this was a big deal.
I wonder why the names are in that order -- it's clearly not alphabetical. Maybe oldest to youngest? Highest milk production to lowest? The order in which they stand at the feeding trough? Owners most to least favorite? By height? Number of udders? The mind boggles with possibilities...
Not offended, just dismayed by the lack of knowledge displayed by so many.
I had to know so here ya go... https://foxhollow.com/farm-life/not-all-cows-are-cows
What do you mean? You don’t want to milk a bull? Man, get a load of this guy, l o l, doesn’t want his chest kicked in!
Load More Replies... As a farm owner and neighbor to a great dairy farmer...this made my day! I mean I know people have little to no idea of what it takes to put food on their table (not just their cost). I know most people know diddly about farming and farm animals...but this is down right stupid. I wonder if she believes it is sexist to only have female "cows?" [A COW is, by definition, female. A steer is a castrated male cow; a bull is an intact cow; a heifer is a female that has yet to calve. Just a bit of animal education here... and yeah...cow is often used to include all genders of bovine - another wrong term, but...)
"People are online actively looking for s**t to be offended by" - totally agree!! And if you really look into the logic behind her snowflake comment - dairy cows give milk, so are not eaten, so most of these girls are safe...at least until milk production decreases...can't say the same about the males/steers where they only need a few for artificial insemination, so most of the cattle you eat would have boy names. If raised for beef rather than dairy - probably not named in the first place - boys or girls, still females are weeded out and kept for breeding purposes where the larger males go to market - again - only a few kept for breeding.
I think they keep female cows until milk production ceases entirely, every little bit helps, y’know? I’m not a farmer, so I could be wrong though.
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This is not misogyny! Bulls cannot give milk. Only cows can. They are mammals, just like we are and only females give milk to their young. Therefore, female names are perfectly appropriate! Male names are not!
I saw the "utters" of another Tiffany at the club last night,Do you think that she would be up for some yogurt ?
I like female bovine milk. Males milk is just gross. Kudos to all girl cows whose milk we drink. They are the real heroes.
OK, this is the 3rd time I've seen this same picture and comment used for an article on BP. Stop reusing stuff.
I think part of the problem here lies with people calling all cattle "cows." Cows are female cattle, which Rosa doesn't seem to understand. Cows are given girls' names (if they are named at all) because they are GIRLS. Boy cattle are either bulls or steers, but people still refer to them as "cows." Not farmers, of course. They know the difference between a heifer and a Hereford. LOL
Bull Hanni, formerly known as Hanniball before he jumped with bad luck over the barbed wire fence. %-)
Ha! And I was caught up by the name Root. Wondering how (besides Quiet) poor Root didn't end up with a more traditional name.
😆 Drink my F***y's milk!..... F***y is an old fashion name but also slang for............ 🤔
There's actually quite a bit of feminist theory about animal consumption. I don't think this tweet is actually as stupid as it seems at first read
The ‘Confidently Incorrect’ subreddit has been growing by leaps and bounds. Created just over a year ago, in January 2020, they’re continuing to provide awesome content that keeps us humble. (And it’s a gentle reminder to double and triple-check even facts that we’re completely sure about.)
ShadowAlchemy told Bored Panda that they founded the 'Confidently Incorrect' subreddit "on a whim" just over a year ago. "Someone posted a video of Conan interviewing Jennifer Garner to another subreddit called r/WatchPeopleDieInside. I scrolled through the comments and saw someone who thought stuff like that would make a great community of its own. It was super late at night when I saw that, so I made a subreddit really quick for no reason, posted a video or two, then went to bed."
But what ShadowAlchemy couldn't foresee was how quickly the subreddit went viral. They woke up to see a huge surprise. "I wake up with probably 1,000 or so notifications, apparently the sub had blown up overnight! Tons of people were talking about the ridiculously fast growth of the sub, I think we got around 30k members in our first day. It was super popular its first week, and its growth died down a bit after that. We've been on a steady increase ever since. We just hit 400k members, actually!" the founder shared their joy.
Factchecking
Confidently Corrected An Author
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In ShadowAlchemy's opinion, confidence is "an incredibly important" part of our personalities. "Without confidence, we're nothing. Confidence is what gets us out of bed, what gets us out the door to face life. People definitely listen to those who show confidence,"
The founder told Bored Panda that we don't have to look far to see the vital role confidence plays in our lives. "Just look at politics. Politicians are probably some of the most confident people on the planet, and a pretty large amount of people just listen to what they say. Our sub is probably 75-80% politics. It's people parroting what they've heard their favorite politicians say, and they parrot it because they believe those politicians. They believe that confidence."
They added, "No one's gonna listen to a shy person with all the facts."
Flag Code? In My America?!
''For The Last Time'', He Proclaimed
Smart Enough To Lead... Smart Enough To Breed?!?!
The founder of the sub also had some spot-on advice for anyone who's been confidently incorrect in their lives. And it all starts with openly admitting that you're wrong (both to others and to yourself). "If someone corrects you and they're right, you've just gotta accept it right then and there. Insisting that you're correct is what makes you look like a dumbass, and what makes you remember it for years and years. Nobody wants to be confidently incorrect, but if you are, you've gotta admit it. You've gotta admit that you're wrong."
ShadowAlchemy said that nothing would be possible without the incredibly supportive members and moderators that make up the r/confidentlyincorrect subreddit. "Thanks to all the people who've brought this subreddit up so much, it was quite the surprise for me. Thanks to my mod team for keeping this sub together."
"I'm Not Sure If I Agree But Ok"
Hmm... Yes. That Sounds Right. Zeus, Mr Horny Year Round, Has Only One Son
I love it that he was random things like animals and gold showers (gold thank you not golden lol), like who were these women like "damn, that goose is sexy!"
Third Hole?! Surely You Jest!
Some people should really be forced to take anatomy before being allowed to go near any hole.
There’s a deep sense of shame that we feel when we’ve been outed being wrong even though we thought we were in the right. It’s an embarrassment so powerful, it can still make us flush beet-red and cringe years after it happened.
However, there is a possible upside to this. Research has shown that, counter-intuitively, it’s far easier to correct the errors made by people who are extremely confident that they’re right, compared to correcting the mistakes made by those who have ‘low confidence’ that they’re correct.
This is called the ‘hypercorrection effect’ which essentially means that we’re more likely to remember the correct answer to a question if we’re proven wrong when we’re extremely confident that we actually know the ‘right’ answer. Or, in other words, we remember being shocked at how at odds the truth was with our confidence that we were right.
Of course, there are some nuances like how some high confidence errors can ‘reemerge’ if we’re not tested on our newfound knowledge quickly enough. But on the bright side, being confidently incorrect might just be the best way to retain facts and figures after we make complete buffoons of ourselves online. So go out there and don’t be afraid to fail, dear Readers—your newfound knowledge will stick in your mind like a panda in a bamboo grove.
"Thank God I'm A Math Major"
Do The Basic Math, People!
Oscar The Grouch
But he is not homeless. That is where he chooses to live and loves it. Omg I am defending a puppet. Never saw that coming lol.
Ah, Us Politics... A Neverending Source
1) Star Is A Shape And 2) Oranges And Blackberries
Blackcurrants, redcurrants . The colour orange was named after the fruit.
Covid Has Brought Out The Best In Everyone!
Communism Is When You Are Only Allowed To Buy One Share Of A Stock
Abigail Must See This Reply As An Instant Win
America Didn’t Import Slaves
He Wasn’t Even Italian, He Was Austrian And Born In Modern Day Croatia. Not To Mention He Was Also An American Citizen At One Point
So many wrongs. Nikola Tesla is a Croatian Serb (minority group). He lived well into the 20th century (not the 1700s). He is not Nikolai or Nicolas, but Nikola. Ford parts mostly come from the EU + Japan, Venezuela, Canada...
“Where’d You Get That, From CNN?”
Someone Doesn’t Understand How The Food Supply Chain Works... Or Agriculture, For That Matter
Ben...
I saw the name Ben Shapiro and instantly knew that this was going to be interesting...
Wikipedia Is Wrong
Trying To Justify A Murder
Serious answer: If you can speak (and make a sound), it means you can exhale. It doesn't mean you can inhale.
So Confidently
Three Perfect Example. Except For, Not
Plus JKR actually got a grant so she could write HP. Guess where the money came from?
Hmmmm
“That’s Because We Are Not A Democracy!”
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I Guess Aztecs Are Not Native To The Americas...
Defo A 'Strayan
You Are Not Circumcised
Micro$oft
Confidently Argued Blind People Couldn't Feel Their Own Fingers
Man, Those Pesky Hackers Evolve More And More Every Day
It Does
1 Kilometre Is Less Than A Mile
Apparently, Skin Color Is An STD Now
Redefining Middleman
“Counting Votes After Election Day Has Never Been Done Before”
Never Leave Home Without A Clean Tampon!
Andy: "Sir, I have three sisters and a fiance, and I'm sure they would agree with me that you've been using your tampons incorrectly the whole time."
Confidently Incorrect About North America
The President Of The United States, Totally Ignorant Of History That Took Place During His Own Lifetime
I saw the name Donald Trump and knew this was going to be good.
The Greeks Were Christians
Diamonds Are Heavier Than... Diamonds?
Ok first diamond isn't a metal (it's carbon) and 1g of diamond is still 1g of diamond ( the old question of which is heavier a tonne of feathers or a tonne of lead)
Good Job
An Interesting Way Of Adding Percentages....
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The Facebook experts...they know everything, and it's true, because the friend of the daughther of a friend told so...
I did not think it was possible for me to lose any more faith in humanity.
That's just because you're not trying hard enough. 3 to 4 hours of reading comments on certain websites and you'll know that any faith in humanity is baseless and delusional.
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i am really upset with a lot of the comments under these. yes those people were absolute idiots but people kept generalizing us americans as stupid, not all of us are stupid and it really makes me pissed
Completely agree but don't get worked up, there's plenty of us less ignorant as well, who don't generalise. You come across people like that everywhere
Load More Replies... This whole thing, everyone laughing that Americans are stupid... It makes you smart calling out the idiots for their ignorance, right? But isn't generalizing that all "Americans" must be stupid, another form of ignorance? It's actually pretty unfair and offensive. I'm all for a bit of banter online, but if I was from the US, I would hate the stereotype. Stupid is Everywhere sadly 🤨...
I'd like to point out most of the Americans who don't know common facts probably didn't finish third grade and live in a trailer. Most Americans know basic geography, metric system, history and other stuff. Don't let this post fool you.
I agree with Sharona with the don't be elitist part. Do you know the story of the average person living in a trailer? I wonder how little debt they have versus how much you must have, unless your smugness is the result of a trust fund you didn't earn. I'm sure they're more content than you, as well lol. Sharona, don't make fun of Grandpa Joe like that. He might hear you.
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Not unique to your side of the pond. We breed morons over here too, sorry
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Some people make it their lives' mission to prove their stupidity to the world :(
i have facepalmed so much my face is now very red.....=-= how do people like this exist??
i really wish the immediate response to seeing an idiot on the internet wasn't to say something like, let me guess, they're an american. don't get me wrong, there are plenty of dumb people in this country but it just annoys the americans who are actually good people to hear stuff like that
Take the opportunity to read some of the positive lists this site. Let your bitterness go :)
Yes, this list is funny. But the comments are so rude!
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This is depressing. I'm still praying it's a bunch of trolls... i still don't want to believe this kind of proud idiocy... this... aggressive stupidity... this ... confident, self-righteous imbecilism (I know, not a word) ... is just a joke. A bad one? yes. A joke? Please say yes.
I enjoyed the ones I read, but I had to stop reading because it just became so distressing to realize how many uninformed people there are.
Just read the Bored Panda '50 most Wholesome Pics' page and was feeling good, then read this one and I'm back down again.
Dolphins are fish, crops come from the grocery store, Canada isn’t North America, tampons in the butt…. this level of stupid used to shock me in the past, but not anymore. There always has been, and always will be, a significant % of the population that’s just hopelessly ignorant and scary crazy. And way beyond reach. At least you can spot them today… they all wear red hats
Several of these are NOT wrong. The comments on them are frightening though. Stay in school, kids. The one about 6000 BC is especially frightening that zero people understand the tweet, or how negative numbers work. The post (and joke it contained) was correct in every way. In the year 6000BC they did not have axes, so the year BEFORE that, they didn't use axes. The kid is punching through the tree FFS. Stay in school ya'll.
The Facebook experts...they know everything, and it's true, because the friend of the daughther of a friend told so...
I did not think it was possible for me to lose any more faith in humanity.
That's just because you're not trying hard enough. 3 to 4 hours of reading comments on certain websites and you'll know that any faith in humanity is baseless and delusional.
Load More Replies... i am really upset with a lot of the comments under these. yes those people were absolute idiots but people kept generalizing us americans as stupid, not all of us are stupid and it really makes me pissed
Completely agree but don't get worked up, there's plenty of us less ignorant as well, who don't generalise. You come across people like that everywhere
Load More Replies... This whole thing, everyone laughing that Americans are stupid... It makes you smart calling out the idiots for their ignorance, right? But isn't generalizing that all "Americans" must be stupid, another form of ignorance? It's actually pretty unfair and offensive. I'm all for a bit of banter online, but if I was from the US, I would hate the stereotype. Stupid is Everywhere sadly 🤨...
I'd like to point out most of the Americans who don't know common facts probably didn't finish third grade and live in a trailer. Most Americans know basic geography, metric system, history and other stuff. Don't let this post fool you.
I agree with Sharona with the don't be elitist part. Do you know the story of the average person living in a trailer? I wonder how little debt they have versus how much you must have, unless your smugness is the result of a trust fund you didn't earn. I'm sure they're more content than you, as well lol. Sharona, don't make fun of Grandpa Joe like that. He might hear you.
Load More Replies... Not unique to your side of the pond. We breed morons over here too, sorry
Load More Replies... Some people make it their lives' mission to prove their stupidity to the world :(
i have facepalmed so much my face is now very red.....=-= how do people like this exist??
i really wish the immediate response to seeing an idiot on the internet wasn't to say something like, let me guess, they're an american. don't get me wrong, there are plenty of dumb people in this country but it just annoys the americans who are actually good people to hear stuff like that
Take the opportunity to read some of the positive lists this site. Let your bitterness go :)
Yes, this list is funny. But the comments are so rude!
Load More Replies... This is depressing. I'm still praying it's a bunch of trolls... i still don't want to believe this kind of proud idiocy... this... aggressive stupidity... this ... confident, self-righteous imbecilism (I know, not a word) ... is just a joke. A bad one? yes. A joke? Please say yes.
I enjoyed the ones I read, but I had to stop reading because it just became so distressing to realize how many uninformed people there are.
Just read the Bored Panda '50 most Wholesome Pics' page and was feeling good, then read this one and I'm back down again.
Dolphins are fish, crops come from the grocery store, Canada isn’t North America, tampons in the butt…. this level of stupid used to shock me in the past, but not anymore. There always has been, and always will be, a significant % of the population that’s just hopelessly ignorant and scary crazy. And way beyond reach. At least you can spot them today… they all wear red hats
Several of these are NOT wrong. The comments on them are frightening though. Stay in school, kids. The one about 6000 BC is especially frightening that zero people understand the tweet, or how negative numbers work. The post (and joke it contained) was correct in every way. In the year 6000BC they did not have axes, so the year BEFORE that, they didn't use axes. The kid is punching through the tree FFS. Stay in school ya'll.
