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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Princes vs. Princess. Plurals Are Difficult For Some
There should be some sort of test before allowing people to interact with masses..
Load More Replies...Sometimes it is difficult to win arguments with idiots because they are just too dumb to understand what is going on, and it's hard to think of a good rebuttal to their bs because what they say is just so obviously flawed that the best first answer would be a lame "That doesn't make any sense." to which they act all smug in reply like they just beat you because you hesitated to come up with an explanation that would makes them see how dumb they are... I know this from my experience as a member of a high school debate team.
At this level of dumbness, I don't think the person knows the meaning of "plural". Plural means more than one. For example, two, three, four, five or more.
She was two men, Prince Gorgeous and Prince Kind.
Load More Replies...If you don’t know the difference between your and you’re, royal plurals are going to be a stretch.
And learn to spell. And punctuate. Oh, never mind. Just f**k off, will ya?
Let’s See Those Snarky Atheists Answer That
i wish I could stay 65 million years from whoever posted that first thing
Also, we did not "used to be cavemen". There may have been a few groups here and there that made use of caves, but there weren't enough of them to go around, and don't exist in all areas. I HATE that people actually think we used to be "cavemen". It's a myth born of cartoons, I think.
All of their arguments are cartoonish. My favorite is "if humans descended from apes, why are there still apes?" (Gee, I dunno... if so many Americans descended from Europeans, why are there still Europeans?)
Load More Replies...Because people are indoctrinated from before they could walk or talk that anyone who does not believe in thier god is evil and influenced by Satan. I mean, have you read the Bible? It's not all peace and love, but there is a lot of unjustice and cuelty. Not to mention the fact that of the ten commandments, only 4 of them have anything to do with morality or right and wrong.
Load More Replies...You mean the bottom side of the flat earth?
Load More Replies...Some people still think that humans coexisted with dinosaurs? I mean, the Flintstones didn't exactly help with that.
Yes indeed--and that same group thinks that THE MARTIAN is a documentary! It terrifies me to think these peeps are from our species...ignorance is our constant universal pandemic! https://time.com/4066689/the-martian-tweets-true-story/
Load More Replies...Well Maybe That’s Her Favorite Kind Of Yogurt
Haha... actually Quiet was female character in MGS V: The phantom pain :)
Load More Replies...Years ago my mother told me: think before you speak. This now translates to think before you post.
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
Upvoted it for you. I've encountered this one many times before and I'm still curious what Charlie Kirk had to say about his "mistake". Anyone (I'm not not on social media, so can't check it out myself) ??
Load More Replies...Humanity doesn’t deserve Bernie Sanders. Regardless, I think it’s cute how people hate him so much when 99% of them don’t even fit in the 52% tax bracket.
And never will! These people would be lucky to see that yearly salary of $10,000,000 in their lifetime!
Load More Replies...It's been this way for a few years, I find. But it probably started during the Reagan-era to make people afraid of "the Communists!"
Load More Replies...How to get a proposition that is really beneficial for all families that are poor or living on the edge of bankruptcy from the table? Mark it down as "SOCIALISM".
Interesting mathematics used by Charlie Kirk... wonder if he does his own taxes?
Confidently Corrected An Author
The virtual distance of the inter web allows idiots free reign to be audacious...
Load More Replies...IT was really a stupid comment the guy made it was like SHINING a light in the middle of the day it was like putting a hooman in a PET SEMATARY
I see what you did there, and I applaud it. It was like he was willing to take The Stand no matter how much Misery it brought upon him.
Load More Replies...Don't tell a dr how to doctor. Don't tell a cook how to cook. Don't tell a best-selling author how to spell.
What does bough mean in English? main branch : a branch of a tree especially : a main branch.Dec 23, 2020 www.merriam-webster.com › bough Bough | Definition
*your
Twice an idiot in the span of two statements. That is impressive.
English is not my native language but somehow this misplaced "you're","your" thing (also there,their,they're) triggers me a lot.
Men shouldn't be allowed an opinion on abortion, then. (I can hear the angry cries of idiots)
In that case, men shouldn't be allowed an opinion on reproductive matters.
People who don't know the difference between you're and your, shouldn't be allowed an opinion on sporting matters.
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?!
I would like to say some of us Americans are just as shocked as the sheer stupidity of our countrymen as the rest of the world
Load More Replies...I love how 'Mericans (distinctly different from Americans) are so freaky about their country and think they know everything about it, and yet many don't even know basic flag code. I saw a guy last night with two flags on the back of his truck and a bunch of "I'm violently american" type stickers. The flags were being flown at night, in the rain, and were being used as decoration. That alone is three different violations of the flag code. I wasn't sure whether to laugh or cry, tbh.
I think you mean 'Merkins. (Pun intended, in case you are wondering.)
Load More Replies...I'm truly baffled at how emotional people get over a piece of cloth. Same goes for their country's special song.
Exactly. They worship a piece of cloth more than human life sometimes. I bet you some would literally save flag from fire than someone they don't agree with politically.
Load More Replies...IKEA taking time to school a stupid American on American policy. I love the Swedish!
Yes but as per Swedish war code, the flag pole would come in a flat pack.
Load More Replies...Why TF should our flag be higher than anyone else's? Bull s**t. Egocentric America, as always. There are so many things I love about my country but so many things I dislike...
''For The Last Time'', He Proclaimed
If my dog can share my last name, why can the "creature" share the last name of his father?
I share my last name with my pets too, however, when I call them or setup appointments for them I use their first name so it's less confusing.
Load More Replies...Some people(LiteraryPeople)say the Creature considers himself the child of Victor Frankenstein. He self-identifies as a Frankenstein. That's why calling The Creature by that name isn't actually incorrect. He thinks he is the son of Victor Frankenstein, so it makes sense that he would take that name.
Smart Enough To Lead... Smart Enough To Breed?!?!
People like this make me see absolute—-and out of character—-blood red. Anyone who would defend a man, who not only molested underage girls himself, but also procured them, through lies, trickery, coercion, or or types of manipulation, to “give” them to his wealthy friends, IS definitely fuccked up himself. That person needs to be picked up and put in a soundproof room by themselves. Then any of the parents of Epstein’s victims—-or the victims themselves if so inclined—-can grab a Louisville Slugger and have five minutes alone. No phones, no cameras, no recording devices. Just a tight knit and tight lipped group of helpers.
Load More Replies...Especially if they posted with a public account. Let them stand by their statement.
Load More Replies...How come conservatives have such extremely perverted trains of thought?
If you really want a good read try finding the "Republican Party Rape Advisory Chart" reps-on-ra...2ed525.jpg
"Not even being provocative"... What are they like when they are being provocative?
I hope they get caught in a Drowning Machine made of lava.
Load More Replies...Because there are no laws saying that we can't try to defend our planet while there are several laws preventing you from doing... that to us
Time for the FBI to investigate this person who clearly thinks it is OK to have sex with minors.
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"
Math is clearly NOT her friend, so I'm doubting it!
Load More Replies...Don't you love people that think they are allowed to have opinions (i.e. to agree or disagree) about facts....
My sister. She once argued that lack of knowledge meant that her opinion counted because she didn't know better. Was still wrong as the fact still remained. Though facts can also have a shelf life (look up the shelf life of facts) as knowledge increases. Not usually the case with basic maths like this of course!
Load More Replies...We've gotten to the point where people "don't agree with" math. *facepalm*
Actually, you can drive for 27 hours in a day if you start in the eastern time zone of the US and drive west.
You can drive for thousands of years in a day if you drive close enough to the speed of light 🤠
Load More Replies...Seen this before some people are baffling. Though it explains a lot about the state of the world. Unwilling to listen to fact based arguments or too low iq to understand them. At least this guy didn't seem aggressive like people often are.
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!"
A fair amount of it was just rape. Certainly he raped Leda while disguised as a swan
Load More Replies...Exasperated Greek god: "Oh, f*ck Zeus!" All the other gods and mortals and everything inbetween: "Please don't!"
Judging by your username, you probably know quite a lot about the gods and monsters of Greek mythology by now. I approve!
Load More Replies...Let's see...Zeus had, I stopped counting, number of sons. Hera was not Hercules' mother. Hera hated Hercules. Megara does not fair well in this story.
If you're getting your facts from Disney then you get what you deserve
Load More Replies...When are people going to stop getting all of their information from cartoons?
Hercules/Herakles means “Glory/Pride of Hera.” Depending on the version you read, he’s named after Hera to appease her or because the fame of his struggles came from her wrath.
Load More Replies...Her lower case I's bother the hell out of me when she is saying why she is smarter than he. No doubt she is but the lower case I's do not help. Same for spelling Hercules with a lower case H.
Third Hole?! Surely You Jest!
Some people should really be forced to take anatomy before being allowed to go near any hole.
Yes willlsgcreed there are in fact 3 holes. The a**s, vagina and urethra.
I find the amount of women who don't know they have a urethra very scary.
Load More Replies...This is probrably due to the level of USA public education in sex and basic anatomy. He has two holes, therefore (in his mind) women must as well.
It never said he was an american. Although he probably was.
Load More Replies...Would probably find it very difficult - seeing he has this whole 'hole' confusion going on.
Load More Replies...For anybody confused by this, the external genitalia of the female of our species is the vulva. There are two holes in the vulva, one is the urethra and the other is the internal genitalia (aka the vagina). A lot of people think the vulva is the vagina and a lot of people don't know that the urethra and vagina are separate.
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"
The kind that "I'm a math major" but never go to class.
Load More Replies...You Sir/Madam have won the internet for today. I tip my hat to salute you!
Load More Replies...Yup, people are conflating percentages with decimalisation. Its amazing how many of the people commenting are actually guilty of what this entire thread is all about.
Load More Replies...What's still most disturbing in my view is that people are reducing the Covid deaths to minute numbers in a statistic. "Yeah, look, We only have 1368 deaths per million and Gibraltar has 2345 per million. So the US is doing great!!." Sure d!ckhead, US has 454 246 deaths, Gibraltar 79, it's not an effing competition....
Why does it matter that these are African Americans. Genuinely confused, here.
He's illustrating the point that there are inequities in the system. Fact is, black people are historically poorer. Poor people have less access to a multitude of health care related things like pre/post natal care, nutrition, hygiene, and are unrepresented in health studies - among other things.
Load More Replies...Do The Basic Math, People!
She's just a professional at screwing up simply things.
Load More Replies...Oh wow, well according to this math, I have birth to my child at age 89
But where did she get the 8 from if she didn't do the right thing first!?
I’m more interested in where they got the confidence and audacity to rewrite basic rules of mathematics.
Load More Replies...I was born in 2010. I am almost 11. How do people think this is corect
Hey guys! We have an innocent soul! Welcome to the internet, mate, you encounter people like this and you’re going to want to slam your head into the wall, happens to all of us, almost every day, all you can do is make a sarcastic remark, and move on.
Load More Replies...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.
Many homeless choose to live in tent cities (often due to the dismal state of homeless shelters), yet they are still considered homeless even though they have a tent to call "home".
Load More Replies...Ngl, even though Oscar decided to live in a trashcan, this person has a point. I mean, last time I checked, no one pays rent on a trashcan. (This is just my personal thought.)
LOL. So many things I read offer defenses for their comments by quoting things they have seen in movies or television and seem to think this is real life. Keeps me up at night wondering it they will be running for office.
What do you define as a service job? To me that means grocery, food service and hospitality. You may find some who are, but it's going to be few and far between and depend a lot on where you are city size wise.
Load More Replies...Ah, Us Politics... A Neverending Source
Because they are just 1 IQ point more intelligent than their voters. That makes them kings amongst beggars.
Load More Replies...Guys, the poster is Mark O'Rubio. That's not to be mistaken with the senator Marco Rubio. The man responding is responding to either a fake account or some private individual who is not in office. And if someone responds claiming to be a journalist, he doesn't even know how to tell a real government official from another individual - It has no checkmark verifying identity for one and for two, that is not how you spell his name - then I would not trust that journalist to fact check and be accurate as a journalist.
Yeah, I noticed the name and I thought that was super suspect.
Load More Replies...I hope he's ok, Megatron can't be the next president of Venezuela!
Load More Replies...This is fake. "Mark O'Rubio"?? His name is Marco Rubio. Look at the Twitter account cited here. It's essentially The Onion.
The best part are all the comments about how dumb this Senator is...and his followers...made by people too dumb to know this isn’t a senator’s Twitter.
Seriously?! Look at the original twitter name: Mark O'Rubio is NOT the politician Marco Rubio... Dumb commenting on dumb!
It’s hilarious people are commenting on an article essentially about how stupid people can be, while simultaneously believing joke Twitter account Mark O’Rubio and Marco Rubio are the same person.
1) Star Is A Shape And 2) Oranges And Blackberries
Blackcurrants, redcurrants . The colour orange was named after the fruit.
The fruit - the colour peach was named for its similarity to the colour of the inside of the fruit.
Load More Replies...blackberries just got put in their place but 4rl, thank god these two found each other
Ruby grapefruit, white grapefruit, red grapes, black grapes, white grapes, blackcurrants, redcurrants...
Covid Has Brought Out The Best In Everyone!
I get this at the hospital four-five days a week. And we came up with it so quickly b/c SARS1 back in teh early 2000s inspired a ton of research, and it became the basis for the current vaccines. It's called, shockingly, "funded scientific research into ongoing biological threats".
I like how they do the monocle thinking emoji thinking it makes them look smart when it makes them look like an idiot that has access to a smartphone
Also, pharmaceutical companies were working on a vaccine long before people from the US knew COVID existed.
Because coronavirus isn't that new. The new strand mutated much quicker and spread to humans.
Load More Replies...There is a flu vaccine put out every winter for people to take - especially seniors and people who are 'at risk', for military personnel it is mandatory. The flu virus mutates and the vaccine is altered for the new mutation. Haven't you ever seen the signs outside CVS, Walgreens, Walmart or any store with a pharmacy - "Flu shots here" - EVERY WINTER??
Yup there are new flu vaccines all the time. I've had 3 different types in the past 2 years. Sometimes ppl just need to read more or be better informed.
Load More Replies...Once we get herd immunity down let's start working on herd intelligence.
The flu virus is constantly changing as the Covid appears to be doing. People are given the latest flu vaccine in hope that is very close to the present one, even scientists can not predict what flu will be spreading next year.
Communism Is When You Are Only Allowed To Buy One Share Of A Stock
Both are wrong. This is quite unlike how capitalism is supposed to work, but that doesn't make it communist. Also, communism is not simply a lack of capitalism.
I'd say it's post-capitalism where the richest have gained so much power they get to set the rules.
Load More Replies...Technically in communism you own an equal number of stocks as everyone else.
Load More Replies...Uh, putting restrictions on the free market isn't capitalism. It's not communism but it's not capitalism either.
Restrictions on the free market are necessary for capitalism to function.
Load More Replies...Its neither socialism or capitalism, its corruption, which occurs under both systems.
Abigail Must See This Reply As An Instant Win
It took me a minute to figure this out. Abilgail is a transwoman and Hot Take Harry is unintentionally being super supportive.
I hope it ended up being a huge confidence booster for Abigail too, being recognized as the "just a woman" that she is!
Load More Replies...Even if you don't agree you can disagree politely or say nothing unless asked. Geez. You can also support people's rights even if you don't agree personally. Imo, we all have the right to be who we believe we are, and when it comes to identity we are all our own sources. That is my opinion, we can agree or disagree just let people do as they need and mind your own business, unless you're ok with them getting into yours. :) I'm not trans but I support.
America Didn’t Import Slaves
She might mean people who are here illegally and are exploited, underpaid and made to work in poor conditions. She might mean people here legally, but whose employers take their passports, and work them like slaves. She didn't use the nicest words, but it sounds like she's against slavery and I'll give her the benefit of the doubt.
Load More Replies...'Americans built this country' I'm confused by this statement. Didn't European settlers 'discover' America and brought slaves with them. They then killed or enslaved native Americans. So wouldn't it be that the Europeans built America?? (with help of their slaves)
Yeah. If Americans built the country, then natives would have built the country.
Load More Replies...Even the natives that were in the North American continent before the Europeans arrived there had slaves.
Incorrect. EVERY country back then used slaves so that didn't make America unique by any stretch of the imagination. Jesus Christ people, learn the history of something OUTSIDE the US for once.
https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-slavery-idUSL1561464920070322
Load More Replies...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...
All this account does is troll people on Twitter. He knows he's wrong just to drive people crazy (and it works)!
Load More Replies...I think maybe Three Year Letterman should suspend himself from social media since the first 2 posts are him being wrong lol. Wonder if I will see more from him as I go down the list.
I was about to say that. Dude needs to take a break. Possibly forever.
Load More Replies...This was a ride from start to finish. Just when you think it's over, more brain cells are lost.
“Where’d You Get That, From CNN?”
I don't think they teach geography in US schools... I saw a lot of these things online during the elections
We do teach geography in schools. Not much knowledge retention evidently. If it isn't on TV, people don't remember
Load More Replies...It's quite funny how certain people who read actual facts always come up with that standard remark: " It's from CNN, I'd rather check this on reliable sources like Breitbart or Infowars."
When you name your states as countries in Europe things can get complicated ;)
Although the state of Georgia is named after King George II, and has nothing to do with the country of Georgia.
Load More Replies...Canada could start a war with the States, just take our name off the map and they would never find us.
Someone Doesn’t Understand How The Food Supply Chain Works... Or Agriculture, For That Matter
My host mom from Kansas had a friend that thought meat comes from the store, nothing to do with animals
Load More Replies...This is why the rest of the world laughs at the US public school system
UGH! We farm. I could write a very long book of the idiotic things I've heard people say about farming. "Why do you bother growing tomatoes? You can easily buy them at the farm stand or even the market." "Can you eat the eggs from your chickens? I thought you had to buy eggs at the market in order to eat them." "I would never eat field grown vegetables. They are probably contaminated. When rain falls on plants, they die and the fruit becomes toxic." "Chickens need a swimming area to be healthy." (Chickens hate water other than what they drink) Oh yeah...people are idiots.
pls write the book. newsflash everyone: the Rain is toxic for plants!! and soil - apparently - it's toxic too! what's the next one? sun light is bad for plants because the UV rays?
Load More Replies...Ben...
I saw the name Ben Shapiro and instantly knew that this was going to be interesting...
"Interesting" and "Ben Shapiro" is "An unsuccessful door to door salesman trying to sell bow and arrows to people pointing an AK-17 at him."
Load More Replies...First Law of Thermodynamics: Energy can be changed from one form to another, but it cannot be created or destroyed. The total amount of energy and matter in the Universe remains constant, merely changing from one form to another.
Which really does nothing to disprove climate change. It's just fun for people who flunked FIRST YEAR Chemistry to blabber.
Load More Replies...All it says it that energy cannot be created or destroyed. There's nothing there that says it can't be reused.
The Earth is not truly an enclosed system, since it receives energy from the Sun.
He's technically right. It's a stupid statement because he's just being a pedantic asshole, but he's not wrong.
There's nothing pedantic about it. He doesn't even have a point. The law of thermodynamics doesn't have any importance in this context. He's not wrong but it's like answering "Bees have legs" when someone asks how honey tastes. Yes bees have legs but it's not important in the context.
Load More Replies...Speaking of thermodynamics he should die depleted despite having had meals. But for some reason he goes on. Renewable?
the vitriol comes from him being a racist misogynistic pig who thinks he's smarter than everyone will continually proving himself to be an absolute dipshit. even to the point of fully admitting he cannot properly pleasure his wife without realizing that's what he's saying
Load More Replies...Wikipedia Is Wrong
They are fish when they are swimming, and mammals when they jump. This makes them amphibians. Read a book people!! (I'm joking lol pls don't believe this)
What about seals? or walrus, or sea otters? Are they fish by this definition? What about manatee? Where is the fish/not fish dividing line? I need to know. What about mudskippers or that tree-climbing fish? They come out of the water onto land, so are they still fish?
Traditionally, they were all considered fish. Although even in medieval times bestiaries contained the caveat "These are fish which are like animals with four hooves" in the case of a walrus.
Load More Replies...During medieval time everything living in water was considered a fish and could be eating on fasting days.
No, spiders are birds because they can walk on the ceiling like a fly and flies are birds because they can fly.
Load More Replies...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.
Depending on the choking method, it’s easy to exhale, but you can’t inhale. So stupid, this mayor is.
Load More Replies...Medical here. You may have enough breath to gasp, "I. Can't. BreaThe!" but not enough to get sufficient air into or out of your lungs to allow for proper oxygenation of the blood. It's why strangling someone takes a while. Say, nine minutes.
I so admire people like this who can make a point with so few words. I'd be writing an essay to try to argue with the idiot.
I know an easy way to settle this. Let's have mr. mayor lie down on the ground and have another person place his/her/their knee on his neck for as many minutes as the kneeler sees fit. Let's wait for nine or ten minutes, just to be on the safe side. We should film this, you know, for evidence. Let's test your theory HAL MARX. You ready to prove your point?
I can't believe a man's last words was " I can't breathe" and someone is actually saying... Oh jezzzz.
So Confidently
ah yes and this is why many Christians were little cervixes as jewellery...
All I can picture now are tiny gold cervixes hanging from a chain. I've been cracking myself up for a few minutes now. Really need to get out of this house...
Well, truth be told, I'm not really sure what a prostate is....though it seems to be a bit of a troublemaker.
At least you know it's part of a man's body yes? That's already an improvement on this chap.
Load More Replies...To a giant figure of himself on the cross??? Yeah.
Load More Replies...Three Perfect Example. Except For, Not
Plus JKR actually got a grant so she could write HP. Guess where the money came from?
Well clearly she just said "Accio money" and it appeared, since the government wasn't involved lol
Load More Replies...As an American, can I lodge a protest against the "do it all yourself" myth, and the "billionaires just had to pull themselves up to do it" myth? Please?
As a member of a community chorale who gets Covid funding from the city to make up for what we won't make at non-existent concerts this year, I could go on. I'll just say we're glad we could make it to our 101st consecutive year.
Idiot completely ignoring that there is more to bringing you books, movies, games and music than just writing or performing them. Techs are needed to get things on running, printers and warehouse workers and shippers and other clerical workers to get books, DVDs, etc. to you, thousands of people who work in live performances out of work including not just actors and singers but also those who build the sets, sell the tickets and clean the theater spaces, museum collections still need maintenance and money to pay the utility bills for security and keeping the materials in stable conditions, to say nothing of the curators, guards, cleaners and other staffers who are out of work right now.
What you gotta respect is : how frickin' confident this fidiot is in his stupidity !
Why is everyone worried over what appears to be American money? JKR is British, she wrote in Britain and still lives in Britain I understand
Hmmmm
My respect for that moron has always been 2 feet below seabed of The Mariana Trench.
Load More Replies...This is a fake quote. One of 3 fake quotes on this list meant to bash the right. One - it's fake news we all so hate. Two - shame doesn't help us win over any to our view points unless you're looking to hold people under your thumb and be someone you don't like. Three - you should check out some of the positive lists this site does when you're done in your echo chamber. Stay positive!
the rich doesn't want to share, but if they were poor they would be the first to scream for money
They are always screaming for money. Amazon has not paid taxes in most of the past ten years, yet lobbies for lower tax rates for corporations. Trump's tax cuts gave the top 1% of income makers over a $trillion in relief while minimum wages have not gone up in over ten years, reducing income of the poor by the amount of inflation during that time.
Load More Replies...He is so stupid it amazes me he's even able to turn on his phone and post this s**t
“That’s Because We Are Not A Democracy!”
Now I'm confused, is America a republic or a democracy? (This is a joke people, don't make yourselves look like the idiots in these posts.)
I remember my junior high history teacher preaching that we live in a Republic not a Democracy. Year after that I had Government class and learned that a Republic is a type of Democracy. I was so mad at the history teacher because he was a d**k about it.
A course in comparative political systems taught me that the US federation and electoral college are designed to protect minority interests and prevent tyranny of the majority. Small states vs larger states, special interests of small regional groups, etc.
*5999
Fun fact, for some reason, in the UK Axe, the body spray, is called Lynx.
Load More Replies...Am I missing something? 6001 BC is the year before 6000 BC. If the ax was invented in 6000 BC, then it makes sense that the person is punching the tree down in 6001 BC, the year before the invention of the ax. But the response is correcting the original joke to say that the person is punching the tree in 5999 BC, the year after the invention of the ax. It seems to me that that person is the idiot, but they don't get corrected, and this is supposed to be a compilation of idiots who get corrected. Am...am I the idiot?
No, this is a post about people showing off their idiocy. Mr. *5999 is the one being stupid.
Load More Replies...Didn't BC (before christ) count backward? So I think the first guy is right. Correct me if I'm wrong because I'm not sure.
There are a lot of memes like this: https://cheezburger.com/9613061/stupid-dank-memes-about-when-stuff-was-invented You'll notice it's all "invented in year" then "people in the year -1". So the guy here thought it needed to be 6000 - 1 when, as Carmen says, it should be 6000 + 1 for BC dates.
Load More Replies...I Guess Aztecs Are Not Native To The Americas...
actually, they ARE mexicans.. they lived in what is now modern-day mexico. not sure if this was the point, or the poster is misinformed
Load More Replies...I had a Canadian co worker once, we're all expats, and I pointed out how us Americans took up the entire back of the empty bus. He was highly offended to bring called American. I'm like... We're all North American... Dude hated me
That’s how it is for everyone in North America, Central America, and South America. “America” is just a short form for the United States of America. Nobody calls themselves American unless they are in USA. If you were referring to all North Americans then you must include the word North.
Load More Replies...Native American specifically refers to indigenous peoples of the United States though. In Canada they are referred to as "First Peoples" or "Native Canadians", so it is correct to say that Mexicans would not refer to Aztec as "Native American".
I'm sure it's different depending where you are in Canada, but for what it's worth I've never heard "Native Canadian" being used, ever. "First Nations" is common, "Aboriginal" was in use briefly, and now it's generally "Indigenous". (I am taking my direction on this from actual naming of official buildings/organizations by the people of this culture in my area.)
Load More Replies...So, is it that they thought only the USA is America? I feel whooshed lol
Try telling.some Canadians that they're American, and in less than two seconds they'll get stumble over themselves to correct you.
Load More Replies...'America' refers to two continents. Hence a native 'American' could be a native of anywhere from Tierra del Fuego to Nunavut.
This is such a stupid technicality, not an "own." The term Native Americans colloquially denotes a native of North America. Native South and Central Americans don't even refer to themselves as "native Americans."
It's a confusing post. You have to understand some nuances of geography and history for it to even make sense. I wouldn't tease someone who needed more clarification. I need more clarification!
Load More Replies...Oy, a lot of Mexicans have this problem. *I am a Mexican* and a lot of folks here really really hold on to that imaginary line called a border as if it's always existed. And a lot of them know zilch about their indigenous ancestry bc white supremacy is a very real issue worldwide.
Defo A 'Strayan
Might get backlash but it’s not surprising that it’s only trump supporters that think this.
When you flunk math and science. Welcome to America. I've never seen the upsurge of stupidity so strong since we got Covid. Worse the "I'm so special" imaginary confidence is adding to the problem.
People who cannot read are called illiterate, and it is demeaning. People who can't cope with simple math are innumerate, but that phrase does not seem to be demeaning. But it should.
You Are Not Circumcised
Storks, dear, storks. They work for all of humanity.
Load More Replies...Well, at least he accepted his error, and didn't continue arguing even when clearly wrong.
Props for a) looking it up and b)admitting a mistake. Something not yet seen in this thread.
AT LEAST this person... had the wherewithal to look it up... instead of just pressing and pressing and pressing the "I'm RIGHT" stance... Good for you, person!
Okay in all fairness, at least they figured out their mistake. That's more than a lot of the other people from these posts can say.
Hopefully not for the person performing the latter.
Load More Replies...Micro$oft
Every idot who says "do research" then immediately demonstrates that they didn't
Load More Replies...TECHNICALLY, I agree with the person in red. Windows and Xbox are both made by Microsoft, not Micro$oft.
So, I guess by research they mean they listen to the voices in their head.
Confidently Argued Blind People Couldn't Feel Their Own Fingers
I wonder if these guys stare at the keyboard and poke slowly to make sure they pushed the right keys.
Your honour, I wasn't looking at my hand so I didn't pull the trigger. Unless there's a blind witness?
Load More Replies...I had to read over it a couple of times to understand what was going on!
Load More Replies...I'm just really impressed that the one person still kept trying long after it was obvious that the other person didn't care about the truth, only about being right
It's called doubling down. When you are so desperately, badly, insanely wrong there's no graceful or least embarrassing way back. So you press on. Keep repeating a lie until it becomes truth
Load More Replies...Man, Those Pesky Hackers Evolve More And More Every Day
It's frightening really. This person has read that on the internet, or been told it be someone and has taken it as fact without question. Why?
Load More Replies...Use a big hat made of Aluminum foil on top of your car and you'll be protected.
In 2005, graduate students at MIT conducted an expermiment on tinfoil-hat RF permeability, and they found that such a hat can effectively block most radio frequencies, but signals in the 1.2GHz and 2.6GHz bands pass cleanly through. Conveniently, those frequencies are used by the government and satellite companies for communications. And perhaps reading the minds of conspiracy theorists from space ;)
Load More Replies......then they use your personal info to register a new credit card. THEN they order a pizza.
That's a new one. Dang 5G now attacks cars too. Gotta throw away my whole car now lol
He lost me when he said 5G in the 1st sentence... people with wild conspiracy theories these days start with 5G in every argument
Ohhhh but the 5G is evil and Obama is a lizard human
Load More Replies...Seriously. Like ur licence plate, tax/social security number, drivers licence, credit history, medical history etc are all impossible to access, but god if someone knows how many k's you've done it's like giving them your DNA *facepalm x infinity*
Hi hope he/she wears an alu hat while driving. Just for safety reasons of course.
It Does
By the same logic, Trump was elected President but it doesn't make him a President. He did NOTHING what a President would do, and in fact, the opposite. That said, the responder is wrong.
They have a point, just because you're in congress does not automatically make you a congresswoman. You could be a congressman instead
Well I mean Donald got elected to the Presidency, but it didn't make him a President.
1 Kilometre Is Less Than A Mile
in our defense, if you grew up with entirely different systems than the one the rest of the world is using, and a failing education system, you wouldn't be the brightest either.
Load More Replies...Im an American and I know a Kilometer is shorter, but the way this person wrote it (1 mile = 1.6 Kilometer) was pretty trippy. I'm a little slow at math, so I could understand the confusion if this was the only Mile: Kilometre comparison they had ever seen. it would make more sense to me if it was written (1 Kilometre = 0.62 Miles) I know in the end they mean the same thing, but the different format can be more comprehensible at a glance ;) that's just how my brain works 'nd whatnot, no hate, plz
Kilometer is longer than Mile when written on paper. But the distance of A Mile is longer than the distance of A Kilometer
Can we stop with all the American person stereotype?? I would really enjoy if you just enjoy the memes but not be rude and say that all Americans are stupid. Some definitely are, but not all of them. A lot of Americans are very smart, and I would really enjoy if people stop saying all Americans are stupid. I mean this in the kindest way possible.
Apparently, Skin Color Is An STD Now
Wait.. we change color according to the color of the man we marry? How does that work? If I marry several men of different color... do I become a rainbow?
These are the real questions. Also since marrying a black man would then make me black, do I stay black if I divorce him?
Load More Replies...She is NOT "African American". Her mother is from India and her father is Jamaican. There is no "America" in there. She IS an American.
But being American, doesn't make her NOT African... Any more than being American would make her NOT Asian, or NOT Indian or NOT Jamaican.
Load More Replies...Oh boy, given that I'm scottish/german background, and my Wife of 23 years is Jamaican born, I guess I have to get to a doctor, because I'm still as pasty white as the day I met her. Mo-and-Dre...133a94.jpg
So your skin colour changes when you get married? What about if you get divorced? Does it change back?
Shhhh.... some humans are chameleons but it's a secret.
Load More Replies...So.... This means I'm blonde and blue-eyed? Well, huzzah! Glad ot know my coloring changed when I said "I do"! Love, honor, cherish, and oh, yeah, alter my genetic code!
I did not realize that my Mexican wife is white now. Or that I am Mexican. Do I become her and she becomes me? How does this work, I have many questions.
Redefining Middleman
I can tell you that it wasn't a middle man. Or maybe it was... or it wasn't... I'm lost...
Load More Replies...Well . . . most supermarkets do get their goods from a distributor, not directly from the producer, so, technically, Trader Joe's is correct, since THEY have no middleman between them and the producer/farmers/etc. Technically YOU are correct because while you have one less middleman (technically technically one-fewer) between you and the producer, you don't have NO middleman. I don't think this was a company-approved marketing piece -- just one of their store chalkboard artists who got a little confused in their messaging.
The advertisement can be misleading, but basically it is saying that there are no resellers or distributors in the process. These guys will incur additional costs, and by bypassing them, Trader Joes can offer the producers a better buying price, or pass on the savings to the customer
People are really studying this one, probably thinking - what's wrong with having the "MIDDLEMAN" in the middle?
“Counting Votes After Election Day Has Never Been Done Before”
In Russia they know the result before the election begins, the more you know.
Load More Replies......did this guy think they counted tens of millions of votes in just a couple of hours?
I think they thought the votes that we cast in elections are posted immediately. They saw that they were "winning" during the actual literal count in the evening and thought it was representative of the results. I swear, millions of Americans learned how to vote from the voice or American idol. That seems to be the basis of their logic. They confused "casting your ballot" with "counting your ballot." Again, they thought it was instantaneously counted as you cast so they literally thought people were still at the polls after closing. With that logic in mind, it makes sense they were completely confused on how mail-in ballots work too.
Load More Replies...Well, in some dodgy countries, the votes are counted before the election.
We could count them before elelcton day and save ourselves the trip to the polls?
Oh, you people, the ones who wanted to stop the counting and at the same time to count all the votes (:
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."
So does he think we sh*t babies? He will never become a father while he keeps attempting that route.
Ikr.... a lot of these men really are clueless at this stuff. Some dudes ACTUALLY fight women abt this.
Load More Replies...The women he knows just put tampons in every orifice to avoid ANY interaction with this one. Can't hear you, I'm on my period so I have tampons in my ears!
It's people like that where you just want to put 4 tampons in their mouth and make them drink a glass of water just for the peace and quiet
Then that man was truly birthed out of his mama’s ass. Then carved into human shape, and added to every year to look like he was growing.
Never tried it but can't imagine it would be drier than the correct hole... inserting tampons can be very painful. Especially at the beginning if your period.. (I stopped using them and switched to pads)
Load More Replies...Well, he did say he was "pretty good" at anatomy. He didn't say he was an expert.
Confidently Incorrect About North America
Is this really this common that Americans don't know geography outside USA?
I am from the USA went to public school and know geography quite well. I think it depends on the person. There are stupid people everywhere.
Load More Replies...Canada is part of North America as well as Mexico. North America is the continent not the country.
This kinda s**t makes me sad to be from the United States. Edit: This is a prime example of why people should call this country the US or United States instead of America.
I've met a few Latin Americans who get really annoyed when people call the USA America.
Load More Replies...PSST! Don't tell them! They'll start to think they own us Canadians
North America is a continent not a country... Canada is in North America...
I was always under the impression that North America includes: Alaska, Canada, Continental United States, and Mexico.
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.
I cannot believe this man was in charge of running a country...
When did he ever NOT get things wrong? The man is an ignorant buffoon.
Comrade Trump was and will be down in history as the dumbest, most wilfully ignorant, bigoted, racist, homophobic DUMBASS to ever sit in the WH.
Donald Trump: whatever I say is the truth. Because the more times I say it, the more truthful it gets.
The Greeks Were Christians
me too... i'm catholic yet im pansexual
Load More Replies...Thank you! I thought I missing something here...
Load More Replies...Or bi I suppose. They occasionally had gay relationships because why not
Load More Replies...Even california during pride isn't as gay as the ancient greece.
Load More Replies...I guess I misunderstood the initials B.C. on all those dates about ancient Greek history.
And all the gods on the Olympus are crying now. Well done for dismissing them lol
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)
Also, it would make a shitty bullet-proof west because "hard" actually means more something like "scratch-resistant", it doesn't mean "can't be broken". Quite the opposite, actually - e.g. metals scratch more easily than glass, but which of the two would you worry about dropping? A diamond bullet-proof vest will certainly be better than one made from glass, but not THAT much better.
Load More Replies...also police officers would be kidnapped instead of shot at if they were wearing vests made out of diamonds
Diamond is very hard but has no tensile strength, so it would shatter from the impact of a bullet. Heck, even a 5 year old with a hammer could smash one to pieces. Kevlar on the other hand has extreme tensile strength and will warp to distribute the impacting force of the bullet. Ideally this will stop it from penetrating the material, but it is dependent on the gun firing the bullet. From a side arm it is likely to stop, but rounds from several types of assault rifles will punch right through a typical vest. In that case you need additional body armor for reliable protection. The trade off is that it is heavier and more cumbersome to wear.
oh sorry i didn't see your comment but I commented something similar about how diamond is stiff
Load More Replies...Diamonds are very hard but they are too brittle to make effective armor.
Because diamonds will shatter if struck by a bullet because of their cleavage patterns.
Good Job
Every day it's starting to look more like a documentary and less like a comedy...
Load More Replies...I want to play devil's advocate: maybe her point is calling them by the continent instead of the country is racist? Or maybe poor soul is confused
Asia does cover many countries. Europe is the same. North America & South America, the same. I wonder if she thinks Asia is a country instead of a continent? I don't think calling someone by their continent is racist. We call people from Europe, European, and the same with other places. I lean more toward she's confused.
Load More Replies...I think some people are confused because the word "Oriental" is now considered inappropriate (and borderline offensive) for describing people. It's a word used to describe objects (oriental rugs, etc). Describing a person as Asian is perfectly fine.
I don't know why you got downvoted, so I upvoted you. "Oriental" literally means "from the East", which includes China, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, Mongolia, etc, but not India or Arab nations. In some parts of the world (particularly the US), this term is now considered offensive. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orient.
Load More Replies...Technically water is dry. I couldn’t believe it! It’s funny but I still get your point
Load More Replies...Again... with the continents.... ASIA is ALL OF THIS... it's pretty big... and if you're talking ethnic culturally... it's kinda spread out... so it's subdivided! East-Asian, South-Asian, Southeast-Asian ... As an (ethnically) East-Asian raised by Parents who were raised in South-East Asia and myself being raised in North America with **all the influences** intertwined........... this post kinda makes me hurt.
An Interesting Way Of Adding Percentages....
Agreed. The only times I can remember not washing is when there was a tornado and I had to get to safety.
Load More Replies...nOo! 104% iS iMpOsSiBlE! yOu ArE sO dUmB!!!!! lol
Load More Replies...When I learned about % back in school, I never imagined it really would be so bloody useful in daily life.
You don't get percentages Lydia, you don't get to talk about them >:I
Think of it from the other direction to show the lack of logic: 69% of men and 35% of women *don’t* wash their hands — sooooo... 104% of all people are unsanitary?
And they still don't, even in this pandemic. Last summer when the restaurants were briefly open where I live, I visited a unisex bathroom. I took my time at the sinks, meanwhile 4 men and 3 women all left without washing their hands. Just straight back to the table to eat, drink and touch everything :l.
Lil Nas Is 21...
That’s An Obummer
Without wanting to sound rude. Can someone please explain this fetishisation of the military in the US? My country had mandatory service until 2008. Pretty much everyone has served. Literally no one is running around expecting special treatment because of it. We also don't randomly go up to people to thank them for their service. Yes, veterans do get some special allowances and a card that gives them special discounts under certain conditions.
On the other side of the medal: Veterans are left to deal with PTSD without any support after they left the army. Veterans have to fight the authorities to get the allowances they are lawfully entitled to. Veterans have the highest chance to become homeless and die of drug abuse. Immigrant veterans are deported after they complete their service. So it's not all sunshine, rainbows and flowers for veterans.
Load More Replies...Well, the last soldier in my family (fathers side) was my Great-Great-Grandfather in the 1860s. On my mothers side. it was my Grandfather in WWII.
Generally it wouldn't bother me, except people tried to claim that Trump and his family have sacrificed so much for this nation when they literally haven't sacrificed anything, especially endangering themselves in military service
Load More Replies...Actually Fred Jr. (Donald's older brother) was in ROTC in college and served in the Air National Guard.
Bit misleading, Fred Trump I, came to the US at a time there was no war and was too old when War Broke out in 1898. Fred II was born 1905, too young to fight in ww1 and too old to enlist in ww2, Donald did get a medical exemption but that is up for debate if it was real or not, and none of Donalds kids served (on the other hand only 3% of Americans will ever serve in the military in any way). However Fred I's father Christian Trump did serve in Germany as well as his father Johannes. However Donald's first cousin, John, who wrote the book on the Trump family history did serve honorably in the US military. Further Donald's Brother Fred was an officer in the USAF and ANG. Donald's Uncle John not only served in ww2 with distction as one of the Military's top scientists on RADAR and other electronics and even knew Tesla as a colleague. So it is not so simple here
I despise Trump but must point out that his older brother Fred served in the Natl Guard.
This Is The Dumbest Thing I've Read Today, Smh
pretty much exactly how evolution works. which is why i have a car exoskeleton
She Was So Confident
And this seems to be the most US people's thinking in the nutshell - I don't know what it is so instead of learning I shall scream about my ignorance...
Why does she have to be from the US? Wouldn't it be fair to say there are idiots all over the globe?
Load More Replies...Cisgender is you being the same gender you were born as aka born a girl-still a girl
"Assigned," buddy. You're assigned a gender at birth. Trans people don't switch genders. They may change their sex or their outward appearance. Gender though is deeper than that, and sometimes doctors get gender wrong when they assign it at birth.
Load More Replies...The world is overpopulating anyways, quit bitchin about not having a grandchild
Aight
I'm an x-ray engineer and I can confirm x-ray techs are idiots. It's actually scary
I'm an xray tech with an insatiable desire to learn. But, likely still an idiot.
Load More Replies...You know that the people that are so concerned about radiation are sitting next to their router, posting their disgust on their mobile phone while their microwave is warming up their TV diner right behind their back.
The microwave is shielded. I sometimes stare at the turning food. I almost never hold my cellphone to my ear since it has a speaker.
Load More Replies...X-ray techs wear lead coats and take other precautions to avoid exposure
Different radiation sources. Cell phones emit non-ionizing radiation. X-rays use ionizing radiation.
Load More Replies...Ah Yes Of Course
I am not even American and I KNOW that woman is dead set wrong.
Covid killed more americans on one day than 9/11 like 3 days ago
COVID-19 has been killing more than 9/11 every day for a couple months now. When do we start the daily "Never Forget" sob-fest like we did every year for 9/11?
Load More Replies...2996 people died in 911. The slave trade in the US started in 1619 and ended in 1865, so I think we can safely say that the slaves are dead. There were approximately 15000 slaves in New England in 1770, that's already more than the number of people who died in 1911 in one region. If you count all the slaves who died throughout history, even the ones who weren't in the US, you get a number that is definitely bigger than 2996. You don't have to be American to know for sure that the person with 2 people in the profile pic is wrong.
Slaves taken from Africa to the US in the slave trade were around 600,000 (I use that number because I know it, I don't know the total number of slaves that there were in the US off thevtop of my head). 9/11 was 3000 deaths.
and that's not including slaves that were born into slavery or people who are not properly recorded because people didn't care. Undoubtedly the number is significantly higher
Load More Replies...Literally this is white supremacy in action... the ignorance of some who keep pushing s**t like this
Oh dear god... blond, middle-aged women of the U.S... What on earth happened you y'all?
Mlk Would Disagree
MLK promoted non-violent protests. His saying, "Riots are the voice of the unheard," was voicing understanding of riots, not promoting them.
Um, but Dr. King didn't condemn rioters either. "Let us say boldly that if the violations of law by the white man in the slums over the years were calculated and compared with the law-breaking of a few days of riots, the hardened criminal would be the white man." Don't do him the disservice of picking through his quotes to only present him how you want. He, like all humans, was much more complicated than that.
Load More Replies..."WWJD"? Didn't Jesus overturn tables of money changers in the temple?
This is a passage that leads up to his crucifixion - talking about the change that will come about the rites of God after he dies. He was showing that the temple after his death would be a place of prayer and not of sacrifice and idolatry. What does that have to do with riots?
Load More Replies..."By the End of His Life, Martin Luther King Realized the Validity of Violence." Don't trap Dr. King in your fifth grade class's portrayal of him. He was much more complicated than that. ttps://timeline.com/by-the-end-of-his-life-martin-luther-king-realized-the-validity-of-violence-4de177a8c87b
This is referencing "The Role of the Behavioral Scientist in the Civil Rights Movement" speech, Washington DC. If you read all of the speech instead of the little bit at the beginning, you'll see he supports closing the gap in social science concerning black people, and what he advocates for is justice, peace, and non violent civil disobedience: "I believe we will have to find the militant middle between riots on the one hand and weak and timid supplication for justice on the other hand. That middle ground, I believe, is civil disobedience. It can be aggressive but nonviolent; it can dislocate but not destroy."
Load More Replies...So is this: "Let me say as I've always said, and I will always continue to say, that riots are socially destructive and self-defeating. I'm still convinced that nonviolence is the most potent weapon available to oppressed people in their struggle for freedom and justice. I feel that violence will only create more social problems than they will solve. That in a real sense it is impracticable for the Negro to even think of mounting a violent revolution in the United States. So I will continue to condemn riots, and continue to say to my brothers and sisters that this is not the way. And continue to affirm that there is another way."
Light Racism?
What's a joke about it? the fact that I go to an american school and haven't read a book in English class for two years?
Load More Replies...I mean, it takes 5 seconds to google the map of the world so what's the f excuse?
Do they really don´t know how big Asia is? I might be wrong but isn´t it the biggest continent? From the Ural mountains to Japan and from northern Siberia to south India I think... Right?
As Seen On Instagram
But it still often costs more due to it’s location. Some parts of very north Scotland and the Scottish Isles also incur a higher postal rate.
They specifically stated the UK. Which northern Ireland is a part of. If they stated the UK they're saying all the uk. this is a stupid as someone saying they shipped to the US and then find someone lives on the West coast so they're going to charge them more
Load More Replies...Well depopdrama is not wrong here? In Germany we have free shipping except "islands". Those Islands are German but cost extra in shipping. And Northern Ireland is part of an island.
Well, there might not be a distinction for Germany, but there is one for 'those islanders': The 'United Kingdom' includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, and many smaller islands within the British Isles. The term 'Great Britain' is used to refer to England, Scotland and Wales, including their component adjoining islands. (but excluding islands such as the Isle of Man and the channel islands.) So saying "only shipping to the UK" would include N. Ireland. If he didn't want to send to N. Ireland, he should have said "only shipping to Great Britain"
Load More Replies..."You Really Are Uneducated"
thats also wrong, this is the 19th time aliens have invaded, and there keeping us in out houses so we dont see the aliens, duhhhh
Load More Replies...Corona viruses have existed for a long time, though, as a large group.
u guys should listen to them. their dad's bill gates and they're a billionaire superdoctor. obviously.
No- it's literally a virus. Not a disease or bacteria- a virus.
Load More Replies...Leaving This Here
:( I’m Half Japanese Half American....... this is killing me. (Post, not me being half and half)
I'm not trying to be negative or insulting, but when you say half American do you mean white American? I ask because I'm from the US and considered American, but I'm also biracial and have American friends that are from different racial backgrounds than me.
Load More Replies...Culture has nothing to do with skin tone, but yes there are more than two types of skin color.
Load More Replies...I've never heard the term "biracial" before coming to US. It is just ridiculous
It has been a long transition period. I have never been to South Africa, but I understand they had similar laws. While the term biracial seems to be highly associated with USA, many other older societies also discriminated against the unpure so must have had other words. Welcome to post-1970.
Load More Replies...You’ve Read The Entire Thing?
I know the constitution better than most US born Americans. And I am not US born, but somehow feel I need to know my rights in and out better than some of these ppl. The entitlement is unbelievable.
Hate To See It- Love My Dad Tho
I would like to say as a Christian that we don't discriminate against LGBTQ+ people or people with other beliefs. God told us that we should love everyone. It is God's role to judge not ours.
I am also a Christian. I would say though that some Christians do discriminate. They shouldn't but there are Christian idiots just like there are idiots in all walks of life.
Load More Replies...If a personal business wants to lose business, fine. But do they bake cakes for divorced people? Birthday cakes for kids out of wedlock? People on their second marriage? Don't pick and choose what part of the bible to listen to. But if they do it they would go out of business. Because everyone sins! That is my agnostic take on that.
I'd cry for American education, but this misconception is found elsewhere.
Reading Is Hard
I think I actually lost braincells trying to comprehend that.
Load More Replies...It would be clearer if the original poster had punctuated correctly...
1. it's a grammar error not a spelling error 2. this is just plain dumb
*Laughs In Free Healthcare*
If this is so, then why are so many people being bankrupted by it? Or having to go without medication because they can't afford it? America's 'for profit' healthcare works only on behalf of those who are wealthy. But, doesn't every citizen have a right to proper healthcare? Oh, but no, that would be socialist, and we can't have that.
Yeah, it's a real s**t show over here. I just got rid of my health insurance because it cost me $10k per year in premiums, and I still had an annual $3k deductible. It's cheaper to pay out of pocket.
Load More Replies...This person is delusional. I live in the US and the health care system is run by criminals. Thirty tablets of my name brand medicine is $42 from Canada yet it is illegal for me to purchase it. The same medication in the US is $5524 for a thirty day supply. No joke.
Well, it's the best for enriching insurance company and Big Pharma CEOs.
10 antibiotics are $23.99. Zithro. My son got out if hospital last week and is going to be on them a while.
I need to go to the hospital after reading something this stupid but I can't afford it
And again put "socialist" in front of any other word and suddenly it's bad, despicable and " the first step to communism".
The Sarcastic Use Of The Thinking Emote Is The Icing On This Ahistorical Cake
The holocaust was so much worse than the current discrimination of non-white people, though. The Nazis didn't just exploit the Jewish, they wanted them DEAD. Imagine if the KKK was running the US - not just wanting to, but actually RUNNING, as in, making the laws and controlling the police. There would be barely any riots, not for lack of want, but for fear of death!
"White" is very narrowly defined by Hitler, for one thing.... Jews weren't given privilege b/c of anti-Semitism.... How many ways can we tear this apart?
Not only did Jews fight back in the Warsaw Ghetto, but there was an uprising in the Lodz Ghetto, there were Jewish partisans in Belarus, the Baltic countries, and Ukraine, in France and Italy, and in many places under Nazi rule. In fact, Jews actually staged a revolt in Auschwitz, and another in the Treblinka death camp.
Someone doesn't understand what white privilege is. People out here still thinking it's living in luxury or being free from burden. NO. It only means that your skin color isn't adding to your oppression.
So They Asked King George III Very Nicely For Independence, To Which He Cheerfully Agreed
And also the British. And American patriots who fought for the British. Surely?
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Some people should not be allowed on the internet...not talking about the post btw
and you don't have the power to post on Twitter :) Good luck with that kid:)
You do realise that she was taking the piss out of Ted Cruz? Cruz tweeted: "By rejoining the Paris Climate Agreement, President Biden indicates he's more interested in the views of the citizens of Paris than in the jobs of the citizens of Pittsburgh"
Load More Replies...Gotta Love University Rivalries On Dating Apps
Neither U-of-Zero, nor the school named after the Fresh Prince's Cousin are bastions of brilliance. I guffawed at both.
That’s Definitely Joe Statistics Work
My dad works at a hospital. He knows 20+ people who have died of COVID. It's still shocking to me how many people don't believe this is real.
Volunteer at a hospital. I stopped counting who I know who died, or is disabled, or won't be back on their feet for months.... Or I'd do what a doc did last summer and kill myself. And yet people say it's not that bad.
Load More Replies...My uncle and my cousin have it. They are still alive and I's so glad they are and I hope never to have 4 people who I know dying from it. Talking about statistics when it's someone's family is pretty f****d up.
A Quick Google Search Could Have Shown Them They Were Wrong, But Instead They Chose To Spread Misinformation On Twitter
If they used the other side, they would be infecting them with anything on the mask. And you should not wear someone else's mask because there are germs on the outside, and on the inside from the person themselves
Imagine being the exact type of person this post is aimed at...
Load More Replies...A Covid Vaccine With A 95% Success Rate Definitely Means That 5% Of The People That Get The Vaccine Will Die
Five percent of people receiving the vaccine may still get Covid. Not die of the vaccine. OMG. I deal with this so often in my regular life as it is.... Can't Bored Panda show me more cute animals? Less stupid humans?
Wish it was that simple. People are getting worse and worse.
Load More Replies...OMG! They think that the vaccine kills the 5% of the population that it doesn't protect! No wonder they don't want to take it. I would also not want to take it if it had a 5% chance of killing me.
The other 5% could mean it does nothing or it kills you, not just it kills you
Oh. Well, I’m Glad It’s All Cleared Up
Speeding was made illegal by speed limit laws. I guess that means nobody speeds anymore.
Drugs were made illegal i guess that means nobody does them anymore 🤷
Load More Replies...murder was made illegal thanks to the law. I guess that means nobody kills other people anymore
I love that trumpers bought souvenir hats and flags, while the democrats donated to campaigns
This Happens Once In The History Of Today...
dId YoU kNoW, tHaT aT 9:21 aNd 21 SeCoNdS tOnIgHt iT wIlL bE 21:21:21 2021. tH-Oh, it's not 2121 yet. Damn it! Honey, get the f*****g time machine!
Load More Replies...Everything that has to do with a specific time and date happens once in history
But that time they put there happened every evening at 8.20 last year
Load More Replies...So when was 19:19:19 1919? Or any comparable combination from 18 to 0?
I wished there was a 20th month for this very reson
Load More Replies...60fps Makes Movies Longer
They don't stream movies 60fps because there is no need to. CFF (critical flicker fusion... Or the minimum fps needed for the brain to register it as smooth movement) is as low as 10fps for almost every normally functioning brain. Films are released in 24fps (US) 25fps (Japan) and 30fps (Europe) not because of costs, perception, or anything like that. It's because those are the transmission formats used in tbose regions.
this does explain why i watch things that are on youtube in 60fps and don't really see anything different from the not-60fps
Load More Replies...It might feel like it is 5 hours long, and it might slow down from lag, but the length of the movie will stay the same
Animator here lol - Fps stands for frame per second, obviously. And the more fps the shorter it becomes. But it can be smoother. There's also the risk of it being too smooth and it being unnatural. 24 Fps is a good speed to animate things as you can have your keys, extremes and inbetweens a short amount or long amount, being able to delete frames if necessary and still have a smooth effects in what is a considerably shorter time than animating 60 fps
when I'm going 60 mph it takes me longer to get to work that 35 mph. this is just math
Got The Last Name Correct At Least
Oh come on now, did you HAVE to bring that up? I almost managed to forget that. 😶
Load More Replies...This is made extra funny by the fact that Trump said he’d have sex with Ivanka if she wasn’t his daughter.
*christian music stops* *sweet home Alabama begins*
Load More Replies...Ivanka is a first daughter. There is also Tiffany, the often forgotten one.
Surprised that trump even got a woman to have his kids 💀
Load More Replies...Apparently Britain Isn't Part Of Europe!?
So first we don't exist and now we're a continent?! Lmao why do people hate us XD
Try being an american. People hate you no matter what.
Load More Replies...Actually, I do have a question about this. I know y'all aren't part of the EU anymore, and Britain is an island off the west coast of the European continent. So, do y'all call yourself European, or just British, or is it whatever mood strikes? Thanks. please don't downvote me, I really want to know.
In my experience, it depends on whether they are Pro EU or Pro Brexit. Brexiteers will say they are British, not European. The ones I've had the pleasure of meeting also fail to understand the difference between the European Union and Europe. They tend to think it's the same thing. I found it rather baffling until I've been informed that Geography is elective and many haven't learned any.
Load More Replies...This one doesn't belong here. The UK is not part of Europe anymore politically. And many people in the UK and Europe halve long talked about them as separate entities. The ethnicity argument is ridiculous. Most Americans are ethnically Europeans but that doesn't make the US part of Europe.
Europe is one of the seven major land masses generally agreed upon before we were born. It is not a political designation but an area of land. England can Brexit, but it didn't and can't leave Europe.
Load More Replies...yeah because we moved to south africa what do you think brexit is about? idiot /s
Many years ago due to bad wheather conditions the ferries connecting Britain and the European continent had to be stopped. The headline in a British newspaper was "Fog in Channel; Continent Cut Off”. They seem to think they are not a real part of Europe.
Apparently you agree that Britain is separate from the continental part of Europe. Britain wasn't just cut off from France, but from the whole continent. Headlines must be succinct. Can you say it better in six words?
Load More Replies..."No Species Has Been Found In Which Homosexual Behaviour Has Not Been Shown To Exist, With The Exception Of Species That Never Have Sex At All, Such As Sea Urchins And Aphis. Moreover, A Part Of The Animal Kingdom Is Hermaphroditic, Truly Bisexual." - Wikipedia
I saw a statement years ago along the lines of: homosexuality has been observed in so many species but homophobia has only been observed in one
I really like that, it's short and to the point
Load More Replies...I demand an update whenever you find something interesting lol.
Load More Replies...I grew up on a farm. Animals can be gay, they can be bi, they can be straight. What they *can’t* be is self-righteous, judgmental poop-heads like this guy.
Interesting fact: it sucks (not literally) to be a lesbian sheep, because way female sheep make advances is by staying perfectly still. Two lesbian sheep will just stand still next to each other.
Better tell that to my pet rats, who are all female and like to get frisky with each other when they're on heat. Male rats will mount each other as well.
I literally have an enormous book called Biological Exuberance that documents homosexual behaviour observed in animals from lions to mosquitoes. What a dipstick.
off topic but have y'all seen the two gay penguins who raised a baby penguin? so cute
Title is BS btw. It has been seen in many species, but the title basically said "all". A little reminder of the amount of invertebrates that exist. I am literally the specialist for some specific spiders and I'd for sure would have gladly written down had I observed such behavior, that would have been unique (but ok, cos I got a extremely unique finding either way)
i would watch a pixar movie about gay spiders, i'll be honest
Load More Replies...Yes. I Am
Ahh, so they are one of those Americans that think they are the world.
If only the English would learn how to read and write correctly in.... [checks notes] ... English
i spell judgement with two e's and i'm american, and i thought that was just how judgement was spelled.
I can't tell you how often people tell me I spell 'cancelled' wrong, I just ignore them for my own benefit.
The Oxford English Dictionary as sold in the United Kingdom should be the final arbiter of these questions.
Confidently Corrected The Game's Art Director
Megascans is an on-line library of 3D images from around tbe world. The main problem with making an interactive game complete with Megascan files is that the files are of common things, such as a leaf found in the Brazilian rainforest. Putting them all together seamlessly for an interactive videogame can end up being a lot more work than just creating an original piece.
Load More Replies...This isn't an overconfidence fail. This is "no one knows the obscure crap you're talking about".
The OP is a bit confused. The length of game play is not the same as the time it takes to put together the game. The game may take 30 days or 30 months to put together using megascans (dunno), but its play time is still 30+ hours.
The op said “30 hours of gameplay” at first, and his reply still referenced a “30 hr game” I don’t believe he set a timetable for the creation of the game with either software(s).
Load More Replies...Wait isn’t that game “At Dead of Night” use megascans I just finished watching 8-bitryan play it.
the size of the data it takes. mega scans are huge files and take a lot from of data processing power, to make the environment fo a whole game. the environments he mentions are made with less data, but still look really good. to fill 30 hours of game play, you need many different environments. would be hard to do with huge mega scan environment data
Load More Replies...From what i know (architect that uses megascan surveys sometimes) A megascan is huge...many, many points measured by a laser and then triangulated to form a mesh. A general file i have had to use are about 10gigs or so. A multiple view/movement thang like a game would make this insane and probably impossible. *note like i said this is what i imagine this means*
“Roman Numerals Aren’t Part Of The Alphabet” On A Thread About Elon Musk’s Baby
Squire Sebastian Senator and Audio Science and Sex Fruit and Number 16 Bus Shelter are also pretty crap.
Load More Replies...Sometimes i REALLY wish Swedish Naming Law was implemented elsewhere.
“Water Boils At 112 Farenheight”
don't complicate it for them, their brains might just boil as it is)
Load More Replies...Interesting factoid, and here is one of the few places to share that.
Load More Replies...Actually, there is a place (forgotten the name) where water boils at 37 degrees Celsius- human body temp. Who else thinks these idiots should go there?
TIL water boils at 37 degrees Celsius at 63,000 ft, the Armstrong line.
Load More Replies...Just use metric everywhere, and then we can all get along better? (I'm American.)
Imagine An American Being This Stupid About American History
A civil war is when a faction tries to take over a country. In the American Civil War, the South was trying to secede, not take over. The Civil War was not a civil war; it was a war of secession.
Tbe difference between a "civil war" and a "revolutionary war" is which side won.
Load More Replies...a civil war: any internecine conflict in a nation __________ Revolutionary War: term specific to the US war against the British for independence in the late 18th century. _________________ The Civil War, in US, refers to the 1861-65 war when the Confederate States of America formed, from states formerly part of the United States of America, and then fired upon a US military installation (Fort Sumter), and kicked off *a* civil war, but as it's the only one in US history so far, it's referred to as "the" Civil War.
civil and citizen both have one 'c' and two 'i's while revolution defines a circle which is what north and south make like the globe. so obviously...
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??
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??
