Having your opinions is always a sign of a mature, independent and confident person. But what if that confidence is so strong it gets in the way of self-reflection and self-criticism? Apparently, having bucketloads of confidence is a two-edged sword, especially if you lack a substantial argument to back it up.
Thanks to a Reddit community called “Confidently Incorrect,” we now know what happens when all that empty bravado turns against you. First, you land on the pages of this subreddit “For those times when people are way too smug about their wrong answers.” And second, you are likely to be sizzled and turned into roast.
So scroll down for some of the funniest examples of overconfident people proven wrong, and be sure to check out part 1 of the article after you’re done!
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Yea, No They Haven’t
There's No "I" In Happiness
Correcting An "Author"
Mr. King, I feel your pain. Do you think anyone has explained it to him yet?
The ‘Confidently Incorrect’ subreddit is really a gentle (and often much-needed!) reminder to always double-check our facts even when we are totally sure about them. With the internet being a perfectly safe place to voice out whatever is on your mind, many people abuse that by spreading false assumptions, gossip, fake news and facts.
No wonder the community, which is only a year old, has been sharing a lot of content “for those times when people are way too smug about their wrong answer.” With 633k members, ‘Confidently Incorrect’ is growing day by day, and you can see how very relatable people find it.
Just Wow
Økay
Just like Øystein is a perfectly normal Norwegian name. And no, replacing æ (or æ) å, ø (or ö), and ü with a, o und u make completely different words.
I learned this when my uncle taught me a bit of basic Swedish. The sounds the extra vowels make are completely unique.
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Chess is racist... The police is racist... French food is racist... Math is racist... We get it, you see racism everywhere, now shut up and go back to the asylum.
French food is racist? How??? I love me some French food and, if that makes me a racist, then I'm a racist!!
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Indeed it is, and there are a few technical typefaces that render the zero that way, in order to keep it from being confused with an uppercase “O” in technical documentation.
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I live in København grew up in Hjørring, and just to rub it in. Norwegians you use the Danish alphabet
It was also used in computers to differentiate between the uppercase letter O and the number 0
I use that in handwriting too, particularly if I'm writing down passcodes etc. that have both numbers and letters.
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No, but hate groups in the US often appropriate Viking and Scandinavian lore and symbols to promote white supremacy. I've never personally seen ø used in a racist context, but it's not about the symbol itself. It's about white supremacists misusing it. But that was a very bad assumption to make in this situation, as the symbol is obviously most often used outside of an American/hate group context. Even if it were being used by white supremacists (again, idk, never seen it used that way myself), it's ridiculous to think anyone who uses it is racist.
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Someone calling themselves "Beaver Cheese" is labeling someone with an "Ø" in his name? Oookkkk
Ok, now I'm completely confused. I draw a line through my 0s when I want to distinguish them as numbers and not letters, for passwords and such.
well, that settles it. you're a white supremist (sarcasm)
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In the twitter circles where I hang out it means you're a twenty øne piløts fan.
It is also a way to differentiate a zero from the letter O in mathematics.
It's also how I write zero in numerical form so nobody thinks it's an O.
The norwegian word for "Island" is "øy" and "eye" is "øye". My brothers name starts witha "Ø" and my last name has a "Å" in it.
I know about three people with the name Øystein, and four with the name Øyvind, so this annoys me.
When I'm writing out a series of letters and numbers I'll do this to the zero to show it's a number and not the letter. I write in all caps so if I don't mark the difference it's really confusing.
I get that people don't want to encourage racism but you shouldn't call that on people without thinking. Being "woke" is not a game, you don't get bonus points.
I hate when people say "we", when it's really just them. Singular, army of one.
One person's opinion on social media does not make something true. Just because the internet has given you a soapbox to preach from does not make what you're saying correct.
In computers, a 0 with a line in it is a zero so it's easily distinguished from and alpha O
Hmm. I just use it for the number 0 to make sure it's not read as the letter O when needed (med counts, for example, when O stands for omit )
We used that symbol for the medical documentation in the days of pen-and-paper medical charts in the US to prevent inadvertently mistaking “0” (zero) for a lower-case “o”
Damn! I've been distinguishing handwritten 0s like this from Os for decades. I never had an inkling that I was a white supremacist. Thanks Pepys for making me face this horrifying fact.
I live in Sweden, so I might be descended from über-white Vikings, but I still don't use the Ø, it's not a letter in the Swedish alphabet and isn't present on my Swedish keyboard. I had to copy it and paste it here. The umlaut Ü is neither Norwegian nor Swedish, but German.
I'm being honest, before I finished reading, I saw it as the empty set symbol from math.
Oh do you pronounce it? Being Irish, I'm used to some mental pronunciation so don't like to assume.
Ø is pronounced kinda like the I in Girl or the U in curl or the EA in pearl LOL
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How Dumb Can You Get
So to find out more about the subreddit, Bored Panda previously spoke with the founder ShadowAlchemy, who said that it was created on a whim. "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."
Basic Math
Yeah, Who Is This Stephen King Guy Anyway?
Happy 8 Month Old Birthday!
Hey guys, I'm 327 months (and 12 days) old today! Happy birthday to me!!
After ShadowAlchemy launched the sub, he never could have expected it would go viral. "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 on 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 recounted.
Explain This
But even if these were 10 Native-American billionaires it still doesn't contradict the poverty among them.
And He Mixed Up Black Bear vs. Brown Bear Behavior
"It won't attack, it will charge"... Yeah, and you are not an idiot, you are stupid.
What Kind Of A Monster Writes Their Memoir In The First Person?
Having said that, the founder agreed that confidence is one of the most important traits we could have and that without it “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."
"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 in confidence." According to the founder of ‘Confidently Incorrect,’ no one’s going to listen to a shy person with all the facts.
To Argue The Point
Imagine Being This Confident
Who Controls The Control Group?
But if it turns out that you are confidently incorrect, ShadowAlchemy suggests 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,” he explained.
The founder concluded that “nobody wants to be confidently incorrect, but if you are, you've gotta admit it. You've gotta admit that you're wrong."
Hercules Doesn't Know What The Word Boycott Means
Who’s Gonna Tell Her?
Please Remove The Protective Coating Before Use
Kamala Was Second
Nope Its European
Ah Europe, that country... somewhere. They speak French there, don't they...?
This Is The Greatest Thing I’ve Ever Seen
Incorrect On Multiple Levels
I Reckon His Face Is Stuck On Smug-Mode
I can't see your brain therefore its not real- actually scrap that this one is probably true
The Smug Avatar Really Makes It Look Even More Confidently Incorrect
They just banned this idiot from YouTube for, *surprise*, lying. Thank God.
They're Not Too Smart
These people jist don't understand English. Singular they has been us3d for centuries
We Don't Have Time To Unpack All Of That
Electricity Is A Mystery
Riddle Me This Bill Gates
He... He Knows Greek Letters Right?
0/3 On Apple Facts
I Wonder What A Bakers Dozen Is?
What Do You Call Someone Who Is Alive?
Is Confident Trans People Don't Fit In "Normal" Society, Gets Proven Wrong In Spectacular Fashion
$600k
$15 An Hour = $100k Per Year
It's quite amazing how some Americans feel threatened by what someone else makes. It ain't your business if a server would make $150K and a cashier $90K. It doesn't affect your income nor your life. So why should you be against a minimum wage? Because people who don't want to pay their employees a decent wage are telling you that the economy would collapse. Look at Europe, where everyone is obliged by law to pay a minimum wage and that economy is doing pretty well for a collapsing economy.
Covid-19 After 6 Weeks Is Illegal
$1 Million Or $6?
Not Sure Where People Get Their Vaccine Info
Moderna was approved in Canada significantly after the AstraZeneca vaccine. I don't think this was dumb so much as ignorant.
Not One Anti-Masker Has Died!
Amazon News Doesn't Know The Difference Between State Government And Federal Government
The Shorter Woman Is Actually The One Who Is Trans
"The" transgender is so cringe. You don't say "the straight" or "the cis" do you? Transgender is an adjective, not a noun.
R/Nonewnormal Is Pretty Weird
The Education System Has Failed Ya'll
SMH - It's called "order of operations". If I remember correctly that was a math concept taught in elementary school.
Bandaid
I'm allergic to bandaids with latex in them. This is what it looks like if I use them.
No Such Thing As Military Propaganda
Thats Not How Monitor Size Is Measured
Fastly Is The Name Of The Provider
The fact Fastly is written with a capital F should be a clue to it being a name :)
And The Vast Majority Of Comments Too
The assumption in itself only makes two - serious - errors: First the law of large numbers says nothing about the individual case. So while statistically over time a virus will get less virulent, this does not mean that no strain could become more dangerous, just that the more dangerous variants with a certain probability will decrease in numbers over time if they tend to seriously incapacitate the majority of hosts - while there still can be people dying from it. Second, less virulent does not mean less contagious- quite the opposite. The "perfect" scenario would be an extremely contagious virus with very few symptoms. What surprises me most is the fact that this argument is often brought on by people who generally reject the idea of evolution - while this mechanism is quite what evolution is all about.
I know in advance that this is probably going to be censored, but I have to say it... there really are so many dense motherfückers in the world.
I lost even more faith in humanity. Have people always been so lacking in sense?
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This reminds me of the old saying, "Better to keep your mouth closed when someone thinks you're an idiot than open your mouth and prove it." I hate that social media has given such an easy platform to spew vomitous, dangerous opinions
The worst part of all this is that these morons actually believe they're geniuses who are outthinking the entire world, and that's what's going to sink us... they are literally too stupid to know how stupid they are and in 2016, they seized control of the entire U.S.A.. Idiocracy is actually happening now.
I wish that I hadn't read this. I now despair of the human race.
Oh the agony! The amount of stupidity here gave me a headache. I'm sure I lost a few brain cells.
And that's the reason self-confidence is one of the most repulsive flaws. Confident people are insufferable, whereas self-conscious people are much more likable.
Not all confident people are arseholes. There is such a thing as "quietly confident", which people find reassuring and is a good trait for a leader to have. Nobody is going to follow someone who second guesses themselves all the time.
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The Achilles Heel of Democracy is that in any society there are always more stupid people than smart people so if everyone votes the will of the stupid people will always prevail. You have to prove that you know how to drive a car before they will let you. People should have to prove that they understand the basic fundamentals of how government works before they are allowed to vote. That will weed out a lot of them.
I cannot count the number of times that I have composed what I thought was a witty or cogent comment, and upon reading it over before submitting, I had a doubt about the accuracy of the assertion, or that I was misusing a word. I check my facts and vocabulary. It is not exactly rare that I am poised to post something utterly wrong or absurdly stupid. I think sometimes the brain gets ahead of the typing, resulting in complete nonsense. Sadly, sometimes one slips through and I feel completely ridiculous. My face turns red and my freckles jump out like peppercorns.
I always enjoy a good display of American stupidity. This exceeded my wildest expectations. Thanks.
I work in a doctor's office and I asked a patient for her insurance card and photo i.d. She looked at me and and said rather snottily, "I don't have a photo i.d. I have a driver's license."
"Apparently, having bucketloads of confidence is a two-edged sword, especially if you lack a substantial argument to back it up." Ironic that this is a reddit thread. Reddit exists for these very people.
this just provide more and more reason to end my life since i don't think the human race could improve itself beyond this deep end he is now
No! We want the smart people to STAY, not the dumb ones!
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I know in advance that this is probably going to be censored, but I have to say it... there really are so many dense motherfückers in the world.
I lost even more faith in humanity. Have people always been so lacking in sense?
Load More Replies... This reminds me of the old saying, "Better to keep your mouth closed when someone thinks you're an idiot than open your mouth and prove it." I hate that social media has given such an easy platform to spew vomitous, dangerous opinions
The worst part of all this is that these morons actually believe they're geniuses who are outthinking the entire world, and that's what's going to sink us... they are literally too stupid to know how stupid they are and in 2016, they seized control of the entire U.S.A.. Idiocracy is actually happening now.
I wish that I hadn't read this. I now despair of the human race.
Oh the agony! The amount of stupidity here gave me a headache. I'm sure I lost a few brain cells.
And that's the reason self-confidence is one of the most repulsive flaws. Confident people are insufferable, whereas self-conscious people are much more likable.
Not all confident people are arseholes. There is such a thing as "quietly confident", which people find reassuring and is a good trait for a leader to have. Nobody is going to follow someone who second guesses themselves all the time.
Load More Replies... The Achilles Heel of Democracy is that in any society there are always more stupid people than smart people so if everyone votes the will of the stupid people will always prevail. You have to prove that you know how to drive a car before they will let you. People should have to prove that they understand the basic fundamentals of how government works before they are allowed to vote. That will weed out a lot of them.
I cannot count the number of times that I have composed what I thought was a witty or cogent comment, and upon reading it over before submitting, I had a doubt about the accuracy of the assertion, or that I was misusing a word. I check my facts and vocabulary. It is not exactly rare that I am poised to post something utterly wrong or absurdly stupid. I think sometimes the brain gets ahead of the typing, resulting in complete nonsense. Sadly, sometimes one slips through and I feel completely ridiculous. My face turns red and my freckles jump out like peppercorns.
I always enjoy a good display of American stupidity. This exceeded my wildest expectations. Thanks.
I work in a doctor's office and I asked a patient for her insurance card and photo i.d. She looked at me and and said rather snottily, "I don't have a photo i.d. I have a driver's license."
"Apparently, having bucketloads of confidence is a two-edged sword, especially if you lack a substantial argument to back it up." Ironic that this is a reddit thread. Reddit exists for these very people.
this just provide more and more reason to end my life since i don't think the human race could improve itself beyond this deep end he is now
No! We want the smart people to STAY, not the dumb ones!
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