Those who are insecure often project their supposed superiority in a variety of ways. One of the most popular ones is pointing out others' mistakes. However, sometimes the fact-checkers rely too much on their emotions and too little on the truth.
There's a Facebook group called 'People Incorrectly Correcting Other People' and it's full of humorous reminders that you need to be absolutely certain of what you're about to say when you're getting ready to bask someone, or else you're going to make a fool of yourself.
From folks who can't tell the time to grammar gurus stumbling on their own words, here are some of the most popular recent posts that were shared by the online community.
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Oh dear. Every day I have to remind myself some people really are that dumb
When people disagree on an issue, there are several possible routes they can take. Some might avoid it altogether (either by putting off the discussion or just agreeing with the other person in order to end the conversation). But, as you see in the pictures, it's not for everyone — others believe they need to actively resolve the matter.
In that case, they have a choice between being competitive or cooperative.
"Cooperative resolution means that people are seeking some kind of middle ground," explains Art Markman, Ph.D., and Annabel Irion Worsham Centennial Professor of Psychology and Marketing at the University of Texas at Austin. "Competitive resolution means that people are trying to convince the other person to change their belief."
This is one of those "bible is good enough for me" soccer moms, guaranteed.
Ah yes... God is so wise. He made the distance between our ears and our mouth the same distance as the microphone and the receiver on the phone 🤣
"Okay that's cool and all but don't ever comment on my status telling me that I am wrong everrrr again. Im cool with my massive ignorance and am attempting to bring down everyone else with low IQs who'll just believe me because they read it on Facebook." That's what she meant to say.
"If I say something's a FACT then it is, even if I'm WRONG!"
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I got this same reaction once on Facebook when a "friend" posted some silly wolf meme and I pointed out that wild wolf pack are families and the leaders are the mom & dad.
I hear that, the poor guy who invented the whole alpha theory later tried to retract it, but it had become too popular for many to listen.
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that last comment just made me cringe so hard. Poor ickle baby can't stand being corrected.
If you don't want to be corrected for saying stupid stuff, don't say stupid stuff.
And if you really want to say stupid stuff in a public post, be prepared for the answers. It's public, so anybody can see it *and* answer it. You don't like the answers? Tough luck!
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So do these people all live on the first floor? Because, you know, anything above first floor would be closer to the sun.
Aren't the highest parts of the world also the coldest, by this logic, wouldn't you burn to death at the top of a mountain?
Can I correct your grammar first? It's just horrible. I guess you learned grammar in the same place you learned science and developed your social skills.
I wonder if that 10 feet was sea level so everyone above it burns to death or if it is the highest point and everyone under f Mount Everest freezes to death.
actually that is right if we were ten feet closer we would burn. god :)
"Know-it-less". I'm gonna steal this. Thanks!
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Social media invites comments. It's two-way. If you can't handle opposition...don't ask for it.
Apparently punctuation isn't a big selling point in that t*w*a*t*s life
They posted nonsense in a public place. Is that the same as asking? Answer: Yes.
When your religion tells you the earth is only 6,000 years old, your religion has failed you.
If I am incorrect, please tell me I'm wrong. Tell me what is verifiable and repeatable.
But it really isn't cool to make someone look bad on their own page. YES, he might be wrong, and an idiot, but he might be the smartest person in his friend group. If you want to correct him, send him a note, if you're his friend. Now... if this were on a more open forum... the etiquette is a little different :)
Saying this AGAIN: put it online and you're opening yourself up to comments! If you don't want someone commenting (aka correcting this moron) then block them! If I were them I'd literally comment every single day until he actually blocked me because he's like making it this person's job to coddle them! Pathetic. He thinks the earth is round, too.
The only thing I’ve seen cut and pasted more than this “fact” is the answer
Oh bible thumpers...I just want to pat them on the head and say off you go!
In around about way they may not be entirely wrong. Even a degree or so off can impact the climate. We wouldn't necessarily burn up or freeze, but an actual permanent change in the elliptical would have an (eventually) effect. But JFC, don't post things as fact if you can't handle being corrected.
for yall who are like amazed at how perfect our world is and the conditions, well its not because like we were made by a god(i mean it could've) but its that somewhere in the universe there has to be at least 1 planet with great conditions, and since that planet had great conditions its habitable. it's not like someone picked a planet for us to live in and it's perfect.
I will certainly not tell this person that their post is wrong because I certainly will not be reading their posts.
Many factors lead people to take a cooperative or competitive stance when dealing with a disagreement. For instance, the personality characteristic of openness reflects how willing we are to consider new ideas, and people high in openness are more likely to be cooperative than those who are low in openness.
The characteristic of agreeableness reflects how much people want to get along with others — agreeable people are also more likely to seek a compromise than disagreeable people.
Markman also suggests a paper by Kimberly Rios, Kenneth DeMarree, and Johnathan Statzer in the July 2014 issue of Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin to better understand what affects our tendency to be cooperative or competitive.
Turns out, people's certainty about their beliefs can be broken down into two components: clarity and correctness. Clarity determines if we are sure about what we believe. Each of us has some beliefs that we hold deeply and others to which we are not as firmly attached. Correctness focuses on whether we think our belief is 'correct' in some broader cultural context or not.
The authors suggested that the more strongly people believe their attitude is correct, the more competitive they will be in their discussions with others. (Interestingly, they did not assume that clarity would be as strongly related to competitiveness.)
"Being certain of your attitude can affect whether you try to convince other people that you are right," Markman writes. "In particular, the more strongly you believe that your attitude is the right one, the more you will focus on convincing others."
"That also means that if you find yourself in conflict with others on a regular basis, you might want to evaluate whether you generally assume that your attitudes are the correct ones."
Manners mentor Maralee McKee finds it sad that sometimes, when people speak, their words seem more spit out than thought out.
"Stories abound, and it has happened to me, about being called out in person in front of family members, coworkers, friends, and anybody and everybody else for minor things, from incorrectly quoting a movie line, to saying something happened on a Tuesday when it occurred on a Wednesday, to getting the name wrong of the restaurant an incident occurred in while telling a great story," she says.
But even if you're skinny your weight is still distributed fairly evenly around your body
According to McKee, even if the 'correctors,' 'nit-pickers,' and 'accusers' are right, correcting others over small things is rarely called for, it seldom wins anyone friends, and on the rare occasion when it is called for, it's tricky to accomplish politely.
For more people incorrectly correcting other people, fire up our older publications on the Facebook group, called 50 People That Had More Courage Than Brains To Go Incorrectly Correcting Someone and 45 Painfully Cringe Moments When People Thought They Knew Better, But Embarrassed Themselves Instead.
Except we'd still have to do a leapyear but with four extra days.
Dumb fűck probably doesn't even know it's the symbol for the Euro.
Which is correct sulphur or sulfur? Sulfur has been the preferred spelling of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) since 1990, and is the default form employed by many scientific journals 1. The alternative spelling sulphur may still be found in common use in the UK and Commonwealth, especially by laypeople.Mar 15, 2019
four is germanic. Colour is latin. The "u" was artificially introduced to make consistency with french spelling (french descends from latin). Original old english for four was "feower".
I use these differently even though we supposedly use UK english here. I use mold for the fungus and mould for shaping-something (verb or noun). I do the same with disc/disk and program/programme. I use disc = a circle, disk = a computer disk; and program = verb, to make a computer do something; programme = series of in-person/person-attended events , e.g. wedding programme.
This one shouldn't be here. It's simply the difference between British English and American English. Both are correct ,it simply depends on which English you use.
“Spelling and Grammar” would be replaced by the pronoun they, meaning are is perfectly valid.
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These people are walking among us, voting, and reproducing. Please excuse me while I go and find a little cave far,far away from these idiots.
It stopped getting funny after the first few. Idiocy is terrifying sometimes
One of the most confused pairs of words nowadays is "lie" and "lay". You lie in bed. A chicken lays eggs.
But "I lay in bed yesterday' is correct again, because the past tense of 'lie' is 'lay'.
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These people are walking among us, voting, and reproducing. Please excuse me while I go and find a little cave far,far away from these idiots.
It stopped getting funny after the first few. Idiocy is terrifying sometimes
One of the most confused pairs of words nowadays is "lie" and "lay". You lie in bed. A chicken lays eggs.
But "I lay in bed yesterday' is correct again, because the past tense of 'lie' is 'lay'.
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