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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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David Fudge Report

The Doom Song
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh dear. Every day I have to remind myself some people really are that dumb

howdylee
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Perhaps not as dumb as the people who ask "Are they identical? Yes! Are they boy & girl?"

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sbj
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

HaHa! The original meme is so funny

Multa Nocte
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have a friend who is a twin and he says that when he tells someone that his twin is female, he is invariably asked if they are identical.

Min
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have argued with multiple people who insist they know "identical" twins that consist of one boy and one girl.

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Mary Obrien
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Some people drink deeply from the well of knowledge. Some just rinse and spit.

Kay Kelly
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh I think I'll do that in needlepoint!

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DforDory
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They can only be real twins if their heads exit the mother simultaneously, no matter the gender. 🥴

Kat Lyle
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't know what kind of bucket you assume women have, but that's not possible...

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SoraPlaysandReviews22
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have twins that are a boy and a girl and I’ve had multiple people argue with my that they can’t possibly be twins bc they are different genders

Zoe Vokes
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That blows my mind because twins seems like such a simple concept to understand. I guess it’s because they only notice twins when they’re identical? As teenagers or adults they just assume they’re siblings.

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Lexekon
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sounds like a misunderstanding of what twins means, as opposed to identical twins.

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    #2

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    Carrie Marie Report

    Tucker Cahooter
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Amazes me that a stranger thinks they know where someone was born better than the person themself. Pity the OP's mother wasn't there too, the stranger probably would have contradicted her too

    Michael P (Perthaussieguy)
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Typical American who thinks he knows everything and refuses to acknowledge he could be wrong (Yes, I know .... bring on the down votes, lol)

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    Tamra
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "I took language back in college". 🤣🤣🤣

    Crouching hippo hidden panda
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What does that even mean? Did they extensively cover world accents?

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    Glitterati
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My Australian husband to American tourist here in Australia, “Have you seen any emus since you got here?” (Emu being a native Australian bird) American tourist, “Yeah, so it’s actually pronounced eeeemoo” All Australians everywhere, “Yeah nah, it absolutely isn’t”

    WindySwede
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "It's not at phase mom" /jk (the emo pronunciation got me that thought. )

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    Nina
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's one dense mötherfücker.. 'Hmm, everyone at the hotel has the same accent her in NZ. Ofcourse they're all Scottish, they just dont want to admit it'.

    Fenchurch
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What’s even funnier is that NZ doesn’t sound Scottish in the first place. It’s gone way down the language evolution track. This dude probably thinks Welsh and Cornish accents sound Scottish too

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    Cjay
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ay meyt whot er yea token bute no scot eent not tellyn ye theh from Scotlind

    Terry Tobias
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ah ken, bute that Yank dinnae. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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    Hippopotamuses
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As a New Zealander of mostly Scots descent, I'm lost as to how the two accents could be confused. I think someone was taking the p**s. However, I don't agree with OP's response either.

    Appalachian Panda
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As an American, I'm a bit skeptical about the story, but I wouldn't be surprised if it's true. Some of my fellow countrymen really are this dumb and arrogant.

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    Shoe
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sighing at all Americans doesn't seem fair..

    Do i have to? [he/him]
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She did say SOME americans think they know everything, not all?

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    Tabitha
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    American here. You were a lot nicer than I would’ve been. I’ve said way worse stuff to other Americans when they’re being a******s. He greatly insulted you. You tried to tell him he’s wrong and to stop. He persisted, so obviously has no clue about common courtesy and not trodding on people’s boundaries. You weren’t even the only person he did it to the entire time he was there—-as a guest, ffs. Yeah, you were nice. I would’ve verbally burned him to the ground.

    Amy E
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Was he (idiotically) flirting?

    Cjay
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sundes leek it… I mean sounds like it (still in Scottish accent from last joke)

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    #3

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    Matthew Van Der Walt Report

    censorshipsucks
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is one of those "bible is good enough for me" soccer moms, guaranteed.

    Catlady6000
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Bible she likely doesn't even read.

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    troufaki13
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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 🤣

    DC
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ... he even arranged my legs matching my panties...

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    Stuart
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "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.

    Terry Tobias
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "If I say something's a FACT then it is, even if I'm WRONG!"

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    Appalachian Panda
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

    Lexekon
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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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    Id row
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "I tell you, you don't tell me!" There's certainly no shortage of idiots out there.

    Roan The Demon Kitty
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    that last comment just made me cringe so hard. Poor ickle baby can't stand being corrected.

    JL
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you don't want to be corrected for saying stupid stuff, don't say stupid stuff.

    María Hermida
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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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    Paddling Panda
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So do these people all live on the first floor? Because, you know, anything above first floor would be closer to the sun.

    Mermeow Overlord (they/them)
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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?

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    Adam Hornblow , www.tumblr.com Report

    The pigeon
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's not just a British thing tho??

    VioletHunter
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No, it's an "everywhere except this one country" thing.

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    Ian Reynolds
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love how Americans refer to it as military time, and the rest of the world refer to it as the time.

    DforDory
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He definitely wasn't in the military either ..🤦🏻‍♀️

    ZGutr
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    oh the irritation of being unable to have MS-Teams to show a normal 24h clock instead of am/pm. How hard can it be to follow the user's regional settings. (don't get me started on the mm/dd notation as well .... just don't)

    Rostit. .
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    American here. I use 24 hour time normally and have got 40+ years

    SadieCat17 (she/her)
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Before you downvote, this is a common internet meme, not someone being dumb

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    •Prolific Panda•
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Its just a clock set to 24-hours not 12. Oh my.

    Lena Flising
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    All of Europe use 24-hour clocks and probably all or most of Asia. Most of the world can handle 24-hour clockwork. I'd guess even many Americans can handle it.

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    Caitlin Connolly Report

    Uncanny
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That was unbearable.

    Corrsfan
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I started confident but by the end of the post I was confused about who was right and who was wrong.

    TheGoodBoi
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    Premium
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's kind of impressive when someone is so completely wrong but so confident about it that they start to make you question yourself. I've been in this situation and it's annoying lol

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    Fat Harry
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bare means naked - for everything else it's bear.

    Peter Panda
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Many nudists bear bare weight...

    JoyfulZebra
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I couldn't bear to read anymore

    Robert T
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The English language laid bare. ;-)

    JB
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ...And your intelligence is laid bare.

    FaceTime Audio
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You bear a burden. You stand bare-footed. You should drop the burdens you bear when chased by a bear, and pray that you have shoes, because bare feet will bruise.

    Shaunn Munn
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The idiot bared their idiocy for all the world to bear witness.

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    #6

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    Joey Haley Report

    Francis
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    your is an adjective ... *facepalm*

    Vul Va
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It is an adjective. 'Yours' is a possessive pronoun. 'Your' is, broadly speaking, a determiner, and more specifically a possessive adjective. Like other adjectives, it is used with nouns. Pronouns, such as 'yours', are nouns themselves.

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    Tabitha
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And NEITHER of them have anything to do with singular or plural.

    Blyss Blyssylb
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm banging my head on the table right now

    Laly Lynch
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Go clean you are room." 🤢

    theincrediblebatcat
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That argument got very educational very quickly

    Christopher Walkies
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Smart A**. You still gotta clean you're room.

    Maisha Mir
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Oh oh and by the way, Y-O-U-apostophe-R-E means YOU ARE. Y-O-U-R means YOUR!"

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    Vanessa Johne Report

    Shark Lady
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I see this mistake so often, it's like nails on a blackboard for me. I've never corrected anyone as I don't want to be one of "those" people!

    VioletHunter
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I say correct them. Someone has to do it.

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    censorshipsucks
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "I could of forgotten my password", translation: "I could originating from forgotten my password" - sheer gibberish.

    Vul Va
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That assumes it's a lexical mistake, which it is not - it is a mistake that has its roots in pronunciation - a contracted 'have' and a weak form 'of' have identical pronunciation, so people who learned English firstly spoken secondly written may make this mistake when transcribing what they say. It's also primarily a written error, as in natural spoken English "could of" and "could've" are indistinguishable (of course there are some exceptions where the written error causes a feedback loop into someone's spoken English and they stress the 'of'). Non-natives rarely make this mistake as they learn English firstly/simultaneously written.

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    hwatinternation
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Let the hundreds of downvotes be a lesson to you, stranger.

    Christos Arvanitis
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is a current pet peeve of mine. So many people are nearly illiterate. They hear "could've" and likely never read and so we have "could of". Drives me bonkers.

    Gustav Gallifrey
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "I have forgotten my password" - makes sense. "I could have forgotten my password" - makes sense. "I could of forgotten my password" would be inextricably linked with the phrase " I of forgotten my password" - those DO NOT make sense.

    lily jones
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    damn the downvotes seem a little harsh 😂

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    #8

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    Nicola Gillespie Report

    CanadianDimes
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The concept of Satan's bride is a new one on me and I grew up Catholic - fairly sure this would have come up if it was part of Christian mythology. I also have some questions: why is she referred to as his bride and not his wife? Does Satan get married every year? If so, what happens to the others? If it's the same bride each time, how many kids do they have? Did this happen before we had a Halloween/October 31st? How does Satan find a bride? Is she also a fallen angel or is she the soul of some person in hell? I NEED ANSWERS.

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    Stimpy
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Since this is the day when Satan is most busy ( impregnating his wife), shouldn't Christians be safest and happiest on that day?

    Anne Jones
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Something can affect you. If you do something it can have an effect.

    Chrille
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's what I thought was most important too.

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    VioletHunter
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why are there so many native speakers who cannot properly use the past perfect. It's maddening! "Should have wrote" is an abomination.

    Aaron Parker
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The past is not perfect it is full of mistakes

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    Robert T
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Halloween will now be know and Satan's Bunga Bunga Party. :D

    Satan
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bunga Bunga Party at mine everyone!

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    KB
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Poor Satan's bride, does she get any respite or is she impregnated each & every year?

    God's Work
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Halloween is just a day. Some fellow Christians really need to think. October 31 way a day before they made it Halloween as I once heard someone say. Satan doesnt work on a certain day just like God doesn't work on a certain day. Common sense is so rare now smh.

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    Sara Ðemay Report

    Enuya
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sand witch? Sounds like a cool superpower

    Kim McBain
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So the "teacher" is dumber than the kid? Lost for words...

    JL
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Send the kid in the next day with a gift for the teacher. A big box of sandwich bags.

    JessieJ&LilyLovebug
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or a dictionary opened to that page, with the word highlighted.

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    Pieter LeGrande
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Answer correct, spelling wrong (well actually not) - can students appeal this kind of thing?

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    lonely miso
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This teacher is not qualified. Once I heard of a teacher telling her students that the moon is the only place in the universe without gravity . . . what the heck??

    Mike Price
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had a teacher once who told her class that corned beef comes from cows fed on corn . . . .

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    PandaGoPanda
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My parents got called into the school by a teacher who complained I was being rude ... I wasn't, I was politely correcting her spelling mistakes. Multiple times. She just didn't like being embarrassed when she got it wrong. I was 5 and could spell better than the teacher.

    jaysko
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm sorry but at my ripe old age of 36...kindergarten?? Pretty sure I didn't start spelling till like at least 1st grade, no?? Think we just learned letters in kindergarten..

    C.O. Shea
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Gees! The teacher did that? Yikes.

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    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.)

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    Kala Chappelear Report

    Charl Marx
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Catholic converter /s

    tom
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    yep, i converted from Catholicism to alcoholism :)

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    DB
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I sell auto parts. At least once a week someone asks me for a "Cadillac converter". I also regularly get asked for a heater coil (heater core), ignition modem (module) and was twice asked for diabolic grease (dielectric).

    Sandor M
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I definitely need some diabolic grease, can you send some?

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    Snorkeldorf
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Catatonic converter. For cars that won't start.

    reemerger
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wouldn't mind some quesadilla converter rn...

    Trish
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's the Cadillac of car parts.

    GrillMeASalmon
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is it just me, or is the blackout bar wrongly placed on the third text balloon?

    nunya beeswax
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Kala is the person who took the screenshot, so it was up to her whether to block out her pic/name. If a fourth person had come across this and posted it instead of Kala, then her name would be blocked out too.

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    Gustav Gallifrey
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Catterick converter (another of those British things).

    Frank Wellwood
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Must have one. I only drive a three wheeler Sinclar.

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    Wee Yew Ong Report

    Hawkmoon
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This kind of person would rather carry a ton of feathers than ten kilograms of iron.

    Gustav Gallifrey
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don't bring the metric system into it, we'll be here all night.

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    howdylee
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Have you seen the video of this experiment?!?! It's really cool! In a total vacuum the feather and the bowling ball do indeed fall at the same rate :)

    Terry Tobias
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Which is heavier: 200 pounds of feathers or 200 pounds of bowling balls? 😏

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    Losstar
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's because when a feather falls (not in a vacuum) there's a lot of air resistance but in a vacuum there's no air

    Cjay
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Galileo would like to have a chat

    Fenchurch
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The sidekick on Neal DeGrasse Tyson’s podcast once said he was on the Galileo diet. It’s where it doesn’t matter how fat you get because you are going to fall down at same rate as a skinny person

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    Falcon on Dizzy
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    everything on earth falls at 9.8 m/s^2 in a vacuum

    Terry Tobias
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The dumber they are, the harder they fall!

    lonely miso
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can’t tell which one is right because I’m DUMB

    Jared Robinson
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They fall at the same RATE not the same speed. Hate that teachers never clear that part up. They can and do indeed fall at different speeds, but they gain speed at the same rate if dropped simultaneously. that feather is going to have a terminal velocity of like 5mph and the bowling ball is going to keep on going.

    Mona
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is arguably easy to get wrong though

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    Jadelou Gesulga Yarte Report

    Francis
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    yeah and that's why we explored so much of antarctica back then... wait no we didn't..

    The Original Bruno
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He's not 100% wrong. The flowers are blossoming on the Antarctic Peninsula, which had flowers on it since its discovery in the 19th century. Like almost all climate stories, there is a germ of truth (the flowers *are* spreading, indicating warming) with sensationalist coverage.

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    Gustav Gallifrey
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh, OK. So, what was with all that ice and stuff that Captain James Cook RN ran into way down south back in 1774?

    Jake B
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That was a prank to make a large ice tea that got out of control.

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    Paul C.
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Somebody needs a time machine to warn Scott and Shackleton not to waste their time!

    Michael P (Perthaussieguy)
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wonder where the writer found THAT information. Unless they just made it up

    Dr Robert Neville
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It did, the Elder Gods lived there, I read a book about it by same Arabic chap whose name escapes me.

    Linnoff
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Where does a fact like this even come from?

    Hippopotamuses
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think they're confusing the Arctic Circle with Antarctica.

    Delta Dawn
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The arctic circle mostly isn’t land at all. It certainly froze in the winter in the 1800s.

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    Mike Jenkins Report

    lily jones
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    why did that never occur to me though... the BEATles

    Vul Va
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Always amuses me - one of the most popular pop groups of all time and their name is a s**t pun 😂

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    René Sauer
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, maybe the guy DID mean the beetles. Who knows if there is a band with that name?

    Jaya
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am a 100% convinced that there are multiple Beatles cover bands that are called Beetles.

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    Remi (He/Him)
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Go listen to... "Eleanor Rigby" and "I am the Walrus" for example and see if they sound the same.

    CanadianDimes
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I mean, if a bunch of beetles can write music, that's an amazing achievement whether or not it sounds the same each time.

    third molar
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Beetles do make music and it mostly sounds the same every season

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    Adam Zad
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I didn't know Volkswagens wrote songs!

    Stannous Flouride
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It was reportedly John Lennon's idea, based off Buddy Holly's band, the Crickets but with the "beat" pun thrown in.

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    #14

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    Pavel Chichikov Report

    Hawkmoon
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It always reminds me of the legend of the inventor of the game of chess who just asked for a grain of wheat on one square, then two on the next, four on the next, etc.

    Julian Gerretsen
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This equates to 18,446,744,073,709,600,000 grains of rice (Eighteen Quintillion Four Hundred Forty-Six Quadrillion grains of rice) 1kg of rice holds approximately 15,432 grains of rice. 1 metric ton of rice is 1kg X 1000. rice / 15,432 / 1000 = number of tons We therefore have 1,195,356,666,259 (One Trillion Two Hundred Billion roughly) Rice is approximately $620 currently per metric ton. Hence, if you used the chessboard example, you'd have around around $741,121,133,080,607. That's about 740.12 Trillion Dollars, about 22.45 X the current USA national debt. That's a lot of rice/money. In volume, there are baout 43 million grains of rice in a cubic metre. Our rice windfall would therefore fill a cubic box measuring 7.5 km square on all sides. That's a big a$$ box of rice....

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    carne asada
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ok so i did calculations (correct me if im wrong) but folding a paper 42 times theoretically means it is equivalent to 4.3980465e+12 (idk what number that is) pieces of paper stacked on top of each other. The average stack of copy paper sold consists of 500 pieces, equaling 1.875 inches in height. If you divide 4.3980465e+12 by 500 to get the number of stacks of paper, you get 8796093022.21 stacks. If you multiply this by 1.875 for the height of the stacks you get 16492674416.6 inches. this is equivalent to 260301.048242 miles (418913.9301819732 km). the moon is 238,900 miles (384472.282 km) away from earth. This theory has just been proven, your welcome. again i may be wrong but im only 14

    AgingBull
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Might require the same amount of energy to fold it 42 times as getting to the Moon

    Robert T
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    2^42 * 0.01cm = 439,804.6511 km

    Tabitha
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There comes a point, at about 7 or 8 folds, where you can’t fold a sheet of paper “in half” anymore, no matter how big a sheet it is. Yes, you can fold it in parts, or in pleats way more times, but but if you’re talking about in half then in half again, you’re done at 7 or 8 folds.

    Celesta
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They did thos on Mythbusters, using a sheet almost as latge as a hanger and still barely cracked 11 folds and that was with heavy machinery.

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    Rastilabo
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    439805 km, that's well beyond the moon

    Stephen Smith
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    fold paper once =2 fold it again =4 again =8 so it's not 42 sheets of paper. it will workout to 4,398,046,511,104 sheets of paper , wont get you to the moon, but you may find it difficult to breath if you stand on top.

    Stephen Smith
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've been thinking more about this. First we all know it's almost impossible to fold a paper more than 7 times. So let's pretend we can, or the best way to get the same result would be to stack the correct number of A4 sheets, which would be 4,398,046,511,104 sheets. The 80gsm thickness per sheet is 0.1mm, that times by 4,398,046,511,104 = 439,805 Km. The average distance to the moon is 384,400Km, so yes you can reach the moon. But there is something else to thick about, the best price I can find on A4 paper is £313.15 for 25,000 sheets. If you work out the cost it is £55,089,930,598.09 It would cost less to build your own rocket. Or just wait to book a holiday to the moon on SpaceX spaceship. BTW the surface area of all that paper is 274,306.16 SqKm that's more than the surface area of the UK.

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    thea
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    call me stupid but I don't get it how does folded paper reach the moon doesn't it get smaller

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    #15

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    Jamie Pthree Report

    Enuya
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Come on, this one clearly is a joke

    Gustav Gallifrey
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ...and if that's a bulldog, where are his horns, huh?

    censorshipsucks
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    wait till they hear about pugs, the diminutive pugilist boxers.

    Anna Stephenson
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or sheep dogs- those odd little hoofed dogs that are covered in will and go "Baaaaaaah" instead of "wood"!

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    Narelle Hussy
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    hahahaaaa im f#cking crying laughing

    Celtic Pirate Queen
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Like, this person didn't know there was a dog breed called a Boxer? OMG

    Ryan
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bored Panda contributors try to recognize satire challenge: impossible

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    Alfonso Suarez Report

    Adam Zad
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Queue the idiots who don't know what cues are.

    vennyp0o
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    🤣 thanks - I was trying to think of a good sentence along those lines...

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    SCP 4666
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Cue sera sera, whatever will bee will bee

    censorshipsucks
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    kwê. Nice. Can't even spell queue.

    tom
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can't even spell quequeueue....see!

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    Debby Keir
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Que? Introduce una oración en la que se indican ciertas características del nombre al que dicha oración complementa.

    Tabitha
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can’t help it. Though “que” in American regional slang is short for “barbecue”, in proper English “que” is not a word, but either another form of “-ck” used in some English-speaking countries, like using “cheque” instead of “check” to describe the piece of paper recognized by a bank, or as part of a suffix, such as the descriptive “-esque” part of the word “picturesque’. A “queue” is a line for something like a bus, or lunch, or to get back into the anthill when there are other ants ahead of you, or anything where more than one individual shows up and they all form an orderly line. Lastly, a “cue” was, and still is, a prompt to speak or appear in a stage play. It has also been given wider applications than just the dramatic arts hence the “Cue the Boomers” remark above.

    Full Name
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Que" - What? - Yes.

    FatKidShakeDown
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some of you don't know which is the fool and it shows.

    Roan The Demon Kitty
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As someone who actually once graduated as an art student once upon a time, I know the difference between Cue , *Queue and the Spanish word "que" >.>

    tom
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In Australia the boomers had a free education, Gen X onwards had the fees

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    #17

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    Patricia Stewart Nasser Report

    tom
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    you should probably repeat the year

    Libstak
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    For anyone still confused, it's you're as in...can't take belongings if you are 18.

    Ace
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Reader: nobody was confused.

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    Tabitha
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would hate to see this moron massacre there, their, and they’re.

    Ethereal Haze
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Correct sentence Fun fact, schools can't take your belongings of you're 18

    Javelina Poppers
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Remember when they thought ignorance was caused by a lack of access to information, the internet shot that theory all to hell.

    StumblingThroughLife
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    'Your' = shows possession. You're (as said by Libstak) = You are. Again, this is as common a mistake as 'loose' (not fixed in place) instead of 'lose' (cease to keep). But, I reckon we all have at least one word we misuse.

    lonely miso
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some people, may I say, you must retake your kindergarten English class. (Joking I know it’s your)

    Robert T
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some of these people seem to have suffered a contraction at birth.

    DC
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This confuses me ... what is a correctly moron, and how did he get to use it?

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    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.

    #18

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    Divyam Sharma Report

    Aroace tiger (she/they/he)
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Guess who's never shaking hands with someone ever :)

    Tabitha
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And men, even though you might not think you have to wash your hands after peeing because you don’t hold it while you’re peeing, you do still touch it to take it out of your pants, shake those last drops off it, then put it back in your pants—-all of which also count. So, since you can’t train it to do all of that on command all by itself, you still need to wash your f*****g disgusting hands after you pee.

    ColdSteelRonin
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Statistics can be used to prove anything, 36% of all people know that

    Angela C
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Careful what you believe, 80% of statistics are made up

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    Monkey
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The problem with people like this is that even when you explain this they will insist they are right because they don't understand. We seem to have a lot of this mentality in our congress right now.

    Linnoff
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What can you expect from a person with that profile picture?

    Sara Wilson
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think his profile pic is PERFECT!

    Dr Robert Neville
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My problem with washing your hands in a public bathroom is touching the same door handle as the fookers that haven't.

    David
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is a good example of how it is about how you present statistics. If 31 and 65% DO wash their hands then it also tells us that 69 and 35 do not. So taken together, 104% of people do NOT wash their hands. So remember kids, it's cool because literally everyone is (not) doing it. /S

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    #19

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    Sarah Wheels Report

    Uncanny
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sents! Imbessiles. 😉

    lily jones
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    how did we get to no sins 😭

    ॐBoyGanesh
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    None of these folks have any synths.

    Zedrapazia
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Reminds me of when I was searching for a Sephora and asked a random woman on the street where Sephiroth is instead.

    Tabitha
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    “Sensss”. Wow, the vacuum in somebody’s cranium sure sprung a leak.

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    #20

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    Michael Davidson Report

    lily jones
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But even if you're skinny your weight is still distributed fairly evenly around your body

    Herringbone
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The late British entertainer Roy Castle (I think it was he, could have been Charlie Drake) did this back in the 60s - his shoes were clipped to the floor. He was conducting an orchestra, and leaned farther and farther forward.

    Shark Lady
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There was a craze of guys from my secondary school trying to see how far they could lean. They were all convinced that they would manage the 45°

    Robert T
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    All these over-archivers. Garages full of s**t they no longer have a use for.

    FatKidShakeDown
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Did he put his weight in the archive?

    Donkey boi
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Michael Jackson and his really heavy feet.

    David
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Does anybody remember a dance routine D**k Van Dyke did in - I THINK - it was the original Mary Poppins movie. He leans way over at one point, kind of similar to what Michael is doing here. I think in that routine he leans in several directions. I would normally think 'wire' but I think I read some place that he actually just did it. Was good at staying just shy of the tipping point. But I'm having trouble finding any info on it. This post just made me think about it. Any pandas know more?

    LovingKnuckle
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Archive it? Gabonaise? My head hurts

    RosenCranzLives
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Commenter has no concept of physics.

    Janet Sparrow
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There are so many errors here I don't even know where to begin

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    #21

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    Irene Lopez-Cabrera Report

    Robert T
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    All three are in the dictionary (the first being misspelt), but I tend to use the latter.

    Jeremy Bolanos
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's a lot of comments to get to inedible.

    ORSOrama
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    At least I've learned a new english word

    Catharina Geerts
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The first time I came across the word 'edible' I had no idea what it could mean. I know it's a correct word, but it's totally illogical imo

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    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.

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    Keif Gwinn Report

    Nonna_SoF
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not actually true. The first powered human carrying heavier-than-air flight was in 1903, but the hot air balloon was first successfully flown in in 1783.

    Norman Beattie
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Didn't Leonardo da Vinci draw something kinda close to that ?

    Disgruntled Pelican
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He drew up plans, but never actually successfully accomplished building/flying it.

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    Stephen Smith
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would like to show it to someone from over 500 years ago, and that's Leonardo da Vinci, and find out what he thinks about us getting his invention to work.

    Earl Grey
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Our former President stated that patriotic troops defended our airports during the American Revolutionary War, so they obviously already knew all about this sort of thing: https://youtu.be/A2SFo3TkvhM?si=T1n-Jc51PdMo9WZN

    Tabitha
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It’s true. It’s 2023. 200 years ago was 1823. The first successful flight, lasting 12 seconds and traveling a whopping 180 feet, was made by Wilbur Wright, with his brother Orville monitoring him from the ground, in Kitty Hawk, NC in 1903, 80 years after 1823. Humans have been flying by using air currents instead of being completely at the mercy of them (though planes can still be affected by them, pilots are trained in how to maneuver through or around them) for 120 years.

    Disgruntled Pelican
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We know. That’s not why it made the list. It’s on here because the person pointing that out doesn’t seem to understand that this is exactly why it would have blown people’s mind’s 200 years ago. That was the point OP was trying to make and the commenter missed it. Kind of like what you just did.

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    Little CJ
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    200 years ago I would be more interested in the 4 wheeler

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    Natália Elias Report

    Uncanny
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You just know that last guy is thinking of Mac n cheese 😆

    arthbach
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A cheese and pasta baked dish was first recorded in "Liber de Coquina" in the 14th C. In the same century, there was a cheese and pasta dish 'makerouns' in medieval English cookbook the 'Forme of Cury'. However, the later sounds more like a proto lasagne. In modern times, the first known macaroni and cheese recipe was in .The Experienced English Housekeeper' by Elizabeth Raffald in 1769 . It has a béchamel sauce with cheddar cheese.

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    Surenu
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To play the devil's advocate, they aren't COMPLETELY wrong. Mostly, but not completely. As with all aspects of culture, there is always an exchange with and appropriation by neighbors which eventually gets baked (pun intended) into the local cultural canon. For example, a lot of dishes we consider German, such as the Bratwurst, were originally Roman, and pan-searing came here from France. Yet nobody would consider a Bratwurst to be French cuisine, right? So, the United States, being the cultural and ethnic melting pot they are (despite efforts to the contrary) have had hundreds of different cultures and cuisines freely mixing and mingling with each other, resulting in dishen and customs with identifiable foreign roots but still being uniquely American. Oh, and in Germany we consider the Hamburger to be very much American.

    Jesha
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Diaspora cuisine is totally fascinating in its own right.

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    Rob Chapman
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hamburgers, as we know them, were indeed invented in the U.S. in the 19th century by German migrants, and are derived from the German hamburg steak (which is NOT served between slices of bread, and is more akin to what we call "Salisbury steak" today). The Chinese food you get at your local restaurant is also an American creation, devised by Chinese migrants to better appease western tastes, and is drastically different from what you find in China.

    Ervin Conn
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Google Louis' lunch in New Haven Connecticut. 1900.

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    Lexekon
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My UK friends were able to explain that many foods, pasta and Chinese dishes included, have regional variations with seasoning and preparation. The American version was one way of making it, but it was notably different from how many were prepared in other regions. Example FYI: Don't try to tell a person from Italy, that you like Italian food, if you never had it prepared the way actual Italians make it. They see our versions as quite different, I promise.

    DB
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's funny because those foods are all heavily Americanized. That's why the guy used quotation marks.

    Corvus
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Now I wonder what country French cuisine comes from. Probably America, because I've heard they have French restaurants there :P

    The Scout
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not completely wrong, though, as not only Mac & Cheese, but also spaghetti meatballs are as american as it gets. Also deep-fried noodles are hardly genuine chinese food. Hamburgers are more complicated in origin, though (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamburger#History). International food often tends to be heavily americanized.

    FaceTime Audio
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To be fair, food found in the US is often changed to make Americans like it more. Our foods may not be particularly inventive, but plenty of "Foreign Cuisine" restaurants in America have food likely considered alien by people from the culture that the food is supposed to be from.

    David
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I get the joke but food for thought (no pun intended) - a country's food is about what is common there, not whether or not they invented it. I think most folks would consider fish and chips to be a classic British thing. I have watched them eat it in so many BBC shows. But the British did not invent either of those things. French Fries (chips) were invented in either France or Belgium depending on who you ask. Vinegar was invented in 5000 BC in Babylon. Steak and potato might be considered classic American food but baked potatoes were invented in Peru and I reckon anyone who could catch meat since the beginning of time had some version of steak. TLDR: This is a stupid thing to argue about.

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    #24

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    Isaiah Gonzalez Report

    Francis
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i guess it was a joke (probably bodyshaming someone)

    jjdubs W
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wouldn't assume the person doing the correcting was that intelligent :D

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    Alex Davis
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have a t shirt that says "roll model" with a photo of a wheelchair underneath as in a wheelchair user. Also have one that says "only in it for the free parking" but free disabled parking in car parks is becoming rarer and rarer- least I'll always be a roll model!

    Shannon Mallory
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe they're learning to make sushi

    Vinny DaPooh
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe it was the Pillsbury Doughboy

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    #25

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    Michael Davidson Report

    censorshipsucks
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Except we'd still have to do a leapyear but with four extra days.

    Rob Chapman
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not exactly. The International Fixed Calendar is a 13 month calendar (13 months of 28 days, with every month starting on Sunday, and ending on Saturday. The extra month is called Sol and is between June & July). It uses the Gregorian "leap year" rule. Meaning a leap year every 4 years. Instead of one extra day, it adds 2. There's no Feb 29 in this calendar, it uses June 29 and December 29 as the leap days. But...these leap days don't occur on a regular day (ie Sunday, Monday etc). Both Leap Day (June 29) and Year Day (Dec 29) take place between a Saturday & a Sunday. In other words, Saturday Dec 28 would be followed by Year Day, which would then be followed by Sunday Jan 1

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    Terry Tobias
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's always dangerous to start a sentence with "Everyone knows...".

    Rob Chapman
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "some months have 29 days"......what calendar is he using

    tom
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    wow, i think its bedtime

    lily jones
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I mean it is technically true

    Garthus Andicus
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's why there's a new Zodiac sign. Ophiuchus the serpent bearer. Changing your astrological sign depending on the year you were born. GASP.

    Stephen Smith
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think we should decimalise time. If we just made a second a bit shorter, you won't notice if we decreased it by dividing the second by 1.15741. We then could have 10 seconds in a minute, 100 minutes in a hour and 100 hours in a day, that would be 100,000 seconds in a day more than the 86,400 seconds we have at the moment, but because we have shortened the second it's the same time.

    AndersM
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't even know who's right. But I'm on team 1

    Skye Ragsdale
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't know why we can't just have nice even months, then have a giant party with the extra days

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    #26

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    Laura Arlette Report

    Hawkmoon
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Abracadabra is the term used in many european countries. It's origin is "adhadda kedhabhra", from aramean langage, meaning "destroy this thing". And if this reminds you of another magic formula in some books and movies, that's not a coincidence.

    Vul Va
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Used in Harry potter as the 'killing curse' "Avada Kedavra"

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    The pigeon
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They're not technically wrong, though; I'm assuming this is the title for other countries.

    Mike Hunt
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Always grew up thinking that was part of the Aladdin song: Prince Ali, fabulous he, abracadabra

    Gustav Gallifrey
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In other parts of the English-speaking world, the old comedy movie 'Airplane' was released as 'Flying High'.

    TotallyNOTAFox
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "The unbelievable journey in a crazy airplane" - German title (they loved to make it complicated back then)

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    Mat O'Dowd
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And in Ireland our local kebab Chain is Abrakebabra!!

    StumblingThroughLife
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It reminds me how book titles you see in the UK, for example, can be changed when published in other Countries/Continents. Until recently, these changes were common – for commercial reasons, cultural sensitivity or because of a pre-existing book with a similar moniker. Also, a bit of a pain when you are collecting them and inadvertently pick one up (usually 2nd hand) and realise you have the same book with a different title.

    Alex Davis
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Like Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in the USA was change to the Sorcerer's Stone. Was at platform 9 3/4 in London Kings Cross train station (they have an exhibit where you have your photo taken like you're running into the wall and then there is a gift shop) Saw an American having an argument with the shop keeper as something had the British title (as shock horror, we're in the UK) on it and not the American. Guy just wouldn't listen to the explanation from the poor staff member.

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    Mars
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Okay but why does it look better as Abracadabra

    The Original Bruno
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They really spelled "classics" wrongly.... Can you imagine... with a "q"? And wait until he sees how they misspelled "rediscovered!"

    lonely miso
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can’t tell if that’s sarcastic but the content in question in French

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    Gworlypop
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    YOOOO IS THAT WHAT THE LETTER D LOOKS LIKE IN HOCUS POCUS FONT

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    #27

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    Breanna Moravcik Report

    censorshipsucks
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    this is why they're called boredgames.

    MotherofGuineaPigs
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you're playing Monopoly - boredgame kinda fits...

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    SCP 4666
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This site is actually Boardpanda?

    Justin Patel
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm on bored with useless meetings.

    VonBlade
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It took me a moment to realise they are, rightly, correcting themselves.

    me McG
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Boredellos tend make me yawn but their brothel soup often perks me up.

    JB
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Doesn't matter how you spell it, I want to hit them with one!

    C.O. Shea
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    First guy must have used "Grammarly."

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    #28

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    Josh Christler Report

    DforDory
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I like the fact how I started thinking about what was the real intention - mercilessly or unmercilessly, rather than questioning the reason of the beating. It's like politics, you get distracted do easily from the main subject. 🥴

    Corvus
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Next time make sure you beat him mercifully... or at least mercifullylessly.

    80 Van
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It’s unmercilessfully.

    Lena Flising
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Double negation. So he beat him with kindness? How? Why?

    Dennis Adrian Middendorp
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mercilessly = correct. But mom " that " allowed it ... " who " allowed it.

    Jo Davies
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mercifully means that you are glad something good has happened. Unmercifully means that you do something a lot and don't show pity.

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    Earl Grey
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Judging from his injuries, he didn’t beat him badly, he beat him rather well.

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    #29

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    Gerardo Vizcaíno Report

    Justin Patel
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You can't measure this in meters. That's a foot.

    Rizzo
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is a joke. There is no German dish called "Suppenfuß" (soup foot). I would know that. I'm German an I eat everything. :)

    Chrille
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Really? So you're not cannibals? Are you even looking at the meat?

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    farbenzirkel
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The good old Suppenfuß - best broth you can make!

    Bec
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A foot from what? What is that?

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    Fat Harry
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Another example of "America is the world".

    SlightlyTarnished
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Assuming (99% sure) the commenter to the OP is US-American. I fücking hate what the US has done to its once excellent education system over the past 40yrs, and the dumbing down continues.

    DB
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So the post is an obvious joke but what is up with the fake foot?

    Nicole Weymann
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm German. There is no linguistic/cultural/geographic/historical reference involved. It really is just a bizarre photoshop fun post. We do have "Suppenfleisch" ("soup meat" - boiling meat, like beef shank or similar, for preparing broth) and "Suppengrün" ("soup green" - veggies for broth, generally onion, celeriac, carrots, leek and parsley).

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    tom
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    can someone please explain to me what it is that I am looking at?

    lonely miso
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    “You know it’s fake” well it’s a foot in a food store container what do you expect.

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    #30

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    Mark Chant Report

    Lexekon
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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

    James S
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    British chemist graduate here. You are correct however even when I did my Chemistry BSc in the 90s, "sulphur" was taught. Only when I did my PhD was "sulfur" more widely used in British Universities.

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    B.Nelson
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's like getting mad that a book spells color "colour."

    Dr Robert Neville
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Right so in Latin it was Sulpur, which became Sulphur and then Sulfur. The Brits stuck with our spelling.

    Jo Davies
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    True. Depending on which audience I am writing for (America or rest of the world) I have to change the spelling of a lot of words. That is why I prefer writing for ROW sites, they all get it!

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    Gustav Gallifrey
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The word 'British' is superfluous here.

    afia kooma
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not according to dictionaries. Opnen your OpenOffice and hit language settings. It has evolved beyond belief.

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    Earl Grey
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Many of the lovely yellow and orange butterflies in the family Pieridae are called Sulphurs. Perhaps that is where the confusion comes from? IMG_2762-6...80003.jpeg IMG_2762-6541bd5280003.jpeg

    cal has returned (they/them)
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    then there's me, an american who writes in a horrid mashup of british and american english.

    cal has returned (they/them)
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    like i spell humour with a u, colour with a u, and rumour with a u, but i say math not maths lol

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    Noyfb noyfb
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don’t you use lye (Drano, sodium hydroxide), not acid, to clear a drain?

    Ponypower
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I remember my chemistry teacher pointing to the periodic table and saying, ' you will see here that we will continue to spell sulphur the correct way, non of these Americanisms. Also when noting colour we will continue to use the letter 'U'. '

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    Jakob Waldersten Report

    Stardust she/her
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Idiot, if only you actually understood what a light year is

    v
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think most people do know or understand what a light year is, in that it is the distance that light travels in a year. The problem is that they don't realize or know that vision is possible because of light reflected off an object and that everything a person sees is actually a version of that thing in the past.

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    Tabitha
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It’s really wild to think about it. The light we see from the moon is already 1.3 seconds old, the light from Saturn is 80 minutes old, and the light from the farthest star seen by the Hubble Telescope is 12.9 billion years old. When that beam of light left that planet on its journey to Earth, our planet didn’t even exist, because Earth was finally formed only 4.6 billion years ago.

    SirWriteALot
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It is kind of hard to wrap your head around it.

    Justin Patel
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You'd have to ask Marty and the Doc for a clear explanation

    J Garza
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    All light travels. To travel you use time. Imagine you take a photograph of your house today. You put it in an envelope and a rocket takes it into space. As it travels, time keeps passing. Your house changes but the photo of it remains the same. Everyone who will ever see that photo again will only see how your house looked like today. No matter how far it goes. Light is an endless stream of photographs traveling through space. It takes time to get where they are going.

    Dr Robert Neville
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How long is that in parsecs? Anyone asked George Lucas?

    Peter H
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    /nerd mode on This is one that always bothered me, ever since I got it literally while I was in the theater watching it for the first time. They established that once you're in hyperspace, the Imperials can't catch you - hyperspace is safe. They also established that if you pop out of hyperspace when there is space debris (exploded planets, asteroid fields, etc) you could be smashed to pieces if you're not a damn hotshot pilot. Therefore, the riskiest smugglers are the ones who spend the least amount of their run in normal space. Safer smugglers come out of hyper further out - and are easier to catch. Hotshot smugglers come out of hyper closer in - and are harder to catch, but more likely to get flattened against an asteroid. Therefore, one SHOULD boast about how little normal space distance you did the run in - how FEW parsecs you "did the Kessel run in." It's like telling someone who boasts of winning a chess match in ten moves that "a move is not a unit of time."

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    Stephen Smith
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In 65 million years time, that alien will be looking through their telescope, into my window at my computer screen reading this, and be thinking what a load of unintelligent life forms there are on that planet.

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    #32

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    Wayne Kitching Report

    censorshipsucks
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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".

    Corvus
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Boured Panda" - this is what this site is called in Britain :D

    Aroace tiger (she/they/he)
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Different countries different spellings. In this 1 I don't think anyone is wrong and I spell it colour

    Shark Lady
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Fourty is incorrect in every English speaking country.

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    U_dontwanttoknowme
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As a person from who is not from a English speaking country, this war of spelling between UK and USA is actually affecting the ability to write fast. Especially when I have to decide if it is s or z. Like is it Authorisation or Authorization. Messes with my exam brain...

    Petra
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I used to teach English as a foreign language and this is the advice I would give my students: choose the one that you like and stick with it. Either 1) always learn/use the British way of pronouncing/spelling words or 2) always learn/use the American way of pronouncing/spelling words. Don't try to make the decision for each individual word; this only leads to confusion and frustration, due to the additional burden of trying to remember what version you decided to use for each and every word. Pick one overall style and consistently stick with it. Consistency is your friend! But that's just my unsolicited two cents! :)

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    JuJu
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You are both wrong. I know for sure it is spelled "Vierzig"

    StumblingThroughLife
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Forty is Forty in the UK, so ... (e.g., behaviour, colour, favour, flavour, harbour, honour, humour, labour, neighbour, rumour, splendour) ‑ or in American English (behavior, color, favor, flavor, harbor, honor, humor, labor, neighbor, rumor, splendor) = ending in 'our' instead of 'or'.

    me McG
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Caveman scratch head ... say UUUGGG ... mean to say Gee.

    JB
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    *counts in French*

    CORGI QUEEN
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am american and I spell flavor like Flavour because I wanna b fancy lol

    JB
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Fancy nothing! You want to be Canadian! That's our way of spelling!

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    Cloakred_Is_Bored
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We don’t get it wrong, we spell it differently

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    Imogen Leaf Report

    censorshipsucks
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

    The Original Bruno
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The fungus is always "mold." But for shaping liquids, it gets stupidly complex. "Molten" means liquified. "Moulten" would mean something that has lost its feathers. So U.S. English uses "mold" for shaping liquids, which actually is the older spelling, while the British use "mould." But it gets more complicated yet. The U.S. often still uses "moulding" for architectural embellishments, to avoid confusion with something going moldy.

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    Robert T
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It is spelt the same for both meanings whether you use the illiterate American spelling (mold) or the British one (mould). ;-)

    me McG
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hüsker Dü Bob scratches his head.

    All's Gravy
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mold=North Welsh town, mold=fungi, mould=for casting.

    Vix Spiderthrust
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No. In the UK the fungus is also "mould". As in "mouldy old Tory Sir John Major"

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    Andy Frobig
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I use Mould for the guitarist, Hart for the drummer and Norton for the bassist

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    Sanne Spring Report

    Jill Rhodry
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah nah, this does not belong here - but it's absolutely hilarious🤣🤣🤣

    VioletHunter
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have a better question. Wtf is that thing in the picture, badly pretending to be a car?

    DC
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    6 flames, 6 flags, 6 birds? Satanic picshure!

    Gustav Gallifrey
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To express it in the simpler, easier-to-understand Imperial system: 1 km = 264.5 roods, just under 5 furlongs, just under 50 chains (or 50 cricket pitches), about 1/5 of a league (land), and about 0.17 of a league (nautical). Hope that clears it up for you.

    TheGoodBoi
    Community Member
    Premium
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh geez! My American southern self is cringing hard because of the photo!

    me McG
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Fear not, they are equally a fancy way to measure Rolling Yer Coal.

    Jane Hower
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ah yes, England and the US, separated by a common language. hehe

    Chris Sprucefield
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's 1,000 of a basic SI unit, which btw, defines your inch, thus miles and everything else you use. Quite in fact, currently, all of the imperial units has it's definition in the metric system.

    Doug the Special one
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    English English is the only English that should be called English.

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    Jaclyn Jarvis Report

    Corvus
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Betelgeuse is also the name of a star... still pronounced like Beetlejuice.

    El Cucuy
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In the Orion constellation. Or should that be Oh Ryan? ;-)

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    VonBlade
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Also the first correction was Bettlejuice. Not Beetle, Bettle.

    Shelli Aderman
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Didn’t see that! My brain added in the second e automatically!

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    Cassidy
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah I'm going to need the name of this tattoo artist.

    Bec
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He has to advertise phonetically so people will pronounce it correctly

    New Everywhere
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I never thought of that and I've seen that movie 10 times at least

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    KB
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To be fair they did spell 'Bettlejuice' wrong

    no Adhesivness2020
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I recall my astronomy professor saying "Beetlejuice" as an astronomers joke pronunciation, but actual pronunciation was Bet-el-geeze.

    Chilli
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    can we talk about how cool that tattoo is?

    Heather Talma
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    IIRC, they didn't know how to pronounce it when they first encountered it, but then magically pronounced it right when summoning him. Why? Who knows.

    LinkTheHylian
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nice f****n' model! I mean tattoo!

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    #36

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    Emma Marshall Report

    Corvus
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Salty voters are loose on the streets!

    Bored&InSchool
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    lmao I can imagine "salty voters are lose on the streets, mad because they loost!"

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    Mars
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Uhhh no its lossing duh 😉

    Matticulas
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'd lose my mind if I lost my shoes while loosening the my laces then I'd be loosing my tongue with a loose use of expletives.

    Alan Green
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah I'm a bit OCD about this one. See it all the time and I have to force myself to not correct them. . . well. . sometimes I can't resist.

    Mohsie Supposie
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The one loosing is upside down!

    Lotus
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But why does her pfp look so scary...?

    Squirrelly Panda
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'll lose my nose and shoes and cancel the truce if you use those hues to set the moose loose. (Please, someone, improve on that sentence with more loose, lose, and nose rhymes)

    James Pelley
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Something is definitely loose.... Screw, bolt, spring.....

    Sara Wilson
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I worked in an office, people always did "adviced" is dread of advised. Drove me nuts! And only a few got it after some explanation!

    #37

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    Nicole Feeney Report

    DB
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Someone should tell them an aardvark is essentially an ant vacuum. That should blow their minds.

    Tabitha
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don’t know if this is still true, but I was taught “AEIOU, and sometimes Y”. Now that was in 1966-1967, and I understood the use of a “Y” as a vowel from the get-go (gym, myth, rhythm, etc), so I hope that’s how they still teach vowels in school.

    FaceTime Audio
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I learned "AEIOU and sometimes Y and W". I rarely if ever come across words where W is a vowel, and the only teacher I've ever had say that was in Kindergarten. AEIOU and sometimes Y is how it works.

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    arthbach
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    'Y' can also be a vowel in words that already have a vowel, eg deny, angry, etc. Normally it is at the end of the word, but it is a vowel in words like 'psychiatric' and 'physiotherapist'.

    Sigrún Hlín
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Y being a consonant is some weird English thing. Isn't it a vowel in all other languages who use this type of alphabet?

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    Robert T
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "oo" and "ee" are quite common in English. "aa" and "uu" are not.

    FaceTime Audio
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Oo" and "ee" make sounds distinct from the standard sound of the letter. "Aa" and "uu" don't so much.

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    Miss Ann Thrope
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bookkeeper. Only work with three double letters in a row.

    Appalachian Panda
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nobody tell these people about the Welsh and their "w"

    censorshipsucks
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They needed to give the imbecile a series of words with Y as a vowel as well, you know like, cry, fly, try etc. And maybe for good measure a word with w as a vowel: cwm.

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    #38

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    Katie Ellis Report

    two-sided llama
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ok so there's a song from my childhood ( which is like four years ago but I don't care) called Jackie Chan by Dzeko and Tiesto ( and a few other people) which played all the time on the radio and I knew all the words too ( well the sounds I didn't know the words actually). This post brought back memories of singing along to the song in the car. I searched up the lyrics and realized that I was singing along to lots of swears and also I think talks about sex. So now I'm sad and kinda weirded out.

    JB
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Kids often quote or parrot things they know little to nothing about. Like last Friday I had to call out a grade 6 boy for referencing Johnny Sins. I said, "Make sure your response is school appropriate" and he was all "But it's Johnny Sins from the meme." And I was like, "Yes, Johnny Sins from the meme is a porn actor." Kid's mind was blown. He had no idea memes came from somewhere or could reference things or that he should actually think about what he references.

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    censorshipsucks
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    2 years ago

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    I'm ok with this one, both are diminutives. If you asked me which it was I'd not know either without googling.

    Fat Harry
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Both are diminutives (of John, actually) but that doesn't mean they're not also names in their own right now. People name their babies "Jack" rather than John, so they also choose a spelling and it's polite to use that correct spelling. If Chan chose his anglicised name himself, then we should respect the spelling he also chose.

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    Dyllan Lillis Report

    Ansi
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Without watching that movie I would still be watering my houseplants with Gatorade. 👍

    ShellsBells
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Everyone knows you only water your houseplants with Brawndo. Brawndo's got what plants crave. It's got electrolytes.

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    TotallyNOTAFox
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One of the best documentaries out there, too

    KB
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ever since someone pointed out that they wear crocs in that movie I take the shoes even less seriously

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    CORGI QUEEN
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "welcome to costco I love you"

    Robert Veitch
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Idiocracy is government under Trump.

    AuntKaren12
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I always said the movie is becoming more of a documentary and less of a comedy.

    U_dontwanttoknowme
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe I mean maybe the team was run by a bunch of idiots and that's why the person commented indiocracy? Again it is just my assumption. 🤷‍♀️

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    #40

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    Björn Valentin Nonor Report

    Shelli Aderman
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But these are Pokémon, so it doesn’t matter… 🤣

    TotallyNOTAFox
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But he's correct saying that they are a tribe of the canine family

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    Vicki Doggurl
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Pokémon ! Lol! I just googled what a mightyena was. Jeepers!

    zovjraar
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I learned something today!

    #41

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    Evan Bieszke Report

    BlueBlazer999
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    “Spelling and Grammar” would be replaced by the pronoun they, meaning are is perfectly valid.

    Mike Beck
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Either is valid depending on intent. If expressed as a singular group, "is" is correct. If as a list of disparate items, then "are" is correct. Since this is ambiguous here, either is acceptable.

    U_dontwanttoknowme
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Finnally someone in the comments said it clear enough for a non native speaker to understand

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    royal_antelope
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why? Non native speaker here. I would have used "are" in this sentence and can't understand why that would be wrong.

    Robert T
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As native speaker, so would I. There are two things, so it is "are".

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    Rodney McKay
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hate me, but I would use 'is' with "spelling & grammar" because I use ampersand (as opposed to 'and') to represent a single (in my mind, anyway) object.

    El Cucuy
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    People are missing the joke here...

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    #42

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    Will Quaintance Report

    Peter Panda
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This isn't stupid. They admit that they learned something.

    Liz Downing
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yep. They probably thought the person spelled repost incorrectly on purpose, as they did git and gud.

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    The Original Bruno
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I reposted this riposte. It was such a burn that it cooked my repast. Now I have to eat spaghetti again.

    Tabitha
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lots of fencers in that posting. (Kidding, but if you know, you know)

    Losstar
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i like how the op used specific colors to cover the names and pfps

    Adam Zad
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I prefer the remise, anyway.

    Terry Tobias
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You know what's cool: if you highlight a word or phrase in Google, it will bring up the definition for you. In a Kindle or other electronic device as well. I'm certain that many people already knew this but I learned it not too long ago. I have to use it all of the time on BP!

    René Sauer
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And what does that "git gud" mean?

    Jaya
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Intentional misspelling of 'get good', as in improving. It's slang that's often used by people playing computer games, it's often meant as an insult ('you suck, you should get better at this game').

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    #43

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    Shayan Mridha Report

    Erdot
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Minus eye actually refers to people with one eye.

    El Cucuy
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Plus eye is for those with three eyes.

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    Corvus
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Astigmatism often accompanies myopia, but it's a separate thing, indeed.

    Axel Tojo
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Negative eye should be the name of a metal band.

    Warpath81
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Pirate : -1 eye, -1 leg, +1 parrot

    Rocket Surgeon
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No one corrected person #2 saying "Actually, it's a stigmatism"

    The Original Bruno
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Europia is when other people are near-sighted.

    Artsy Bookworm
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Me with both astigmatism and myopia 👀🥲

    imjustexisting
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I Iike to caII it astigmatism anyway *I have astigmatism IoI*

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    #44

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    Andy Bubz Neal Report

    Spocks's Mom
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Spikey demon eye.

    Shelli Aderman
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I thought it was an eye, drawn by AI… 🤣

    and_a_touch_of_the_’tism
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Actually blue is wrong! Horse chestnuts and buckeyes are in a different family than sweet chestnuts.

    Mary Kelly
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    in ohio, we call them buckeyes

    Ansi
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have a tree with these outside my window. Unfortunately they break up and the pointy shell gets rotten, not dried as it looks on the picture. 😕 Or else I would have a decorative bowl with them inside. 🥰 (you should not eat them)

    Deborah B
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Here in the uk, horse chestnut seeds are called conkers, not chestnuts. The trees are chestnuts, the seeds are not. Chestnut as a seed or nut only refers to edible chestnut varieties.

    imjustexisting
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ah weII conkers, because you need to define it from chestnuts somehow downvote me if you wish

    Jods
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Try eating one of each. You’ll soon find out the difference.

    Fenchurch
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just gonna add for the terminally stupid - please don't try eating one of each.

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    Aryck Adams Report

    Steve Robert
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Tried playing the bass, but the damn fish kept struggling o.

    Dan St John
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You can tune a piano, but you can't tuna fish.

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    #46

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    Marc McWhinnie Report

    Stardust she/her
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Reminds me of the time I saw a YouTube skit where someone doesn’t have pronouns at all. They’re referred to only by name and nothing else

    Dave H
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When people use apostrophes for plurals, my eye twitches. 😡😡😡😡

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    Vix Spiderthrust
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Chalk another one up to DUHHH ANY WORD I HATE IS A PRONOUN

    Glasofruix
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wait, it's not about the poorly placed apostrophe?

    Christos Arvanitis
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ... and the apostrophe on "pronouns" is another one of my pet peeves.

    Michael Largey
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I know few people who are never referred to with pronouns - just head shakes.

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    #47

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    Heather Staines Report

    Libstak
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh look fellow Aussies, we've taken New Zealand in a bloodless war at some point and nobody even raised a news alert.

    Linden
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Also love that we have been referred to as "an Australian island" as if we're just one island!

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    The Original Bruno
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ever since they took down the border, they might as well be one country. (Yes, I'm making fun of a previous post.)

    #48

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    Nick Horton Report

    censorshipsucks
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    not entirely incorrect. GPS is satellite-based.

    Gustav Gallifrey
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In Australia, people in remote areas depend on satellite links for phone, internet, and GPS. There's no cell towers in the middle of the Simpson Desert.

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    Robert T
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Satellite phones do exist.

    v
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Does anybody have pictures of the antenna towers they built out in/across the oceans? I'd love to see what kind of structure they came up with to keep them stable through time.

    TotallyNOTAFox
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Funny thing, most communication across oceans is handled through cable

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    Stuart
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I call Europe from Canada Im pretty sure it's not cell towers.

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    Pas Le Good Report

    Tee Pussi
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I mean the tattoo is pretty horrible

    VioletHunter
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The tacky ring is worse but at least that could be easily removed.

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    René Sauer
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "I have no other personality than my car 🥰". Also:why did someone feel the need to point out his almost empty tank?

    Chrille
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think that was the original point of the post?

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    DB
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    BMW stands for "Break My Wallet"

    lily jones
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    For anyone confused I think the tattoo isn't meant to be viewed from that angle

    Fat Harry
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You can see the letters BMW starting at the bottom left. It matches the logo perfectly.

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    Moosy Girl
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If he was a real fan his watch would be matching as well, with the actual logo, not just the brand and colours. :(

    Sea Squirrel
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The stupid tattoo probably will be right when he keeps his hands on the steering wheel.

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    #50

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    Rae Riendeau Report

    censorshipsucks
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    everyone knows this is the namasté icon.

    Clown fish
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    🤦🏼‍♀️👋👏✋️👐🙌✌️🤭🫶🤝🙏

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    Anna Stephenson
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ok- but wait!- I use this as a prayer emoji- not a high five- so which is it???? Inquiring minds wanna know!?

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    #51

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    Raven-Jade Moonshadow Báthory Report

    Robert T
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Och aye the noo! Bloody sassenachs.

    Vicki Doggurl
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Isn’t it pronounced like the letter I, eye. Lol!

    #52

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    Katz Rantz Report

    LiuLiu
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    Premium
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    my head hurts

    Karen Lyon
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mine too. There's a family at my school that is very proud of their heritage, their little girls have Aztec names like this. Tricky to remember, but beautiful.

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    #53

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    Lê Zang Report

    Uncanny
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Here I was, thinking someone blew up a whale. 🤷‍♀️

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    #54

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    Fabi von Bubach Report

    Rita Benkő
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Because mosquitoes are fungi.

    Adam Zad
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mosquitoes are not fun. Also, since it's the female that does the biting, they're not guys, either. 😆

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    #55

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    Michael Davidson Report

    Gustav Gallifrey
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's not Drew Wrong. I went to school with Drew Wrong, and it looks nothing like him.

    #56

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    Danny Anderson Report

    Paul Khon
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Apparently they make something like beer, also. By reputation is closer to making love in a canoe. Happily, Canada has some good beers.

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    René Sauer
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How shallow do you have to be to not date someone just because they use a different word for something?

    Lame Llama
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No idea what is going on here?

    TiNaBoNiNa
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    *bangs head on desk in despair

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    #57

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    Samantha Jayne Lloyd Report

    Corvus
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And I thought corned beef was meat from a cow that ate too much corn :D

    Robert T
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You mean it's not made from the corns on their feet?

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    Upstaged75
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We call that Canadian bacon where I'm from. No idea why - it's not very polite. ;)

    CP
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bacon can definitely come from other animals.

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    #58

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    Alex McDonald Report

    Stardust she/her
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Health is indeed below 30%, they never said it was exactly 30%

    Robert T
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    28.18* % for those who can actually understand a percentage.

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    #59

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    Michael Watkins Report

    Robert T
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Someone who thinks a superlative makes you go to the toilet.

    Stephanie Did It
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The word is connoting. A word or phrase may have a connotation, implying an idea or feeling beyond its literal definition. Connotating is not a word.

    #60

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    Jane Marjoribanks Report

    arthbach
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This person is going to freak out when they learn of supercooled water.

    CP
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That is like saying liquid water is the same temperature always.

    Ryan-James O'Driscoll
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Water will start to freeze at 32.01f or 0.01c. It can exist as a solid, liquid or gas at that temperature

    Ansi
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If we use 0-->100 in x seconds, for measuring how fast cars can accelerate from standing still... How about using 0 --> 100° for solid frozen water to boiling? 😲 /s

    Rita Benkő
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Er, they believe that the water in their freezer (I mean ice cubes) are 32F?

    René Sauer
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would like to see water freeze at 32C.

    Robert T
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Put it under about 1GPa of pressure. See https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/60170/how-does-the-freezing-temperature-of-water-vary-with-respect-to-pressure

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    Bobby
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well they are right that the water starts to freeze at 32 and it isn't instantaneous. Latent heat (heat that is add/removed without a change in temperature) has to be removed before the phase change

    Ian Reynolds
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wow its crazy there, because 32 degrees in the UK is quite warm, my shower is set to 38, so i shouldn't drop the temp by 6 degrees, good to know.

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    #61

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    Candice Lucente Stutzman Report

    Star the Furry Therian!
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was so sad, omg now i have a fear of my dad, who has a heart condition, getting into pools or hot tubs... :(

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    les
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I always use the doorbell to open doors. using handles are just too common

    Robert T
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's a bell on a door. What else is it going to be? A "ding ding, who the **** is that" device?

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    #62

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    Michael Jamo Report

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    #63

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    Shawn Sudz , x.com Report

    CORGI QUEEN
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    yeah just like how hawaii isn't apart of the us, it's a country and how alaska is an island. /s

    TiNaBoNiNa
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, yeah. It's out in the ocean next to Hawaii on all the maps! 😂

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    #64

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    Michael Davidson Report

    VonBlade
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah The House of the Rising Sun definitely isn't an Animals original.

    #65

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    Cat Pearce Report

    Anna Stephenson
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was expecting another reply like "My Dear, it's "dear" not "deer"

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    #66

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    Rachael Phillips Report

    Gustav Gallifrey
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah. Not the way i might have written it, but quite acceptable.

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    Corvus
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's just a contraction... I usually avoid them in official emails, but it's not a serious mistake.

    Cathy McGee
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Might have! Like Could have. No of's please!

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    Dane
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A business post will usually avoid contractions, so "might have" may have been better usage. (and "may have" better yet!). My guess is the OP thought it should be "might of", fitting the theme of this string.

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    #67

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    Ryan Pearson Report

    Kelly H. Wilder
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This one doesn't fit the theme, but it is funny anyway. 😁 (Edit: retrieving)

    Adam Belaire
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It fits with correcting the wrong "reteaving" with also wrong "retreaving" rather than the correct "retrieving"

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    #68

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    May Matilda Amanita Kuru Report

    panther
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How about it's a c**p movie and leave it at that.

    Betta Fish
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Fax haha. I know the person who wrote Twighlight, (bad flex ik) and they have the same imagination as a literal rock.

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    #69

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    Kimi Koster Report

    Cathy McGee
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The english is from Nether as in low or under. Meaning the Low lands.

    Jaya
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Interestingly enough, Nederland is part of Koninkrijk der Nederlanden ('Kingdom of the Netherlands'), which is plural again. The fact that it's 'der Nederlanden' and not 'der Nederland' suggests that it consists of multiple places that are called Netherlands or make up the Netherlands together, but the Kingdom is just the 1 Netherlands and some small countries that used to be colonies that are obviously not called Netherlands themselves because they have their own names. Interestingly, the Netherlands itself is part of the EU, but those other parts of the Kingdom of the Netherlands don't belong to the EU, but their citizens are EU citizens, even though the places they live are not EU territory.

    Lin Juist
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    2 years ago

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    Persephone
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It is Nederland in dutch, but the Netherlands in english.

    Lin Juist
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nope, it's Koninkrijk der Nederlanden in Dutch, also plural.

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    Jill Rhodry
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't believe this belongs, pretty sure the Dutch say Nederland - no 's'

    Lame Llama
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But that's in Dutch. The map is in English, which is The Netherlands. Nederlands refers to the language

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    #70

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    Adam Zaghlul Report

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