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44 Times Online Know-It-Alls Tried To Fact-Check Someone And Got Fact-Checked Instead
Some people hear a fact they believe is wrong and simply cannot resist stepping in to correct it. The problem is that confidence can be a terrible substitute for actually being right, especially when the person doing the correcting has their own facts mixed up.
That awkward dynamic has produced plenty of funny moments, like innocent misunderstandings to confidently delivered corrections that quickly backfired. Online folks recently shared some of the funniest times they watched people correct someone else, only to discover that the person being corrected was right all along.
Their stories are a reminder that sometimes the best response to a correction is simply to let someone finish before deciding they need fixing.
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#1
It took me a while to find one...
Laszlo Larthlanc 14 hours ago
Doesn't "straight" imply that anyone who isn't is bent? I think I'll stick with hetero for now.
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#3
When You Incorrectly Correct A Master Of The Written Word
#4
Just men being confidently incorrect in general
#6
...
#7
Found in the Wild
#8
Adaption vs Adaptation
#9
As a mathematician, I have no words
#10
Lmao I may have been a little harsh towards him, but at the same time he questioned whether I have read my favorite book
#11
Never actually seen one in the wild until now
#12
Woo I'm one of the stars in this one haha
Annik Perrot 10 hours ago
In French we like the name "grolar", because "gros lard" (pronounced the same way) means "tubby", or "tub of lard". And those bears are large.
#13
One in the wild? I'll let you decide
#14
Gosh Darn
#15
Apparently, I'm Not Average
Robin Roper 14 hours ago
Yikes, I need to start eating. It's 11:45PM and I have 89 lbs 15.5 oz. to go to get my 90 lbs of cheese in for the day.
#16
Right here in this very group
#17
screenshot intended for the soul purpose of this group
#18
Context: what is a country named after a woman? Dude got obliterated in replies
Balseraph 12 hours ago
Both Georgia (country) and Georgia (US state) are named after men named George, not women named Georgia. The country (which is not what they call it anyway) is apparently named due to the supposed popularity of Saint George in the region. The state is named after King George II, King of Great Britain.
#19
I found one in the wild
#20
I Had To Leave A Whole English Lesson In The Comments With An Explanation On Nouns, Proper Nouns, Adjectives, Verbs, And I Threw In Adverbs For Something New
#21
Guess *who is denser?
#22
She actually took the time to write this...
#23
So close, yet so far
Laszlo Larthlanc 14 hours ago
You're in America. Speak Navajo. Or Comanche. Or Iroquois. Or the language of any of the other 572 federally recognized Indigenous tribes.
#25
... lol
#27
Anyone wanna take a trip to the state of Chicago?
#28
The Incorrect Part Would Be The Dude Implying Very Obviously, That The Definition Is Wrong. When It Is Correct
#29
Incorrectly correcting Stephen King?! The 164 comments were all correct corrections. I think I got one here!!!
Laszlo Larthlanc 5 hours ago
I've heard the sentence "Damn. I bet that smarts" so many times in my life it seems as if it's a cliché.
#30
I found one
#31
OP is not only wrong... But amazingly Proved themselves wrong by trying to "Double Down" Still, Gave me a Viable Entry for the groip...
#32
Got a two-for-one today — two separate folks swearing WD-40 isn’t a lubricant. Funny how AI and WD-40 disagree
#33
is the last one deliberate? I just don't know what's real anymore...
#34
James keeps doubling down
#35
I Feel Like I Shouldn’t Have To Say This
#36
The context is someone posted a picture of an engraved plate and asked for a translation
#37
Apparently my buddy thinks Cuba is going to blockade the oil tankers coming into USA from the Panama Canal
#38
"My Car Won't Shut Off, How Do I Get It To Stop Running?"
#39
On a post a about an English character using the term 'cellphone'
#40
Wales is a constituent country... Not a country. From People Incorrectly Correcting Other People a group that blocked me for calling them out on this
Laszlo Larthlanc 5 hours ago
It is a country, but it's not a sovereign independent state, and doesn't hold its own seat in the UN. It has its own parliament (the Senedd Cymru) and local government that handle domestic matters like education, health, and the environment. The central UK Government in London handles national responsibilities like defense, foreign affairs, immigration, and policing. (But just go ahead and tell the Welsh that they aren't an individual nation and culture.)
#41
RIP Marjane Satrapi
#42
I got one
Elladine DesIsles 15 hours ago
This one is surely intentional wordplay, a joke? Granted one that younger readers might miss.
#43
Finally Found One In The Wild. Someone Correcting The Way Someone Else In A Video Said Cotter Pin. They Called It A “Cooter Pin”
LakotaWolf (she/her) 5 hours ago
What if you use a cotter pin joint to make a teddy bear that you name Carter? XD
#44
Found one the reply below this corrects properly but that's not for this group
OneWithRatsAndKefir 9 hours ago
Let adults have ‘babyish’ cakes anyway. I’d get a Spyro/Skylanders cake if I had the money!
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Lady Eowyn 6 hours ago
I gave up fairly early. Too much stupidity for this early in the morning.
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I gave up fairly early. Too much stupidity for this early in the morning.
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