We all know that we shouldn't believe everything we read online. I can still hear my 9th grade English teacher's voice in the back of my head warning us about the unreliability of Wikipedia. While the internet has become an invaluable source for education and connection, it can also be a cesspool of misinformation. In the current age of "fake news", it can be difficult to discern between reliable sources and unfounded claims. However, sometimes people are blatantly wrong, and their statements deserve addressing.
That's where the subreddit r/ConfidentlyIncorrect comes in. With almost 800k members, this group is dedicated to gathering examples of misinformation that have been proudly proclaimed online. It houses countless examples of tweets, Facebook posts, Instagram stories and more with objectively incorrect takes that we only wish had been shared ironically. Enjoy this list we've compiled at Bored Panda of some of the best examples, and if you're in the mood to laugh at even more confidently incorrect statements later, check out some of our previous compilations here and here.
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Brb, Going To Dye My Hair Rainbow Colors So People Like This Will Be Repelled
On How To Be Cool, And Not A Fool
Hiv And Covid Are The Same...right ?
Imagine Assuming People Erase Their Own Culture By Themselves
I now live in the hopes of getting an opportunity to call someone a goddamn Vitamin D deficient circus clown.
Hunting Vegies
Clown
Mistakes Were Made
Satan is doing a good job with his church, they're getting more likeable every day! O.o
When You Can't Tell Antennas And Solar Panels Apart
Glenn Beck Is Bad At History
What’s The Welsh Word For ‘Overconfident’?
Anyone else slightly concerned that Great Britain STILL wants to erase other people's cultures?
If It's Not White, It's Uncivilized
I'm Counting Three Things Wrong With This
It's A Hoax
They're So Close To Getting It
That's exactly the problem: the (mostly) uneducated need the feeling of being the better informed to at least feel superior. -.-
User Tells Nfl Player To Take A Class In Economics. Well...
To be fair, a BA in a relevant topic just gets him started. That said, anyone saying that gov't officials don't have an effect on the stock market, or even more important, aren't privy to insider information because of their jobs, is either massively ignorant or deliberately lying.
Virgin Mary Irl, Amirite?
I Do Believe We Have
Soup Of The Day
2020 + 80
Almost Like They Was Wrong
while simultaneously believing that the millions of people that have dropped dead of COVID is a lie.
From This Example I'd Say: Hard No To Homeschool, Lady
Why Won't You Say Merry Christmas?!
"That? No, that doesn't say Merry Christmas! I don't know what that says!"
“Atheism Is A Religion”
Wait.... wasn't man created using dust and gods breath? And woman from a chunk of Adams rib cage? And we're crazy?? Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!
Fixed
Wow! My depression is cured all thanks to this guy on the internet! My depression is suddenly gone because it is a state of mind! /s 😐
Not Only Were They Wrong About The Time Limit, They Were Also Mathematically Incorrect 😭
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How Do People Believe This Rubbish
🤣🤣🤣🤣 dear lord imagine being so menopause brained you forget about menopause and blame your natural biological process on your boyfriends' vaccination.
Tetanus Shot Is Literally A Vaccine. The Dose You Get When Injured Is Literally A Booster
There Are No Lesbians In China
Homophobia for starters : pretending homosexuality only exists in countries where it is legal, like it is just a cultural trend, not a natural and random thing - so people don't even think about it in countries where it is not legal. Ignoring the struggles of gay people in these countries and the crimes they are victims of.
I Think I've Proven My Point
So now we "proof our points" by spreading opinions? I see the problem a bit clearer now. -.-
Scotus Justice Worried About “Catching A Baby”
Speaking With No Accent
In Response To Georgia Applying For The Eu
I am constantly confused by this... Before we got teached the USA in geography, I only knew the European Georgia (birthplace of Stalin) and everytime I read Georgia, I think of Europe. But 99% of the time it's about the US state.
The Closest Evolutionary Relative Of Humans Is The Penguin
Is There Anyone More Confidently Incorrect Than A Religious Zealot?
That's Not How Lactation Works
Okay, so about cows and milk: for a cow to give milk, it has to have become pregnant first. This starts a lactation cycle. A cow doesn't have to continue to nurse a calf in order to keep giving milk; as long as you milk it every day, a single lactation cycle can continue for several years. But if anything interrupts the cycle, like illness, or the cow just gets badly frightened or bored (I'm not kidding), they can stop giving milk. The only thing to do in that case is breed the cow again, and start another lactation cycle. Many farmers breed their cows every year to ensure uninterrupted milking. Yup, spent some time on a dairy farm, and got family that breed dairy cows.
Fat-Shaming A Normal Size Person
64,5 kg for 1,70 m is perfectly fine. She rather not lose weight or she'll start getting underweighted.
My Husband's English Degree Is Screaming From The Drawer
This Dude Gotta Be Living In An Alternate Timeline
No no you don't understand. All those places China savagely invaded were actually part of China, so its not really an invasion (!)
The Top Review For This Manga Volume On Amazon
I'm sure on the first Page (Western style) is an explanation why this is and how to proppetly read the book. Especially for those morons every translated manga I ever Held in hand had such a manual side.
What Quarantine Does To A Person
You Can Only Get Pregnant One Day A Month??
Pundit Has Apparently Never Heard Of Tornado Shelters, Levees, Dams, Fema, Or Civilization In General
I upvoted because of the title, and the "Civilization in General"
Man Accuses Malala Yousafzai Of Not Doing Anything To Oppose The Taliban
Question Everything, A Soon Nothing
Someone Has The Blues
I Really Don’t Know How To Simplify It More For This Guy
France Is Not Even A Real Country But A Province Of A European Super State
There were 693 mass shootings in the US in the year 2021. You can even legally buy flamethrowers here.
Why Is There So Many Science Denying Morons In The Comments?
I love that it's more believable that man was created using a rib bone than it is we evolved from apes. Evolving from a rib really seems more plausible.
Please Don't Breath Your Hiv On Me
Even Says How He’s Wrong In My Post
One Of The Worst Literary Takes I Ever Seen
Numbers Are Hard
If We Can't Trust Cartoonists, Who Can We Trust?
Tell Me You Have No Idea What Socialism Is Without Telling Me You Have No Idea What Socialism Is
Damn, Better Get Back In Touch With God
Wow! Who knew you could make words from other words? Anyway. OMICRON means 'small o' in Greek. 15th letter of the alphabet.
That’s A Two-Fer-One!
Astrology: stuff related to horoscopes Astronomy: anything related to the science in space
Unless Your Kink Is Disappearing I Do Not Suggest This
Imagine Being This Confident In Your ‘Remedy’, But Being So Incredibly Wrong
Boyfriend’s sister drank apple cider vinegar on the regular. Boyfriend’s sister then had to go to the ER with rectal bleeding. Good times.
Ireland Is 100% Not In The UK, My Friend
A Baker’s Dozen
In medieval England there were laws that related the price of bread to the price of the wheat used to make it. Bakers who were found to be “cheating” their customers by overpricing undersized loaves were subject to strict punishment, including fines or flogging. For fear of accidentally coming up short, they would throw in a bit extra to ensure that they wouldn’t end up with a surprise flogging later.
Very Wrong
Oooo do I get to have a soul transplant if I don’t already have one, then?? :O
I Don’t Know Where To Start
IDK. How about mules? Horse and donkey get together, mule not like either parent. Just sayin'.
I Hate To Admit I Know This Person
Skunk
Not Knowing How Supply And Demand Work For Private Companies
Is there not one decent, honest or not manipulative person in the entirety of the Republican Party? I don’t know where I could find an example of this kind of person…oh, wait! ^^^^
Man Doesn't Understand How Medians Work
“Use Your Logic”
What are the physicists pedaling? Bikes? Tricycles? I’m hoping for unicycles.
Words Have No Meaning
Metric Is Too Hard, We Are Smarter
That's why Americans scientists have no trouble using metrics? Honestly, a an American, I will admit- metrics make more sense. 0 freezing, 100 boiling- yea, we are backwards.... But I'll still write everything out in imperial because, well, I'm in the US and nobody understands metrics here so we perpetuate our own fate here.
Boy Do I Have Some News For You
You Didn't Get The Joke. At All
It's Interesting To See The Dichotomy
In my case, and I assume for many others, a vote for Biden was a vote against Trump. Nothing More. Trump hate was manufactured by Trump.
Someone Clearly Failed Middle School Science
This Is Wrong On Some Many Levels
Drowning Anti-Vaxxer Screams
Hmmmmm considering they were looking for corona virus vaccines because of sars and mers I believe that may put their search for the covid vaccine years in the making. HIV now has preP and cancer is not transmissible. In case you feel the need to argue with someone like this.
From My Favorite Conspiracy Theory Website
I've Never Seen This Bot This Confident In All Of My Time Following It, I Feel Sad For It
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Want say something really offending here but I will keep my mouth shut
Pay Up
Ah Yes, The Real Dictator Is Ukraine's President
First of all the Ukraine is most definitely a democracy albeit a budding one and second nothing you just spouted without proof changes the fact they are being killed by the droves by the Russia. Whats your point anyhow whats your end game here.
Surprisingly Enough, Op Doesn’t Know The United States Does Not Have An Official Language Or Religion
Yes, Absolutely Correct
Matt Walsh Wants A Better Solution
People Arguing About Basic Math Are So Annoying
Uh… What!?
You message is confusing are you saying you only date people you see as predators? Or are you saying if the men you like to date want to date you they are predators?
How About A Dose Of Reality? Or Is That Too ‘Liberal’ For You?
No Peter, That Isn't The Reason We Hated It
Dairy Farmer And Pears
All processed mass packaged foods are like that. Farming has come a long way and independent local farmers are trying to make a difference. If you can afford to support your local IGA or similar please do. Some corporate dairy farmers are terrible to their livestock and surrounding ecology.
It's Wolfenstein
Translation: "We shouldn't kill Nazis. I'm not buying your anti-Nazi game."
As Of March 31 2021, The Va Had 399,127 Employees
Proof or your just another b******t i heard from and friend of a friend lie spreader. So show proof or stfu
Someone Posting Covid Misinformation
No they don't but they decrease your chances of hospitalisation and death.
How Long Are They Gonna Keep “With” Narrative Up
Joe Rogan. That's All
This Comment Was On A Video Of A Jimi Hendrix Concert
A few months ago in class we had to do a ppt about the geographic features of Africa which would be graded. A friend of mine added in the ppt and said with full confidence that the Amazon Rainforest is found in Africa.
A few months ago in class we had to do a ppt about the geographic features of Africa which would be graded. A friend of mine added in the ppt and said with full confidence that the Amazon Rainforest is found in Africa.
