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We’ve all met that one person who confidently says the wrong thing. You know, the one who incorrectly corrects your grammar, explains your own joke back to you, or insists on a technicality no one asked for.
The internet has basically handed these people a microphone. Behind a screen, with a keyboard and unlimited reach, they comment freely.
But a Facebook page called ‘People Really Incorrectly Correcting Other People’ is fighting the good fight by exposing them… and giving us a lot of laughs along the way.
Check out these hilarious commenters who tried to “correct” someone but ended up revealing their own dumbness instead.
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Am I Funny? Maybe or maybe not 20 hours ago
Frankenstein was the monster if you think about it.
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Zig Zag Wanderer 19 hours ago
Well, by usual weird American logic, he's actually 'African American'. Just putting it out there....
There’s something called the Dunning-Kruger effect. It’s when some people believe they know more than they do — when they actually know very little. It happens especially because they don’t realize there’s more to learn.
A lot of people confidently comment on social media without having all the facts, generally because they see only a small piece of the picture and assume it’s the whole story.
They spot one detail that seems right and immediately feel like an expert, jumping in to correct others even when they’re missing the bigger context.
The phenomenon has also been attested in common sayings. For example, “A little knowledge is a dangerous thing,” or Charles Darwin saying: “Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge.”
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UnclePanda 21 hours ago
Doesn't sound very British. How about, "I am British, you rum-soaked tea-curdling mogwoppin!"
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Am I Funny? Maybe or maybe not 20 hours ago
Do not cite the old magic to me, witch. I was there when it was written.
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Peeka_Mimi 15 hours ago
Somebody actually argued that same thing with me. That Mesoamerica is Europe because Spain. Another person told me that Portugal is in South America. Smh
Social media acts as both a stage and amplifier for incorrect information, shaping opinions faster than fact-checkers can intervene.
Online behavior (like grammar policing) is also often louder because people feel anonymous and free to say whatever they want.
In 2025, over 72% of internet users globally encountered misinformation on at least one social platform monthly.
In the same survey, around 45% of US adults said they found it difficult to determine whether the information on social media was true or false.
About one in three Gen Z users said they’ve shared misinformation online without realizing it, thinking it was true when they posted it.
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There’s also a psychological reason why people aren’t just wrong in an argument — they’re confidently wrong.
According to a study, it’s because some people believe they already have all the information they need to form an opinion, even when they actually don’t.
“Our brains are overconfident that they can arrive at a reasonable conclusion with very little information,” said Angus Fletcher, a professor at Ohio State University, who co-wrote the study.
Basically, some people are prone to jump to conclusions quickly.
Fletcher and other researchers call it the “illusion of information adequacy.”
“We found that, in general, people don’t stop to think whether there might be more information that would help them make a more informed decision. If you give people a few pieces of information that seems to line up, most will say ‘that sounds about right’ and go with that,” he said.
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Michael Largey 21 hours ago
To be fair (as we say on the internet) to the first post, if there had been no wrongful act committed, no innocent person would have been wrongly convicted for the crime.
A UK survey of 2000 adults found that 81% of people are overconfident in their answers to a series of general knowledge questions. They answered incorrectly but believed their response to be right.
The findings revealed that baby boomers (people in the age group of 60–78) were even more likely to be confidently wrong (84% overconfident) than Gen Z or Millennials.
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UnclePanda 21 hours ago
"Why don't you two get a ruler, go outside, drop your pants, and settle this once and for all?" ~ Murphy Brown
While confidence is a good thing, over-confidence is quite a dangerous zone.
Research shows that when we overestimate our abilities or knowledge, we might end up making bad decisions.
This happens because we don’t always see the risks or ignore other ways of looking at things.
People can be overconfident for a bunch of reasons: not getting feedback on past decisions, only paying attention to info that agrees with them, or getting caught up in strong emotions that make them feel extra sure.
Experts say people should make sure they have the full story about a situation before they take a stance or make a decision.
“Your first move when you disagree with someone should be to think, ‘Is there something that I’m missing that would help me see their perspective and understand their position better?’ That’s the way to fight this illusion of information adequacy,” Angus Fletcher says.
So, the next time you think about correcting someone without fact checking all your opinions, try being curious and humble instead.
#22
Bored Jellyfish 17 hours ago
Found out that vasectomies aren’t 100% preventative. Little surprise graduates from university this spring :)
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Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 22 hours ago
Everything that is not mentioned in the Bible does not exist. FACT! So s***w you if you think Australia exists!
#26
SkyyCaramba (he/him) 21 hours ago
I am going to bite the person in red (I'm Texan, y'all is correct)
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Scott Rackley 19 hours ago
Pangrams. Useful in calligraphy as an exemplar. The five boxing wizards jump quickly.
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Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 22 hours ago (edited)
How are real American numbers different to liberal, homosexual numbers? Are numbers woke now?
#31
Zig Zag Wanderer 19 hours ago
When I'm at the reaper's garden gate, I'm gonna try EVERYTHING that I've been avoiding because it's dangerous. Line up the crack n smak, I'm diving in,
#32
UnclePanda 19 hours ago
It's like somebody left the gate open to Moronica and they're flooding across.
#33
Phantom Phoenix 19 hours ago
Remember when England's Amy Winehouse was working at a bridal shop in Flushing, Queens?
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Zig Zag Wanderer 19 hours ago
Well, some European countries do the Christmas celebrations on Christmas eve, I suspect that is what the original post means.
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Ryan Mercer 14 hours ago
There are a few sharks that give live birth, but IIRC it's because the egg hatches internally.
#38
Soton_Sherpa 21 hours ago
Oh deary me! Can some panda please get in touch with Newton and give him the bad news? 😞
#39
Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 21 hours ago
East and West poles? Cool! Where are they? Can we visit?
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#46
Ryan Mercer 14 hours ago (edited)
The Penta was actually 5 row boats nailed together, with one facing the opposite direction so it could back up.
#51
Michael Largey 21 hours ago
If you're Iranian, you could be descended from the Medes or the Persians. But some say that one man's Mede is another man's Persian.
#54
Am I Funny? Maybe or maybe not 20 hours ago
That is correct for an amoeba. They multiply by dividing.
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#58
Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 22 hours ago (edited)
I'd've assumed it is a real thing as we can understand it.
#59
Zig Zag Wanderer 19 hours ago (edited)
I've always found this absurd. Russia is firmly on the Asian continent. I have no idea why it is not regarded as being on the same continent as China when parts are even east of China!
#62
Geoffrey Scott 9 hours ago
I OWN a pressure washer. One of the interchangeable tips is a rotating spray tip. VERY useful for doing cement and weathered wood.
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Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 22 hours ago
Where I live, all aitches are dropped, unless you want to sound posh. Hyou add haitches to halmost hevery hword.
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#68
UKGrandad 5 hours ago
Yes, he was, but he made the basic error of forgetting how jokes work - or more accurately, how they stop working when one takes them apart.
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CP 7 hours ago
"Original Sin" might be the most effed up idea in Christianity. You are born guilty because of something your ancestors did. The Christian God makes people pay for the sins of their parents. That cruel beyond belief. Imagine jailing children for their parents and that is what God does.
Rick Murray 3 hours ago
The whole bible thing makes a lot more sense if you stop thinking of God as the benevolent good guy and start thinking of him as a tantrum-throwing narcissistic nutjob that enjoys t*rturing humans for the evulz.
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Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 22 hours ago
The 1900's are the 20th century you hard of thinking mouth breather.
#71
Bored Jellyfish 17 hours ago
Yes, four commonwealths- (Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia), but both technically and legally, they are states.
#72
Michael Largey 21 hours ago
There is no single British accent, but there's no single English accent either. Listen to two people from Cornwall and Yorkshire converse.
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#80
Roxy222uk 3 hours ago
What?? That’s not how the idea of tampons came about. Tampons are actually medical dressings used to stem bleeding, the procedure is still sometimes called tamponade. Nurses in the First World War (I believe) looked at them and thought “I know some bleeding that would really help with”. The exact opposite of capitalism at that point. Of course capitalism got in on the act pretty quickly.
#81
Michael Largey 20 hours ago
I guess teachers would have to be millionaires. They could hardly survive on the salaries they're paid.
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