50 People Who Learned To Think Twice Before Correcting Someone, As Shared By The ‘People Incorrectly Correcting Other People’ Facebook Page
Everyone likes to feel like they’re an expert in something. Whether that’s science, cooking, politics, parenting, or anything else, really. And though we might have some deeper insights in our chosen field and feel like we can see a broader context than most other people, it’s important to (try and) stay humble.
Because the moment we feel all sure of ourselves when we drop a ‘truth’ bomb on social media, we might come to realize that we’ve totally messed up. Oh God, we had it wrong all along! And now someone’s poking fun at us online for everyone to see.
Welcome to ‘People Incorrectly Correcting Other People,’ a popular Facebook group that shames internet users who spread wildly incorrect facts while trying to prove someone wrong. Scroll down for some major embarrassment, Pandas, and let us know which of these situations really made you feel bad about all of the secondhand awkwardness.
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"Glad to be part of your learning journey today." I have to remember that lol
Lol, yea in most estern countries you can drink and buy alcohol after you're 18, in the US you cán buy a rifle at 18, but God forbid you have a beer before you're 21 lolololol
A whopping 663.9k people follow the ‘People Incorrectly Correcting Other People’ Facebook page. In the last month alone, another 1,890 users joined the group. Created just 2 years ago, the project has kept growing and growing.
After all, the internet’s chock full of totally wrong opinions, as well as entitled and arrogant people who think they’ve got it all figured out (while others are dum-dums). That probably won’t change any time in the future, so the PICOP group will have plenty of material to share with others for years to come.
All members of the group are expected to be kind to one another and avoid harassing or insulting anyone. Otherwise, they’ll be banned.
That means no bullying, no hate speech, and absolutely respecting everyone else’s privacy.
Meanwhile, when it comes to content, Facebook users are asked to avoid reposting pics. Before you go ahead and share something you think might fit the tone of the group, check out what some of the other members have already posted. You might have spotted the same thing that a dozen others have spotted online! And if you want to make it easier for the audience to get what’s going on in your screenshots, you can also add a bit of context.
The simple fact of the matter is that we all make mistakes. Like it or not, that’s just the truth about life: we’re never going to be 100% correct, 100% of the time. And most of us have probably been in situations where we turned out to be flat-out wrong. It’s embarrassing to make a fool of yourself.
That’s why dealing with these feelings in a healthy manner and learning to embrace your mistakes are good skills to have for any human being. Digging in your heels, closing your eyes, and plugging your ears so as not to hear that you’re actually incredibly wrong really isn’t the mature way to go about things.
A while back, Bored Panda had a very good conversation about dealing with any feelings of embarrassment that might arise—whether now or remembering mess-ups in the past—with environmental psychologist and well-being consultant Lee Chambers.
"While embarrassment can be a challenging feeling that is fleeting or overwhelming, being able to find a response that assists rather than a reaction that is unhealthy is a skill to build," he said that we can all develop ways to handle embarrassing situations better. Humor, for instance, is one powerful tool in your arsenal.
So much potential for the Thirteenth Doctor, but it got wasted on trying to make the show relevant and having to wait a full year between series. Hopefully now that RTD is back at the helm the show will become enjoyable again and can't wait to see what's in store for the Fourteenth Doctor.
"If it's something that isn't particularly serious, laughter can be a great response that instantly makes you feel better," he told Bored Panda.
"If the feelings are intense, try taking a few slow, deep breaths in through your nose and out through your mouth, calming your nervous system and physiological response,” he explained.
I wish, people would get maps and stop telling me 'Belgium" is a city in Germany.
“In a similar way to laughter, smiling can be effective in shifting your state to the positive. There are times when playing down or even ignoring the feelings can be helpful in the moment, taking the edge off, but it is important that you accept them and express them if it's something significant," the psychologist said.
“Because the feelings of embarrassment are generated from a past event, anything that brings you into the present moment can bring relief. Try to avoid saying sorry, as it will keep taking you back to the moment. You can even keep your biggest embarrassing moments top of mind, having reflected and realized that in hindsight, they weren't as big an issue as you felt at the time.”
Why would she think only Hispanic people would be the only ones who would use those containers for leftovers and sewing kits respectively?
Needles, pins, thread, preety much anything but cookies lmao, you don't need to be ispanic to know that lol.
That's not a Hispanic thing, every frugal person reuses containers like these 🙄
when people that arent white have to drag skin colour into every single damn conversation they have ever had. know whats in the tin? thats cz your white. dont know whats in the tin? must be cz your white
I assure you, plenty of us white people had the same problem, at least with the butter tubs. As James016 said, cookie tins are for sewing stuff. Butter tubs were free tupperware.
The plastic container on the left is for storing left over food ... Or used as a salad bowl.
As a white person growing up in the UK/Ireland it was also a guess to us what was in the danish biscuits tin. Sewing kits? A random collection of pens/pencils? sweets? actual biscuits? WHO TF KNOWS. (but Becky can f**k off)
I thought it was a global rule that all biscuit tins are to be used to store sewing paraphernalia.
Left pic is for left over mashed potatoes or mac n cheese and right pic is for sewing kit or nails and screws!
Leftover food and sewing supplies. :) Although I'm white so I guess I shouldn't know this.
Growing up poor, I've noticed a lot of comedians talking about universal immigrant things are just being thrifty or poor. The hating white people comes from the out of touch leaders (wealthy white men and recently women) and the people who try to feel better about themselves by putting others down (I may be poor but I'm not white trash/ghetto). Then I think about systemic racism rife in American history and... Yeah, valid complaints and if you don't know that you need to mix the sugar into warm water in your kooolaid, we have very different life experiences
The one on the left is for storing plastic grocery bags. The kind that isn't given out anymore. :-(
My grandmother made homemade jelly and put it in the butter container, so my when my cousin was little she pointed to a container of butter in the store and said, “Look! They have Grandma Jelly!”
Everyone that grew up in the south knows that it's Tupperware and sewing supplies.
Does ANYBODY know what's in the thing on the left? Aside from any readers with a PhD in some kind of chemistry that is...
I'm white as the driven snow and my Caucasian mother kept sewing supplies in those Royal Dansk tins. Never cookies. Just spools of thread
when i was little, my older brother told me that they put throwup in country crock butter and i believed him. never ate that brand again... thanks for scarring me henry
Left over storage on the left, Grandma's button collection in the right.
I have 5 of the tins that I use to store sewing stuff & odds and ends. And margarine containers for food storage.
Sorry Becky, but Caroline has a valid point. These are products with containers of more value than the contents.
I don't use Country Crock because I like butter and I happen to like Royal Dansk cookies.. I don't keep the cans but donate them.
I always loved the cookies and kept the tin for my paints and art and sewing, but we never got that butter tub, we used proper leftover holders..... Paper towels, tin foil, and paper plates!
I've never known that cookie tin to actually have cookies in it. I gave up on that long ago.
Butter bowls were always kept and reused for leftovers, and used for cereal, potato salad, chili etc..
Who doesn't use the tin for sewing supplies? I'm pretty sure purchasing it constitutes a legal binding contract that stipulates the tin must be used for sewing or craft supplies
Have you ever messed up big-time when expressing an opinion or sharing a ‘fact’ online, dear Pandas? How did you feel when you realize you made a huge mistake? Do you ever call out folks who are totally wrong on social media? Share your experiences and opinions with us, we’d love to hear what you think.
I'm sure Mercury the planet would also sink in water, so the statement still stands!
when 13 players out of 22 are from African heritage you can get the joke, but also the fact that 50 players in the World Cup were born in France, and because of the double nationality they chose to represent an other country
Christ on a bike! I've never played Halo but at least I know who Master Chief is. He makes a mean apple pie
Please correct me if i m wrong here... Oceania is the name of continent where Australia and New Zealand belongs to...
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Two thirds of these supposedly stupid comments are jokes. Are we just meant to act like they are genuine comments to feel superior or something?
Ding Ding Ding! You discovered the purpose of most internet "discussions"!
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The real idiot responses are the ones from people taking the most obvious troll bait I’ve seen in a while.
It's so sad. What the dumbing down of our educational system has produced.
Last time I commented on one of these making fun of igorance lists I got in trouble. At first you feel superior and roll your eyes but as you scroll down it get depressing and you, or perhaps just I, begin to feel rather mean and condescending and don't like myself. Next time I hope I'll just pass instead.
Two thirds of these supposedly stupid comments are jokes. Are we just meant to act like they are genuine comments to feel superior or something?
Ding Ding Ding! You discovered the purpose of most internet "discussions"!
Load More Replies... The real idiot responses are the ones from people taking the most obvious troll bait I’ve seen in a while.
It's so sad. What the dumbing down of our educational system has produced.
Last time I commented on one of these making fun of igorance lists I got in trouble. At first you feel superior and roll your eyes but as you scroll down it get depressing and you, or perhaps just I, begin to feel rather mean and condescending and don't like myself. Next time I hope I'll just pass instead.
