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Many of us have experienced the desire to present ourselves in a more favorable light to our significant others, bosses, and friends. It's natural, and there's no harm in it. Human pride can be a powerful motivator, leading us to act or speak in ways that may not truly reflect who we are. Some of these moments have been captured on the subreddit 'Not Like the Other Girls' in some funny and entertaining posts.

The subreddit has a thriving community of 860k members who share posts where people attempted to appear cool but came across as cringy. We've gathered a collection of our favorite ones so without further ado, let's dive into this cringe-fest and have a sneaky chuckle. Don't forget to upvote the ones that brought you the most laughter.

At times, we tend to think of ourselves as smarter, funnier, kinder, and paradoxically, even more modest than we truly are. This is called the Dunning-Kruger effect. But in psychology is it known as the Superiority Illusion.

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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This too, but all teenagers go through a "not like other people" phase because of normal developmental stages.

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In 1995, McArthur Wheeler robbed two banks in Pittsburgh in broad daylight wearing no mask. He was identified from security cameras. When police asked him about it, he said he rubbed lemon juice on his face. It supposedly should have worked as an invisible ink. He tested it before the robbery by putting juice on his face and then taking a Polaroid picture - it showed no face. Let's just say this man is as good at robbery as photography.

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"I'm Not Like Other Girls I'm Sick In The Head"

"I'm Not Like Other Girls I'm Sick In The Head"

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Kiri
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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I feel like some people don't realize that Jeffery Dahmer was a real person who actually murdered real people, and that families are still suffering from his actions and not just a fictional character that was on Netflix.

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Some Of You Honestly Just Use Nlogs As An Excuse To Flex Your Inner High School Bully, It’s Nasty And Awful

Some Of You Honestly Just Use Nlogs As An Excuse To Flex Your Inner High School Bully, It’s Nasty And Awful

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She’s Got Like 6 Days To Eat All Of That

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A few psychologists, Justin Kruger and David Dunning, were so intrigued by McArthur Wheeler's funny robbery story that they held a social experiment with psychology undergraduate students. They performed problem-solving tests using logic, analysis of grammar, and assessment of whether jokes were funny. Surprisingly, the results revealed that those who scored the lowest overestimated their performance. In their research paper, Dunning and Kruger wrote that "…people who are unskilled in these domains suffer a dual burden: Not only do these people reach erroneous conclusions and make unfortunate choices, but their incompetence robs them of the metacognitive ability to realize it." The phenomenon subsequently became known as the Dunning–Kruger effect, sometimes called ‘the unskilled and unaware effect.’

It is also interesting that the Dunning-Kruger effect involves smart people underestimating themselves.

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Found In The Wilds Of Instagram

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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A short time ago, Bored Panda taught me that Colleen Hoover is the last author in the world that I would want to read. We are not the same.

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Okay Then Make Friends With Girls Who Want To Do This???

Okay Then Make Friends With Girls Who Want To Do This???

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Susie Elle
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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Me too, but then again I have girlfriends who would all rather do this so that solves that problem, but I also have girlfriends who would rather get their nails done which is fine and they can show me after or maybe I will go with them just for shits 'n giggles, who knows? It's like we're people.

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Found One Out In The Wild

Found One Out In The Wild

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9 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Maybe I'm not trying to get married. Maybe I just want to enjoy life.

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Unfortunately, the Dunning-Kruger effect is part of being human. The good news for us is that it can be remediable. "Paradoxically, improving the skills of the participants, and thus increasing their metacognitive competence, helped them recognize the limitations of their abilities," Dunning and Kruger wrote in their paper.

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Tell Me You're Insecure Without Telling Me You're Insecure

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A Facebook Gem Shared By A 14 Year Old Girl

A Facebook Gem Shared By A 14 Year Old Girl

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Did You Win? Do All The Men Like You Yet?

Did You Win? Do All The Men Like You Yet?

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Perceiving yourself to be better than you are is also linked to optimism. It is considered by many to be one of the most desirable traits to have. We just don't want that negativity. However, according to Leuven University’s Vera Hoorens and colleagues, it can come at a price: "It may make you look naïve, and you may be in for disappointment when your sunny predictions fail to materialize." 

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Someone Actually Made This List On Twt

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Apparently Only This Girl Wants To Get A House

Apparently Only This Girl Wants To Get A House

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Found One In The Wild

Found One In The Wild

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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When you can't even spell the name of your "favourite" author or the character you relate to the most...

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Another pitfall linked to optimism emerges when you become ensnared by the hubris hypothesis. According to the above mentioned Belgian scientists, it involves "comparing yourself favorably and explicitly with other people. This leads others to believe that you hold disparaging attitudes toward them because you’re letting them know that you think of yourself as superior. It’s a particular form of pride in which the claims you make about your worth come at the expense of acknowledging that of other people." 

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Sergy Yeltsen
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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Women shaming, degrading and abusing other women. If men were doing this, we'd be horrified.

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Im Not Like Other Girls Because I Love Harassment And Have A Real Womb

Im Not Like Other Girls Because I Love Harassment And Have A Real Womb

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Black Cat
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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

She's right tho, if she's OK with being objectified and sexually assaulted then she's NOT like other girls.

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I Drink Beer, Not Fruity Drinks!!

I Drink Beer, Not Fruity Drinks!!

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So it's not positivity or negativity, arrogance or modesty that matters. It is the fine balance between all those things. Keep scrolling to see all those 'not so modest' people, as featured on r/notliketheothergirls. When you're done, feel free to delve into our previous posts about the subreddit here, here, and here.

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Not One Of The Kardashians

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So Cute And Quirky !!! Gross, Men Have Feelings? 😩

So Cute And Quirky !!! Gross, Men Have Feelings? 😩

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Just Why

Just Why

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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That’s bcz everyone else made smart life decisions. Xoxo, me, who once forgot my sneakers on a hike and regretted it immediately.

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I’m Not Like Other Girls I Make Bone Broth

I’m Not Like Other Girls I Make Bone Broth

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Susie Elle
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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

These two things aren't even related but you do you I s'pose

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tw 72
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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I suppose "pharma damage" translates to "I don't vax either." OK. You be you.

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xolitaire
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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Bone broth" doesn't reverse anything lady. That's like sniffing essential oils

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ॐBoyGanesh
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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Isn’t bone broth essentially chicken or beef stock? That it heals the gut is just silly.

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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's basically just "hey I boiled the turkey carcass for 6 hours after all the relatives demolished it at Thanksgiving!" (Or basically when you boil ANY meaty bones in water for like 6 hours.) Bone broth is a delicious base for soups and stuff, and is *nutritious*, but it sure as heck doesn't "reverse pharma damage" (whatever that is) nor does it "heal the gut". Many things have probiotic bacteria in them; bone broth does not XD

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Šimon Špaček
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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Maybe I'm wrong about whole concept of "Sugar daddy", but I thought that they are not interested in "soul". Unless this is euphemism I didn't get.

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KB
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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I find it weird to discover people are drinking Stock

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ConstantlyJon
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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't think your bone broth can reverse years of brainwashing though.

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Ronna Black
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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Soup stock… she’s just making soup stock. Nothing revolutionary about it just because she decided to call it something else.

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Robert Beveridge
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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"years of pharmacy damage" = "run as far as fast as you can from this person"

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michael Chock
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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My sugar daddy buys me all the bones I could ever broth! 🤣

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Kel_how
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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ya know, you can buy that s**t at the store now. No need to flex or slave away for hours making food nowadays.

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Phil Green
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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How does stock reverse "years of pharma damage"? And just what is "pharma damage"?

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SleepyCowGhost
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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So you're single and don't want a vacation? Just because a woman goes on a nice trip doesn't mean she has a sugar daddy.

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CORGI QUEEN
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8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

sugar daddy's are f*****g legends, sure i'll f**k you in exchange for s**t i cant afford

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8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

meanwhile everyone exept you is not getting their info from a middle aged woman named Karen ok facebook

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Seeker 38
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8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Maybe she should read a science intro book to reverse the damage to her education.

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Georgina Lenna
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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

as we say in Greece you compare lemons with oranges, they have no connection

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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Who is she talking to? Feels like more people are making bone broth on any given day than jet-setting with a sugar daddy? Or am I living in the wrong timeline?

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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

my mom makes bone broth. bone broth is delicious. please don't associate me with her😫

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Lea S.
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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So....the two types of women are soulless and wearing Chanel or....following a recipe? What does that make me?

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Terran
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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I do like myself a good soup, but this seems a bit over the top

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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

She's barely 20 but needs to reverse years of Pharma damage?... hmmm...

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StretcherBearer
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9 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I wish bone broth would repair the years of all the pharma I took in my heavy addiction phase but I don't think it works like that.

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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yknow that first line wouldn't make a half bad plot, given the right author...

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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

She eats while doing cardio? And on top of that she exercises wearing a turtleneck, hair down, wearing earrings and a necklace that don't even go with each other? Mmm, that sounds...odd.

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