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For the ever-so-pedantic, perhaps nothing is quite as satisfying as putting someone who’s confidently incorrect back in their place. I mean, it’s practically a moral duty—to uphold the integrity of this great big worldwide web of ours. And across the internet, sticklers for facts and accuracy do just that.

But while some do this with actual correctness on their side, others swing for the fences and miss spectacularly, sharing “corrections” that are somehow more wrong than the original “mistakes.” Various online groups exist to showcase and laugh at the finest work of both camps—from brilliantly accurate corrections to hilariously misguided ones.

Scroll on for a selection of some of the funniest “confidently botched” and “technically correct” corrections these folks just had to screenshot and share.

#1

A social media exchange where someone is corrected about the legal drinking age in different countries.

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Khavrinen
Community Member
3 months ago

"There are dozens of us! Dozens!"

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    #2

    A social media conversation where The Church of Satan corrects someone online about who believes in a literal Satan, offering a satisfying correction.

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    Wagner
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    Especially fundamentalists.

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    #3

    A social media post with someone correcting someone online about starfish being animals.

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    Lyone Fein
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    Kitten

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    #4

    A screenshot of a person correcting someone online about free shipping logistics.

    For context this post was about eBay and using free shipping and then I saw this.

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    Lyone Fein
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    Yes, these people vote, drive, and do other things that endanger the rest of us.

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    #5

    A tweet showing an expert correcting someone online about a bird sketch, identifying it as a 'Twelve-wired Bird of Paradise' and noting missing wires.

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    Lyone Fein
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    Nice

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    #6

    A conversation showing multiple online corrections about Spanish and Dutch geography.

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    sturmwesen
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    you have to love the color coding

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    #7

    A bottle of Classic Caesar dressing with a knife stuck into it, prompting comments correcting someone online about the image's meaning.

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    Wagner
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    mama isn't the brightest crayola in the box.

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    #8

    An image of a Megalodon shark with a comment thread of people correcting someone online about Earth's age.

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    Trillian
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    He wasn't a Christian so that didn't apply to him

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    #9

    A social media thread where a user corrects another online about spiders not being bugs, demonstrating a satisfying correction.

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    Woof Yo
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    "Mentally Healthy" LOL

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    #10

    A screenshot shows a conversation where a user corrects someone online about a sign that says Bom Apetite, explaining it's Portuguese.

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    NJ P
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    TDIL

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    #11

    A Twitter post that says I've made a huge mistake, and a user correcting the grammar online.

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    liam newton-harding
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    I think we can all agree that he has no friends...and absolutely does not understand why.

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    #12

    A social media post where a person is corrected online about their math regarding change from a restaurant, showing a satisfying correction.

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    StarCrossedFriday
    Community Member
    3 months ago (edited)

    If they kept doing this to you, over a year that could be a lot of money in your pocket!

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    #13

    A social media post with someone correcting someone online, defining 'orgasm' with a pun about oregano.

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    WhyamIhere?
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    This is just meme material

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    #14

    A meme where someone corrects another person online about the difference between a subscription and a prescription.

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    Герберт Майн
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    Why the heck does an employee make fun of a client anyway?..

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    #15

    People online correcting someone's knowledge of U.S. states and vowels.

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    Woof Yo
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    Ahhh. Someone needs to watch more Wheel of Fortune.

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    #16

    A chat conversation demonstrating multiple online corrections of grammar in a humorous way.

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    Wagner
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    I'm

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    #17

    A screenshot shows an online conversation where people are correcting someone about Spanish being spoken in Europe and the concept of nations.

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    John Monteith
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    Port o’rico?

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    #18

    A Facebook post showing someone being corrected online with a detailed explanation about Earth's orbit and habitable zones.

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    DrBronxx
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    LET ME STEW IN MY IGNORANCE, DAMMIT!

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    #19

    A sign on a wall asking people to stay right going up stairs and left going down, with comments correcting someone online about how stairs work.

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    Daaaaave's not here, maaan
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    This is absolutely correct according to the theory of relativity, assuming that the observer is located either at the top or bottom of the stairs 🧐🫏

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    #20

    A social media exchange where users are correcting someone online about the singular use of 'them', illustrating satisfying corrections.

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    Earthquake903
    Community Member
    Premium
    3 months ago

    The pronoun conundrum confounds red hat types to this very day.

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    #21

    A social media exchange where someone is corrected about the ingredients in vegan mayonnaise.

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    David
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    For the record, Vegan Mayo is gross.

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    #22

    A social media thread showing multiple people correcting someone online about grammar, specifically the spelling of 'Grammer' to 'grammar'.

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    DrBronxx
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    England is to hard too spoke.

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    #23

    A tweet showing people correcting someone online about Vienna being the capital of Austria, not Australia.

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    DrBronxx
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    This is one of my favourite examples of this kind of thing - when the confidently incorrect person provides evidence that they're wrong as evidence that they're right. A new level of stupid.

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    #24

    A Reddit conversation where a user is corrected about the time it takes to drive 2,000 miles.

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    Khavrinen
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    There are all too many people who seem to think math is "Just your opinion, man".

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    #25

    A Google search result showing incorrect information about a cocktail for a bird, corrected online.

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    Daaaaave's not here, maaan
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    This is giving "If HAL 9000 Were Alexa" vibes

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    #26

    A screenshot of a text conversation where someone is corrected online for mistaking 'Niagara' for 'Nigeria.'

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    Lyone Fein
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    That got hostile fast.

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    #27

    People had the pleasure of correcting someone online about the value of 5K dollars.

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    DrBronxx
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    YOU aren't clicking.

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    #28

    Satisfying correction online: a user asks if different language speakers can understand each other, corrected by another user differentiating dialects.

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    Tiggy Darling
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    They probably could understand each other on account of them probably knowing 2 or different languages.

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    #29

    A social media post with a math riddle about age, corrected online in a satisfying way.

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    Earthquake903
    Community Member
    Premium
    3 months ago

    80, duh 🙄 If your sister was twice your age when you were 2, then she's clearly twice your age now that you're 40. Stop trying to trick us.

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    #30

    An online correction of a typo, changing bashing to quiet.

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    Classified
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    Quit*

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    #31

    A social media conversation where a user is corrected online about not all twins looking alike, highlighting the satisfaction of correcting someone.

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    JoNo
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    I told my partner about an Australian couple who had quadruplets, naturally, from one egg - because it was so rare - and he replied with "how many girls and boys"? Um, all girls, as they were from one egg which divided into four.

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    #32

    A social media post about a vehicle with four consecutive vowels in its name, and an online correction.

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    Laszlo Larthlanc
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    Jeeeep.

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    #33

    People correcting someone online about s****l orientation and libido, demonstrating satisfying corrections.

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    Chocolate llama
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    it's only less active when they're around you, bro

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    #34

    A Reddit screenshot showing someone correcting someone online with the spelling of Your instead of You're.

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    asdfghjkl
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    the name fits

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    #35

    A screenshot showing multiple online corrections regarding Vikings, Native Americans, and the Earth's age.

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    B Parke
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    "Not according to the bible!" -religious nuts, probably

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    #36

    A post where someone is correcting someone online about a 'gun-shaped' chocolate from an advent calendar.

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    Community Member
    3 months ago

    . . . how about an upside down ice skating shoe?

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    #37

    Satisfying correction online: a user incorrectly attributes a quote to Abraham Lincoln, then another user points out the internet wasn't available during his lifetime.

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    Earthquake903
    Community Member
    Premium
    3 months ago

    Abraham Lincoln was a vampire slayer

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    #38

    People correcting someone online about grammar, showcasing satisfying corrections.

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    StarCrossedFriday
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    Honestly, what is it about 'your' and 'you're' that's so complicated to so many?

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    #39

    People had the pleasure of correcting someone online about blueberries not being the only fruit named after a color.

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    Dav Carro-Ripalda
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    Oranges?

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    #40

    People had the pleasure of correcting someone online on a quiz about animal sounds.

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    asdfghjkl
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    why?? that doesn't even look like a lion, and it literally says tiger at the top

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    #41

    A screenshot shows a tweet about people correcting someone online about frozen water not being a liquid at airport security.

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    No one
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    Solid argument

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    #42

    A social media post featuring a picture of Eminem and a Picasso-esque painting, with a comment correcting someone online about Picasso's d***h date.

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    chi-wei shen
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    The picture shows a famous painting by Picasso with the name "Dora Maar au Chat" (Dora Maar with Cat) from 1941.

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    #43

    A Twitter thread showing users correcting someone online about Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter and basic math errors.

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    BewilderedBanana
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    $5 billion dollars would, indeed, be life-changing to most people. But if everyone received that amount, money would have no value. something like a loaf of bread would cost something like $100 million. So let's all be thankful to Elon for hoarding all the wealth - he's just looking out for us after all /s

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    #44

    A Twitter post showing someone being corrected online about the meaning of a number in a picture caption.

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    Corvus
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    The pic's low quality is quite indicative of its age.

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    #45

    People had the pleasure of correcting someone online about KSI's headwear on stream.

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    No one
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    Did KSI become famous for playing video games?

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    #46

    A screenshot showing someone correcting someone online about Nutella's ingredients.

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    Karolina Dittfeld
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    The commentator was right. Nutella consists of 7.4 percent cocoa (from which chocolate is made), which contains theobromine. That is precisely what is toxic to animals...

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    #47

    A screenshot of a WhatsApp conversation where someone is corrected online for their use of the word 'insanity.'

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    Community Member
    Premium
    3 months ago

    Some people become very attached to their Emotional Support Insanity. Losing it can be very traumatic...

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    #48

    A social media post with a comment section showing a person correcting someone online about the spelling of 'pear' versus 'pare.'

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    Earthquake903
    Community Member
    Premium
    3 months ago

    But you can pare a pair of pears.

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    #49

    A social media post correcting someone online about the difference between affect and effect in a satisfying way.

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    LadySilk
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    Affect - A for action. Effect - E for end result. Simples!

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    #50

    A social media comment section where a user corrects the spelling of the word 'y'all' on a welcome mat.

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    asdfghjkl
    Community Member
    3 months ago (edited)

    No.

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    #51

    A screenshot showing people correcting someone online about the use of pronouns.

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    Lyone Fein
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    I/me

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    #52

    A screenshot of a social media post where people are correcting someone online about the year 2020.

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    Phantom Phoenix
    Community Member
    Premium
    3 months ago

    Are people saying the year as "2 k 26"?

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    #53

    People correcting someone online about spelling, illustrating satisfying corrections.

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    No one
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    I shutter at how many stupid people exist. And then I shut down.

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    #54

    A screenshot showing people correcting someone online about the number of Dune movies and books.

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    Corvus
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    There's the 1984 movie, the 2000 miniseries, and the latest movies from recent years.

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    #55

    A YouTube comment section where someone is corrected online about Portuguese pronunciation, with a satisfying reply.

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    Fred
    Community Member
    3 months ago (edited)

    It's proununced differently in Brazil.

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    #56

    A social media post with a humorous correction regarding Elon Musk's wealth distribution.

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    WhyamIhere?
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    I got $32.875

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    #57

    People online correcting someone on car seat safety and blankets over harnesses.

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    BewilderedBanana
    Community Member
    3 months ago (edited)

    i admire the patience and restraint it must have taken to explain the same thing over and over without resorting to insults or profanity :)

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    #58

    People had the pleasure of correcting someone online about the pronunciation of a name.

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    asdfghjkl
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    school, architect, lichen

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    #59

    Social media post asking about venomous platypuses, with people correcting the answer online.

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    Out of chocolate
    Community Member
    3 months ago (edited)

    If it bites you and you d*e, it’s venomous. If you bite it and you d*e, it’s poisonous. If you bite it and it dies, you’re venomous. If it bites you and it dies, you’re poisonous. If you bite each other…. just make sure you’re both consenting adults. ETA punctuation.

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    #60

    A social media post where someone is corrected online about grammar in a satisfying way.

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    highwaycrossingfrog
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    3 months ago

    Shared principals. I guess people with common ideals have to go to the same school?

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    #61

    A Facebook post showing people correcting someone online about the plural of LEGO.

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    DrBronxx
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    I had never heard "legos" as the plural of "lego" until I was an adult and discovered podcasts. The guys on one of those started talking about it, and I thought it was ridiculous, and slowly came to realise that that's what Americans tend to say. Not necessarily all Americans, but always Americans.

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    #62

    People online correcting someone about Mufasa's d***h being trampled, not crushed.

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    Wagner
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    or third.

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    #63

    A social media post showing an online discussion about cyclists exceeding speed limits and the laws applying to them, with people correcting someone online.

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    Mark Bayliss
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    As bicycles do not have and are not required to have speedometers fitted, they can’t be done for speeding. (UK)

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    #64

    A social media post with several movie facts, some of which are being corrected online by users.

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    DrBronxx
    Community Member
    3 months ago (edited)

    We just gonna ignore Health Ladger, improvesed or Fight Clut? Also, specific to the bush that the commenters are beating around, "Neo" is an ANAGRAM of "one".

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    #65

    People online correcting someone's misinformation about not getting burned when wet.

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    DrBronxx
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    You can't catch a cold in winter because it's already cold outside.

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    #66

    A social media post with multiple corrections online about the incorrect use of 'their' vs. 'they're'.

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    Rupert Gilliand
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    "They're probably on their phone." is the actual correction needed.

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    #67

    A comic about dinosaurs with a comment section below correcting someone online.

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    No one
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    you,

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    #68

    A map showing the Great Lakes and other large lakes, with a user correcting someone online about 'Lake Eyre' instead of 'Lake Erie' in a satisfying way.

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    JoNo
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    Lake Eyre is a large saltwater lake in northern South Australia (which is a state of Australia) that cycles from completely dry to full based on rainfall. Being in the desert, it is not full often, but when it is it looks spectacular.

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    #69

    A social media thread where people are correcting someone online about the proper use of 'you and I' vs. 'you and me' in grammar.

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    DrBronxx
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    OP is correct. Also, I had no idea that Life is a Highway is hundreds, if not a thousand, years old.

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    #70

    A screenshot of a social media conversation where people are correcting someone online's spelling errors.

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    B Parke
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    Weird flex but okay

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    #71

    Satisfying correction online: a user incorrectly identifies a film about a train crash as Trainy Driver, corrected to Hugo.

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    Adam Zad
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    Scorsese made a film about the tRump regime?

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    #72

    Satisfying correction online: a user mistakenly refers to ant leaders as Alphas, corrected by another user stating they are Queens.

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    Hyacinth (Any pronouns)
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    This one is clearly a joke, and the corrector isn't even wrong. Come on, Al is telling people to challenge an ant to a deàth match.

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    #73

    A Facebook screenshot shows a user correcting someone online, pointing out a grammatical error in a police station's post.

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    asdfghjkl
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    then what is it?

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    #74

    People correcting someone online about word usage, emphasizing satisfying corrections.

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    DrBronxx
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    This person has a thing WITH words, but only words that they mispronounce. If anyone is interested, it's pro-duc-TIV-ity

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    #75

    A search engine result showing a correction for the query 'national sherbet day,' providing satisfying information.

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    No one
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    AI fail

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    #76

    A product label showing an expired date, corrected by a customer review.

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    Rinso The Red
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    It's because the "23" part is hidden under sticker, so they think the product expired in 2020, aka 3 years previous

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    #77

    People correcting someone online about football facts, highlighting satisfying corrections.

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    LinkTheHylian
    Community Member
    2 months ago

    Last post is correct.

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    #78

    Satisfying correction online: a user clarifies that a story takes place in the 23rd century, not the year 2023, correcting the misunderstanding.

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    Min (she/her)
    Community Member
    Premium
    3 months ago

    I don't understand what the incorrect part is here.

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    #79

    People online correcting someone about the spelling of Wile E. Coyote.

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    royal crablets
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    Bugs was a better antagonist than Road Runner.

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