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50 People That Had More Courage Than Brains To Go Incorrectly Correcting Someone, As Shared On This Group (New Pics)
Most of us have that one friend who keeps calling out our grammar mistakes. (Of course, I won't be as careful with my language hanging out at a bar as I would writing a uni paper, Rob.)
But as annoying as it can be, they can still play the "I can't help it, this is really important to me" card. Some know-it-alls, however, are so insecure that they feel the need to project their "intelligence" even when they don't have all the facts. There's a whole Facebook group dedicated to this group, called 'People Incorrectly Correcting Other People.'
With over 1.7 million members, this place has plenty of examples, ranging from silly and lighthearted to downright outrageous. Here are some of the most memorable ones.
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When people disagree on an issue, there are several ways they might deal with the situation. They might avoid it altogether, either by putting off a discussion or just agreeing with the other person in order to end the conversation. On the other hand, people can be active in resolving disagreements.
Art Markman, Ph.D., an Annabel Irion Worsham Centennial Professor of Psychology and Marketing at the University of Texas at Austin, highlights that in the latter case, we have the choice between being competitive or cooperative: competitive resolution means that people are trying to convince the other person to change their belief, while cooperative resolution means that people are seeking some kind of middle ground.
It’s a big man who can publicly admit when he’s wrong. Or, in this case, when he’s Polly-wolly-doodle WRONG all-day.
You’re absolutely right. He cannot possibly be a “true Catholic” and hold mercy in his hearts for ALL God’s children, instead of just the selected “special shiny folk". I vote YOU get to tell him.
"Many factors lead people to take a cooperative or a competitive stance when dealing with a disagreement," Markman said. "For example, the personality characteristic of openness reflects how willing people are to consider new ideas. People high in openness are more likely to be cooperative than those who are low in openness."
"The characteristic of agreeableness reflects how much people want to get along with others. Agreeable people are also more likely to seek a compromise than disagreeable people."
And Thor did drag. There is a story where he dress up as Freya to get his hammer back
Thou shalt not... get the d*ng joke... Uhh... *disappointed temple and forehead rub*
To get a better understanding of why some people need everyone to believe they're correct, Markman suggests taking a look at a paper by Kimberly Rios, Kenneth DeMarree, and Johnathan Statzer in the July 2014 issue of Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, which examined the way people's certainty about their beliefs affects their tendency to be cooperative or competitive.
That's kinda sad imo, the person was just trying to cheer them up
"People's certainty about their beliefs can be broken down into two components: clarity and correctness," Markman explained.
"Clarity refers to whether people are sure about what they believe. Each of us has some beliefs that we hold deeply and others to which we are not as firmly attached. Correctness focuses on whether we think our belief is “correct” in some broader cultural or moral context.
The authors of the paper suggested that the more strongly people believe their attitude is correct, the more competitive they will be in their discussions. In contrast, they did not assume that clarity would be as strongly related to competitiveness.
Okay, but some of the ludicrous baby names today aren’t exactly far off of this… XD it’s a fair assumption!
My first thought was "oh no....somebody is going to take inspiration from this".
Load More Replies...Valedictorian and salutatorian are just fancy ways of saying first and second in their graduating class.
Load More Replies...Plot twist: Salutatorian out scores his brother in classes, graduates at the top of his class
For reals, I am sure there are two kids with that name running arounf
Load More Replies...I see how they could be confused. The sentence is badly worded.
They where AWARDED/named Valedictorian and Salutatorian. It's an honor from school. Once again, the panda comments not getting it.
I don’t expect you understand trivia from my country, you try and do the same for the rest of the world. Also is that a deliberate misuse or did you rely on autocorrect?
Load More Replies...OK, sadly I didn't get it at first, either. I was totally in agreement with the circled commenter... THEN it clicked lol.
I didn't knew what the bnames meant on another post and I got a sh*t ton of downvotes
"Lmaoooo", "Lololololol", or any variation of "Lol" make absolutely no sense to me. I stopped using "lol" many years ago because it's stupid anyway. Who is genuinely "laughing out loud" when they type it? Nobody I bet.
I know someone called Clivaethanryan - she’s a girl. And I’m being dead serious. 😳🙈
I’m thinking the comment was a joke, but I wouldn’t be a bit surprised to see kids named that
Even if those were their names, I have seen worse. I knew 4 brothers. Zekiel, Zach, Zombie, and Zim. Individual names I've heard include Paysleigh, Nixon, and Princess-Aimee. Some parents need to let someone else name their kids. Edit: Oh and how could I forget the guy named Meth (given name. His parents didn't know English very well and they wanted a name that sounded like Seth)
Sure, in the crib, their mom named what they would become. XD XD XD. That's why.
In one of their studies, participants read about a proposed tax on junk foods that would be used to defray medical expenses for people who ate unhealthy foods. Participants read about the issue and then used a scale to rate both how clear they were about their own attitude as well as whether they believed that their attitude was the "right" one to have.
Hilarious grammar aside, I can only hear this in an Australian accent. Do other English speaking folk say “f*****g-ay, man”?
After that, participants were led to believe that they would engage in a discussion with a person who had the opposing view and were given the opportunity to select messages that would be sent to the other person before the discussion.
Some of these sentences suggested competition (“I plan on winning this debate”); some suggested cooperation (“I hope that you will also want to find some common ground on this issue”); and others reflected a desire to learn about the conversation partner’s beliefs (“I’m curious to learn about your position in this debate”).
They 💯 do eat grass, but that still won’t get you the grass fed chicken she is going for.
You can call me Scottish. Im Scottish. Actually, not ish, I'm a full Scot :)
In the end, it turned out that the more strongly people believed that their attitude was correct, the more likely they were to select competitive sentences to introduce themselves to their partner. Being clear about the attitude, however, did not have a strong influence on people’s sentence selections.
The flag of the United Kingdom (UK) 🇬🇧. This is also the flag of Great Britain. The flag of England : 🏴 The flag of Denmark is truly 🇩🇰 And just in case anyone cares, this is why. https://www.vox.com/2020/1/31/21117244/brexit-eu-british-flag-brussels
"Being certain of your attitude can affect whether you try to convince other people that you are right," Markman said. "In particular, the more strongly you believe that your attitude is the right one, the more you will focus on convincing others."
But that also means that if you find yourself in conflict with others on a regular basis, you might want to evaluate whether you generally assume that your attitudes are the correct ones. If so, you might consider discovering other people’s perspectives in order to see whether there is validity to opposing points of view. Something that folks we see in these pictures would benefit from.
For more similar examples, fire up Bored Panda's first article on ‘People Incorrectly Correcting Other People.’
Blah! Whether or not conversate has become a word, it sounds ridiculous
And two-spirited is actually a term used in the Lakota Indian tribe, also known as Winkte. It was considered a 3rd gender that included warrior women and feminine men. It was considered a great honor to be married to one.
I am absolutely horrified at the mental image the last comment has given me 😂
Uhm as a person who used to work at Nintendo of America during the Gameboy intro....It does run on a power cord. People just rarely used it because the whole point of having a Gameboy is that it was mobile.
An episode of Full House repeatedly called a turtle an amphibian. Drove me crazy!
1996 starts off with zero..... How can you already be one on the day you were born?
Wait … did he just call his peanuts insignificant? How would he know!!!
This is technically correct because there's no year 0, but the important thing to remember is that nobody cares and it's an arbitrary system anyway.
I was always too caught up in how I was going to pocket a couple of matches and feed my burgeoning pyromania. /jk
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Actually melting is not a word and I will never believe otherwise /s
Load More Replies...I noticed a few but not all. You definitely wouldn't believe how stupid some people unfortunately are. :(
Load More Replies...“Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.” - George Carlin
Actually melting is not a word and I will never believe otherwise /s
Load More Replies...I noticed a few but not all. You definitely wouldn't believe how stupid some people unfortunately are. :(
Load More Replies...“Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.” - George Carlin