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If you've ever been online for more than 10 minutes, you probably know that the internet is crawling with know-it-alls. People try to one-up each other in all kinds of fields: pop culture, politics, and even simple everyday physics. If anything, the internet is the birthplace of the "Um, actually," catchphrase.

But netizens also love humbling those who trust their intellectual capacities too much. The second incarnation of the ill-fated Facebook group of the same name, "People Incorrectly Correcting Other People 2.0", is the place where folks post people embarrassing themselves by acting like they know better. General rule: if you're correcting someone, better check with Google first to see if you're not mistaken.

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#1

Tweet showing a humorous typo correction fail, illustrating people trying to fix others and failing hilariously online.

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Panda Kicki
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2 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The one replying is a troll/fake account, he is always out leaving replies like that. He is really funny, there are some collections of his best ones.

Slapdash1
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4 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There is an actual typo in the word "minster" though

Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het
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10 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Trying to imagine why the Rabbi would think he was a typo.

Brady
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10 hours ago (edited)

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Hi nate, I see you’re the first one here 🎣

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Frank Ropen
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8 hours ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Aren‘t they visiting a blood bank in the joke?

Ashley Harrold
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4 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not as bad as the person who asked him if he'd read The Stand

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    #2

    Screenshot of a humorous online discussion showing misunderstandings and failed corrections of Frankenstein in a funny context.

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    StrangeOne
    Community Member
    1 hour ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We just can't enjoy good, clever jokes these days, can we?

    Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het
    Community Member
    10 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think you will find it was Frankenstein that stated E=MC squared.

    Lady Eowyn
    Community Member
    9 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nah, that was his cousin Albert. Victor just made monsters.

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    QuincyForrest
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    9 hours ago

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    My gawd, in the twenty-first century people still quibble over what has always been understood. When the word "Frankenstein" is used, does the mad scientist pop up as an image in people's minds? NO. The image of the monster does. You want people to visualize the mad scientist? You say "DOCTOR Frankenstein." Why has this ever been so difficult?

    Zig Zag Wanderer
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    9 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Do you hear that whooshing sound? That's the joke going over your head.

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    #3

    Twitter exchange showing humorous fail in correcting spelling, highlighting people trying to fix others and failing hilariously.

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    Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het
    Community Member
    10 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They are having a row. Or should that be they are having a rough?

    N Fritz
    Community Member
    1 hour ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Cue I Love Lucy "pronunciation" scene

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    Correcting others' bad grammar online is probably the most common offense of the internet's know-it-alls. Maybe even you, Pandas, have pointed out someone's faulty spelling in a comment section somewhere? If you had, you're in good company: many Americans admit to doing the same.

    In fact, according to a 2014 YouGov poll, 21% of Americans consider themselves to be part of the online grammar police. Younger Americans, specifically those under 30, said they were more likely to habitually correct the grammar of others. 

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    #4

    Screenshot of a humorous Twitter pun about a naan disclosure agreement with a reply correcting the spelling, illustrating funny fails.

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    Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het
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    10 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I pitta the person who thinks they can argue a naan disclosure agreement.

    UnclePanda
    Community Member
    9 hours ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ghee, what a paneer in the birri.

    Mabelbabel
    Community Member
    5 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't I can curry on with this thread-I've got naan left.

    Robert Millar
    Community Member
    1 hour ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lot of whooshes in this collection.

    #5

    Twitter conversation showing a geographic mistake and a map, highlighting moments when people try to fix others and fail hilariously.

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    Wolfgang Bonow
    Community Member
    10 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I always hope that this kind of posts are made up, but then ..... I remember there're really people out there that dense.

    Colin Roach
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    9 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I still remember an Austrian I met in Chicago decades ago. He had a T-Shirt that said "there are no kangaroos in Austria"

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    Maria Maria
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    10 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Human intelligence sure is unequally divided

    Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het
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    10 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Cannot wait to go to Austria for the kangaroos and drop-bears.

    Brady
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    10 hours ago

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    Good one nate 🎣

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    5shhx6hsvy
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    7 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    IT QUITE LITERALLY SAYS AUSTRIA ON THE MAP🤣

    Mike F
    Community Member
    7 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Anyone want to bet that she's an "influencer"?

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    #6

    Online conversation showing hilarious fail as someone tries to fix others but gets geography facts wrong

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    Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het
    Community Member
    10 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Are Portugal and France also in South America then?

    StrangeOne
    Community Member
    1 hour ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    At what point do you just let people be stupid?

    Billo66
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    1 hour ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Of course. That's why South America speaks Spanish /S

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    Ironically, grammar correctors make mistakes too, as you'll see from the many examples in this list. The same YouGov poll also showed that only 60% of the respondents were able to identify the incorrect use of "it's" and "its" in the sentence "My oak tree loses its leaves in autumn."

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    Interestingly, younger respondents were, again, more successful. 70% of the under-30s made the right correction, while only 56% of over-65s did the same. Other common spelling mistakes people make involve the words "who" vs. "whom," "which" vs. "that," and "affect" vs. "effect."

    #7

    Illustration of a person labeled Americans crawling toward water, misunderstanding distance in miles versus kilometers, showing a fail.

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    QuincyForrest
    Community Member
    10 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Seven out of five Americans are mathematically illiterate.

    Peripheral Visionary
    Community Member
    8 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The people who think a third pounder burger should cost less that a quarter pounder cuz you know, a third is smaller than a quarter.

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    Zitronella
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    8 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Considering that these people are even allowed to vote in your country, nothing surprises me anymore ;)

    Riley Quinn
    Community Member
    9 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    True, Blue Shirt, but the sign reads 1 Kilometer. I'll let you ponder that for a while.

    Phantom Phoenix
    Community Member
    7 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Cute that you think they're capable of pondering

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    Alewa
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    18 minutes ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This person would order a 1/4 pound burger because it is larger than the 1/3 pound burger.

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    #8

    Twitter exchange showing a humorous fail in spelling and word usage, illustrating attempts to fix others and fail hilariously.

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    Riley Quinn
    Community Member
    9 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You have to give it to stupid people for their audacity to double-down.

    Billo66
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    1 hour ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's still a binary system. Anything that doesn't fall under straight can be "curvy" there I fixed it! /s

    Gordon
    Community Member
    8 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ari - point, set, match.

    megabeth
    Community Member
    2 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's what I would have responded w too! Idk why the down votes...shrug. Fixed one.

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    #9

    Close-up of large black bear claws with a humorous Facebook comment showing failed attempt to correct spelling.

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    Khavrinen
    Community Member
    38 minutes ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If BP didn't automatically block comments with images now, I'd be tempted to post an image of a bear playing golf.

    Billo66
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    1 hour ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I often visit Golf of Mexico. Ducking and running from the cartel on hole 7 is a real killer.

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    Those who belong to the online grammar police also have some common personality traits. In 2016, researchers analyzed the habitual grammar correctors and found that they tend to be more judgmental of other people.

    According to the researchers, extroverts were more likely to overlook grammar mistakes in an email responding to an online ad looking for a roommate. Introverts, on the other hand, were more likely to judge the author of the ad.

    #10

    Screenshot of a humorous online forum post showing a failed attempt to correct a grammar mistake in a funny way.

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    Roxy222uk
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    9 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Misspelling ‘cite’ is a bit more forgivable than misspelling ‘sight'

    Maria Maria
    Community Member
    10 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can't take more of this post

    Billo66
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    1 hour ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You spelled garbage wrong. haha

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    Peripheral Visionary
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    8 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Imagine their surprise to see the word "sight".

    Riley Quinn
    Community Member
    9 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Give her a break. She's probably been cited for court appearances so many times, she thinks this is the only spelling.

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    #11

    Instagram comments debating song originality and music facts, showcasing failed attempts to fix others hilariously.

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    Jaya
    Community Member
    7 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nirvana was such an influential band, that they were able to influence backwards in time!

    Mabelbabel
    Community Member
    5 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had a bit of an argument about "Personal Jesus." I was listening to Depeche Mode's album Violator, and was told very confidently that it was a poor copy of Marilyn Manson's song, they were singing it too slow. Their "proof" was that Manson's version was on a "Best Of.." album of his, so it was obviously historical and an older record. Violator came out in 1990, Personal Jesus charted in 1989. Manson's version was 15 years or so later.

    Floeckchen
    Community Member
    4 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had the same argument about the Johnny Cash version once

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    Riley Quinn
    Community Member
    8 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Someone needs a vasectomy bc they're too dumb to Google this information.

    Alewa
    Community Member
    13 minutes ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I like how they argue that the band that was "better" has the power to influence songs that were released before that band was formed. Imagine what else we could do with that concept...

    Billo66
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    1 hour ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In conert, they would start Smells Like Teen Spirit but sing More than a Feeling for a few seconds as a joke. They knew it was similar. RIP Kurt & Layne.

    #12

    Twitter exchange showing humorous fail where Merriam-Webster corrects a wrong meaning, highlighting funny moments of trying and failing.

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    Billo66
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    1 hour ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Such a hard NO! I felt like it slapped MY face lol.

    Zig Zag Wanderer
    Community Member
    9 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Such a long time, just to be wrong....

    Stardust she/her
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    16 minutes ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They even put a fullstop which further hardens the ‘No’

    Mike Rodrick
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    8 hours ago

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    Those sensitive to grammar mistakes were also found to be more disagreeable. "Less agreeable participants showed more sensitivity to grammar than participants high in agreeability, perhaps because less agreeable people are less tolerant of deviations from convention."

    #13

    Tweet exchange showing someone incorrectly claiming DNA stands for D&A, with another user hilariously failing to correct the misunderstanding.

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    Lady Eowyn
    Community Member
    9 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How confident some people are in their ignorance!

    Carrie Laughs
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    7 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Never made a mistake but been sure you are right? I refer you to one of your own comments in this thread re their/there.

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    Billo66
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    1 hour ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    tameson says Dru­gs & Alc­ohol. hehe

    Auntriarch
    Community Member
    13 minutes ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nah, it's the acronym for National Dyslexia Association

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    Karl der Große
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    4 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Rolling Stones had a science-related song, "She's my Little D and A." Play it to your kids if you're a teacher.

    Mike Rodrick
    Community Member
    8 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Given that trump IS deranged, the acronym is accurate.

    tameson
    Community Member
    9 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would love to tell you all what my husband said D&A would be an abbreviation for but BP would just censor it.

    Billo66
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    1 hour ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think I covered it for you. :)

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    Panda Kicki
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    2 hours ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I learned deoxiribonukleinacid for extra credits on a homework in 4th grade. Of all homeworks that one fit really stuck. Spelling optional but I can yell it out when asked.

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    #14

    Online comment thread showing a humorous fail of someone trying to correct others, highlighting stupidity attempts.

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    Steinem Sukker Rumpe
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    2 hours ago (edited)

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    It's a name. Please tell me you didn't post it because you thought it was mockworthy and wanted others to mock along too. It's a name. Of a human. That's f*****g it.

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    Gordon
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    8 hours ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I belive the misunderstanding is: "They're intelligent" Vs. "Their intelligence"

    megabeth
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    2 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think you're giving them too much credit.

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    Lady Eowyn
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    9 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You obviously missed the time the secretary of education - the woman who doesn't know AI from A1 steak sauce - declared that they're, their, and there are the same thing from now on. I kid you not.

    megabeth
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    2 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was blissfully unaware of that until just this moment. Too depressing to google, I'm sure it's true. Sigh.

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    #15

    Social media post showing a controversial mansplaining debate with a political cartoon, highlighting fails in understanding.

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    Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het
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    10 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    FFS this is so stupid. They read from the Bible specifically in Gilead.

    Riley Quinn
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    9 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've never read the book, nor watched the series, but even I know it's Christian-based.

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    Zig Zag Wanderer
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    9 hours ago

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    Billo66
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    57 minutes ago

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    This is for deleting that comment. Boom! haha ok I'll stop now. ZZ-Boris-w...136319.jpg ZZ-Boris-w-frame-bw-6947af3136319.jpg

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    tameson
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    8 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He obviously has no idea of Charlie Kirk's biblical interpretation of women's rights.

    YDNinja
    Community Member
    6 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Are you kidding me? It's a random, silly meme about someone dumb getting correcting, and you bring up CHARLIE KIRK? Why are you randomly trying to start political arguments when everyone here just wants to look at funny memes?

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    Zig Zag Wanderer
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    And yet, she appears to have done exactly that "Atwood was also inspired by the Islamic revolution in Iran in 1978–79 that saw a theocracy established that drastically reduced the rights of women and imposed a strict dress code on Iranian women, very much like that of Gilead" (Wikipedia) and observing Canadian politicians. So there's that.... And: "Atwood offers up Afghanistan as an example of a religious theocracy forcing women out of the public sphere and into their homes,[25] as in Gilead.[15][19]"

    Day Andie
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    8 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Duh. Reading comprehension. You duz not haz it. No, she does not appear to have done "EXACTLY" that. Not even close. Yes, she was "ALSO" inspired by some aspects of the Islamic revolution, especially by those things that are very much similar to Christian theocratic belief.

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    There is also a difference between correcting a person with the intent of teaching them and just asserting dominance through such corrections. A 2022 study analyzed this in the context of Twitter. The researchers found that the majority of corrections have no goodwill behind them and simply seek to humiliate.

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    In 61% of the analyzed tweets, the grammar police "used verbal bullying only to attack the face of authors of the posts." In the case of the remaining 39%, the users were correcting others constructively, "with intentions to correct grammatical errors."

    #16

    Twitter exchange showing a funny fail involving fruit names and misunderstandings highlighting attempts to fix others.

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    Riley Quinn
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    8 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Blackberry, plum, Persian plum (prune), redcurrant, and many more fruits are named after a color. BTW, oranges came before the color orange.

    Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het
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    10 hours ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Green beans? Yes I am taking the mick.

    Angarade
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    1 hour ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Raspberry ? Cherry ? Myrtle ? Olives ?

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    #17

    Twitter exchange showing a hilarious language debate, illustrating stupidity failing to fix others with amusing misunderstandings.

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    Bi.Felicia
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    7 hours ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    British do have a reason for using more letters, they earn more points in Scrabble and other word games.

    Norfolk and good
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    7 hours ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You can blame the French for us Brits adding letters to words and spelling things differently with r-e instead of e-r at the end of theatre and centre. D**n them and their Norman conquest. 🎶 I'm William the Conqueror, my enemies stood no chance. They called me the first English king although I come from France.🎶

    Forrest Hobbs
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    1 hour ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Norfolk and good: I blame the Angles and the Saxons for stupid British spelling. Look at Cymraeg - it all makes perfect sense. It's the English language that's the problem, not those Norse buggers who settled in northern France before invading these septic isles. I'm English, with recent French ancestry - oh yeah, and recent Welsh ancestry too. 😁😉🤣

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    Mike Rodrick
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    8 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    British use more letters for no reason? Gnarly! Pneumonia! Pneumatic! Gnaw!! What really puzzles me is how Arkinsaw is Arkansas. Nothing to do with unnecessary letters but wow!

    Pollywog
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    1 hour ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don't forget Kansas adding to the confusion! 🙃

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    Day Andie
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    8 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Those dang Brits, just sticking letters here and there just for no reason, adding in extra vowels just so they can act all stuck up about it. They're not impressing anyone with their fancy AEs and OEs with aetiology and oestrogen! Then they jam it together to make æ and œ. Look at us, we got fancy ligatures! Makes me sick.

    Forrest Hobbs
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    4 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Day Andie: ahem. Cymraeg is a far older British language than English. Meanwhile, why whinge about writing styles that evolved long before printing? (I spy your humorous intent, and raise you one).

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    Jaya
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    7 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Fun fact: the words Dutch and Deutsch both come from the same ancient word.

    LilliVB
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    6 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You are right. Dutch and German are both Germanic languages. They have the same relationship that Italian has with French and Spanish.

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    #18

    Influencer sitting on bed smiling, taking mirror selfie, with text about funny spelling fail and watching stupidity fail.

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    Rosecrucian Roeth
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    9 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe she's from half that town in Washington State :)

    Space Invader
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    4 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And beside it is Wallbeh... which is a mammal from Australiah.

    sofacushionfort
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    5 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What Hindu caste is OF-wallah?

    TsavoE
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    5 hours ago

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    Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het
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    10 hours ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why would they think of Viola in this case?

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    It's safe to say, then, that correcting someone's grammar and spelling errors is just a way for some people to feel superior. Professor of Psychology at Stanford University, Benoît Monin, explained to Slate that correcting someone in public makes us feel good about ourselves, and that's why we do it.

    #19

    Sign on blue paper stating the use of cell phones and earbuds is prohibited while on the clock, with a handwritten correction.

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    tameson
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    9 hours ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A grammar fight! I want to know how person "Are" responded.

    Riley Quinn
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    9 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And yet, Americans ridicule foreigners and immigrants for not speaking proper English.

    #20

    Twitter exchange showing a user failing hilariously while trying to correct another, highlighting moments of stupid attempts.

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    Zig Zag Wanderer
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    9 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That is an impressive concentration of wrongness!

    BeesEelsAndPups
    Community Member
    6 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, Scottish whales. Welsh whales use 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

    Riley Quinn
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    8 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Besides the fact that 3 Year can't distinguish flags, Ireland has better transportation options, better education, and lower employment. But the most important difference - no Trump!

    Lin Juist
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    55 minutes ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In what Ireland do you live? Transportation s***s and the bar of your education is LOW.

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    David
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    2 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    who is going to tell them that Three Year Letterman is a Comedy account that deliberately likes to Troll and it went right over this persons head.

    Robert Millar
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    1 hour ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Murphy's Stout. And choose the correct flag, moron.

    #21

    Close-up of a man wearing sunglasses outdoors with a social media comment highlighting a humorous mistaken identity fail.

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    Riley Quinn
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    8 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Never saw Face/Off, I presume.

    Sally Moen
    Community Member
    32 minutes ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Took me a while, but some of us have never seen the film

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    Billo66
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    50 minutes ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wish these OP's could read our remarks. Or maybe let us beat them about the head and neck with a rubber chicken for a bit.

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    "The way we evaluate our competence is relative to other people,” Monin told Slate. “If I need to feel good about my language skills, one way that I could do that would be to give myself evidence that my language skills are awesome. Another is to give myself evidence that other people's language skills [are bad]. So by putting down other people, I can feel better about myself."

    #22

    Screenshot of a math answer marked incorrect despite close rounding, illustrating fail hilariously in fixing others.

    Clayton Ferguson Report

    QuincyForrest
    Community Member
    9 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In chemistry lab in college, weighing on an analytical scale, we were taught to simply drop the least significant digit (treated simply as an error factor), so in that case it would be correct to round 15.826 to 15.82. But that's a special case. My general rule for rounding is if the least significant digit is zero through four, then round down. Five through nine, round up. My condolences to anyone who doesn't know what "least significant digit" means.

    Zig Zag Wanderer
    Community Member
    8 hours ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Now investigate bankers rounding (had to program it once, it's a pain!)

    Janissary35680
    Community Member
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    1 hour ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    An early urban legend had it that someone made a fortune by shifting the rounded bits to their own account, IIRC.

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    Peripheral Visionary
    Community Member
    8 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I once got 3/5 on a work evaluation and they rounded. They rounded down to zero.

    #23

    Whiteboard showing the slang term yain't broken down with comments debating the correct spelling, highlighting social media humor.

    Rohmot Ali Report

    Nikki Sevven
    Community Member
    9 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No. Y'all is correct, as it's short for "you all." If you're referring to a larger group, you would use "all y'all."

    Sally Moen
    Community Member
    33 minutes ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That is a word I've yet had a need to use. I don't normally address a group of people in a direction-giving way, as I'm not a Southern mama

    Greenkitty
    Community Member
    4 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ah thank it depends on which part of the South ya'll come from. Ya know what ah mean.

    Riley Quinn
    Community Member
    8 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nope. It's y'all as in you all.

    #24

    Screenshot of a Twitter exchange showing a math misunderstanding illustrating watching stupidity fail hilariously.

    Rohmot Ali Report

    BeesEelsAndPups
    Community Member
    6 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh, the 9 I got from your mom. She also gave me gonorrhea, but that doesn't help with the math.

    Riley Quinn
    Community Member
    7 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Peggleggregg, put the doobie down, and really concentrate, okay, man.

    timhood
    Community Member
    4 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is why Greg's investments are doing worse, but he thinks he's getting ahead. 😆

    Frank Ropen
    Community Member
    7 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The 9 comes from doing math correctly

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    The main question then is why we love putting other people down. Most cases of correction in this list are people in some way or another making fun of others. Some do it more politely; others do it much harsher. Still, for the corrector, it's often about superiority and control. Even spectators or those who read and "like" the correcting comments engage in a form of ridicule.

    #25

    YouTube comment thread showing funny spelling correction with highlighted text illustrating failed attempts to fix others.

    Juliet Salter Report

    Cindy Brick
    Community Member
    9 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    GUERRILLA, people. (Yes, I looked it up.)

    Forrest Hobbs
    Community Member
    4 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    France, Spain, and the Netherlands is how come the fledgling USA beat the Brits. Funny how every 4th July, the Yanks always forget to honour their allies...

    CA Hyde
    Community Member
    6 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just watch "Captain Ron" with Kurt Russell and Martin Short" - Guerrillas not Gorilla! Great movie :)

    Day Andie
    Community Member
    8 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Do girly gorillas eat babe banananas?

    Riley Quinn
    Community Member
    8 hours ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ah, yeah, the Brits were an ocean away. Right up until their troops landed on American soil and fought American guerilla fighters. But comparing contemporary military tactics with those from the past is a dumb analogy.

    Mike Rodrick
    Community Member
    8 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So is comparing the founder's constitution to present-day. Especially with THIS SCOTUS!

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    #26

    Screenshot of a social media thread showing a math fail about saving money daily with a correction about days in a month.

    Reajul Islam Robin Report

    Upstaged75
    Community Member
    9 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Interesting math! 😂 There aren't 365 months in a year.

    Riley Quinn
    Community Member
    9 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh, Streamingpika, you were so close to putting this math-moron to shame. But then you confused weeks with months.

    QuincyForrest
    Community Member
    9 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yah, $140 per week is $7,280 per year, and that's a nice chunk of change, but if you're talking putting that $20 per day into a savings account and depriving me of my booze, smokes, and gambling you are out of your freakin' mind. (snark)

    Sally Moen
    Community Member
    28 minutes ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Almost got it. It would be $4200x12= whatever that is. Most importantly, how does one save $20 a day if you only get paid biweekly, or weekly?

    Billo66
    Community Member
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    40 minutes ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They accidently put 30 weeks in a month lol. OK: Three friends buy a pizza for $30, each contributing $10. After they pay, the manager realizes the bill should have only been $25 and sends a waiter to return $5. The waiter, unable to split $5 equally, keeps $2 as a tip and gives $1 back to each friend. So each friend has effectively paid 9 dollars (9x3=27) and the waiter kept 2. Where did the other dollar go?

    Wendy Hamilton
    Community Member
    8 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh boy. This one is really stupid.

    Zig Zag Wanderer
    Community Member
    9 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So wrong, and yet so wrong at the same time!

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    #27

    Text post explaining chances increasing by 80% does not mean 80% chance, illustrating common misunderstanding humorously.

    Rohmot Ali Report

    Riley Quinn
    Community Member
    8 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm not getting into this % squabble. The only percentages we should concentrate on is how Trump is going to get pharmaceutical companies to lower their drüg rates between 400% - 1000%, and this is great news bc it means they have to pay us for taking their medications.

    Sally Moen
    Community Member
    21 minutes ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Anybody can get a pharmaceutical company to pay them to take their d***s, as long as they are willing to take d***s being tested and they are willing to report any side effects. Fun fact: a d**g study for heart disease discovered many of its participants reported the side effect of engorgement in their uh nether region. The d**g was marketed as Viagra

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    Greenkitty
    Community Member
    4 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Give me big word and I can usually figure their meaning. I am kind of smart, but math? Not so much I'll let ya all argue about % percents.

    Susan Betz
    Community Member
    8 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And this is why some people buy a fistful of lottery tickets instead of one.

    Michael Largey
    Community Member
    9 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you really mean that it changed from 10% to 90%, you say "The chance increased by 80 percentage points."

    nottheactualphoto
    Community Member
    6 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Distressingly many people don't get the difference between "percent" and "percentage point." Where I live, a certain tax increased from 4% to 5%. A *newscast* called it a 1% increase.

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    StrangeOne
    Community Member
    54 minutes ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would understand this better if there was a base number to start from. You can't just say a percentage, then give another percentage that becomes another percentage and say it's right or wrong without knowing what the original percentage is.

    Zig Zag Wanderer
    Community Member
    8 hours ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It certainly can. If your chance was originally 50%, increased BY 80%, your chance increases to 90%.

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    In 2021, Macedonian researchers found that those who like to put others down and use disparaging humor usually project their own feelings. Essentially, it's how they adapt to the world that might ridicule them. So, to avoid being the victims, they ridicule first and boost their self-esteem. The researchers theorize that they were likely bullied as children, and developed this as a defense mechanism.

    #28

    Twitter exchange showing a humorous attempt to fix others with a math fail involving $600,000 in pennies.

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    Phantom Phoenix
    Community Member
    7 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    For the extra $540,000 I think I could tolerate the inconvenience of the payment in pennies. Am I getting them all at once? 60 million pennies might cause a storage issue

    Space Invader
    Community Member
    4 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But think of the fun of spending them all at once on a sports car!

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    Janissary35680
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    1 hour ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The price of copper being what it is, the pennies might be the wiser option--provided they were minted before 1982 of course.

    Billo66
    Community Member
    Premium
    32 minutes ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Inconvenience notwithstanding. 600,000 pennies is only $6,000.

    StrangeOne
    Community Member
    51 minutes ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That amount of pennies wouldn't get accepted. I'm going with the $60,000.

    Mike Rodrick
    Community Member
    8 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Who would roll 600k pennies to get cash?

    Riley Quinn
    Community Member
    9 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm with you CM. Take the cash. Leave the pennies.

    5shhx6hsvy
    Community Member
    7 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    EITHER WAY, it’s CASH. $60,000 or $600,000. Choose the $600,000 goofballs!

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    #29

    Tweet exchange debating Superman’s origin, highlighting humorous fails in trying to fix misunderstandings about characters.

    Jasper Tirard Report

    Riley Quinn
    Community Member
    8 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He's an alien orphan immigrant. One of the few immigrants that can be correctly referred to as an alien.

    David
    Community Member
    2 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    you do know in English the word alien just means foreigner, thus any foreigner is literally an alien? In old Sci Fi visitors from outer space were called Space Aliens, as in foreigners from space. Over time we shortened it to just aliens. But in the law, including all court and legal documents foreigners are still called by the classical English word "Alien" both Legal and Illegal, as refering to if their status as a foreigner was within the law or in violation of immigration law. These are legal term

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    Don Adams
    Community Member
    5 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would pay good money to see ICE try and report Superman.

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    #30

    Screenshot of a humorous social media thread showing a failed attempt to explain the meaning of the word trinity.

    Aries Toteles Report

    Riley Quinn
    Community Member
    7 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Please, please, please, don't vote and don't procreate. I'm begging you.

    Roxy222uk
    Community Member
    8 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh dear, someone doesn't know what a prefix is

    Zig Zag Wanderer
    Community Member
    8 hours ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Never believe prefixes. They lie!

    Sally Moen
    Community Member
    26 minutes ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't always believe in prefixes or suffixes too. That my dear is how I flunked the 3rd grade

    AnnaB
    Community Member
    Premium
    7 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    omg, omg, omg, omg...

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    Do you like to correct people, Pandas, especially online? Would you consider yourself to be part of the Internet's grammar police? Let us know in the comments! And if you're in the mood for more fails, check out our previous publication about people who had one job but couldn't even do that one thing right.

    #31

    Tweet showing complaints about child-friendly Paw Patrol advent calendar chocolates shaped like a gun and a g*****e, highlighting fails.

    Paciphaée Rancourt Report

    Yayheterogeneity
    Community Member
    9 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ehm, the first one is an ice skate...

    Riley Quinn
    Community Member
    9 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Get outta here! You've never heard, Lace up your guns, boys. We head out in the morning.

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    Upstaged75
    Community Member
    9 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's an upside down ice skate. 😂

    Roxy222uk
    Community Member
    9 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It’s an upside ice skate, right?

    Billo66
    Community Member
    Premium
    27 minutes ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Someone gave me an Advent calendar with a different strain of bud to try each day. I can't remember who though.

    V
    Community Member
    5 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Look, I just happy someone so stupid managed to keep a child alive long enough to have a chocolate advent calendar.

    StrangeOne
    Community Member
    45 minutes ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    'muricans and their gun skates.

    #32

    Puzzle with sticks showing number 157, part of a funny fail to fix others challenge with moving a stick.

    Jonathan Robbins Report

    Zig Zag Wanderer
    Community Member
    8 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One person's move is another person's remove....

    BeesEelsAndPups
    Community Member
    6 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Remove, as in re-move, or move it again. Clearly that means you're allowed two moves in fact. Right?

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    #33

    Casting debate for The Legend of Zelda live action film with fan reactions showing fail attempts to fix character portrayal.

    Liz V Bathory Report

    Riley Quinn
    Community Member
    8 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    OmegaFive. Even I know that Zelda, as in Princess Zelda, is a girl. You're thinking of Link, the boy she's friends with.

    Forrest Hobbs
    Community Member
    4 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Riley Quinn: I've read that apparently, Link was intended as a gender non-specific character - the idea was that everyone would be able to identify with them. To anyone who finds the concept of inclusion triggering, I suggest you go boil your head.

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    Nikki Sevven
    Community Member
    9 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Link was the hero. Zelda was the princess.

    UnclePanda
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    9 hours ago

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    #34

    Social media thread showing humorous fails as people try to correct language mistakes in comments.

    Rohmot Ali Report

    Nikki Sevven
    Community Member
    9 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In this case, "affect" is the verb and "effect" is the noun. However, there are situations in which "effect" is the verb and "affect" is the noun. English is not a language; it's a dozen languages in a trench coat.

    Alyce
    Community Member
    5 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And mugging other languages for loose grammar

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    Susan Betz
    Community Member
    8 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    While I can properly use affect and effect, their misuse doesn't have the nails-on-chalkboard effect that there/their/they're misuse has.

    Greenkitty
    Community Member
    4 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I always have to look it up when I want to use either of those words to make sure I'm using the correct one.

    #35

    Online argument with funny image of Bugs Bunny saying no, highlighting people incorrectly correcting others failing hilariously.

    Jared Lammi Report

    Riley Quinn
    Community Member
    7 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Pantone ain't got nothin' on the Bible.

    Roxy222uk
    Community Member
    8 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Verdigris is one of my favourite colours in the world. I’m sad for anyone that doesn’t know about it.

    Don Adams
    Community Member
    5 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I believe it was George Washington's favorite color also. The main room in Mount Vernon is painted verdigris (at least it was last time I toured there😊).

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    #36

    Math homework with incorrect answer highlighted, illustrating the concept of failing hilariously while trying to fix others' mistakes.

    Dimitris Graikopoulos Report

    Nikki Sevven
    Community Member
    9 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    10 minutes to make one cut means 20 minutes to make two cuts. The student was correct.

    QuincyForrest
    Community Member
    9 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    OH. MY. DOG. Is our teachers learning? THIS is the result of children brought up plugged into an iPad. They become adult teachers who can't do sixth-grade math.

    Riley Quinn
    Community Member
    7 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Either Marie is inept or she was making a lengthwise cut with a handsaw. But what riles me the most is that the teacher is wrong. Hoping this error was just a brainfart and not the usual teaching method.

    #37

    Social media post highlighting funny language mistakes showcasing attempts to fix others that fail hilariously.

    Steff Baker Report

    Roxy222uk
    Community Member
    8 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ooops. Although when I found out the American name ‘Co - lynne’ was just regular old Colin I laughed for about a week (in the UK the Co is pronounced as if you’re about to say ‘cough’, with the emphasis on the first syllable. It’s sort of a ‘normal’ (boring?) middle aged man name)

    nottheactualphoto
    Community Member
    6 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If I wanted to pronounce Colin with a short O, I'd have to spell it Collin.

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    Greenkitty
    Community Member
    4 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is an accent thing and depends on which h part of the US you are from. Vowels are tricky.

    timhood
    Community Member
    4 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No, it's whether people have actually *read* or whether they are just trying to repeat what they've only heard.

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    Riley Quinn
    Community Member
    8 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's nerve-racking, although some dictionaries now include nerve-wracking.

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    #38

    Screenshot of a social media debate about autism spectrum disorder and ADHD, illustrating misinformation and confusion.

    Maxime van Ingen Report

    Riley Quinn
    Community Member
    8 hours ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ADD and ADHD are neurodivergent disorders, and they do overlap with Autism in some cases. Just keep in mind that Google doesn't always have the correct answers.

    oktopus
    Community Member
    7 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And every LLM chatbot doesn't always have the correct answers even more.

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    Billo66
    Community Member
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    25 minutes ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I ended up with ADD & OCD. I just can't seem to focus on my obsessions.

    Forrest Hobbs
    Community Member
    4 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Can anyone explain what on Earth that diagram is supposed to indicate?

    BeesEelsAndPups
    Community Member
    6 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Where did they find that fake Ven diagram

    Steinem Sukker Rumpe
    Community Member
    2 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Idiots now have access to AI inage generation. They'll use it exactly like idiots will, to try not look like idiots.

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    #39

    Social media comments showing humorous fails as people try to correct others and fail hilariously.

    Angel Landreth Report

    Nikki Sevven
    Community Member
    9 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is just a mess from beginning to end.

    Zig Zag Wanderer
    Community Member
    8 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I prefer roasted venison instead of poached, myself....

    Billo66
    Community Member
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    23 minutes ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Me too. Zig Zag. And another thing (Which I will be roasted mercilessly for) is I just found out about battered women. All these years I've been eating mine raw. /running away

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    Riley Quinn
    Community Member
    7 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Of course you do Sweetie. You, and only you, know what you're talking about.

    Roxy222uk
    Community Member
    8 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How can you tell when people aren’t just fücking about?

    #40

    Screenshot of a social media exchange featuring humorous grammar mistakes and two smiling women labeled Ice Spice and Nicki Minaj.

    Garry Morgan Report

    Peripheral Visionary
    Community Member
    8 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My generation knew these words by grade four at the latest.

    Steinem Sukker Rumpe
    Community Member
    2 hours ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would say elder generations making sweeping stereotypes about the younger ones is also a trope. If we reverse this a moment, we could say, "Your generation willfully ignored global warming, is ignorant to what life actually costs now and had little need for anything above a GCSE to support a family." How those ones landing on you, maybe disgruntled at being lumped in with those stereotypes? Sentences that start with, "My generation..." are about as useful as, I remember my crazy old bat of a grandma telling me," followed by something hillariously outdated. Spread unuion, not division. The internet is a huge place, and these are the worst examples. Youre doing the equivilent of watching Americas Funniest Videos and concluding, "arent all americans such clumbsy idiots."

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    #41

    Facebook comments debating the location of Holland, Michigan, showcasing humor in failed attempts to fix geography mistakes.

    Caryn Schneider Report

    Jaya
    Community Member
    7 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Dutch version: "America isn't between Canada and Mexico, it's between Venray and Weert!" (yep, we named of our Dutch villages America. And another one Amerika by the way)

    Sally Moen
    Community Member
    14 minutes ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To confuse the tourists, no doubt

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    Billo66
    Community Member
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    9 minutes ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I live near New London but I don't often see The Beatles. Maybe if I move to New Liverpool.

    Bored Jellyfish
    Community Member
    Premium
    5 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was just looking up if there was an Aldi’s in the state of Wyoming, USA. A Google search showed there were two of them in Wyoming. Was getting excited for kiddo who lives in that state, but he didn’t recognize the names of the nearby cities. A closer look showed they were located in the City of Wyoming, Michigan, USA. I feel some cartographer is trolling us.

    Roxy222uk
    Community Member
    8 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ‘named after places in the US’ - what did they think they were called before Europeans colonised the Americas?? Although I have to admit I only learnt very recently that the even the original Labrador is a place in the UK.

    Zig Zag Wanderer
    Community Member
    8 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wasn't Europe itself named after America?

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    #42

    Map humor showing Europe inside Texas to illustrate how big Texas really is, showcasing stupid fails in understanding size.

    Johan Stapelberg Report

    Day Andie
    Community Member
    8 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Voting you up because whoever voted you down is just dumb. But big dumb. Texas-sized even.

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    Gordon
    Community Member
    8 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yep, Texas is big enough to contain (Almost) ALL of the stupidity in America !

    Riley Quinn
    Community Member
    7 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't even know where to begin. Should I start with the fact that's not Texas, it's Australia or go straight to the fact that Africa is 3.9X bigger than Australia which is 11X bigger than Texas?????

    #43

    Screenshot of a humorous online argument showing people failing to correct grammar while trying to fix others.

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    BeesEelsAndPups
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    6 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, this is an interesting one. Must have, or must've when spoken. Is slowly changing to "must of". I think this will become the normal way to write this in a few decades.

    Zig Zag Wanderer
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    8 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's not grammatically incorrect, it's just incorrect....

    #45

    Menu showing cocktails named Spin Class and Dad Joke with funny server story, highlighting stupid fails and humor attempts.

    Cambrie Johnson Report

    Gail Lott
    Community Member
    4 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It’s to see if people will ask, “what’s updog?” Then you can say, “nothing. What’s up with you?”

    Sally Moen
    Community Member
    10 minutes ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If Bugs Bunny cartoons were still being created, you might be able to say, What's updoc? And then fail a joke

    Roxy222uk
    Community Member
    8 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It would make more sense if it was updoc. I’ve ever seen it written as updog, which is stupid and not funny.

    Lukas (he/him, it/its)
    Community Member
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    7 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's a play on "What's up, dog?" (Alternatively spelled "dawg"). A slang greeting for a friend.

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    #46

    Meme showing people arguing over math problem illustrating humor about trying to fix and failing hilariously with stupid.

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    Forrest Hobbs
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    3 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Zig Zag Wanderer: where I come from, it's "bidmas": brackets, indices, division, multiplication, addition, subtraction. Not sure where you get that "o" from... 😉 (No, I'm older than that acronym AFAIK - I do however seem to have a school aged child in the house...)

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    Billo66
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    1 minute ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Any number multiplied by zero is always zero. Or am I hallucinating?

    BeesEelsAndPups
    Community Member
    6 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Interesting that he knows the mnemonic PEMDAS and then still gets it wrong. He just kept applying the multiplication for some reason.

    Riley Quinn
    Community Member
    7 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wouldn't it be easier to show it as 24X0=0?

    Asri
    Community Member
    5 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The answer isn't zero. Order of operations is important.

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    #47

    Comparison chart showing century as 100 years, millennium as 1000 years, and couple's relationship lasting 2½ months with humorous fail.

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    Riley Quinn
    Community Member
    7 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh, Katie, where's the million in millennium? Seriously. Move the hair out of your eyes and take a good, long gander at the spellings.

    Space Invader
    Community Member
    4 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Reminds me of Obelix trying to understand the hierarchy of the Roman army and concluding that if the Centurio outranks the Decurio the next one would be the Millurio....

    Zig Zag Wanderer
    Community Member
    8 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wouldn't have believed that in a millenniun years!

    #48

    Social media thread humorously showing failed attempts to fix others with typing and pronunciation errors.

    Rohmot Ali Report

    Riley Quinn
    Community Member
    7 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Let's ask Richard Dawkins since he invented the neologism, meme, which he pronounces as "meem".

    Roxy222uk
    Community Member
    8 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It’s pronounced ‘meem’ and I learnt about memes in the 80s at college. Back then they had a useful sociological meaning about cultural habits and norms that developed independently without anyone deliberately causing them. Now it just means a stupid picture with some words on.

    Alex Kennedy
    Community Member
    4 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It’s actually “taximetered cabriolet”.

    #49

    Shrek and Donkey redesigned in animation, with a humorous take on failing to fix character models over 15 years.

    Rohmot Ali Report

    Bored Jellyfish
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    5 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You should’ve seen Shrek and Donkey’s redesign in Shrek 2! Yowza!

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    #50

    Online argument showing failed attempts to correct grammar and history, highlighting hilarious misunderstandings and mistakes.

    Jennie Carlsten Report

    Carrie Laughs
    Community Member
    7 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Depends on which kilt you are thinking of. What we know as a kilt today was created by Thomas Rawlinson, an English ironmaster in the 1720s. He adapted the large, unwieldy "great kilt" (féileadh mòr - a large piece of tartan fabric used by Scottish Highlanders in the 16th century, serving as clothing and bedding) into the more practical, pre-pleated "small kilt" (féileadh beag) which I suspect is what most people think of.