35 Times People Embarrassed Themselves With Their Self-Unaware Posts
Interview With Expert
Internet detectives are never asleep and will continue to expose people sharing what they thought applied to others, yet in reality, unknowingly described themselves. Whether the subject matter touches on politics, human rights, or any topic in between, these posts haven’t gone unnoticed and were shared on the subreddit r/SelfAwarewolves.
Today, we have collected examples of people confidently sharing their thoughts, only to be humbled by the users in this online community. Or worse, stay ignorant of their mistakes. Either way, let us know your opinions on these claims and which ones made your eyes roll the most.
To learn more about self-awareness, Bored Panda reached out to Dr. Kinga Mnich, a social psychologist, who kindly answered our questions. Read the full interview below.
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So, So Close
Why would you need to fly out to another country for medical treatment when you already live in the greatest country in the world?
Yep, You Got It!
You Had The Chance Dumba*s
I think, in every country, taking care of war veterans and their families when they need help should be considered a given. If we’re sending people to the hell that is war, it’s our damn responsibility to take care of the human consequences of that war. I think helping vets should be considered a part of the cost waging war. Shame on politicians -in any country- who use the soldiers when it suits them, and then kick vets to the curb when they’re not ‘useful’ anymore.
Nowadays, there are more self-aware people than ever before, making it easier to spot those who are clueless. Dr. Kinga Mnich has shared her thoughts on the significance of self-awareness.
“Self-awareness is a central concept in social psychology, referring to the ability to recognize and understand one's thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. Self-awareness involves reflecting on one's motivations, beliefs, and values, and being mindful of how one's actions may affect oneself and others. This is especially important in the context of online interactions, where the dynamics of virtual communication are quite different from face-to-face conversations. The lack of self-awareness in online interactions often enables people to bluntly attack others without being aware of the consequences. Sometimes content can be internalized as one's own belief system due to exposure without reflection.”
Gee, Why Hasn’t Anyone Ever Thought Of This?
If independent research had been done on Planned Parenthood, I don't think all of those people would have been so eager to try and get it shut down. Texas was hit hard and not surprisingly, STI rates are up, teen pregnancies are up, kinda like everything went haywire because a safety net was taken away.
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Like how did this person think up to this point? "Why do you choose not to do things with me when I ask you to? Must be a woman thing."
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Now, knowing that we cannot evolve further as people in life without at least a bit of self-awareness, we asked how people can develop and maintain mindfulness. Dr. Kinga Mnich replied: “Self-awareness is about understanding oneself, one’s strengths, weaknesses, and motivations. It involves looking inward to understand better how you can improve yourself and your relationships with others. The easiest way to start becoming self-aware is by taking more breaks before responding to something and asking yourself questions such as: Why am I thinking this? Am I really feeling this? What am I feeling? How is this connected to my values and beliefs?”
Also, to learn more about the differences between self-awareness and narcissism, feel free to read Dr. Kinga Mnich’s blog post.
So Close Yet So Far
Huh, That’s An Odd Coincidence
Sigh....antivaxxers. If there were Aliens observing us, they surely would have taken some of them for studies about stupidity.
Seatbelts Are Nothing Like Vaccines
It can be funny, sad, or even infuriating to see people so unaware of their actions that they manage to project on other people. Dr. Kinga Mnich sheds light on the causes behind such behavior.
“There are several psychological mechanisms and biases that cause people to unconsciously project their own traits or behaviors onto others while remaining unaware of their own actions. One such mechanism is projection bias, where individuals attribute their own thoughts, feelings, or motives to others without realizing it. This happens because people tend to assume that others think and feel the same way they do. Unfortunately, this bias can also lead to intolerance and discrimination because personal thoughts and beliefs are being understood as the only reality and truth.
Another contributing factor is cognitive dissonance, which occurs when individuals feel uneasy due to holding conflicting beliefs or attitudes. To reduce this discomfort, they may project their own undesirable traits onto others to maintain a sense of consistency in their self-image.”
They’ve Finally Come Around Full Circle!
Almost Like Your Political Side Is Against This Very Idea
Not all starving kids starve because their parents are jerks, many starve because so do the parents!
So Close
But, in many Red states you can have a kid as young as 10 regardless of the circumstances. Also, if it is after 6 weeks or 1864 when you find out, you are really S.O.L. ( I was referencing the 10 y/o little girl who had to travel out of state for treatment. Then, they want to prosecute the doctor for trying to bring some kindness to that child's life.)
And lastly, Dr. Kinga Mnich shared how the phenomenon of being "called out" or "exposed" for lacking self-awareness influences people's behavior or attitudes toward self-reflection: “It can go either way. It can lead to a moment of awakening and desire to learn more about themselves. Or it can increase the subsequent behavior because someone feels shamed and pressured.”
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This is not uncommon at all, that the self proclaimed morality police turn out to be the creeps.. 🤢
Inject It Straight Into My F**king Veins
Politicians making decisions about increased aviation safety didn’t receive massive donations/bribes from the airlines, while politicians opposing common sense gun reform (which the majority of Americans support) have received massive donations from the weapons industry, the NRA, Putin’s Russia et c. Like somebody put it, dead kids don’t pay. Priorities, people. 🤢
Cancel Them All!
hey ! stop pointing out inconsistency in maga people's behavior. Its un-amerikkkan
Lol Yup He Nailed It
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A Curriculum Only A Mother Could Love
Homeschooling is such an alien concept. Can ANYONE teach their kids? Does ANYONE control what they're teaching?
When covid hit here hard, and zoom was not working for our kids, we decided that I would homeschool. I was a first grade teacher (though my credentials had recently lapsed) and felt equipped to carry through with the curricula of the year. I started doing research to make sure I would be following the requirements of homeschooling. There were no requirements of me other than sign a form saying “I am homeschooling”. I was appalled.
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I'm sure it will surprise no one to learn that BakedAlaska is a neo-nazi who participated in the jan 6 2021 insurrection.
Another way of saying it is, "Conservatives did all that." At the time, the Democratic Party was the conservative party in America, and the Republicans were the progressives. But try explaining that to a group of conservatives today, and they repeatedly become confused and mix up the parties. I've watched it play out in a thread. ETA: screw Baked Alaska, he broke into Pelosi's office and used her phone after testing positive for COVID.
That's why I hate when they claim to be the party of Lincoln. If Lincoln was alive today, he'd most likely be a Democrat.
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Baked Alaska, home schooled, not taught. Enough said, bar the laughing.
If you abuse your children, physically or emotionally, some teacher will notice and report it. Home schooling gets around that quite effectively.
You also get to leave out silly ideas like evolution, the big bang theory, and the earth being more than 6,000 years old.
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I always feel like they purposely leave out the entire story. Maybe they really don't know it or they just like the way that part sounds!
Thinking of the Arthur meme where his sister is standing at the door that says “Keep Out.” She says something like “well that can’t stop me because I can’t read.”
I'm so tired of the canard that the Democratic party of today started the KKK. The two major parties swapped ideologies during the Civil Rights movement. In the 1960s the racists that founded the KKK and started the civil war over it left the Democratic party in droves and were welcomed with opened arms by the Republican party.
Veteran homeschool mom here. Yes, we can teach our kids. My oldest got her high school diploma at 16 and got her masters degree at 22. 23 now and working on her PhD while doing adjunct work at a county college. Working in public affairs and community development. Middle finished high school at 17, she's 20 now and has two semesters before she gets her bachelor's in biology. Plans to pursue a masters after that. Youngest is 15 and this past week alone has been cast as second lead in a production of High School Musical, took fourth place in a statewide knowledge bowl, finished her geometry class, designed and taught a class at the animal shelter (where she volunteers) for pre-k students, and worked on a video game she's been coding from scratch with two of her close friends. None of them were ever in public school. We aren't Christians. Colleges LOVE homeschooled kids, we've discovered - they have found them to be far more socially adjusted than publicly schooled kids. Their words, not m
I never heard it in history lessons. Maybe because as a British kid my education wasn't just focused around one country!
also democrats and republicans switched their platforms in the 1970s.
Hmm, seems home schooling might be an excellent way to rear some solid Trumpers in amurica, don’t teach real history, heavens no!
The sad thing is, he isn't exactly wrong. It is largely forgotten now that until relatively recently the Democratic party was on he right wing of politics, and that it was the 'Dixiecrats' (Southern states Democrats) who were the driving force behind the secession and who worked hard to hinder Union efforts in the Northern states. Abraham Lincoln was a Republican president.
You mean you were educationally neglected. Home schooling is mostly garbage and harmful to the child.
Very true, even though there are occasional exceptions. One of my former students is home schooling her grade school age children. Of course she is also a licenced teacher with ten years of experience, a master's degree in elementary education, and a certified special ed teacher. I'm betting things will turn out ok for her kids. But I am much less hopeful for others.
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Fun little tidbit: the Democratic party prior to 1964 was primarily populated by the Republican party's current and recent members. A certain civil rights act really got under the skin of an awful lot of very hateful people, and so they decided not to stay with a party that had made it happen. Similar diasporas have happened from Democrat to Republican and back again in the past, always due to one of the parties deciding to focus on human rights over maintaining empowerment of the heterosexual white man.
The change-over in the 1960s you describe took place mainly in the Old South. Elsewhere liberals and conservative mostly stayed in the Democratic and Republican parties where they already were.
Load More Replies... True, though. Democrats supported slavery and southern states to get votes...
Yes, but at the time all the listed events happened, Democrat ideologies were congruent to current Republican ideologies.
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Who would have thought that the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the United States could have federal power to investigate anyone in the United States?
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I Wonder Why
Because they do not act for the good of the people but in their own interest. Monetary that is
Do You Read What You Write Before You Post It?
Christian Homophobe Complaining About "Lgbt Propaganda" Asks How We'd Feel About Christians Pushing Their Religion On Others Unasked
“Race Is Not Skin Deep.”
People getting worked up over the look of Fantasy characters is something I will never understand
I Don't Know Where To Start With This One
Yes, We Should
I Don't Even Have Words For This Level Of Stupid
This Speaks For Itself Really
You Are So Close
In all fairness, you weren't mature enough to be deployed in Fallujah either.
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Why Are People So Mean?
The first time I saw 'cis gendered' and that I am one, I just thought "Huh, what's that? Let's Google it". And after finding out what it meant (feeling like the gender you were assigned at birth), my next thought was "Yep, that's me". Why do people feel the need to be offended over this? It's just a description, exactly like transgender, and it's correct. It's not a slur, it's not a swear word, it's not derogative, it's not wrong. It's just an easy way of saying you're 'in the correct body', so to speak.
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“Everyone Else’s Money Made My Life Possible. I, Of Course, Oppose This For Everyone Else”
The "Facts Don't Care About Your Feelings" Crowd Being On Brand Af
Why Aren’t The Gop Leftist?
How about start voting in your interest and not against it? How about voting for actual politics and not politicians?
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Is Bored Panda not at all interested in other countries besides the US? I'd love to know more about popular culture in other countries, and I'm sure many people would like a break from the constant US stuff. Maybe it's just me.
Yeah, but as the pandemic proved, America is the “Florida man…” of the world. We tend to put our idiocy on the internet for the world to see. It’s just easy pickings for ridiculous, attention grabbing articles.
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Allen Packard. You do know we can see your comments and the irony saying "Liberal Echo Chamber" which is a comment you have left on different posts on the last 3 out of the 4 comments you have put. If you say one thing and the rest of the world says different, maybe, just maybe that you are the problem lol Lots of gay love to you my friend. May all your dreams be rainbow :)
I'm too dumb to get most of these.. And what's that "whooshing" sound i keep hearing??
If someone does not understand a joke (for instance) but takes it literally, then the joke went „whoosh“ over their head. (Just in case you were really wondering, otherwise this went whoosh over my own head lol)
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More Americana to make me happy I do not live there. Also, why the hate BP?
Trump is missing one of his idiots. He's accidentally on BP. Move along, Allen.
Load More Replies... Is Bored Panda not at all interested in other countries besides the US? I'd love to know more about popular culture in other countries, and I'm sure many people would like a break from the constant US stuff. Maybe it's just me.
Yeah, but as the pandemic proved, America is the “Florida man…” of the world. We tend to put our idiocy on the internet for the world to see. It’s just easy pickings for ridiculous, attention grabbing articles.
Load More Replies... Allen Packard. You do know we can see your comments and the irony saying "Liberal Echo Chamber" which is a comment you have left on different posts on the last 3 out of the 4 comments you have put. If you say one thing and the rest of the world says different, maybe, just maybe that you are the problem lol Lots of gay love to you my friend. May all your dreams be rainbow :)
I'm too dumb to get most of these.. And what's that "whooshing" sound i keep hearing??
If someone does not understand a joke (for instance) but takes it literally, then the joke went „whoosh“ over their head. (Just in case you were really wondering, otherwise this went whoosh over my own head lol)
Load More Replies... More Americana to make me happy I do not live there. Also, why the hate BP?
Trump is missing one of his idiots. He's accidentally on BP. Move along, Allen.
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