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23 “Why Are You Booing At Me? I’m Right!” Moments That People In This Online Group Experienced
Article created by: Jurgita Dominauskaitė
Doubting your own knowledge is normal and it is actually a sign of intelligence, because even the great Greek philosopher once said “I know that I know nothing.” But there are times when you actually know something, but others are not that informed, so you are left in the place of a fool.
Reddit user SlashFan18 started a thread of people sharing their experiences of being in such a situation by asking them “What was your ‘Why are you booing me? I'm right’ moment?” and there are so many frustrating ones, some of which are actually quite concerning when they happen at school.
Do you have any similar tales to tell? Which one of these were you most surprised about? Let us know your thoughts and experiences in the comments!
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#1
For Saying The Japanese Bombed Pearl Harbor
Grade 7 (Canada), we were learning about medieval Japan in Social Studies class (basically history class). I made a comment that the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, a kid said it was the Germans and some people backed him up. Teacher said she forgot who bombed Pearl Harbor but it wasn't the Japanese. If only smart phones existed back then.
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#2
For Saying That The Number 2 Is 2/3 Of The Number 3
When I was in 8th grade I made the (apparently controversial) statement that the number 2 is 2/3 of the number 3. I had 5 people try and convince me otherwise by doing long division on the board and saying, "see, it's not 2/3, it's 0.66 repeating." Bunch of mouth breathers.
#3
For Saying Germany Has A Coastline
Me saying that Germany has a coastline, and everyone in class, including my teacher disagreeing. Still remember it over 12 years later.
#4
For Saying That Homosexuality Has Been Observed In Over 1500 Species
Class discussion on gay marriage in a sociology class in college, circa 2003. I stated the scientific fact that homosexuality has been observed in over 1500 species, and basically got booed/laughed at.
#5
For Saying Snakes Have A Spine
In 2nd grade I joined the robotics club. One day we were learning about how an animals bones affect the way animals move, and the teacher asked “ Give me examples about animals with spines” I said snakes. She said snakes are like worms and lack spines.
#6
For Explaining How To Hold A Flask Correctly During Laboratory Class
4th grade. We had our first laboratory class and we were learning about the lab instruments and basic safety.
We were divided in around 4 tables with 6 students each, and each table had a flask with coloured water in it. The teacher told us to by turns each one grab the flask and pretend to mix the liquid by spinning it.
The first kid in my table grabs the flask but in a way that his hand covers the flask's mouth. I tell him such and that he should grab it by the neck sides instead of the mouth because if it was acid it could splash to his palm and hurt him. The other kids at my table started calling me a crybaby saying that it obviously "isn't acid" and that it was only "coloured water like the one they use in my juice", and they all proceed to hold and mix it improperly.
Eventually the teacher teaches us the correct way to hold flasks and mix them after seeing everyone grab them incorrectly. He tells us to grab them by the neck sides (just like I said) and to not cover the mouth with our hands because if it was real acid we could get seriously hurt (just like I said).
I still get a bit salty when remembering that.
#7
For Breaking Up Two Mentally Challenged Kids Fighting
years ago when I was in middle school, two mentally challenged kids got into a fight in class. it wasn't like a full out fight, mostly pushing, but they definitely got into it with each other. turns out kids heard about this, and the egged them on so that they would fight outside during lunch. I somehow found out about it, and when I got there, the two kids started to have a full on fist fight. As all the kids surrounding them cheered I rushed in to break them up. It was difficult breaking it up because the two kids really were going after each other, and no one else really helped to break it up. Eventually teachers caught wind and broke it up. As they did, kids started to literally boo me and curse at me for breaking up the spectacle. I was shocked. Don't get me wrong, I'm not some white knight and I totally get it that when you're a kid you love watching fights. Heck even as adults we have some primitive innate entertainment by watching people duke it out, but there was something incredibly wrong about watching two mentally challenged kids being egged on to fight to the amusement of kids who were laughing at the situation.
#8
For Saying Tha The Bisigoths Sacked Rome
The question in history class was "who sacked Rome" and I raised my hand and answered "the Visigoths." Everyone laughed along the lines of "that's a ridiculous name there's no such thing as the Visigoths" and that the Vandals sacked Rome, which is where we get the word vandalism from.
While yes, the Vandals did sack Rome, so did the Visigoths in the year 410.
#9
For Saying It's Not Unrealistic To Know Basic Conversion Factors
Me telling Grade 11 University High School students it's not unrealistic to know basic conversion factors (i.e. 1km=1000m).
Edit: I should clarify, which is gonna make this that much worse. This is in Canada, where the Metric system is a thing.
#10
For Laughing At How Dangerous Dihydrogen Monoxide Is
A chemistry teacher in high school once very solemnly warned students of the dangers of dihydrogen monoxide. My dad had told me this joke before, so I knew where it was going. While she was going on about how it causes flooding, thousands of annual deaths, and has even leaked into the water supply (in high enough doses, it's poisonous), I started cracking up in the back. Literally everyone in class looked at my like I was a sadist, and one girl asked real seriously "why are you laughing?" until the teacher started laughing, too. She had me come to the front of the class and write out the chemical formula for the whole class, where they learned that dihydrogen monoxide = H2O = water. Also, got into an argument with a kid in the 6th grade that 100 times 100 was 10,000 and not, in fact, 1000. When I put it on a calculator, he said the calculator was wrong. Then we asked a custodian passing by, and she agreed with him that 100*100=1000. (-_-)
#11
For Saying Water Can Be Used To Create Electricity
When I was in 1st grade, I said that electricity can be gained via water (hydropower), everyone started laughing at me until my teacher said: "He is right."
The whole class went silent.
#12
For Saying Cold Water Is As Effective In Killing Germs As Hot Water
I got downvoted like crazy for saying that a nurse told me that cold water and soap kills germs just as well as hot water when washing your hands. Linked some sources and everything. Then people started calling me a troll.
#13
For Drawing Green Grapes
In kindergarten I drew a picture of grapes and colored them green and the other kids AND the teacher/caretaker were saying there are no green grapes, only purple
#14
For Saying That Ambulances Have Their Sign Mirrored To See It Right In The Rearview Mirror
In 5th grade we have a problem on Math class with mirroring images. It asked if you are driving in a car and look in the rearview mirror how would you see the ambulance embleme if an ambulance car was driving behind you. I said you would see AMBULANCE because (at least in my country) those signs are intentionally put on mirrored, so you can see it normally in a mirror. Everyone said I was stupid even the teacher. I still remember it after 8 years.
#15
For Saying That Rocket Parts Just Fall Into The Ocean After They Are Abandones By The Spacecraft
I’ve had many booed moments, but this is a more recent one. In my science class we were watching a few documentaries about the US space program, and the topic of pollution came up with fuel consumption and in the midst someone asked about where the parts of the rocket go once they are abandoned by the spacecraft. I commented how it just falls and NASA pretty much just hoped that it didn’t fall on people. One of the reasons they launch out of Florida or a cape is so the parts end up in the water and not hitting civilization, but nobody believed me since it would be then that NASA is polluting the ocean.
#16
For Leaving A Job For Mental Health
I recently decided to retire from a somewhat dangerous profession in order to better look after my mental health, but a lot of people didn't like it and thought I owed it to them to keep working.
#17
For Explaining How The Spanish 'C' Is Actually Pronounced
I was once in a chorus in my community college and they had interesting social dymanics. It was primarily older white women, who were the alphas of the group. So we were doing a latin american carol called "vamos pastorcitos" and there was debate between them about the pronunciation of the "c" I said the soft c is pronounced like an s, an old lady in the group said it was pronounced like the ch in cheese. I said "you're thinking of italian, in Spanish it's pronounced as an "s" or in many european spanish dialects like a "th"" The choral conductor went with her churchy old lady friend and they all pronounced it like "Vamos pastorcheetos" it still haunts me to this day.
Binky Melnik 2 months ago
I don’t understand this one. As an English speaker, I know how English sounds in *lotsa* other English-speaking countries. I live in Spanish Harlem, and because I learned Castillian Spanish, that’s what usually comes out of me (frex: “Grathiath”), but the Puerto Ricans, Domicans, and Cubans I say it to correct me and laugh. Why don’t they know that Spanish is spoken like that in other countries (like Spain)? Were they not taught that in school, or have they never seen a TV show or movie from Spain? Why don’t they know this? Why am I the idiot when I do it? I try to remember to pronounce things the way they do (frex “Gracias”), but my studies are ingrained so I don’t do it nearly as often as I’d like, and I get laughed at for it. It really blows my mind.
#18
For Being The IT Guy
I've worked in technical support for over 20 years, it happens to me on a weekly basis. Usually it's the network admins trying to prove me wrong, they're the biggest divas in the IT industry. Yes, your precious network is misconfigured. No, I don't care how many certifications you have.
#19
For Correcting The Teacher On The Name Of A Fish
A teacher in biology GCSE was discussing a food pyramid of a river habitat, and she claimed that "10 Sprey" were at the top of the food chain. I pointed out "Miss, I think that says '1 Osprey'." She snarled and said "Fine. Everyone, anon thinks he knows better than me, so now it's 1 Sprey." The whole class groaned and were muttering as they had to cross out what they'd written and rewrite it, and people on my table were giving me evils and telling me to be quiet. Utterly ridiculous that I even passed that subject.
#20
For Correctly Pronouncing Iceland's Name
I loved maps, and the first time I spotted "Iceland" my classmates disagreed when I called it Iceland, and they say that it's called **ai-land.**
They dismissed me and wouldn't even look. Still remember it to this day.
edit: I told them there exists a country called Iceland, they keep shutting me down and say it's ai-land (island).
#21
For Not Believing That Swedish Pancakes Are Just Crepes
My daughter had a teacher in third grade that told her that swedish pancakes were really just crepes. She had no idea what to do since her teacher told her something that she eats all the time wasn't what her parents told her it was. Her next project about a week later was about other cultures so I had her do a report on Sweden. Guess what was included in that report and guess what she brought to class to share with everyone during her report out to class. Teacher said nothing but did give her an A.
#22
For Saying Water Expands When Heated
Me, in science class at middle school, saying that water expands when it's heated up, and everyone including my science teacher saying I was wrong and that water only expands when it freezes and becomes ice
#23
For Saying That Science Fair Shouldn't Be Mandatory
When I suggested in high school that the Science fair should be voluntary and not mandatory since 90% of the people in the class do their projects at the last minute with their parents doing almost all of it. The teachers and my classmates told me I was wrong and how valuable the Science fair was. Lo and behold the day the projects were due literally everyone was complaining as to why it was mandatory since they did their projects at the last minute with their parents doing all of the work.
What do you think ?
Binky Melnik 2 months ago (edited)
When I was in school, the internet wasn’t created until I was nine, and regular people didn’t have access to it so it wasn’t something we could check. I once corrected a teacher about Fig Newtons, mentioning that part of their crunch was due to bees who landed on the fig plants and were captured by the fig flower. She laughed so the other students did, too, and I was made to look stupid. Same thing happened with my science teacher, who told us how gold was the softest metal, and I said silver was softer. In both cases, I needed to write letters (one to the Fig Newton company, and the other to UMass Amherst), and when I received the letters back telling me I was right, I took them to my respective teachers. Both read the letters and squinched their mouths into аsshole shapes, but never told my classes that I’d been right. That was when I learned that authority figures often prized their authority more than being correct. 😕
Binky Melnik 2 months ago (edited)
When I was in school, the internet wasn’t created until I was nine, and regular people didn’t have access to it so it wasn’t something we could check. I once corrected a teacher about Fig Newtons, mentioning that part of their crunch was due to bees who landed on the fig plants and were captured by the fig flower. She laughed so the other students did, too, and I was made to look stupid. Same thing happened with my science teacher, who told us how gold was the softest metal, and I said silver was softer. In both cases, I needed to write letters (one to the Fig Newton company, and the other to UMass Amherst), and when I received the letters back telling me I was right, I took them to my respective teachers. Both read the letters and squinched their mouths into аsshole shapes, but never told my classes that I’d been right. That was when I learned that authority figures often prized their authority more than being correct. 😕
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