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Those who are insecure often project their supposed superiority in a variety of ways. One of the most popular ones is pointing out others' mistakes. However, sometimes the fact-checkers rely too much on their emotions and too little on the truth.

There's a Facebook group called 'People Incorrectly Correcting Other People' and it's full of humorous reminders that you need to be absolutely certain of what you're about to say when you're getting ready to bask someone, or else you're going to make a fool of yourself.

From folks who can't tell the time to grammar gurus stumbling on their own words, here are some of the most popular recent posts that were shared by the online community.

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David Fudge Report

When people disagree on an issue, there are several possible routes they can take. Some might avoid it altogether (either by putting off the discussion or just agreeing with the other person in order to end the conversation). But, as you see in the pictures, it's not for everyone — others believe they need to actively resolve the matter. 

In that case, they have a choice between being competitive or cooperative.

"Cooperative resolution means that people are seeking some kind of middle ground," explains Art Markman, Ph.D., and Annabel Irion Worsham Centennial Professor of Psychology and Marketing at the University of Texas at Austin. "Competitive resolution means that people are trying to convince the other person to change their belief."

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Many factors lead people to take a cooperative or competitive stance when dealing with a disagreement. For instance, the personality characteristic of openness reflects how willing we are to consider new ideas, and people high in openness are more likely to be cooperative than those who are low in openness. 

The characteristic of agreeableness reflects how much people want to get along with others — agreeable people are also more likely to seek a compromise than disagreeable people.

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Markman also suggests a paper by Kimberly Rios, Kenneth DeMarree, and Johnathan Statzer in the July 2014 issue of Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin to better understand what affects our tendency to be cooperative or competitive.

Turns out, people's certainty about their beliefs can be broken down into two components: clarity and correctness. Clarity determines if we are sure about what we believe. Each of us has some beliefs that we hold deeply and others to which we are not as firmly attached. Correctness focuses on whether we think our belief is 'correct' in some broader cultural context or not.

The authors suggested that the more strongly people believe their attitude is correct, the more competitive they will be in their discussions with others. (Interestingly, they did not assume that clarity would be as strongly related to competitiveness.)

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Hawkmoon
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This kind of person would rather carry a ton of feathers than ten kilograms of iron.

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Francis
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

yeah and that's why we explored so much of antarctica back then... wait no we didn't..

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"Being certain of your attitude can affect whether you try to convince other people that you are right," Markman writes. "In particular, the more strongly you believe that your attitude is the right one, the more you will focus on convincing others."

"That also means that if you find yourself in conflict with others on a regular basis, you might want to evaluate whether you generally assume that your attitudes are the correct ones."

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Pavel Chichikov Report

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Hawkmoon
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It always reminds me of the legend of the inventor of the game of chess who just asked for a grain of wheat on one square, then two on the next, four on the next, etc.

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Manners mentor Maralee McKee finds it sad that sometimes, when people speak, their words seem more spit out than thought out. 

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"Stories abound, and it has happened to me, about being called out in person in front of family members, coworkers, friends, and anybody and everybody else for minor things, from incorrectly quoting a movie line, to saying something happened on a Tuesday when it occurred on a Wednesday, to getting the name wrong of the restaurant an incident occurred in while telling a great story," she says.

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Michael Davidson Report

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lily jones
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

But even if you're skinny your weight is still distributed fairly evenly around your body

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According to McKee, even if the 'correctors,' 'nit-pickers,' and 'accusers' are right, correcting others over small things is rarely called for, it seldom wins anyone friends, and on the rare occasion when it is called for, it's tricky to accomplish politely.

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For more people incorrectly correcting other people, fire up our older publications on the Facebook group, called 50 People That Had More Courage Than Brains To Go Incorrectly Correcting Someone and 45 Painfully Cringe Moments When People Thought They Knew Better, But Embarrassed Themselves Instead.

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Laura Arlette Report

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Hawkmoon
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Abracadabra is the term used in many european countries. It's origin is "adhadda kedhabhra", from aramean langage, meaning "destroy this thing". And if this reminds you of another magic formula in some books and movies, that's not a coincidence.

The pigeon
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They're not technically wrong, though; I'm assuming this is the title for other countries.

Mike Hunt
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Always grew up thinking that was part of the Aladdin song: Prince Ali, fabulous he, abracadabra

Gustav Gallifrey
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In other parts of the English-speaking world, the old comedy movie 'Airplane' was released as 'Flying High'.

TotallyNOTAFox
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"The unbelievable journey in a crazy airplane" - German title (they loved to make it complicated back then)

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StumblingThroughLife
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It reminds me how book titles you see in the UK, for example, can be changed when published in other Countries/Continents. Until recently, these changes were common – for commercial reasons, cultural sensitivity or because of a pre-existing book with a similar moniker. Also, a bit of a pain when you are collecting them and inadvertently pick one up (usually 2nd hand) and realise you have the same book with a different title.

Alex Davis
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Like Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in the USA was change to the Sorcerer's Stone. Was at platform 9 3/4 in London Kings Cross train station (they have an exhibit where you have your photo taken like you're running into the wall and then there is a gift shop) Saw an American having an argument with the shop keeper as something had the British title (as shock horror, we're in the UK) on it and not the American. Guy just wouldn't listen to the explanation from the poor staff member.

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The Original Bruno
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They really spelled "classics" wrongly.... Can you imagine... with a "q"? And wait until he sees how they misspelled "rediscovered!"

lonely miso
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can’t tell if that’s sarcastic but the content in question in French

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Gworlypop
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

YOOOO IS THAT WHAT THE LETTER D LOOKS LIKE IN HOCUS POCUS FONT

Display_Name
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Moving forward I will refer to hocus pocus as Abracadabra. And I'm American. Lol

mati dear
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It’s actually Hebrew abera kdabera, “I will create like I speak”

Noyfb noyfb
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

“Hocus pocus” was originally an anti-Catholic joke, satirizing transubstantiation and the Latin phrase “Hoc est corpus meum,“ or “This is my body.” Potentially offensive in Catholic countries.

Robert T
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Whilst we're at it, it's the Hokey Cokey, not the Hokey Pokey.

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Josh Christler Report

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DforDory
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I like the fact how I started thinking about what was the real intention - mercilessly or unmercilessly, rather than questioning the reason of the beating. It's like politics, you get distracted do easily from the main subject. 🥴

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Lexekon
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Which is correct sulphur or sulfur? Sulfur has been the preferred spelling of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) since 1990, and is the default form employed by many scientific journals 1. The alternative spelling sulphur may still be found in common use in the UK and Commonwealth, especially by laypeople.Mar 15, 2019

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Wayne Kitching Report

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censorshipsucks
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

four is germanic. Colour is latin. The "u" was artificially introduced to make consistency with french spelling (french descends from latin). Original old english for four was "feower".

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Imogen Leaf Report

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censorshipsucks
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I use these differently even though we supposedly use UK english here. I use mold for the fungus and mould for shaping-something (verb or noun). I do the same with disc/disk and program/programme. I use disc = a circle, disk = a computer disk; and program = verb, to make a computer do something; programme = series of in-person/person-attended events , e.g. wedding programme.

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Sanne Spring Report

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Did I say that out loud? (he/him)cis/het
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This one shouldn't be here. It's simply the difference between British English and American English. Both are correct ,it simply depends on which English you use.

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Jaclyn Jarvis Report

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Corvus
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Betelgeuse is also the name of a star... still pronounced like Beetlejuice.

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Evan Bieszke Report

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BlueBlazer999
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

“Spelling and Grammar” would be replaced by the pronoun they, meaning are is perfectly valid.

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Stardust she/her
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Reminds me of the time I saw a YouTube skit where someone doesn’t have pronouns at all. They’re referred to only by name and nothing else

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Heather Staines Report

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Libstak
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh look fellow Aussies, we've taken New Zealand in a bloodless war at some point and nobody even raised a news alert.

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Michael Davidson Report

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Gustav Gallifrey
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's not Drew Wrong. I went to school with Drew Wrong, and it looks nothing like him.

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Michael Jamo Report

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#64

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Michael Davidson Report

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VonBlade
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah The House of the Rising Sun definitely isn't an Animals original.

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Cat Pearce Report

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Anna Stephenson
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was expecting another reply like "My Dear, it's "dear" not "deer"

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Ryan Pearson Report

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Kelly H. Wilder
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This one doesn't fit the theme, but it is funny anyway. 😁 (Edit: retrieving)

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Kimi Koster Report

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Cathy McGee
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The english is from Nether as in low or under. Meaning the Low lands.

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