50 People Who Learned To Think Twice Before Correcting Someone, As Shared By The ‘People Incorrectly Correcting Other People’ Facebook Page
Everyone likes to feel like they’re an expert in something. Whether that’s science, cooking, politics, parenting, or anything else, really. And though we might have some deeper insights in our chosen field and feel like we can see a broader context than most other people, it’s important to (try and) stay humble.
Because the moment we feel all sure of ourselves when we drop a ‘truth’ bomb on social media, we might come to realize that we’ve totally messed up. Oh God, we had it wrong all along! And now someone’s poking fun at us online for everyone to see.
Welcome to ‘People Incorrectly Correcting Other People,’ a popular Facebook group that shames internet users who spread wildly incorrect facts while trying to prove someone wrong. Scroll down for some major embarrassment, Pandas, and let us know which of these situations really made you feel bad about all of the secondhand awkwardness.
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"Glad to be part of your learning journey today." I have to remember that lol
Lol, yea in most estern countries you can drink and buy alcohol after you're 18, in the US you cán buy a rifle at 18, but God forbid you have a beer before you're 21 lolololol
A whopping 663.9k people follow the ‘People Incorrectly Correcting Other People’ Facebook page. In the last month alone, another 1,890 users joined the group. Created just 2 years ago, the project has kept growing and growing.
After all, the internet’s chock full of totally wrong opinions, as well as entitled and arrogant people who think they’ve got it all figured out (while others are dum-dums). That probably won’t change any time in the future, so the PICOP group will have plenty of material to share with others for years to come.
All members of the group are expected to be kind to one another and avoid harassing or insulting anyone. Otherwise, they’ll be banned.
That means no bullying, no hate speech, and absolutely respecting everyone else’s privacy.
Meanwhile, when it comes to content, Facebook users are asked to avoid reposting pics. Before you go ahead and share something you think might fit the tone of the group, check out what some of the other members have already posted. You might have spotted the same thing that a dozen others have spotted online! And if you want to make it easier for the audience to get what’s going on in your screenshots, you can also add a bit of context.
The simple fact of the matter is that we all make mistakes. Like it or not, that’s just the truth about life: we’re never going to be 100% correct, 100% of the time. And most of us have probably been in situations where we turned out to be flat-out wrong. It’s embarrassing to make a fool of yourself.
That’s why dealing with these feelings in a healthy manner and learning to embrace your mistakes are good skills to have for any human being. Digging in your heels, closing your eyes, and plugging your ears so as not to hear that you’re actually incredibly wrong really isn’t the mature way to go about things.
A while back, Bored Panda had a very good conversation about dealing with any feelings of embarrassment that might arise—whether now or remembering mess-ups in the past—with environmental psychologist and well-being consultant Lee Chambers.
"While embarrassment can be a challenging feeling that is fleeting or overwhelming, being able to find a response that assists rather than a reaction that is unhealthy is a skill to build," he said that we can all develop ways to handle embarrassing situations better. Humor, for instance, is one powerful tool in your arsenal.
So much potential for the Thirteenth Doctor, but it got wasted on trying to make the show relevant and having to wait a full year between series. Hopefully now that RTD is back at the helm the show will become enjoyable again and can't wait to see what's in store for the Fourteenth Doctor.
"If it's something that isn't particularly serious, laughter can be a great response that instantly makes you feel better," he told Bored Panda.
"If the feelings are intense, try taking a few slow, deep breaths in through your nose and out through your mouth, calming your nervous system and physiological response,” he explained.
I wish, people would get maps and stop telling me 'Belgium" is a city in Germany.
“In a similar way to laughter, smiling can be effective in shifting your state to the positive. There are times when playing down or even ignoring the feelings can be helpful in the moment, taking the edge off, but it is important that you accept them and express them if it's something significant," the psychologist said.
“Because the feelings of embarrassment are generated from a past event, anything that brings you into the present moment can bring relief. Try to avoid saying sorry, as it will keep taking you back to the moment. You can even keep your biggest embarrassing moments top of mind, having reflected and realized that in hindsight, they weren't as big an issue as you felt at the time.”
Have you ever messed up big-time when expressing an opinion or sharing a ‘fact’ online, dear Pandas? How did you feel when you realize you made a huge mistake? Do you ever call out folks who are totally wrong on social media? Share your experiences and opinions with us, we’d love to hear what you think.
I'm sure Mercury the planet would also sink in water, so the statement still stands!
Oh for goodness sake. My brain hurts too. haha.
Load More Replies...Everyone has an accent, speaking without an accent is like typing without a font
Linguistically current American English is closer to the English spoken at the time of separation than current England English. The same is true for Mexico with Spain. However, Americans do have accents.
This. So there is a grain of truth in American English being the "truer" English in a historical sense (ignoring all the spelling changes). But we definitely have accents. As a Mid westerner, many people know I'm North American immediately. The realize I'm not Canadian when I say "sahrry" instead of "sore-ee"
Load More Replies...Weirdly, I think US citizens of the "Midwest" have a horrifying-to-the-ear accent. Worse than Joizey (northern New Jersey) or Texas by far. It's like they flattened the words so they talk the way the painting "American Gothic" looks.
I automatically ready Joizey with a thick Jersey accent.
Load More Replies...You simply don't hear the accent that is spoken by the people you live among. I was born and raised in Gothenburg, Sweden. At 38, I moved to Östergötland, Sweden, and thought they had a very distinct accent. I have now lived here in Östergötland for 15 years and now think that the people of Gothenburg have a very distinct accent. When I moved here, people knew right away that I was from Gothenburg. Now they just know that I'm not from Östergötland, but they don't know exactly where I come from any longer. You adjust your accent to the people around you.
So true, it's called code switching. It can be switching accents or languages. It is more noticeable when the changes are more extreme
Load More Replies...I once was on a call with a woman and said "And you are calling from Brooklyn." She said "How did you know?" I said "Because of your accent...." She said "I don't have and accent, you have an accent...." Thought about it...she's right.... "Fair enough..."
To clarify: I wish I had an accent that’s from a place other than my country. I absolutely love foreign accents.
They are right, american English is closer to the original than British English is. But really, after so many years, there are so many accents in the US alone, and increase in travel the last 100 years have mutilated them so much it doesn't matter anymore
Hope that clears it up! :) Like, sweetheart, you're wrong. Stop acting like you're being nice and clarifying something for an incompetent five-year-old or something.
If you're actually interested in this subject, please read: The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way by Bill Bryson. If you just want to bicker and insult fellow English speakers, I have nothing for you.
Actually, Americans speak a much closer version of the original Elizabethan English than current English do, who generally speak a more Cockney accented one. So British spoken English has diverged. America insisted that all citizens get a standard schooling with common textbooks, which homogenized the language and smoothed out the rougher edges of the old world tongue with its many dialects.
And where there ARE words, they have an accent.
Load More Replies...I was born and raised in Cleveland, I do phone work and have, more than once, had a customer complain that my accent is so thick they can't understand me. I didn't realize I had an accent until the first time someone else told me.
That's amusing. My sister works in a call center and people know it's the Midwest from her accent but never had an issue understanding her that wasn't a second language learner. They work from home but are instructed to say they work in a call center in Ohio
Load More Replies...Why are people still arguing this? I'm from Portland, Oregon and I can tell if someone is from Salem just by the way they talk. That's like 100 miles away. I can tell if someone is from the Bay or LA or Seattle. Everybody has an accent. And that's just the West Coast. OMG I forgot about the coasties. Nor-Cal and Oregon Coasties have their own thing. I can keep going but I digress.
The last person is partially correct but Americans sure as heck have accents.
People in the Midwest DO have accents. And if it's Northern Illinois or Minnesota etc., they're the worst. I grew up in Northern IL. Watch Drop Dead Gorgeous.
Thanks for the good laugh. I hope this is not what is being taught in schools.
Wow!! Thanks!! I,and many other English British will be very pleased to know where / why / when our accents developed...
Unbelievable, I thought the previous post was a celebration of the most stupid. How wrong could I be.
Can hear the hard r sound in northern Ohio, Illinois, Indiana that is pronounced the same in Ireland. In New York City and it's' boroughs can hear some of the native English accents. In 17th century Amsterdam there were at least 15 different languages in Manhattan
Saying you don't have an accent is like saying you're typing without a font
Maine accents are pretty different. Or cajun. But yeah, this is challenging to get through.
My whole life people have asked me where I'm from because I don't have a Texas or even Southern accent. When I was stationed in Virginia it was the same thing, people couldn't tell where I was from. Typically you can tell at least what region of the states you are from by your accent, but in my 37 years of life no one has ever said you must be from xxxx.
I bet you british people think their accent sounds like the default as well. :/
Reminds me of when I was a little kid, and I went to my dad’s family reunion (he’s from OH). I grew up in TN, so me and some slightly older cousins got into a roundabout argument consisting of "I don’t have an accent, YOU have an accent!"
And now all I can think of is Jack Nicholson in "A Few Good Men" saying "You can't handle the truth!"
Load More Replies...When we moved to Indiana from Philadelphia, people could not place my accent. They said they had never heard it before. So many assumed I was from Australia - because they had also never heard anyone from Australia. Stone the crows!
I want this person to help me with all of my questions. What a wonderful universe they must come from.
The first part of that last comment is technically correct, except that there isn't one "American accent." I live in New England and struggle to understand Americans from the Deep South.
The last person"s comment sounds weird, but it's actually... pretty much correct. Like, Americans still very much have accents, but yeah, other than that, that's essentially what happened. Americans -while of course changing over time- kept a more "oldschool" pronunciation, while after the Revolutionary War, the British upper class adopted non-rhotic speech to distinguish themselves.
America's accent pool is as varied as it's culture - there are a lot of them and you get multiple in the same state. American linguistic and cultural differences are really interesting.
Yeah and same with every other country in the world.... .... ....
Load More Replies...There are tribes in the Amazon jungle who haven't seen any outsiders in centuries who have a better understanding of English than a vast number of Americans!
the whole thing about the american accent being the original british accent is BS anyway... the oldest British accent is the Geordie accent, which developed as an accent from the 5th century onwards. Long before we discovered America... maybe one of our accents may have been like the American one, but honestly, there's so many accents within the UK, and always has been, so who really knows.
"Discovered" America? Tell that to the millions already living there!
Load More Replies...when 13 players out of 22 are from African heritage you can get the joke, but also the fact that 50 players in the World Cup were born in France, and because of the double nationality they chose to represent an other country
Christ on a bike! I've never played Halo but at least I know who Master Chief is. He makes a mean apple pie
Please correct me if i m wrong here... Oceania is the name of continent where Australia and New Zealand belongs to...
Two thirds of these supposedly stupid comments are jokes. Are we just meant to act like they are genuine comments to feel superior or something?
Ding Ding Ding! You discovered the purpose of most internet "discussions"!
Load More Replies...The real idiot responses are the ones from people taking the most obvious troll bait I’ve seen in a while.
It's so sad. What the dumbing down of our educational system has produced.
Last time I commented on one of these making fun of igorance lists I got in trouble. At first you feel superior and roll your eyes but as you scroll down it get depressing and you, or perhaps just I, begin to feel rather mean and condescending and don't like myself. Next time I hope I'll just pass instead.
Two thirds of these supposedly stupid comments are jokes. Are we just meant to act like they are genuine comments to feel superior or something?
Ding Ding Ding! You discovered the purpose of most internet "discussions"!
Load More Replies...The real idiot responses are the ones from people taking the most obvious troll bait I’ve seen in a while.
It's so sad. What the dumbing down of our educational system has produced.
Last time I commented on one of these making fun of igorance lists I got in trouble. At first you feel superior and roll your eyes but as you scroll down it get depressing and you, or perhaps just I, begin to feel rather mean and condescending and don't like myself. Next time I hope I'll just pass instead.