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This Online Group Exists To Shame Overconfident Know-It-Alls Who Incorrectly Correct Other People (New Pics)
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It’s very likely that you know at least one person who makes it their life’s mission to show how knowledgeable or smart they are, despite being far from knowledgeable or smart. These people are usually referred to by folks as know-it-alls and they seem to be invading the online space bit by bit each day. The anonymity of the internet allows them to go about butting into everyone’s business, believing they know everything while everyone else is simply wrong.
To gladly put them in their respected place, we have a whole list of confidently incorrect people hilariously failing and choking on their own words. Scroll down to find them, and don’t forget to upvote those instances that made you feel bad for the people who voluntarily put themselves in these situations.
While you're at it, don't forget to check out a conversation with a board-certified clinical psychologist, Dr. Krista Jordan, who kindly agreed to share a few tips on dealing with know-it-alls.
Comment from Psychologist Daniel Hoadley
Some people love correcting others because it reinforces their sense of intelligence and control in social interactions. According to Alfred Adler’s theory of the superiority complex, this behavior can stem from deep-seated feelings of inferiority.
By constantly pointing out mistakes, they create an illusion of dominance, using corrections as a way to validate their own intelligence and self-worth. Rather than simply aiming for accuracy, their need to correct others often serves as a defense mechanism to mask personal insecurities. – Daniel Hoadley
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Board-certified clinical psychologist Dr. Krista Jordan tells Bored Panda that if someone is acting like a know-it-all, they're probably trying to cover up their insecurities.
"People who are secure in themselves don't need to flaunt their knowledge and would not risk alienating people or hurting their feelings by bragging. People who need to act as though they know everything are just trying to soothe their deeply deficient self-esteem," she explains.
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Also, humans as a whole have a tendency to overestimate their knowledge, which makes them think that they know more than they actually do. Even though we often lack the full information, we still believe we have enough for decision-making. This cognitive bias is called the Illusion of Information Adequacy.
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PandaGoPanda 1 month ago
I’ve lived 55 years with my green eyes so I guess they’re not that toxic.
Combined with naïve realism, a psychological bias that makes individuals think that their beliefs are objective and reasonable, it drives people to assume that anyone who disagrees with them is wrong despite their failure to consider what they might be missing.
Then there's a Dunning-Kruger effect, which deceives people into thinking they're an expert in everything. An issue with this is that individuals experiencing this cognitive bias feel the need to impose their ideas, as absolute truths, making others look incompetent or ignorant.
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As you can imagine, being in the presence of a person who tries to put down others with their false sense of knowledge can be annoying, so we asked for some advice from Dr. Jordan on how to deal with them, online and in real life.
"The best way to handle a know-it-all, whether online or in real life, is to model having good self-esteem," she says. "Which means being humble. For instance, if a know-it-all is saying the earth is flat, you can just say, 'Well, that's interesting, I realize people have different opinions about that. My personal opinion is that it's round, but I know not everyone agrees with that,'" Dr. Jordan suggests.
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Aidan Pite 1 month ago
Well if I'm not an animal, then what the s**t am I? Mineral or vegetable?
"That will accomplish a number of things," she further explained, "including 1) avoiding a confrontation, because you stated that you don't expect everyone to agree with you, 2) showing the person who thinks they know everything what a mature and self-confident response looks like and 3) does not debase you in any way because you never asserted that the know-it-all was correct."
Most people probably aren't even aware they're being frustrating with their know-it-all behavior, so the last thing we were curious to know from Dr. Jordan is how to avoid becoming too overconfident with our knowledge.
"If you find yourself tempted to show off what you know around others, you probably want to look at your self-esteem. Not just superficially but deep down, how do you feel about yourself? Do you think that you have essential worth, regardless of your accomplishments or achievements? Or do you think you only have worth based on what you DO?"
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Apatheist Account2 1 month ago
Hence the teenage joke about mine's twelve inches, but I don't use it as a rule.
"A healthy person has a balance of both, knowing that the moment they were born, they had essential value in the world (before they could possibly achieve anything) and they also know that achievements can be a fun source of healthy pride in the self. A person with good self-worth will not base it solely on what they know, or what they do for a job, or how much money they make, or anything external," she concluded.
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Michael Largey 1 month ago
I have a friend from the Netherlands. Tell her she speaks German and she'll ram a wooden shoe up your nether region.
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Michael P (Perthaussieguy) 1 month ago
Many years ago here in Australia, there was a sticky tape brand called 'Durex'. In England, at the time, there was a brand of condom with the same name. People were often mildly confused when asking for one in the other country.
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OzymandiasTheManokit They/Them 1 month ago
we should be concerned that people gave them a thumbs up
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OnlySometimes 1 month ago
Can we at least all agree on the stupidity of failing to even copy the word "hemispheres"?
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Rich Black 1 month ago
To be be fair, there no straight lines when you represent a globe on a 2 dimensional map.
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Oerff On Tour 1 month ago
A Milky Way travels at 230 km/s (828,000 km/h) or 143 mi/s (514,000 mph) through our own Galaxy. Sometimes a bit faster, sometimes slower, depending on the speed and direction you throw this delicious chocolate confectionery here on earth.
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Evelyn Baldwin 1 month ago
In MLA format, the first line of the paper is the student name (obscured in green) followed on subsequent lines by the teacher name, course name, date, and title (centered). Then the essay itself starts. However this is an example of horrific grading. Studies show that the volume of comments are inversely proportionate to their effectiveness - the more comments, the less they stick.
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david stephens 1 month ago
The correct term is "deviled eggs"; "doubled eggs" is not a recognized culinary term, so if you're talking about hard-boiled eggs with the yolk mixed and stuffed back in, it's always "deviled eggs". Explanation: "Deviled" refers to a cooking style where food is seasoned with spices, often spicy, which is why the term is used for this dish. Key points: Correct term: Deviled eggs Meaning: Hard-boiled eggs with the yolk removed, mixed with ingredients like mayo and mustard, then stuffed back into the egg white. "Doubled eggs": Not a recognized culinary term
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DelvianBlue 1 month ago
Well, he's not wrong. Frankenstein is the monster in the novel. However, the reanimated corpse he made had a chance at becoming a decent person if his creator hadn't been so awful.
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Thee8thsense 1 month ago
I once worked at a pre-school named Brussels and Sprouts. The babies being Brussels, the older kids, Sprouts. Just sayin'.
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Kenneth Barns 1 month ago (edited)
But ... those aren't kanji, those are (kata)kana. I agree that having a system in Braille for Chinese, and Japanese _kanji_, would be a nightmare. (I'm not an expert in the field, and would happily defer to an expert who could inform me differently.)
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Bi.Felicia 1 month ago
As a Marine, please don't refer to me as a soldier. I am a Marine, Soldiers are members of the Army.
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Oerff On Tour 1 month ago
Drinking 10 glasses of alcohol in an American costal city is considered a wild night. 10 drinks in week is considered being a n alcoholic in the Bible Belt. 10 glasses of vodka in an hour in Finland is considered Tuesday
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Mtn Lungta 1 month ago
Can you incoherent me now? I'm unbabble to think straight and my eyes are obscened.
Broccoli 1 month ago
I have officially lost all hope in humanity after reading this post. Humans are doomed
Parmeisan 1 month ago
I'm going to risk sounding dumb and suggest that we shouldn't post this sort of thread without including the correct information, please. There are (gasp) topics that I'm not the most knowledgeable on, and then some of the posts are people confidently correcting one another and you don't know which of them is right without looking it up. Certainly, reading the comments is not enough because there are always people defending both sides. I'd love to be able to read the topic and learn something, without doing a bunch of research. Surely I'm not the only one with this issue?
Tha Monkey 4 weeks ago
You don't sound dumb at all; a wee bit naively positive and logical, but definitely not dumb.
Jay Scales 1 month ago
It seems to me that there's a whole lot of stupid people who like arguing with each other! In half of these examples, neither party knew what they were talking about!
Did I say that out loud? (he/him)cis/het 1 month ago
I couldn't read all of these. I'm sure I could feel my braincells dying, and I really can't spare any.
Robin Roper 1 month ago
We need to issue IQ test to determine if people get to interact in the world.
Verena 1 month ago
"Ukraine started the war" - as the US vice president firmly believes. The US president admires Putin, who did everything to protect his soldiers after they shot civilian flight MH17 (Amsterdam - Kuala Lumpur) out of the air on 17 July 2014. 298 people dead - 192 of them were Dutch. The whole nation watched on television or lined the roads when their remains were brought home in dozens of hearses. The other victims were from Malaysia, Australia, Indonesia, UK, Belgium, Philippines, Germany, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa. Trump does not give a toss for that one person with double citizenship of the Netherlands/USA. But the US vice president believes Ukraine started the war and the US president adores Putin because he is a winner. Imagine the 192 had been US citizens.
Nice Beast Ludo 1 month ago
I feel very stupider. I don't know what to do now. Brain screaming scrambled
Sam Lombardo 4 weeks ago
Interesting how many of those examples seems to take place in the US.
Apatheist Account2 1 month ago (edited)
I wonder what fools we'd have made of ourselves in the 60s and 70s when I was growing up? I recall someone trying to convince me that R was a vowel when I was about 9 or 10.
Karen Bryan 3 weeks ago
I refer you to the song "Little-Known Facts", from the musical "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown". It's Lucy, sticking to her wacky notions of how the world works.
somnomania (she/her, queer) 3 weeks ago
i started this post thinking that this sounded like a funny community to follow and now i'm just depressed about humanity
Israel Hinojosa Baliño (Ishiba RO) 4 weeks ago
Love the fact that the first comment in each example was just confirming the existence of these superconfident know-it-alls. I actually enjoy when «marines» got offended and suggested that they will kill or at least violently lecture those who call them soldiers. Just imagine! these soldiers are suppose to defend your country but despite being mar-ines, they don't know how to sail among the waved of common people.
Crystalwitch60 4 weeks ago
I’m 60 lol n the more of these I read the more people SERIOUSLY worry me 🙈😳
Mtn Lungta 1 month ago
Can you incoherent me now? I'm unbabble to think straight and my eyes are obscened.
Broccoli 1 month ago
I have officially lost all hope in humanity after reading this post. Humans are doomed
Parmeisan 1 month ago
I'm going to risk sounding dumb and suggest that we shouldn't post this sort of thread without including the correct information, please. There are (gasp) topics that I'm not the most knowledgeable on, and then some of the posts are people confidently correcting one another and you don't know which of them is right without looking it up. Certainly, reading the comments is not enough because there are always people defending both sides. I'd love to be able to read the topic and learn something, without doing a bunch of research. Surely I'm not the only one with this issue?
Tha Monkey 4 weeks ago
You don't sound dumb at all; a wee bit naively positive and logical, but definitely not dumb.
Jay Scales 1 month ago
It seems to me that there's a whole lot of stupid people who like arguing with each other! In half of these examples, neither party knew what they were talking about!
Did I say that out loud? (he/him)cis/het 1 month ago
I couldn't read all of these. I'm sure I could feel my braincells dying, and I really can't spare any.
Robin Roper 1 month ago
We need to issue IQ test to determine if people get to interact in the world.
Verena 1 month ago
"Ukraine started the war" - as the US vice president firmly believes. The US president admires Putin, who did everything to protect his soldiers after they shot civilian flight MH17 (Amsterdam - Kuala Lumpur) out of the air on 17 July 2014. 298 people dead - 192 of them were Dutch. The whole nation watched on television or lined the roads when their remains were brought home in dozens of hearses. The other victims were from Malaysia, Australia, Indonesia, UK, Belgium, Philippines, Germany, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa. Trump does not give a toss for that one person with double citizenship of the Netherlands/USA. But the US vice president believes Ukraine started the war and the US president adores Putin because he is a winner. Imagine the 192 had been US citizens.
Nice Beast Ludo 1 month ago
I feel very stupider. I don't know what to do now. Brain screaming scrambled
Sam Lombardo 4 weeks ago
Interesting how many of those examples seems to take place in the US.
Apatheist Account2 1 month ago (edited)
I wonder what fools we'd have made of ourselves in the 60s and 70s when I was growing up? I recall someone trying to convince me that R was a vowel when I was about 9 or 10.
Karen Bryan 3 weeks ago
I refer you to the song "Little-Known Facts", from the musical "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown". It's Lucy, sticking to her wacky notions of how the world works.
somnomania (she/her, queer) 3 weeks ago
i started this post thinking that this sounded like a funny community to follow and now i'm just depressed about humanity
Israel Hinojosa Baliño (Ishiba RO) 4 weeks ago
Love the fact that the first comment in each example was just confirming the existence of these superconfident know-it-alls. I actually enjoy when «marines» got offended and suggested that they will kill or at least violently lecture those who call them soldiers. Just imagine! these soldiers are suppose to defend your country but despite being mar-ines, they don't know how to sail among the waved of common people.
Crystalwitch60 4 weeks ago
I’m 60 lol n the more of these I read the more people SERIOUSLY worry me 🙈😳
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