18 People Who — Bless Their Hearts — Really Tried To Be Right (But Were In Fact Very Wrong)

It's that time again...time to watch as people ever-so-confidently say something 100% wrong on the internet. It's kind of one of the internet's oldest pastimes!

1.You can do all the math you want, but when you're starting with the wrong numbers...also, I sure HOPE the human population isn't being halved every 82 years!

A social media post arguing that the earth is only 8000 years old and presenting terrible math to prove it, including arguing that the population is halved every 82 years
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2.You think chihuahuas just fell out of a coconut tree?!

A comment arguing that crossbreeding in dogs doesn't exist
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3.The French word for "qualification" is "qualification," you just have to say it kinda Frenchly.

A social media thread where one person read the French sign "femmes qualification" during the Olympics and thought they were calling women "femmes" in English
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4.Wow, congratulations to women, who are now apparently impervious to hemorrhage!

The image contains a misogynist text message about abortion with a highlighted section reading, "Women no longer die in childbirth"
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5."America wasn't founded in 1776" is a heck of a thing to say.

A tweet exchange arguing that "American heritage began when the Puritans landed in Plymouth rock" and that "religious freedom means you can choose between" three Christian religions
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6.I am very concerned about the implication here that this commenter might believe that either viruses or bacteria — one of the two — is not contagious.

A Reddit comment thread where a user states that another user isn't diagnosed with anything and explains that strep throat can be viral or bacterial and may not be contagious
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7.They went with the up-sized all-caps and everything.

A hand holds a keychain with images of three people: top to bottom, Shinzo Abe, John F. Kennedy, and Donald Trump. The holes where the keychains go are punched where each of the leaders were shot or injured
A hand holds a keychain with images of three people: top to bottom, Shinzo Abe, John F. Kennedy, and Donald Trump. The holes where the keychains go are punched where each of the leaders were shot or injured
Discussion about the chronological order in which political leaders were shot, focusing on JFK, Shinzo Abe, and Trump. One comment thinks the order should be Abe, JFK, and Trump
Discussion about the chronological order in which political leaders were shot, focusing on JFK, Shinzo Abe, and Trump. One comment thinks the order should be Abe, JFK, and Trump

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8.It is indeed a country, made up of four countries that are very much not sovereign nations.

Screenshot of a Twitter conversation with several users arguing about whether the UK is a country
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9.Were they reading the dates the European way?

An Amazon review complaining that they received an item in July that was already expired. A photo of the product shows that it doesn't expire until November
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10.Fun fact: ' does not mean "year."

Social media thread: A user styles "2023" as 23 with an apostrophe after it, causing others to mock them
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11.I have searched it up. It would be about 8.3 minutes.

Screenshot of a social media post. First comment questions the claim that we'd learn the sun exploded 11 years later. Second comment asks for an explanation and is met with a sarcastic response
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12.Rule of thumb: Never use the word "obviously" on the internet.

A Reddit thread where a user thinks the phrase "left on read" is a malapropism of "left it unread"
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13.It would not, in fact, be the first game.

Screenshot of a YouTube comment thread: "He's the kind of character you fight as a boss in the first game but do quests for in the prequel." Reply: "Wouldn't the prequel be the first game? Kids are dumb"
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14."A solid group of people" is KILLING me.

A Twitter user argues that "trinity" means "a solid group of people" while others mock them
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15.Do they mean, like, metaphorically detaching?

A Reddit thread where a user argues that your brain stem detaches from your spine whenever you go to sleep
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16.FYI, it is not.

A social media exchange where one person says they are in Oslo for work and another person incorrectly replies that Oslo is in Sweden
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17.Good news: You do not sound like a nerd or rude!

A TikTok commenter tries to correct "there" but uses "their" instead of "they're"
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18.I mean, if you ask Aang, it's an element.

A TikTok commenter who is anti-sunscreen argues that it's a chemical. Another commenter says water is a chemical, then the original commenter says "water is an element, genius"
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