Hey Pandas, What's A Commonly Misrepresented Concept That Drives You Crazy? (Closed)

Are you wanting a pacific example?

Nuclear is pronounced new-clee-ar, not new-kyoo-lar

Anything where a character becomes a martial arts master via training montage and effortlessly defeats multiple opponents. It takes years to master skills like that, and most martial artists are smart enough to know that regulated sparring/drills do NOT translate to a fight. We're trained to block, disarm/disable, and call for help. Not to fight them. (at least in my experience)

I absolutely hate it when people confuse astronomy and astrology just because the only thing they have in common is stars

When people say “I COULD care less”. That means you care

A harder one: affect and effect - R.A.V.E.N: Remember, Affect is a Verb, Effect is a Noun

The worst: when someone says “I will borrow you something“ - you can borrow something FROM someone or lend something TO someone

Well-meaning people often tell folks who are going through difficult times, “The Bible says that God won’t put on you more than you can bear.” The Bible DOES NOT say that, and does not promote that concept. The scripture that people use to say that is 1st Corinthians 10:13, which says:

“ 13 No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.”

That scripture is specifically about temptation, but folks have misinterpreted it to apply to incredibly tragic and devastating situations in life. People go through things that are more than they can bear every day: the death of a child, the loss of a job, the end of a marriage; all of these things are “more than they can bear”. When people misquote this scripture to suffering people it implies that they are weak and inadequate. It has been used to discourage people from seeking outside help for emotional disorders and other problems. I’m a former pastor and I spent a great deal of my time trying to help suffering people deal with things that were more than they could bear, and not feel guilty about breaking under the pressure.

Introverts hating all people. You just have to get us to open up to you. Plus we have friends… sometimes. Quit categorizing us and saying we’re all the same!

Just because I am a male doesn't mean that I want to avoid child care duties. I have no problem changing my child, however, I've noticed many establishments do not have changing stations in the men's room. They will often not have a family room either but will have the changing stations in the womens. It's very frustrating, we are partners and therefore should be sharing the responsibilities. It's not one sided

Words in the English language are often misused. Here are a few examples:
It's supposedly, not supposably.
Flustrated is not a real word. You're either frustrated or flustered.
Are and our cannot be used interchangeably.
Same goes for ensure and insure. They have completely different meanings.

Not every autistic person is a savant! It's a spectrum, and some people will find things easier than others. Also, our special interests aren't always trains or dinosaurs. It might be a show or an animal, and I know that multiple people have autism as their special interest!

When you say you're from New York and people automatically think NYC. Hello! There is a whole other land of Upstate NY that is (mostly) quite lovely.

Lose and loose. You lose a game, the ball is loose. They are NOT interchangeable!

Venom vs Poison. Yes they are both toxins, no they aren't the same thing. Venom has to be injected via fangs or a stinger. Jellyfish, Man o' wars, bees, ants, wasps, spiders, scorpions, turantulas, some plants, lionfish, stonefish, cone snails, octopus, squid, beaded lizards, gila monsters, komodo dragons, and roughly about 600 out of the roughly 3,600 species of snakes are venomous. Poison has to be absorbed either through contact with the skin or ingestion. Toads, newts, and some frogs are poisonous. Garter snakes, tiger keeldback snakes, and hognose snakes are both venomous and poisonous. (Garter snakes and hognoses are harmless, please love them.) The most important thing to remember though is that if you see an animal and you aren't sure if it is poisonous and/or venomous just leave them alone and they will leave you alone. Animals are afraid of us and it is important to respect them and admire them from a safe distance. :) Love all animals you see. They are adorable :)

I see it more in online dialogue than anywhere else, but when people say they "c/w/should of" done such-and-such, it drives me crazy. Properly, and sensibly, it is "c/w/should HAVE" or "c/w/should'VE" as the contraction.

"Of" is a preposition, not a verb; you are describing a past action by using the phrase "could have"___.

Heaphones/earbuds mean I do not want to talk to anyone. Do not attempt conversation, I will ignore you.

Instruments are not the same because they look similar. A cello is very different from a doublebass. A piccolo is very different from a flute, and both are different from an oboe. A marimba and vibraphone are different.

But the worst? A violin and a viola are not the same.

You get the picture.

People who begin everything they say with “so”.

People who think that breast cancer is always curable and that all it takes is a fight. If breast cancer only stayed in the breast, it could be curable. The problem is that it spreads to important parts like the brain, lungs, liver and bones. Once it spreads it is classified as metastatic breast cancer or stage 4. So far, it cannot be cured at this stage and no amount of fighting will change that. You hope your doctor can find a treatment that works for you and doesn't have too many side effects. And you hope it works as long as possible.

It's "library", not "libary". So annoying.

When people say, "Blood is thicker than water."
The full proverb is, “The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb.”
It means that bonds we choose are stronger than bonds of family.
You can choose to have a great bond with your family, but just because they are family, does not mean you must, or that those relationships are more important than others.