“Um, actually…”
Whatever follows these words is usually uncalled for. Some people just can’t resist pointing out the mistakes of others, regardless of who it is and how trivial the error is. While they might be meaning well, correcting the wrong person can put them in some uncomfortable situations.
Case in point are these stories, in which know-it-alls fact-checked the not-to-be-messed-with people and completely embarrassed themselves when they got shut down. Scroll down to find them below, and be sure to share similar scenarios you’ve experienced!
#41
My oldest child (now 17), trying to educate me on the d**n Gorillaz, as if that wasn't a part of my youth.
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47points
#42
My younger coworkers try to talk about anime to me like I wasn't passing around bad bootleg VHS tapes with my friends in h**h school to get my hands on more than just Sailor Moon and Dragon Ball Z.
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46points
#43
Let's just say I'm an IT professional who got his first computer at the turn of the 80s. Son gets a new gaming computer and wigs out because he can't get Minecraft Java edition to work. I suggested he needed to install the java runtime environment only to get snottily told that java is write once run anywhere and that wasn't the problem. He ended up having a meltdown.
When he eventually calmed down I put the jre on and it ran. .
When he eventually calmed down I put the jre on and it ran. .
45points
#44
Kid who was probably about 19-20 explaining to me that the Star Wars prequels were universally beloved when they were first released and people only realized they were cringey when they started getting memed in the 2010s.
I saw all of those movies multiple times in the theater. I participated in SO MUCH bashing of Jar Jar and Padme hanging out brushing her hair and Anakin’s terrible line deliveries. It was all over pop culture at the time too. Nothing I said would convince this kid, he just kept saying no, everyone loved them when they were first released.
I saw all of those movies multiple times in the theater. I participated in SO MUCH bashing of Jar Jar and Padme hanging out brushing her hair and Anakin’s terrible line deliveries. It was all over pop culture at the time too. Nothing I said would convince this kid, he just kept saying no, everyone loved them when they were first released.
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45points
#45
Someone tried to argue the plot of movie with me that I worked on and was in most of the devlopent/creative meetings for.
42points
#46
The guy that tried to mansplain a scientific paper to the woman that wrote it.
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41points
#47
A few years back my step daughter was super excited to show her Mom and I this awesome new song she had "found." Song in question: Black Hole f*****g Sun. She was shocked we knew it.
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40points
#48
Back when I was a h**h school teacher, my buddy and I put on an extra life event overnight at the library. The kids put Halo CE up on a projector. I walked in and asked to play and they said they'd take it easy on me.
It was Slayer on Hang Em h**h, and we called it at 25 to 8 between the 3 of them.
It was Slayer on Hang Em h**h, and we called it at 25 to 8 between the 3 of them.
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37points
#49
When my kindergartener came home from school and asked me to spell “I cup.” .
29points
