30 Times People Tried To Appear Smart But It Completely Backfired On Them
"I do not know what lower cognitive ability means, but I am never going to wear a mask."
You can’t really win an argument on the Internet, no matter how hard you try. However, there are those rare occasions when your opponent buries themselves with a “smart” statement that could win an Oscar for self-sabotage.
A Twitter account called Conservative Self-Owns is dedicated to these kinds of statements. It focuses on ridiculing homophobic, racist, and other hateful or narrow-minded comments that backfired on their authors, and it has already earned almost 270k followers.
We have chosen 30 of the best self-sabotaging statements, and we know you will find them priceless. They illustrate the mindset of an average homophobic, racist, and hatred-motivated person.
What’s worrying is the fact that these individuals are becoming louder over time. The less people know about a particular subject, the louder they will be in defending their views on it.
An intelligent and educated person is aware that they don’t know everything and that there is much to be discovered. A less intelligent person thinks that reading a biased online blog about something makes them an expert.
Has the number of people with limited cognitive abilities grown, or do their posts simply get more attention because of their absurdity? We can’t say.
But we are concerned.
1. Lower cognitive ability is a medical condition that prevents you from wearing a mask.
ConSelfOwns2. Oh, just a piece of paper? Well, then it is completely different...
ConSelfOwns3. Heterosexual is kind of straight. Well, not kind of... All straight.
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4. You are black by choice, not by birth.
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5. That would actually be nice for a change.
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6. Yeah, men without beards all look like women. In fact, beards are the only difference between men and women...
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7. Just say no to pronouns, everyone.
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8. Yeah, that's the only thing... not much, but still...
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9. You are right...
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10. There is no such thing...
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11. Pretty soon...
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12. Who was on the plane?
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13. Who said that blowing up a hospital is an act of terrorism?
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14. Facts over feelings, you liberal scum....
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15. I want to be a liberal...
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16. Why would I get insurance? Why?
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17. And where did you come from, exactly?
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18. Did you hear that?
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19. The only way to fight socialism is to become socialists.
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20. Please, pray for me.
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21. Explain, please....
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22. Wasn't the explanation on the website easy to understand? Even for conservatives?
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23. Surprising...
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24. The iPhone is okay. They can’t track that...
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25. No one wants them...
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26. Fake news...
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27. Need I say more?
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28. I would rather be lied to than know the truth.... That explains it all.
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29. Heat waves are just great.
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30. Yeah, those two are not related in any way. I just want the baby to be born - I don't care what happens to it after that...
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If you are wondering about this phenomenon where the dumbest people are the loudest, it is called the Dunning-Kruger effect.
The definition is
"It is a cognitive bias whereby people with limited knowledge or competence in a given intellectual or social domain greatly overestimate their own knowledge or competence in that domain relative to objective criteria or to the performance of their peers or of people in general."
It's named after the scientists who first noticed it, psychologists David Dunning and Justin Kruger. And it's one of the most Googled terms these days. We wonder why…
