Overconfidence is usually why most people fail in certain situations. But that does make for funny scenes for onlookers who would probably take pictures or videos.
So today, we have 20 such occasions when people were too overconfident in their answers only to be wrong.
10 Times When People’s Overconfidence Led To A Moment Of Bant
1. Just Face Your Ignorance
One user believed that using facial recognition would ensure that the government had one’s details. This was when another user trolled them for not knowing about how driving licenses worked.
2. Zeus, The Hyper-Potent
Someone’s overconfidence made them look like a fool before a student of classical studies by stating that Zeus had just one son.
3. Frankenstein
Another user on a social media site argued about Frankenstein participating in a bodybuilding competition- when the original poster was simply talking about the scientist- not his creation.
4. History Lesson
Yet another Facebook user claimed that Martin Luther King Jr wouldn’t be agreeing to a particular quote- not caring that the quote in question had been said by MLK himself
With the pandemic being a thing of the near past, misinformation was at its peak. One Twitter celeb tried to talk about government conspiracy- when someone else shut her down.
6. Divine Message
Someone on Tumblr tried to argue about God’s intentions when another user commented on a passage straight from the Bible to close their shop.
7. History Class Skipped
Travis Akers couldn’t stand Fox News spreading misinformation- that could easily be rectified via Google and chose to post about it on Twitter.
8. Forgotten Toys
A simple post on Reddit where a user reminisced about gel pens that changed color led to a huge rant by another user- who simply didn’t know that such pens existed.
9. Age Gap
When a Facebook user tried to shame the current education system while solving a basic arithmetic problem- they didn’t know that they messed it up as well.
10. Shapes and Colors
When a Twitter user asked her followers to name a fruit that was named after a color, another user replied with star fruit. For those who are unaware, a star is a shape- not a color.
