People Share Common Misconceptions That Absolutely Infuriate Them

I try to be calm. But anything can infuriate me.

So let's chat.

Lies

"That you can zoom in on a digital picture and it gets more clear."

skotgil

Not Simple

"The Dunning-Krueger Effect."

"It's not as simple as dumb people overestimating their intelligence while smart people underestimate it. Once you feel 100% certain in your knowledge, all new information looks like misinformation. Once you believe yourself an 'expert,' you're far less receptive to facts that contradict your position. Self-doubt is what keeps your mind open; the nagging sense that what you 'know' might not be true is what motivates intelligent people to keep pursuing knowledge."

"Studies even show the DK Effect actually horseshoes."

"People at the very bottom and the top tend to over-emphasize their own intelligence. When leading scientists are disproven by new discoveries, it's not uncommon them personally reject the new science. The 'Nobel Disease' describes when Nobel Prize-winners go on to become quacks, believing their 'genius' qualifies them as experts in things outside their expertise."

Rowan-Trees

37

"Life expectancy. People think hundreds of years ago you died at 40. Completely false. Infant mortality was extremely high so the average is skewed. If you made it out of infancy you had a pretty good chance of becoming old."

boludo1

"So much this. If half the people born die at age 2 and the other half die at 72, the average life expectancy is 37, but that doesn't mean 'everyone died at 37.'"

bulbaquil

Higher Levels

"'If they give me a raise at work, I'll bump up a tax bracket, and I'll actually make less!!'"

Mymoggievan

"Oh man, I just came here to say this. Had a high-level staff meeting last week to discuss how our company will be changing from weekly checks to bi-weekly."

"The uproar, because they were gonna get 'taxed more' was hilarious. I literally had to draw a crude graph for folks who’ve been on this Earth for decades longer than I have in order to explain how a progressive income tax works. My eyes are still rolling."

Bokuden101

Ruined

"O.C.D. is not some cute obsession with cleanliness and order. It can ruin lives and comes in many forms."

Leeser

"I also hate when people play armchair psychologist."

Leeser

There is such a thing as too clean. Right?

Colors

"As a colorblind person, I don't see in black and white. I have no problem driving. And I will never play the 'What color is this?' game. Not ever."

Midnight-Ran

'women’s work'

"The quote 'well-behaved women seldom make history' is frequently misquoted. Professor Laurel Ulrich stated this in a 1976 essay that details how women in early America have been lost to history as their stories weren’t considered important by those who wrote history."

"Her quote is not meant to minimize the lives of women who perform stereotypical 'women’s work' such as mothers and wives, but to stress the issue of women’s voices being lost in history."

"I think it’s important to support women who do not live within these archetypes, but not at the expense of women who enjoy being within these roles. Ultimately, having the voices of diverse women and gender-diverse people documented in history is incredibly important - which should include both 'well-behaved' and rebellious women."

littlepinch7

Communication

"Introversion and social anxiety are NOT the same things."

"Not every introvert has social anxiety or is a poor communicator. Stop lumping people together and just calling it introversion."

"I’m introverted. I know how to communicate well. I just don’t want to with you."

bumpty

Evil

"That the symbol of the upside-down cross is satanic, evil, witchcraft, etc. I see so many Catholics and Christians going off on people who have upside-down crosses on clothes and stuff because it’s 'evil.' No, it is not. The upside-down cross comes from Peter, who decided to be crucified upside down because he felt he was not worthy of dying in the same fashion that Christ did. It is a symbol of honor, love, and respect for Jesus."

REDDIT

Love Dies

"People like to believe 'there's someone out there for everyone' but honestly this just isn't true. Or that we only have 'one true love.'"

awkward-fox-patrol

Everything makes me mad.

But life goes on.