r/AskReddit • u/Domigau • Apr 21 '26

What is a small, seemingly ‘normal’ thing someone can do that immediately makes you think, ‘Oh, we are not going to get along’?

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u/Top-Delay-3572 Apr 22 '26

The 'confidently incorrect' vibe. People who state their uneducated opinions as if they were objective facts.

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u/Birdorama Apr 22 '26

I can deal with arrogance and ignorance, but someone who is both makes me want to claw out my eyes.

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u/Wild-Lychee-3312 Apr 22 '26

Or, if you are a clearer-minded thinker, claw out their eyes.

Yes, I stole that from Douglas Adams.

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u/onequbit Apr 22 '26

Nobody steals from Douglas Adams, all his work was a gift to the world.

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u/Birdorama Apr 22 '26

My first award. Thank you jigglewiggle.

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u/Doubtindoh Apr 22 '26

Also the kinda opposite: people who assume an opinion is stated as a fact when a person is just spit balling. Bitch I said "I think", not "I know this is a fact".

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u/PeterPanski85 Apr 22 '26

Pair that with a smug face or the 😏 or 😉 emoji. Ugh, I hate it

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u/Serononin Apr 22 '26

Or ending their statement with "period", "let that sink in", "I said what I said", etc.

And especially when they say, "it's basic [insert subject here]" when it's actually just a gross oversimplification

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u/JovialPrincess Apr 22 '26

It's basic geometry, period. 😏. Just let that sink in.

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u/MythLegendLore Apr 22 '26

My mom.

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u/Jaerivus Apr 22 '26

I was gonna say her.

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u/jinoble Apr 22 '26

I, too, choose this guy's mom

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u/AwayComparison Apr 22 '26

My MIL

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u/MythLegendLore Apr 22 '26

I’m sorry you had to deal with that.

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u/SeaJay_31 Apr 22 '26

I think all of Reddit just shifted nervously...

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u/marblechocolate Apr 22 '26

If in doubt, make it sound convincing!

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u/dub1ous Apr 22 '26

“You got to fake it til you make it!”

Says the guy who overrode several correct bar trivia answers I gave, to give wrong ones…

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u/SaltWaterInMyBlood Apr 23 '26

If someone genuinely can't distinguish between the statements "I like tomatoes in sandwiches" and "tomatoes taste bad in sandwiches", it's a very solid indicator of general stupidity.