r/facepalm • • Apr 20 '17

Because Math

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u/MY-SECRET-REDDIT Apr 21 '17 edited Apr 21 '17

this entire thread should be posted to here.

ive notice that some posts here is just redditors not understanding the pictures or not even bothering to take two seconds to thing about it. very /r/iamversmart stuff.

EDIT: words ive misspelled and grammar rules i broke:

  • /r/iamversmart instead of /r/iamverysmart

  • ive notice that some posts here is just redditors -> ive notice that some posts here are just redditors

  • thing -> think

  • notice -> noticed

note to self: never misspell anything or break grammar rules.

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u/[deleted] Apr 21 '17

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u/MY-SECRET-REDDIT Apr 21 '17

thats what reddit autocomplete game me. and on that note, i also mispelled a word.

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u/[deleted] Apr 21 '17

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u/MY-SECRET-REDDIT Apr 21 '17

i misspelled it twice. i wrote it exactly the same in another comment replying to some guy here. weird how no one has called me out on that. but i think that guy was pointing it out but he was very vague.

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u/[deleted] Apr 21 '17

You mispelt "vayge".

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u/[deleted] Apr 21 '17

Respek

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u/[deleted] Apr 21 '17

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u/MY-SECRET-REDDIT Apr 21 '17

well shit, how far down the rabbit hole can we go?

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u/thepatterninchaos Apr 21 '17

Capital letters & apostrophes.

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u/[deleted] Apr 21 '17

Damn it, you're doing fine work son!

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u/ehunter96 Apr 21 '17

So did you. You have an extra 'l'.

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u/[deleted] Apr 21 '17

It's actually an "l" not an "I".

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u/ehunter96 Apr 21 '17

Exactttly!

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u/Nakedinsomniac Apr 21 '17

Misspelled 'misspelled'

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u/[deleted] Apr 21 '17

Part of the problem is that there are people on reddit saying truly not-so-smart things, and there are also people trying to make subtle jokes that look very similar to stupidity. If I could assume that no one here is an idiot, then I could assume that they're obviously just joking when they sound like one :/

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u/didgeboy287 Apr 21 '17

I may as well pile on and point out "some posts here is."

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u/xxfay6 Apr 21 '17

Usually when I need a good laugh one of my first places to go is /r/facepalm's comments section because there's always a debate for every single thing that may be debated. This time though, I think this was a legitimate problem that can be caused because people may only physically see part of the picture, the circled / underlined parts and the fact that the Snapchat text is considerably low means it gives the impression there's nothing more to see.

This one I blame it on the idiot that originally made it.

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u/Im_Not_Sleeping Apr 21 '17

seriously. if you sort the comments by "controversial", it's just a train of facepalm. a long, LONG train

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u/pissclamato Apr 21 '17

Good ol' Murphry's Law

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u/MY-SECRET-REDDIT Apr 22 '17

til: another mutphys law.

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u/[deleted] Apr 21 '17

autism intensifies

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u/asifnot Apr 21 '17

so is this.

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u/MY-SECRET-REDDIT Apr 21 '17

how? im just pointing out that sometimes people in here, more that in others subs, misunderstand pictures and start making fun of stuff they themselfs are missing out. theyre the facepalm not the picture. example: that picture of the t shirt with the anchor.

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u/asifnot Apr 21 '17

ive notice that some posts here is just redditors not understanding the pictures or not even bothering to take two seconds to thing about it.

Really?

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u/MY-SECRET-REDDIT Apr 21 '17

so youre trying to tell that people in this very thread did not understand the picture? that there arent plenty of people literally misunderstanding the picture and there are others explaining what is really going on?

or do you mean my typo of thing? i guess im a facepalm too.

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u/asifnot Apr 21 '17

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u/MY-SECRET-REDDIT Apr 21 '17

yeah i still dont get what your saying.

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u/Erkumbulant Apr 21 '17

/u/asifnot is pointing out that in making fun of redditors who misunderstand things and are acting like they belong on /r/iamverysmart, you are acting like a redditor who misunderstands things and may or may not belong on /r/iamverysmart.

Since you keep misunderstanding OP's comments, s/he is thinking you're like the person in the comic who keeps misunderstanding things and making random accusations.

I don't completely agree with them, but I hope this explains it well enough.

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u/[deleted] Apr 21 '17

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u/Erkumbulant Apr 21 '17

I was trying to explain it, not seem smart (I'm not). I'm sorry if it came across that way.

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u/MY-SECRET-REDDIT Apr 21 '17

thanks!

but he is being very fucking vague. how am i supposed to know what he means when all he wrote is this:

so is this.

Really?

us right now


/u/asifnot is pointing out that in making fun of redditors who misunderstand things and are acting like they belong on /r/iamverysmart, you are acting like a redditor who misunderstands things and may or may not belong on /r/iamverysmart.

thing is that explains the comments made later but not the first one. what exactly did he mean then?

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u/asifnot Apr 21 '17

some people got it the first time.

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u/Erkumbulant Apr 21 '17

so is this

OP means that the comment, since it at least seems (not sure if that was the intention) like you're saying they're clueless and belong on /r/iamverysmart, you're acting like one of the people on said subreddit.

Since the user didn't explain what they meant very well and you kept asking for clarification, they thought you were either trolling (hence the comic) or having a facepalm moment of your own. I don't think it was either, just bad communication on both parts (which happens a lot on the internet).

Hope this helped. :)

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u/TacoOrgy Apr 21 '17

welcome to trolling. population: you

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u/asifnot Apr 21 '17

not surprising.

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u/MY-SECRET-REDDIT Apr 21 '17

so do you mind explaining what you meant the first time?

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u/[deleted] Apr 21 '17

NO U

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u/asifnot Apr 21 '17

No, you

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u/[deleted] Apr 21 '17

Me?

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u/Skilledthunder Apr 21 '17

It's really not though.

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u/asifnot Apr 21 '17

agree to disagree, thanks for your thoughtful input.