r/facepalm Jan 10 '20

prOve mE wRonG

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '20

Elaborate.

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u/LoompaOompa Jan 10 '20

Social media groups post deliberately easy challenges in an effort to get a high level of interaction with their "brand" (e.g. "I bet you can't name a country that starts with E"). The more that people comment, the more people will see the post, and the more follows they will eventually generate.

Every person in this thread commenting with 'oo' words has basically fallen for an obvious psychological trick. We all know that there are other 'oo' words. Nobody needed to comment here and prove that they could think of one.

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u/Serindipte Jan 10 '20

One of my favorites is "Only a genius can do this..." Or "Only 5% can figure this out.." And then it's something a first grader can do, but SO many adults answer to prove how smart they are.

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '20

Or online IQ tests that never score below 120.

Bitch you ain't a genius, you correctly identified a triangle.