The internet gives everyone a microphone, and not everyone knows when to put it down. It’s incredibly easy to sound confident online, especially when there’s no one around to immediately call you out. From fake observations to wildly incorrect facts stated with total certainty, some people hit “post” fully convinced they’re coming across as smart, insightful, or effortlessly cool. Unfortunately, confidence without understanding tends to do more harm than good.
Instead of looking impressive, these posts end up doing the exact opposite. They reveal a lack of basic knowledge, self-awareness, or sometimes both. Whether they were trying to flex intelligence, chase clout, or sound superior, the internet had other plans for these guys. Let’s dive into 23 clueless people who think they’re actually smart.
1. We’ve all been partnered with someone like this at one point
2. He really took himself out here
3. This guy must be fun to hang out with
4. We caught him red-handed
5. Because using widely known abbreviations to save time makes you a semiliterate neanderthal
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6. This guy gets an A plus in flirting
7. He’s too smart to appreciate a good play on words
8. “Little colored blobs do not enhance the strength of my prose.”
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9. “As an educated person.”
10. There is nothing more embarrassing than trying to correct someone incorrectly
11. “You have to like big bang, or you’re dumb.”
12. The audacity to even create this photo blows me away
13. Ladies and gentlemen, the weirdest flex you’ll ever hear
14. Do you comprehend every subject in a matter of seconds?
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15. Calling people mortals like this is a great way to not make friends
16. He must have had a lot of friends
17. He definitely used ChatGPT to spice up this comment
18. I’d love to hear the context of you quoting Aristotle at 10 am
19. “1 or 2 around 130 IQ for me to mock.”
20. The -82 votes are truly the cherry on top
21. “Very true.”
22. Maybe the word “unbearable” would do
23. We all lost brain cells from reading this string of tweets
Want to see more people making fools of themselves online?
Check out 17 of the Most Random People We Could Find Online This Week, or take a look at 20 People Who Tried to Seem Cool Online (and Failed). Finally, if you want to see people who blatantly lied online, check out 15 Photos of People Lying Online and Getting Dealt Justice for It.
