Here Are Some of the Most Awkward Situations

When You Can’t Seem to Pronounce Something

Some may call it “tongue-tied” or “having a stroke” but either way, it is embarrassing. Have you ever been in conversation and then try to say something, but your brain and mouth just aren’t in sync? I’ve heard people say to me:

“Have a nice doy”

“What in the waorld?”

“That’s impassible” (when they meant ‘impossible’)

I’m sure there’s some word for it.

So when your in regular conversation, and you say something that just wasn’t pronounced right, what happens? One of a few things:

• You get teased because obviously you can’t speak properly.
• It gets ignored but in the “I’m choosing to ignore this” type of way. When you both are aware of what just happened but refuse to give any attention to it because you both know that things will get awkward.
• The other person says “Excuse me?” and you’re left there pronouncing it correctly this time.
• You get teased some more with the other person repeating what you just said over and over again, and calling her friends to let everyone know. All of a sudden you’re tagged in a Facebook post with no way out, until someone else embarrasses themselves and takes your place.

What makes it more awkward is when you’re with a group of people and you just can’t get yourself to pronounce something properly. Or when your professor in college does it, and acts like he never messed up in his pronunciation.

When Someone Genuinely Believes a Fake Article

There have been an unbelievable amount of fake news articles all over the internet, that people mainly fish out of Facebook, and since I’m usually a fact checker, every once in a while I get a message with the link asking, “do you think this is real?”

Usually, it isn’t. There have been images of an alien, a captured Bigfoot, an article on the many health benefits of weed and alcohol, and a guaranteed way to win the lottery.

Did you guys ever read the one about how, in Texas, they approved testing on criminals on death row? Supposedly they would actually be of some use to society by using their minds and bodies for research. They even named someone with a fancy title in that state and quoted him stating that it was true. And people commented, and were glad. Some were outraged.

I clicked on the source link, only to be directed to the exact same article, with a different source link. Eventually I discovered that it was originally created as a satire. Wow.

Do you guys even know how to internet?