32 Times People Didn't Realize The Significance Of The Person They Were Talking To (Or Fighting With)

    How dare anyone accuse Malala of doing "nothing."

    Daniella Emanuel
    by Daniella Emanuel

    BuzzFeed Staff

    1. When this person tweeted at Malala like she was some rando, and accused her of doing "nothing":

    2. When this person told the former US Secretary of Labor to "run for office" instead of "Twitter raging":

    Robert Reich asking why we worked so hard to get Democrats in office if they won't raise the minimum wage and someone telling him to run for office, and his response that Bill Clinton put him in charge of increasing the wage in 1996
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    3. When these people almost didn't let the speaker of an event come into the venue:

    4. When Shaun King didn't do his research on Brian Schatz:

    5. When these Office fans told Jenna Fischer she looked like an "older version" of Pam — aka the character she plays:

    6. When this woman told an Olympic swimmer to "do a trial with the country club":

    Lizzie Simmonds @LizzieSimmonds1

    Lady in public lane: you’re very good at swimming you know.. Me: erm, thanks Lady: no seriously, you should try and do a trial with the county club! Me: erm, well I actually went to a couple of Olympics.. Lady: me too! Which sports did you get manage to get tickets for? 🤔

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    7. When this set coordinator had no clue they were speaking with the director:

    8. When this person mansplained Avatar to the creator of the show:

    9. And when this person mansplained character modeling to a professional character artist:

    10. When this person had no idea their bartender was also a doctor:

    11. When these people were clueless to the fact that they were in an elevator with Tony Hawk:

    12. When this person told a published author to "do some research" on the topic they wrote their book about:

    13. When this person was totally unaware that they were talking to the IndyCar driver they mentioned:

    14. When this person accidentally told a famous book reviewer to "read a fucking book":

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    15. When this person failed to read the byline on the documentation they were presenting:

    16. When this person embarrassed themselves in front of Tom Morello:

    17. When this person reported a Reddit moderator for what they were posting on the page they moderated:

    18. When this person talked down to an esteemed writer:

    19. When this person proved that they in fact were not the "BIGGEST" Office fan:

    20. When this person filled Lin-Manuel Miranda in on Hamilton:

    21. When this person accosted a nurse for not clapping for frontline workers:

    22. When this person quoted a paper by the person they were being condescending toward:

    23. When this person asked the coach of the men's national soccer team if he was a "soccer fan":

    24. When this person had no clue they were talking to Elon Musk's mom:

    25. When this person tried to tell an entomologist they were wrong about an insect:

    26. When this Karen was unknowingly talking to the owner of a store:

    27. When this person tried to claim that Jake Tapper didn't pay enough attention to what was going on in Afghanistan:

    28. When this person said an Ivy League history major "never studied history":

    29. When this person tried to tell the creator of Thor that Thor is an alien:

    30. When this person was not expecting the redditor who called them a narcissist to say they had a degree in psychology:

    31. When this person was a know-it-all about marine culture to a marine:

    32. And finally, when this person should have checked Twitter before calling a comedian out:

    H/T: r/dontyouknowwhoiam