There are a lot of ways to embarrass yourself, but thinking you know more than someone when you didn’t realize you were talking to an expert sounds absolutely humiliating.
People on the internet have tried warn others about the risks of mansplaining or explaining something to someone who knows more than you. Unfortunately, it seems that some people just have to learn things the hard way.
On AskReddit, people have been sharing the most embarrassing times they’ve seen someone humiliate themselves by thinking they know more than the expert.
Here are some of the best submissions: