There's nothing better than witnessing cringeworthy conversations, especially when they happen online, and you can distance yourself from them enough to enjoy the secondhand awkwardness. Below is a list of notable people, having to point out who they are, because people either failed to research who they are conversing with, or they're blissfully unaware.

The people who provoked them must be super embarrassed, since there's nothing quite like being epically owned by someone who actually knows what they're talking about, which is exceptionally rare to find online anyway.

But when things like this do happen, the results are pretty hilarious, as celebrities and experts come crawling out of hiding to absolutely devastate someone with a single confirmation of their identity and knowledge, something the other person was blissfully unaware of for too long. Now, they suffer the consequences for everyone to see.

Here are 15 of our favorites collected from the painfully fun subreddit "Don't You Know Who I Am."