The internet is a very big place. There is seldom a person out there who doesn't have some sort of social media account. Maybe not everyone is super active online, but they are at least lurking around.

You can never predict who is going to see your posts online, and what gets put online stays online forever. With sites like Twitter / X allowing people to respond to what is put out, the door is opened for many potentially awkward encounters.

You have to be careful when posting something you claim is true. Fact-checking is important because there's always the possibility that the person you are talking about could see your post. The person you're targeting might just have a little more info than you do, or they might actually be the person you're talking about. It's embarrassing and somewhat humbling when it happens, but it's especially funny when someone doesn't recognize a popular celebrity or another big name, humiliating themselves for all to see. Reddit's "Don't You Know Who I Am" is full of these awkward moments.

Here are 17 images of people not realizing who they're talking about or to.