25 People Who Really Should Have Checked Who They Were Arguing With

Sure, we all make awkward mistakes. But if you're the 20th person who's forgotten who Tony Hawk is in a single day, or if you publicly call someone out on social media for not knowing what they're talking about when they're actually an expert in their field, things are going to be pretty uncomfortable when you've realized your mistake. It's equally funny for the rest of us, though. Reddit's /r/dontyouknowwhoiam compiles these uncomfortable interactions to remind us that our social skills could always be worse than they currently are. Here are some of our favorite examples of interpersonal confusion from the subreddit.

These interactions may serve as a warning to be careful who we're talking to on social media, but really, as long as we don't tag someone we don't know in an angry tweet claiming they know nothing about the movie whose script they wrote or a language they speak fluently that we don't understand, we're doing better than these people. Here are some of the best examples of mistaken identity online.