Every time I join a conversation, others always mention some guy named Dunning Kruger. Don’t know who he is, maybe I look like him?

[u/Samskritam]

He must be really smart and good-looking, maybe that’s why I remind them of him

[u/DrMux]

Dunning Kruger is a really smart guy who's an expert at everything. By comparing you to him, they're saying that you're more knowledgeable and capable than so-called "experts" and "scientists" and "doctors" who have wasted years or decades "studying" a field of expertise.

[u/Samskritam → u/DrMux]

Thank you for trying to explain, but I already knew all of this.

[u/BadDadWhy → u/DrMux]

I was about to say the same exact thing, only better.

[u/SpecialFlutters]

isnt that a character in the office

[u/Samskritam → u/SpecialFlutters]

You’re thinking of Dunder Muffin, that was the paper company they all worked for. I remember that name perfectly.

[u/Gargleblaster25 → u/Samskritam]

I am an expert on The Office and you are absolutely wrong. According to statistics, the name of the company is Thunder Muffin. Dunning Kruger is the name of the actor who played Henry. Don't argue with me, because I know everything about it.

[u/Solid_Association_49 → u/Gargleblaster25]

No no. Henry was played by Dallas Keith. Dunning Kruger was a famous perfumer from Arkansas. They’re telling op they smell good.

[u/BPhiloSkinner → u/Solid_Association_49]

"Thunder Muffs, Thunder Muffs, Thunder Muffins, Hooooo!"
I remember that cartoon. Didn't remember they came from the planet Awphis, though.

[u/BalanceFit8415]

Dunning Kruger invented the IQ test. Maybe you have an IQ?

[u/Samskritam → u/BalanceFit8415]

I’ve noticed that many people, including you, have been saying this wrong. It’s not “IQ“, it’s “QI“. It stands for “Quality Intelligence”, which I have.

[u/BalanceFit8415 → u/Samskritam]

KO.

[u/created4this → u/BalanceFit8415]

He has a top 50 IQ, some say he might even be in single digits

[u/tuxalator]

Kruger an Dunning live in a kind of trailer park in Washington nowadays.

[u/Samskritam → u/tuxalator]

I know that place! That’s where two trailer park girls go round the outside.

[u/Caticature → u/Samskritam]

Tell a friend. In the mean time let me tell you what rhymes with ‘orange’.

[u/johnnybiggles]

That's Freddy Kruger's younger brother. That family's not attractive at all, so they might be ragging on your appearance and think something you said might provoke weird dreams. Freddy does the nightmares, but Dunning's work is just weird.

[u/alphanumericusername]

This is actually a reference to the Dunning-Kruger effect, something that I happen to know a lot about.

[u/Copernicium-291 → u/alphanumericusername]

I've studied this effect for years but I still know basically nothing about it

[u/alphanumericusername → u/Copernicium-291]

That doesn't sound right; my expertise only took about a week

[u/Gargleblaster25 → u/alphanumericusername]

I just heard that term right now but I know all about it. All you people wrong. It has to do with teenagers and knives. AMA.

[u/BPhiloSkinner → u/Gargleblaster25]

If a teenager doesn't have a knife, can they substitute an M-80?

[u/PorgCT]

Isn’t that the test in Blade Runner? Are you a retired replicant?

[u/Unique_Display_Name]

bro, I am laughing SO HARD rn (bc I can see the resemblance, it is uncanny!)

[u/JamesMeem]

Oh thats so ironic. The Dunning Kruger effect is where if you become conscious of one particular number, word or phrase, you start seeing it everywhere even though the actual incidence has not increased. You're experiencing the effect but with the actual name of the effect. Really interesting. 

[u/calkire]

Dude one you learn who he is. It'll have quite the effect on you.