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The wrong assumption 

An example of the warning and logical criticism of "making assumptions".

One of a few fundamental false assumptions about human interaction and the internet that tend to make everything more complicated rather than simpler.

The assumptiont that everyone would be sane, ultimately have the best interest for everyone in mind, and that any conflict would only be some kind of misunderstanding.

And the assumption that everyone would have the same knowledge and background and that the key to understanding everyone and every single situation would be to take up some common clichés about human interaction or even "key topics" (see trivial "atheism vs religion", although atheism still wins).

Ironically only creates partisanship, stereotypes, and apologists of plainly inane or insane behaviour.
On the internet as well as in politics one constantly sees the wrong assumption at work.
The wrong assumption by felixh November 4, 2016

The Wrong Coast 

A Old and Funny Show That Used To Be On Teletoon! It Used to Be A Parody of Some News Show and Was Played by Nothing but Clay Models or Puppets

The wrong end of the dog. 

The wrong end of the dog to have gotten.

To have completely misunderstood something. The meaning is identical to the more common idiomatic phrase 'The wrong end of the stick.'

The origin of this phrase may be an answer from the Australian edition of The Weakest Link which featured in the satirical magazine Private Eye.

Chair (Cornelia Frances) - "When you have misunderstood something you can be said to have gotten the wrong end of the ... ?"

Contestant - "Dog?"
If he thinks that a jump in oil prices means an end to the recession then he has gotten hold of the wrong end of the dog.

The Wrong Wong 

When you speak of, point to, or do something to an Asian individual only to realize you meant it towards another Asian individual.
You are sitting at a table drinking your coffee and trying to get work done. An Asian sits at your table because the rest are taken. Ticked off you reprimand them for their rude behavior without looking up. After they leave you realize your eraser is missing. He has stolen it from you. In a bout of rage you grab your coffee and throw it at the Asian that has the closest skin tone to the one who you reprimanded. You them realize the one who stole your eraser is at another table drawing. You have just attacked the Wrong Wong.
The Wrong Wong by RovertScott September 24, 2011

the wrong number 

A versatile episode produced by CBeebies. It is from Numberblocks.
I watched The Wrong Number on CBeebies for a prank.

The Wrong Mushroom

1. (Marijuana, Idiom - linguistically derived from the classical Japanese combined with pre-millennium American High School) : 1. - The wrong mushroom, not a strain unto itself, refers to any marijuana or pot strain which is noted for its high CBG and similar cannabis contents. The resulting effects were exhibited by Cheech and Chong, That 70s show, and which was alluded to of Francis in Season one of Malcolm in the Middle (2000).
1. {In the voice of Ray Romano] Please kevin, tell me you didn't smoke or eat the wrong mushroom, or we might end up 'shrooming the shroom.
The Wrong Mushroom by Buttfuckme January 8, 2023