Can a pawn checkmate?

you can only stalemate with a king

No, you can checkmate with a king. Here is proof.

I literally provided a game where I checkmated with a king alongside saying that

Yes, definitely. I’ve checkmated with a pawn

You can't move a king to checkmate a king

OHHHH AS A DISCOVERED ATTACK IM SO STUPID

No you are :w   

Of course it can happen.

probably what you saw is that a pawn and a king alone against a king cannot checkmate unless the pawn promotes

there are many ways to checkmate with a pawn or any other piece, including a king.

Pawn checkmate:

King checkmate:

Nice

How a pawn can make a checkmate

next time can you actually read even a couple of comments on a forum before commenting on it?

there are like 10 examples of pawn checkmates in this forum, all you had to do is look

I've checkmated with a pawn a few times. However, it is a rare occurrence. To answer OP's question a pawn can checkmate.

Reading the beginner forums is gonna be fun haha

My last game (which was unrated and absolutely horrible) had a pawn checkmate at the end. Could also have checkmated with the other pawn, or with the queen.

yah checkmate with a pawn exists, haven't actually gotten one but I imagine it would be hard to do! <3