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Culture wars

By FrustratedTutor - 21/08/2015 20:00 - United States - Andover

Today, the kid I was tutoring told me that, "Pirates were a myth. Like the Greeks and Romans." He's 16. FML

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By Anonymous - 05/03/2011 06:07 - Canada

Today, I was performing a show about pirates for a youth program. A child started crying because I wasn't a real pirate. A little girl took my defense, saying, "He's a real pirate, his teeth are all yellow!" FML

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By csc4lyfe09 - 03/03/2010 00:00 - United States

Today, while at my tutoring job, a middle school kid couldn't find a word in the online dictionary. I told him he could check a regular paperback dictionary. His response was, "That's what you did in your day. That's not what we do in our day." I'm only 19. FML

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By PrettySureItsReal - 09/04/2015 19:38 - United States - Saint Peters

Today, a parent of one of the students I teach called me to complain that I was teaching her child "lies" and "fairytales". I was teaching them about the Holocaust. FML

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You mean it isn't??

By Anonymous - 28/01/2024 22:00 - United States - Jacksonville

Today, I got roasted in class because I could've swore that the story of Robin Hood was in the Bible. I was so cocksure of myself, but I guess I shouldn't repeat stuff my dad told me for a laugh when I was about 9 years-old, now that I'm in college. FML

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By anon - 17/12/2015 18:45

Today, I had to explain to someone in my class who Gandhi really was and that he was not a fictional goblin. FML

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By nanall - 04/06/2012 07:19 - United States

Today, my 24-year-old brother tried to convince me that Hogwarts is real, because there is no way a person could have written that based on imagination. My parents agreed with him. FML

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By Derp-A-Herp - 27/05/2011 05:46 - United States

Today, my genius boyfriend was trying to remember a particular island in the Caribbean that was used by pirates in the past. I offered up Morocco. I heard him facepalm over the phone. FML

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Bully

By ninjawhat1337 - 25/05/2009 04:14 - United States

Today, I told my dad that I was going to sleep over my friend's house this weekend with a few other guys to play Dungeons and Dragons. He responded with, "Oh, back in my day, me and my pals used to pick on the kids who played Dungeons and Dragons." FML

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By eyepatch - 19/02/2017 10:00 - United States - Albany

Today, while I was giving a school presentation about life as an injured, deformed soldier, someone asked if the reason I wear an eyepatch is because I'm a pirate. I wouldn't have minded, had I not been presenting to high-school students. FML

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By Anonymous - 18/10/2014 19:29 - United Kingdom

Today, my 9-year-old daughter was acting out and wouldn't do her homework. I told her that if she didn't study, she wouldn't get her acceptance letter from Hogwarts. She looked into my eyes, straight through to my soul and said, "Hogwarts isn't real, retard." FML

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ricardof 19

Wednesday 4 February 2015 13:02

maybe his education was also a myth

khorstmye 15

Wednesday 4 February 2015 13:03

And that is why you are there to tutor him.

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maxxwell8 13

Wednesday 4 February 2015 16:53

Tell him how satan is real.

Tzerurah 12

Wednesday 4 February 2015 17:08

As a fellow kansan I am neither shocked nor surprised by this FML.

Rily_fml 6

Wednesday 4 February 2015 18:57

There was a lot of mythology involved in Greek and Roman culture and Pirates weren't as we picture them, they didn't have hooks and make people walk the plank and bury treasure, and their eye patches were to keep one eye adjusted to the dark so they could see in the dark cabins under the deck of the ship. So he's actually right

EvilLittleGirl 24

Wednesday 4 February 2015 19:49

I'm Greek so I'm a myth? haha thanks!

ZoroMiHawk 25

Wednesday 4 February 2015 21:09

Pirates are not a MYTH!! Pirates are real and Pirates are FREE!! And he WILL become the KING OF THE PIRATES! My captain and nakama, Monkey D. Luffy!

simsgirlgem 25

Wednesday 4 February 2015 22:05

LET'S SET SAIL ON THE GRAND LINE WOOOOOOOOOOOO

Ethan_Anonymous 28

Wednesday 4 February 2015 21:38

Did...Did he even go to school?

thatcoolguy123 14

Wednesday 4 February 2015 21:48

Did he skip 6th and 7th grade?? Oh who am I kidding he probably never even went to school...

kpetrovski 24

Wednesday 4 February 2015 22:20

Looks like you've got your work cut out for you... Also, it wouldn't be unreasonable to ask for a pay increase now that you've assessed what particular level of intelligence you'll be working with. Have fun!

bunny409 14

Wednesday 4 February 2015 22:58

I wonder if he's religious

TPrice21 2

Thursday 5 February 2015 4:38

Obviously not. The Greeks and Romans are mentioned in the Bible.

EverythingNerdy 13

Wednesday 4 February 2015 23:39

Slap his parents, and leave.

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