Today, my son invited me to his first standup comedy gig. I accepted, only to later suffer through an hour of the worst jokes I've heard in my entire life. It was so bad, he made Dane Cook look like a comic genius, and I had to resist heckling him. Hours later, I still feel vaguely suicidal. FML
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Today, I was feeling down so my husband took me to a comedy show. This comedian saw me, heckled me for a full two minutes, then returned to me a further three times during his act to mock me again, zeroing in on every one of my insecurities until I left crying, feeling worse than ever. FML
Today, at an open mic comedy club, my jokes went down so poorly that someone decided to hurl a chair at me on-stage. FML
Today, my brother came to my first standup comedy act. He'd apparently read my material beforehand, and kept finishing my jokes for me. FML
Today, I did my first night of open-mic standup. The first 5 minutes went badly, but I don't know if it got any better afterwards, because a drunk audience member climbed up on stage and knocked me out. FML
Today, I went to a comedy show, expecting to feel better about a difficult relationship. Instead, I saw a performance written by the girl who loves my husband, about my husband, and how she loves him. FML
Today, I worked up the courage to sing at an open mic night. I lost my cool halfway through because all I could hear was laughter. FML
Today, I decided to put my friend through the ultimate test of maturity: watching an episode of My 600-lb Life. He didn't even go ten minutes before he started making jokes. I didn't go much longer before I started laughing at them. FML
Today, at work, I was told I was a failure. Feeling like crap, I went to my best friend to see if he could make me laugh. He told me that he felt obligated to hang out with me, so he thought that we shouldn't anymore. FML
Today, I went to a comedy show with my mom, and they asked the audience members to yell out their problems as ideas for an improv skit. My mom yelled, "My daughter can't get a boyfriend!" FML
Today, my friends and I were feeling nostalgic and decided to listen to some of Dane Cook's old stuff. We got to "The Friend Nobody Likes" and I commented that I'm glad we don't have a person like that in our group. This was followed by a very awkward silence, and someone suggesting we listen to something else. FML
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MxAxRxCxO 30
Imagine his confidence when he stumbles across this FML
iSativa 24
You should be supportive of your son no matter how bad his actions are. Confidence is key.
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Comments (117)
siggy_mcsigx 22
There are loads of people out there that like Dane Cook. Comedy is about preference really, so even if You hate it...there may still be hope
messiersm 3
Did anybody else laugh at his jokes?
ZY1431 24
but Dane Cook is funny. :/
drrobotnik1 18
Well, did the crowd like his jokes? No stand-up comedian's parents like his material. If he killed, keep your flytrap shut. If he died, tell him to work on hi material or ask someone with more experience. If you tell him to stop, he'll just hate you and go further into comedy. If he does suck, and an established performer tells him he sucks, he'll be much more likely to listen. Good luck with either your garbage son or future meal ticket, OP.
chucksfriday 21
Dane cook isn't even terrible. Maybe you just have bad taste
Cola8D 7
He's your son sooo it's your mistake take your. Responsibilitys for your actions.
laden_swallow09 35
Waiting for you to say something to the effect of, "Why am I been dwnvoted? no one unnerstand sarcsm?"
dansco 25
Could have been worse, he could have just done "Your Mother" jokes all night.
Lopmon 7
Ouch. I understand you weren't fond of it, but insulting your own son like that isn't cool..
ki700 8
This isn't an fyl as much as you being mean to your son online
jaspinkgrl01 18
What kind of jokes did he do?