Today, I realized that a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering does not offer enough knowledge and experience to accomplish some simple, everyday tasks. I have spent the last 12 years designing large robots to scour the seabed for shipwrecks yet the mechanism used to unhook a bra eludes me. FML
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Packed lecture halls, a sketchy roommate and frat parties: welcome to college, the real thing.
Today, it was still easier for me to get an engineering PhD than it is to get a girlfriend. FML
Today, I had to Google how to find the area of a circle. I'm working on my PhD in engineering. FML
Today, I found out that the engineers I work with believe that a woman with an engineering degree working in an engineering company is apparently equivalent to a "secretary for engineers." I am that woman. FML
Today, I just started working in my core job domain, and all the guys working with me are giving up on their their jobs, because there's no future for it. It sucks being a mechanical design engineer in a country full of IT companies who just want us to convert. FML
Today, it appears that I spent three years of my life studying for a degree to find myself driving around looking for potholes. That's literally my job. I didn't even study roading, my civil engineering degree is in designing structures. FML
Today, my boss quit, leaving me as the only structural engineer at my company. I'm fresh out of college and will have to finish the projects on my own. Hope Google can teach me how to do this. FML
Today, I realised being the only female engineering student sucks. I have exactly one friend, because everyone else is too busy staring at my boobs to have a conversation. FML
Today, my dad insists he knows best when it comes to DIY, since he is a big mathematics professor, while I am a mere labourer with dozens of City and Guilds qualifications. He owns one hammer, an unopened screwdriver set, and a wood saw with a broken handle, but sure, he knows better than me. FML
Today, just to have a chance of a future career, I had to major in Data Science. Here's to 2.5 more years of soul-crushing tedium and passionless abstraction. If I had the resources to control my own life, I would have been a tradesman so I wouldn't have to sacrifice 4 years of my life on this. FML
Today, I realized that I know more about the history of the Transformers than I do about talking to women. FML
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Tubasaurus 0
Inspiration for a new robot to design maybe?
Alexgoesfml 3
Honestly it sucks for you. You failed your sophmore year.
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AndreaKina 0
hahaha dont worry it is kind of tricky :P
notcoolperson 0
Second!
AAAAHHHH12 2
FAIL. :DD
Xero3g 5
Just takes practice. I can do it in about three seconds now. ;)
liviis_luck 0
hahaha this is kinda cute but all i could think was you couldn't do it because your a nerd!
Ana_Aryani 0
I can in less time then that and just the one hand xD
Taolan 23
My time is now determined by number of hooks. Three hooks or less, under a second. :3
Sipheonix 0
It's not that tricky. At first it's kinda tricky, but after you realize whatcha gotta do, it's really easy. xD
nilesskate2 0
The real trick is being able to do it with your feet in that time. ;D
mcgugs 0
OP win: "to accomplish simple, everyday tasks." lol'ed when I saw this…was I the first to pick this up?
alan1011 0
shut up 179 she's a he'll of a lot smattering than u what do u do work on street corners soliciting sex?
randiZ25 0
geez really with the hate? ^^^^
birdfreak 24
no it's not!
ndvorsky 4
Why do people have trouble with it, it's a ******* hook, not that hard to figure out!!!
melikesfml 11
I can do it with one hand through a shirt:p. i want it off fast:)
Stiggy626 25
bro, there are 2 seams, just pinch them together and it almost always works. it may take a try or 2 but you'll get it
Deeno15 0
algood. it all depends on the bra ay
lmmmr 0
It takes you 5 minutes to realize that there is no opening in the back?
YouLameFace 0
It took you 5 minutes to realize it was velcro?
Herropreez17 0
Don't worry, I'm sure he will have a breakthrough eventually.
Stiggy626 25
ha ha you soon of a bitch
chrisgllgs 0
im 16 i failed my sophmore year and i still know how to un hook a bra easily :P sucks for you
Alexgoesfml 3
Honestly it sucks for you. You failed your sophmore year.
alex_vik 1
Probably because you spent all your time having sex instead of studying. OP, don't worry, a lot of guys have trouble with it.
blalien 0
Yeah, FYL. You can unhook a bra but your life savings is the OP's pocket change.
chrisgllgs 0
Comment moderated for rule-breaking.
imma revise that i failed four classes which i still failed sophmore but only cuz i went through a state of depression when my cousin got shot :( so my grades slipped ok and no it wasnt cuz i had sex all the time so :P
bollywood_rocks 0
sorry still don't feel sorry for you if you're proud of knowing how to unhook a bra.
abdur 0
lol I have to agree with #59 and the rest :P Also OP: FYL
treli1593 0
18 beat me to it =[
megapeyt 17
Dude no one cares about you. I agree, you're lying about your "cousin being shot." You could have posted "I'm 16 and know how to unhook a bra," the fact that you inserted that bit about failing your sophomore year was you trying to make yourself sound like a badass. Reality is, they said it, you'll make less in a lifetime at mcdonalds than he will in a year.
MyLifeIsWierd 12
Still at least try
Googolman 29
Being able to unhook a bra and failing your sophomore year isn't something to brag about.
SonyIsGod 13
Guess who isn't going to college!
Tubasaurus 0
Inspiration for a new robot to design maybe?
my_fml_account 2
win! I bet there's a big market for the Bra-b-gone 3000
16274692 0
brilliant!
revisionfail 0
is that not known as the Mk.1 scissor?
Rok_fml 0
Great idea :D
pat2rome 0
#4 wins!
Ultraviolet_fml 0
epic
flex_able 0
WIN!
kewlcat 0
hahaha its not at all!
TheChanel 0
awe :( Yeah, from a women's perspective, it's kinda hot when a guy can do it one handed. However, if you struggle with it, it's kind of a turn off FYL sorry dude
i_imagine 0
It's not a turn off, but it's not a turn ON either. It's neither of those for me. Personally, I think it's pretty cute. x)
i_imagine 0
Did I say it was a turn on? No. I said it WASN'T a turn on either. Lol@u for being a dumbass and not reading correctly and then mocking me for what I DIDN'T say.
Mnemic 6
I think hypoxxia was replying on TheChanel. ;) @OP well I would say try to practice but... go to a store where they sell bra's where you can unlock them on the show dolls there. :-P I suck at it as well sometimes but I got a good pair of scissors...
stanish 0
That scissors thing made me laugh.
AAAAHHHH12 2
#36 FTW haha
lmmmr 0
I'm sorry, no one who refers to themselves as "a women" is qualified to speak on women's behalf. And I definitely don't think one handed is a turn on. Just kinda makes me think of all the bras he must have been unhooking in the mean time. And I agree with #36.
fyourlife33 0
i_imagine youre the dumbass he wasnt even talking to you about the turn-on. way to look like a ******* idiot
This_Quiet_Storm 0
Dood... I'd be so mad. Nice bra's are expensive!
PaperMoon 0
Well, building robots and helping develop future technologies is more productive than unhooking a bra right?
smiller0789 3
But unhooking a bra is REproductive :p
HeWhoEatsAll423 0
I see what you did there.
soccergirl37 0
Win!
megapeyt 17
Depends on whose bra we're talking about ;)
functional 13
nice.
littlemuffet 0
Shut up.
abdur 0
Any reason why?
kazz_fml 0
good one nerd
bollywood_rocks 0
At least "NERD" probably makes more money in a year than you'll make in a lifetime,you idiot
Link5794 18
You must be new here, 11.
roadie42 21
Psh, my boyfriend is a gamer and a marine bio nerd (with a master's, mind you) and he can unhook a bra like a pro.
FMLouis 6
At least he has a bra to unhook 11
deadpoetic333 0
It really isn't that hard... I learned fairly quickly. They know how to make it complicated; squirming and giggling all playfully. Know how to do it smoothly and quick while they're doing that, you're good haha.