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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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
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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Comments (265)
kitkatkelly 0
Oh my god they are NOT THAT DIFFICULT. I can reach behind and unhook my own bra with one hand, instantly.
soozin 0
Haha, no need to worry, as someone said, bras are just a tricky matter. Here, check out this youtube video on "How to undo her bra with one hand" :D (of course, its easier to use two but maybe it'll help ya out a bit): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eorw05P_HSg&feature=channel_page
christopherlove 0
Man, you shouldn't be wearing bras anyway.
regalarius 0
You, sir, win!
namelessfew 0
Are you one of the RL guys from Big Bang Theory?
that_guy321 2
the "mechanism" used to unhook a bra is your fingers :] and it's not really all that hard. i'm a guy and can easily do it with one hand, through a shirt
jt8787 0
same here, its soo easy to do it through a shirt. 2 fingers is all you need my friend.
AmyBeth 0
Your a guy you don't need to worry about that, unless you have moobs . . . But, honestly you just use your fingers and its like the SIMPLEST thing ever!
SuperSpore 0
Weird, there's an ad for a place that sells bras on this page right now. Strange. OneStopPlus.com
happylittleman 0
Not strange. The ads are based off of whatever people are talking about on the page. If this FML was about cars, the ad would probably also be about cars. For some reason people always have a hard time grasping this.
GrapefruitZoe 0
Haha, it can be confusing, honey. Really, it's okay. (I am a female.)
skabassist 0
http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-undo-her-bra-with-one-hand this video made everything easy. Learn from it