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)
SusannaxBanana 0
Omg That's almost what I wanna be. I wanna be an Electronic Engineer. lol I'm only 15 and if you want I could help you with this. lmfao FYL
DieterDerBlau 0
So much easier to RIP the bra off of her. Failing that, use a knife to cut away the annoying material.
Ultraviolet_fml 0
ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!
karrdesw 0
You've been spending 12 years designing robots and you couldn't figure out how to spin that into a line that would get you the OPPORTUNITY to unhook a bra any sooner than that? C'mon, Most engineers I know get laid as long as they leave the house.
H7705311 0
use right hand place middle finger under the bra strap while being front to front. take thumb and forefinger and snap fingers together while grasping material, this is a surefire way to unhook a bra. I have been using it since I was 14
poopy910 8
haha dont worry my boyfriend had a REALLY hard time with it, still is XD
insert_name 0
yeah, can get a bit tricky, try one hand and just pinching it, that usually works for me :P
MrsWorldwide 0
ROTFLMAO!
summer66_fml 0
i nvr get how guys have trouble with that. its a hook & an eye. how hard can it get???
RPGod 0
I just use a buzzsaw.