Today, I had to explain to half of my class that yes, my birthday is on the same day as Hitler's, but no, it does not make me a Nazi. FML
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Autumn: Leaves and Laughter
When the leaves fall, the laughter rises. Discover autumn stories as crisp as dried leaves!
Today, we had to discuss our heritage at school. When I told the class that I'm German, Japanese, and of the Jewish faith, my teacher laughed at the "irony." Something like this always happens whenever I tell people my background. FML
Today, I was discussing my family heritage with my girlfriend's parents. The moment I told them that I came from a German background, her seven-year-old brother pointed at me and yelled, "HITLER!" FML
Today, I had to explain to someone in my class who Gandhi really was and that he was not a fictional goblin. FML
Today, my daughter is so out of touch with anything not related to her phone and her social popularity that she doesn't know who Hitler was. I had to show her on YouTube, and while we aren't religious anymore, we are a Jewish family so this is an extra level of parental shame for me. FML
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
Today, there was a new girl in one of my classes. We both corrected a classmate on his grammar, so, trying to make a new friend, I leaned back to her and said, "Haha, fellow Grammar Nazi?" She gave me a disgusted look and told me she was Jewish. FML
Today, it was my high school graduation. Because our school colors were red, black and white, and our principal looked somewhat like Hitler, the senior class prank was to salute him when he finished his speech. I was the only one. FML
Today, my teacher assigned us teams in a class debate. I landed on the team that had to argue the obviously wrong point of view. When I finished, my teacher told me and the entire class how much I disturbed her, and how I reminded her of Hitler and Napoleon. FML
Today, I had to explain to multiple people that even though I'm white, I have no interest in joining a hate group. FML
Today, going through my late grandmother's papers, I found out that my grandfather had never been in the Nazi party. The reason he was not allowed to work as a teacher was that he had never passed his university exams. He found an invented Nazi past less shameful than academic failure. FML
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Kibaruto 33
Do you celebrate both? Or just yours?
lVluse 15
Ignorance - There is no cure.
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Comments (182)
blayzie420 7
also, 4-20!
lovewrightordie 5
That means your birthday is also on national marijuana day
andromeda335 9
Try explaining that your great grandparents shared the same last name before and after marriage and they weren't related....
buggy711 4
mine is too! haha
sanecatlady 13
My sister-in-law's birthday is on September 11th. That doesn't mean she somehow caused the terrorist attacks!
ulissey_fml 22
It's my birthday too. It also happened to be on a full moon ( I was born at dawn) and on a Good Friday . Thus I'm both Aries and a Fire Dragon. Guess what: I'm just normal. Maybe a little full of passions, but normal.
that60steen 5
My birthday is on 9/11 but I haven't heard anyone call me terrorist. Though I did get called a terrorist after the Boston Marathon because apparently I look Chechen.
star14394 20
My birthday is on Hitler's wedding day :(
binbin05_fml 11
you wanna change with me ? I'm the april's fools
hulopro 16
It could be worse. My dad was born on the date JFK died