Today, I had to explain to my friend that the world did not used to be black and white. It was just the pictures that were. She still doesn't believe me. She's eighteen. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I had to explain to my 18-year-old daughter why she can't pull a duck face pose for her driver's license. She still doesn't believe me. FML
Today, because no one else was willing to, I had to explain to my uncle that he's white, that I'm not his grandfather, and that he's mentally challenged. FML
Today, I had to explain to my husband that the Earth is not flat. He didn’t believe me. FML
Today, I had to explain to my white girlfriend that dating me doesn't give her the right to call my mother the N-word. FML
Today, I had to slowly and very seriously explain to my mother why there is no 'White History Month'. I can't believe we are actually related. FML
Today, I had to explain to my grandmother why, "What a nice singing voice! He doesn't sound black at all!" is not a compliment. FML
Today, I had to explain to my friend that a blue raspberry is not a blackberry, and that blue raspberry is an artificial flavor, not a fruit. This explanation took much longer than it should have. FML
Today, I had to explain to my Pokemon-obsessed 6-year-old cousin that Albinos are not "Shiny People". FML
Today, I had to explain to my daughter that no, just because the word, "salad" is in the name, it doesn't mean that macaroni or potato salad are automatically healthy for you. She still doesn't believe me. She's 19. FML
Today, my friend sent me a weird selfie in black and white. I sent one back, and she said I looked like an 80s porn star. It was funny, but then three of my friends had the same reaction. I didn't even look good in the picture. FML
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MizzErikaHart 8
It's always been hard for me to imagine the past being in color because of black n white pics
Redoxx_fml 22
There used to be no sound in the world either
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Comments (236)
Rocky007 15
Interestingly, there were only two or three different words for colors among primitive tribes.
Defenestrations 2
does she also think the world is flat? :P
ch3s 4
There actually is (sadly) a group of people who still are convinced the world is flat.-begin sarcastic enthusiasm- They even have a website for discussion. -end sarcastic enthusiasm-
sadeyes18 1
Wow people these days
Drigr 9
I award your friend the Dumb Bitch of the Decade award
BunBunBabe 8
Your friend has the intelligence of someone mentally handicapped... Good things she's a girl, she might have a chance in this world lmao dumb girls get away with a lottt
Dearthairclann 7
She should spend more time with her grandparents...
Locoluis 15
In the beginning, the world was in full color. All older paintings are in color. Da Vinci lived in a colorful world. The French Revolution and Napoleon's Empire were all in full color. That all changed by the ascent of Queen Victoria to the throne in 1837. The most powerful monarch in the world was so full of gloom that she effectively turned the whole world to black and white. Even after her death, there was but a faint memory of the colorful world before her, and so it took a while for the world to recover its color. That's why both World Wars happened in black and white. The world only started to show signs of recovery during the sixties, but it wasn't until the spring of 1978 that color was recovered worldwide. This is my theory about how the world was black and white in the past.
BunBunBabe 8
Tell her Mickey mouse colored the world in by hand with a magic marker, she'll believe that..
yourlifesfucked 0
Before 3D televisions came out, the world only had 2 dimensions. True story.
The_Hitdude 12
Wait..does that mean Technicolor wasn't created by a mad scientist to plague the world with color? My life is a lie!!!