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By pirsquared - 28/01/2012 01:20 - United States

Today, I had to Google how to find the area of a circle. I'm working on my PhD in engineering. FML

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By Anonymous - 01/07/2009 02:39 - United States

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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By mathguy - 03/05/2012 12:16 - United States - Green Bay

Today, I went for a job interview for a building position at a retail store. They saw on my application that I was good at math. They asked me what the circumference of a circle is. Being nervous during the interview, I accidentally said the area of a circle. I didn't get the job. FML

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By still single - 06/08/2015 01:22 - Brazil - Santa Maria

Today, it was still easier for me to get an engineering PhD than it is to get a girlfriend. FML

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By ImAnEngineer - 23/09/2015 17:09 - United States - Canandaigua

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

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By Anonymous - 16/05/2019 20:25

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

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By jibjab - 11/01/2009 16:46 - Canada

Today, I have a degree in electrical engineering, my wife was doing a crossword and asked me what are the units of capacitance, I couldn't remember. FML

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By hopelesscollegestudent - 21/09/2012 16:22 - Canada

Today, I asked my college chemistry teacher for some much-needed help. Instead of explaining anything to me, she scoffed that if I don't understand something, I should "just Google it." FML

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By Anonymous - 13/03/2023 22:00

Today, I got into a heated, one-sided argument with my GPS, and ended up driving around in circles for an hour due to roadworks messing with my GPS's computations. FML

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By aviators - 07/04/2009 18:37 - United States

Today, I got back my math test. Instead of taking the time to mark the mistakes, my professor just circled the bottom half of the page and wrote "OMG." FML

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By anonymous - 21/11/2012 18:16 - United States - Tucson

Today, I have a final for my precalculus class. After hours of studying this week, I felt pretty optimistic. Until I got to class and realized that I'd forgotten my calculator. FML

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Saturday 28 January 2012 5:11

Pi(r)^2

krystal1609 4

Saturday 28 January 2012 5:11

To smart for the basic stuff!

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Akay4 14

Thursday 17 October 2013 4:23

πr^2

tg210 6

Saturday 19 April 2014 6:29

A=pi•r^2

tzemmy 25

Monday 30 June 2014 0:46

i am 13. i know how to do that. smh

crazyginger103 5

Wednesday 23 July 2014 21:17

A=π times the radius squared

valkyire 8

Friday 14 November 2014 18:10

There's no reason to memorize facts if you know how to look them up

ShipBandMembers 9

Wednesday 28 January 2015 0:29

I suggest the circle song on YouTube

connormce10 12

Friday 31 July 2015 10:17

Pi*r^2

Subcontinent 14

Sunday 6 March 2016 11:59

We had a circle song to help us remember this shit: pi r squared sounds like area to me if you need a circumference you just use pi d

ItsThisGirl 17

Saturday 30 April 2016 8:40

Everybody here with shit to say is probably uneducated and have never set foot on a campus. Keep it real OP.

emilyh7689 14

Monday 20 June 2016 5:01

That's sad I'm in 8th grade, studying forensic science and crime scene investigation and can still figure out something as simple as that.

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