Avery
Los Angeles, United States
Today, I realized I've been confusing scenes from The Lord of the Rings with American history. FML
Collection
Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Same thing different taste
JStein
Hampshire, United States
Today my boyfriend and my best friend had a very lengthy, detailed conversation about Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit, of which I know nothing about. Once they stopped, I looked at him and smiled, and he responded with, "Why can't you be more like her?" FML
nickw177
United States
Today, my wife confused terminology from my religion with stuff from Harry Potter. FML
Gollumapparently
My precious
Today, my friend and I took an online quiz to find out what character from Lord of the Rings we look like. She got Arwen. I got Gollum. FML
Anonymous
Grays, United Kingdom
Stop right now!
Today, my dad watched his first Lord of the Rings marathon. Now he keeps spouting lines from the movies, and thought it'd be funny to hide in my closet, just to jump out at me screaming, "My precious!" FML
Anonymous
Vällingby, Sweden
Today, I realized that what I thought for years was my country's National Anthem, is actually the theme song of a TV show. FML
nerd
Today, I understand the finer points of the government in Star Wars better than I understand the U.S. government. FML
Anonymous
Taren Point, Australia
Culture war bullshit
Today, I realised that American political BS is even in countries as far away as my own when I drove past a "Trump won" sign on my way home from work. FML
DLS
United States
Today, I realised I know the map on World of Warcraft better than the map of my own country. FML
brainrot
Oh, right
Today, I spent an entire conversation nodding and agreeing with someone, only to realize near the end that I'd misunderstood one key detail and was agreeing with the opposite of what they meant. I laughed awkwardly and said, “Oh, I thought you meant the other thing.” They said, “I know.” FML
IBS
Shanghai, China
Today, after finishing a two hour essay exam that will determine the future of my career, I realized I misread the question. FML
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alstbv12 13
One does not simply confuse real life with Lord of the Rings.
MisterMuffinz 13
If only our history was as cool as LOTR's...
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Comments (176)
chels1994 11
I love nerds (:
jdcg116 10
o_O
duncanbaseball 0
YOU SHALL NOT PASS AMERICAN HISTORY!!!!
anarchistpunk 3
Thats ******* pathetic. So what, did you confuse the elf dude with Harry Truman some how?
perdix 31
Dick Cheney is Gollum, right?
kittyluv425 5
You won't ace any tests with that...
MrBoredomioo 18
No, I have a felling that HE SHALL NOT PASS the American History class
dannykilljoy 4
That is NOT an FML haha
tobedd 13
Getting old is cruel mistress. Hugs
mikeymuskrat89 4
When George Washington crossed the Delaware on a giant eagle to throw the britans ring of power in to the fires of mount doom this is exactly what he saw for this free country's future generations.
jojoboy 0
I see nothing wrong with that!