Avery
Los Angeles, United States
Today, I realized I've been confusing scenes from The Lord of the Rings with American history. FML
Collection
Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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)
swimchar 0
happens all the time for me! im a history buff but i still sometimes start talking bout battles in Game of Thrones
Skelebitch 0
Lord of the Rings is better :)
subversivefreak 2
It isn't so far fetched. Lord of the Rings was written around the time of World War 2. In a sense, there are some parallels with particular events in world (as opposed to American) history. However, I'm talking about the broader backdrop rather than the personal storyline.
alyssana 0
Frodo failed... George Bush has the ring.
trolodon 2
YOU SHALL NOT PASS(history class)!!!!!
HaleyXx_fml 11
I've been doing the same with with skits from american dad.
aljen90 2
And this is why other countries call us idiots
Tyvex 2
Bitch please America don't have a history, they've only been around for a fraction of English history let alone the ancient empires
HaleyXx_fml 11
So the long wars and hardships endured by the American forefathers doesn't count as history? Let alone impacts we have had in the world. The chase for freedom that opened up so many opportunities for the rest of the world. I thin America has much history.
keeganwh 2
A history of bloodshed and cruelty towards native populations, not to mention slavery and civil war (followed by foreign war after war after war after war) then unwanted overseas occupations. Then there's all the domestic violence, religious violence and intolerance, and the general racism, sexism, and greed... Oh, and three of your own presidents have been assassinated.
HaleyXx_fml 11
Just about every other country started off that way too so I don't see why you are stereo typing America.
Dr__Bozo 4
From now on an "A+" will be your precious.
grrrrmetigers 0
crazy as it sounds, our class learned about one of the battles from that movie!
MoutainDrewski 0
Actually LOTR is somewhat based on events that happened in WW2, Nazghouls=Nazis
keeganwh 2
Actually, it's based on the events of World War I, as Tolkien (and several of his friends) fought in that war - but not in WWII (he acted merely as a codebreaker for the English). Also it's spelled Nazgul.