Today, my college class was talking about Felix Baumgartner, who jumped from the edge of space down to earth. A boy suddenly put his head up and said in a serious tone, "I thought he jumped from the moon?" Several girls concurred. This is my generation. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my 5-year-old told me that she'd learnt about gravity, then asked, “So when you fall down, is it because the Earth punched you?” I said yes, along with a giggle. Later at the supermarket, she tripped and screamed, “THE EARTH HIT ME AGAIN!” I was then reminded of high school when it felt like everyone was staring at me. FML
Today, while teaching my high school class about astronomy, I showed them a picture of earth from space. One girl raised her hand, and asked me what the "white things" were. In other words, clouds. FML
Today, in astronomy class, a kid used Uranus in a hilarious innuendo. I was the only one who laughed. I also happen to be the teacher. FML
Today, I got a call from my 8-year-old's 3rd grade teacher. Apparently a question went around class asking, "Why do you think you were put on this Earth?", and my son answered, "My dad says it's because I swam the fastest." FML
Today, my friend took me tandem skydiving. When it was time to jump, he began crying, said he'd cut our parachute cords, then said "Goodbye, cruel world!" and pushed me off the plane with him strapped to my back. I pissed myself and cried like a bitch. He thinks his "prank" was hilarious. FML
Today, my whole family was so excited about watching the Artemis II launch and scolded me for not mustering more enthusiasm. Great, we can go to space now… so anytime someone talks about real issues like climate change or racism, we'll hear, "Well just go to space then" or "Space will solve our problems." FML
Today, I found out I was 13th in a graduating class of about 350 students. When I told my mother, without batting an eye, she told me, "Hey, shit floats". FML
Today, after giving a speech at college, I did the good ol' mic drop. The microphone fell with a loud bang that was heard through the clapping. FML
Today, a short guy asked me how the world looked "up there", as I'm really tall. I decided to lift him up so he could see for himself. I failed both times I tried, to the great amusement of everyone watching. FML
Today, while teaching juniors about black holes, I said, "Imagine everything being sucked into a black hole." An African-American student shouted, "I'd better start clenching!" Nobody took the lesson seriously after that. FML
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mowmowlife 21
It seems they don't understand the gravity of the situation.
flockz 20
if that was the case, screw jumping back to Earth. i don't want to live on this planet anymore anyway.
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tne201992 12
OP, this is truly sad! This is reminds me of time, during U.S history my junior year. We were discussing about the roaring 1920's, my teacher brought up facts about that decade. A girl asked, "That was during time of Pearl Harbor right?" That really ruined my day..
thursday817 6
Things are really looking up for us; I have high hopes for our future.
IsThisMyName 0
No, 15 is right. You misquoted Armstrong. His exact words were "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." You quoted the first part correctly but not the second. Look it up if you think I'm wrong. I thought you were wrong but looked it up to be sure and I was right.
zingline89 18
Thank you 42, I was just about to post what you said, almost word for word.
Isoldael 27
It's "one giant leap" - if you're going to correct people who corrected you, look it up. You can even hear it on the audio recordings.
Isoldael 27
Sorry - took me ages to type and look it up on my phone (it's rather slow). So, sorry for the double correction :(
neurodoc 1
They didn't know it wasn't from the moon but was from mars? Jeez.. They need to listen to TMZ more regularly!
ccoverup 5
Have you ever thought that maybe they just happened to not be familiar with that particular news? For all you know they could be smarter than you in alot of other ways. The sad thing about our generation is people like you who are constantly judging. Plus this is your own generation youre talking about, and incase you forgot you are a part of it, unless you feel like you are somehow superior compared to everyone else -_-
tne201992 12
Well I mean come in your generations is filled with Swag! That's pretty sad, when I'm old and hopefully retired, these swags will be taking care of me! :o
tne201992 12
*on
CharresBarkrey 16
This has nothing to do with keeping up with the news. They're stupid for believing someone could actually jump from the moon to Earth.
bowlbarger 1
This is where I wish there was a button stating " I agree, the world is doomed"....
perdix 31
They are confused, the cow did that after it got diddled by a violin-toting cat.