Today, my mom saw a picture of the moon and asked me what "those big spots" were. She actually thought the craters were continents and tried correcting me when I told her what they were. Then I almost got into trouble for being disrespectful. FML
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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, my mother told me the sun was the largest planet in the solar system. When I told her it was a star, she accused me of lying. We had to bring Google into this. FML
Today, I confidently corrected someone in a group conversation. I was wrong. Very wrong. Everyone stared while Google proved me incorrect in seconds. I nodded and pretended I meant something else. FML
Today, my mom put me in an anger management class because I said "crap." FML
Today, I had to listen to my mother painstakingly spell out to me why broken glass is extremely dangerous. Feeling insulted, I jokingly asked her if she thought I was "retarded". I then got yelled at for "swearing." I'm a fucking adult, but my overprotective and condescending mother seems to think otherwise. FML
Today, an old friend of my mom's yelled at me for "ignoring" her. I wasn't responding because she was getting my name wrong, so I assumed she was referring to someone else. FML
Today, I was told I was disrespectful for letting a parent know that her son was disrespecting adults. FML
Today, I showed my mom a picture of a baby sloth. She then said, "Wait, sloths are real?" She thought Ice Age made them up. FML
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, I confidently corrected someone’s pronunciation of a word during a conversation. They pulled out their phone, looked it up, and turned the screen towards me. I was wrong. They said, “No worries!” while absolutely worrying me forever. FML
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jlang917 14
Hopefully you are not home-schooled OP!
NicoleP1993 29
Alrighty, time to anonymously spam her e-mail with zoomed in pictures of the moon accompanied by scientific explanations... and pray you got your wit from your dad's side..
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Comments (39)
iPixelCheese 19
Your mom is a special kind of stupid, huh?
AviKerensky 17
Is this the same mom who grounded you for leaving the seat up?
EvilLittleMan 23
My sincere apologies OP but that's a special kind of stupid and I am certain you will be able to distance yourself academically.
Soverain 15
It takes a special kind of mental gymnastics to ask someone a question they know nothing about and then trying to correct the person they asked.
EarlFug 19
Thinking it was made of Swiss cheese would actually be a step in the right direction for her.
ThatOneAstro 15
Why would she even ask you a question if she didn't even think you were right?
airforce987 20
Actually they're not craters, they're the lunar "seas" although they don't have water. The ancient Greeks assumed they were bodies of water which is how they get their name, but they were not formed by impact craters, rather through volcanic reactions underneath the moon's surface.
CanisInfernus 12
I hate people who ask questions and then get mad when you don't give the answer they want. FYL.
bruh_56 6
Are you the same one with the crappy drawings?
deathmec 20
You can't fix stupid.