Today, I only just found out that the abbreviation "lbs" is actually short for pounds. I've been saying "labs" my entire life. I'm 21. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I found out I've been misspelling my middle name for 25 years. FML
Today, at work I put myself squarely in the lame / old people category when I foolishly asked out loud what FML meant. FML
Today, at the age of 22, I found out that Wednesday has another D in it. Literally no one ever corrected me. FML
Today, I realized that since I was in elementary school, my friends, my workmates, and even my family, all call me accidentally by someone else's name instead of my actual name. I'm 30 years-old. FML
Today, I sent my resume to a place where I hoped to work at. Since the job requires me to be doing work on the run, I put on it that I have a laptop. The only problem is that I always thought it was "labtop." I didn't learn the correct spelling until my daughter called me an idiot, she's 6. FML
Today, I found out that I've been using a "Trick Scale" that my family bought to boost my self esteem so I'd think I was losing weight. I found this out at my physical, where I learned I have actually gained ten pounds. FML
Today, I found out that I've been pronouncing "quinoa" wrong for years. FML
Today, I was mistaken for an 8th grader because of my height. I'm 32 years-old. FML
Today, I learned that I've been saying a word wrong my whole life and all my friends have been too polite to correct me, when I found out that "Segue" and "Segway" are pronounced the same. FML
Today, stepping on a scale for the first time in years, I had to lift up my stomach to see the number. FML
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xSavaqee 12
I guess we all know you didn't pay attention in school.
J215B 33
I'm surprised that nobody ever corrected you before. You must have some crap friends.
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Comments (119)
jackipdoc 31
My sister pronounces it "illibles". She always has.
bearin 9
How did you pass the 4th grade?
LyricaSilvan 30
So I guess the next question is... How many labs do you weigh?
4laur48 15
People probably thought you were weighing yourself in dogs all this time lol
Shaolin_za 8
The imperial system is so backwards in any case. In metric system the acronyms actually make sense. For example 'kg' stands for kilo grams. See ?
KrazyKatz3 26
How do you abbreviate pounds to lbs? That always confused me. And there might have been a way to pronounce it... I'm sorry OP
shannon2348 14
did you go to school?
randybryant799 21
I will never understand how people make it through school without learning the basics.
angus 17
Great education system you have… is there any wonder the tangerine tyrant got elected?