Today, after expressing some of my reservations about the amount of work I have to do to accomplish my thesis on time, my graduate advisor compared my search for knowledge to Tom Hanks's odyssey in the movie "Castaway". 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, we watched a movie in class. Afterwards, the professor asked us what we thought. I raised my hand and said it was pretentious, dull and a really poor example of filmmaking. It was the movie HE spent five years writing and directing. FML
Today, I "answered" an email instead of "forwarding" it. As a result, there is a chance that my Master's thesis supervisor gets a message from me starting by the F-word, and complaining about my bad work and inability to understand a deadline. FML
Today, my dad insisted on having a family movie night. He chose the movies Jaws and Mayday. I'm going on a diving expedition tomorrow. FML
Today, I asked my professor for his opinion on the subject I plan to study in my thesis. Turns out, he likes it so much that he's going to steal it from me. FML
Today, I held a presentation about my masters thesis. Turns out, my professor never ever actually read the drafts I'd given him, but decided to rip me to pieces in front of everyone, saying that the topic isn't worth researching. I've been working on it for six months. FML
Today, for the nth time, my father reminded me that I should study things related to the "real" world, as if I was studying theology, astrology or something. I'm studying for a master's degree in physics. FML
Today, I finished my 83-page thesis for my Stanford class and put it on my desk. Then, as a prank, my girlfriend hid it. She forgot where she put it. The thesis is due in 3 days. FML
Today, I found out that my husband wasn’t at “work” like he said he was. He'd told me he couldn’t come to my Master degree graduation because he was called into “work” last minute. I guess “work” is code word for the “movie theatre” watching Spider-Man with an unidentified female person. FML
Today, my faculty mentor for my senior capstone project wasn't at my presentation for the entire department faculty. I assumed his wife or kids were sick, but that piece of shit told me himself that he was at home watching the new season of Stranger Things. FML
Today, if I was watching my life as a movie, I'd be thinking: "Come on, it is SO obvious that this will be a story about some gods having a bet about how fast they can get this woman to kill herself, and whether big things like health problems work best, or rather constant small annoyances." FML
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Top comments
TheOtherNewest1 6
I'm not quite sure that's an FML. I wish there was a "So what?" button right about now. Oh, and of course...first.
piddly_03 0
...and? but anyway.. Tom Hanks was awesome in that movie, you should be excited about being compared to him.
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Comments (42)
urbanlover 3
Great movie. Stupid FML.
chloe_grl44 0
WHAT DOES OP MEAN???
piles_of_fail 0
a) stop with the caps. all it does is irritate those who might otherwise civilly answer your question. b) OP means Original Poster. aka the person who posted the FML
DeadMansCrack 4
At least you weren't compared to "Forrest Gump".
furismurder 4
win
chloe_grl44 0
WHAT THE **** DOES OP MEAN?
piles_of_fail 0
post your question ONCE, and wait for someone to bloody answer!!!!
FerrariCake 2
This one is confusing. You mean he compared your search for knowledge to Tom Hanks leaving the island on a raft and getting rescued a few days later? And then returning home to everyone being happy about finding him? Ummm... so your advisor suggested you'll be rescued soon and people will rejoice? Stop trying to write clever FMLs and just get to work on your thesis.
willard3663 20
Except another man had already taken his wife...no time for boyfriends or girlfriends in grad school anyway I don't guess
Pepin_the_Short 0
Kudos #21 and O.P. It's refreshing to see someone else pursuing a higher education. Though it is SAD that half of the commenters don't understand what it's like to pursue a higher degree than your high school diploma.
super_fantastic 0
@ #49: I completely agree with you but, you sound like an arrogant prick.
piles_of_fail 0
so what are you implying, exactly? That people making fun of the OP for complaining about their workload aren't pursuing a higher education? Well, news for you, that's not always true. I'm in my second year of college, personally. Idk about everyone else, but methinks you should do your homework before making ignorant assumptions like that.
Dilwann 27
Agreed. And a thesis is supposed to be hard work. Some people skip their thesis and complete it the next year so they'll have more time for it. Don't complain. Be glad you got this far. But really, if you're complaining about the workload for your thesis, I don't want to know how little you did the previous years.
suri23 11
That's what a thesis committee is for-to protect you against nut job advisors!
beaverteeth92 0
Is it a thesis on volleyball psychology?
jacquelinexlee 0
i dont understand this how is it a FML ?
blissly 0
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