anon
Today, I had to explain to someone in my class who Gandhi really was and that he was not a fictional goblin. 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.
Same thing different taste
happy birthday to me
United States
Today, I had to explain to half of my class that yes, my birthday is on the same day as Hitler's, but no, it does not make me a Nazi. FML
riiiighhhttttt
Laurel, United States
Today, I actually had to explain to my sister that Shrek was not in fact based on a true story. She replied that I'm a "clueless twat". FML
Dsark
San Diego, United States
Today, during a lecture, my teacher jokingly talked about the time he was best buds with George Washington. Another student then asked, "Really? You knew him?" I'm in an advanced placement U.S. history class. FML
PrettySureItsReal
Saint Peters, United States
Today, a parent of one of the students I teach called me to complain that I was teaching her child "lies" and "fairytales". I was teaching them about the Holocaust. FML
Anonymous
Auburn, United States
Today, I had to explain to my teacher that Czechoslovakia is no longer a country. She kicked me out of class when she found out I was right. FML
Puddlepop
Santa Cruz, United States
Today, in history class I was called "ignorant" and "inconsiderate" because I referred to Stalin as a "he". FML
Anonymous
United States
Today, I had to explain to my grandfather that Canadians aren't evil by reminding him that he's Canadian. FML
ThatLove
Worb, Switzerland
Too realistic
Today, I had to explain to my housemate that the cast of "The Crown" is not the real Royal Family impersonating themselves. FML
FrustratedTutor
Andover, United States
Culture wars
Today, the kid I was tutoring told me that, "Pirates were a myth. Like the Greeks and Romans." He's 16. FML
Anonymous
Increase school funding, please?
Today, my teacher began to explain Veterans' Day and why it's on 11/11 to a new student from Iran. He said he already knew, but this was news to almost everyone else in the class. FML
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GrinchFu1 27
Day by day my faith in the long term survival of our species is slowly being whittled away. Stuff like this literally hurts my brain.
Richard6036 13
I'm so surprised that in a computer generation people are just dumber than ever with all the knowledge at their fingertips and yet people say things like this so common sense is not so common and ignorance is running rampant
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Comments (69)
crazycatlady5513 4
Sounds like the ppl at my school! I swear someone asks me a question that reaches a new level of stupid every damn day!
snarkytruth 37
Too stupid to live! Everyone knows he is that wizard that kept losing his ring. ;)
wolf12king 12
I didn't know who Gandhi was until last year when I was in 9th grade.
writerchic85 26
They must have been thinking of Golem.
Headcrab 29
"no, the paedophile"
deathperado 0
Easy access to almist all of human knowledge yet the people are dumber than maybe ever before. Or at least compared to the availability of information.
Kotine 11
lol I'm doing a project on Mohandas and working on it rn
tlnorman 18
That is a special kind of stupid right there. I don't know if it's curable or not.
pancakessdsjsn 17
I gotta meet this kid.