Today, I heard a teenage boy ask his friend, "So, is it, like, November in Australia too?" This is the future of America. 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
Today, I heard two of my students having a conversation. One asked what state Arizona was in, and the other replied Canada. I teach sixth grade social studies and they weren't joking. FML
Today, while teaching my history class, a girl asked me where North America was. She lives in North America. FML
Today, my boyfriend asked me when I was going to shave my arms now that summer is coming in Australia. FML
Today, the boy I have crush on at school announced that his family were moving to Australia. My friend thought that it would be funny to spread a rumour that I was moving too, in order to follow him. Everyone has heard it, and unfortunately everyone believes it, including him. FML
We the people are tired
Today, I live abroad, but I was born in the USA so I'm sick of people asking me who I voted for in the last election, all while looking at me weirdly and suspiciously. FML
Educational
Today, a police officer came to talk to the kids at my workplace. He asked what they wanted to hear about first. A group of them shouted, "The donuts, tells us about the donuts." Apparently these idiots are the future of my country. FML
Today, I was riding a bus. After having a conversation with my friend, I looked down and saw a little boy looking at me. He asked, "Are you a boy or a girl?" As if that wasn't bad enough, when I responded that I was a girl, he said, "Oh. So, why do you have a boy voice then?" FML
Today, my son asked me if slavery was ever abolished. He's 19. FML
Today, I heard my ten-year-old brother say, "Are hamburgers a reptile?" FML
So do some adults…
Today, I discovered that apparently my six-year-old daughter actually believes that the United States is the only country with advanced technology. FML
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Sandsh8rk 36
To answer the teenagers question: No, we have a special month called Kangaroocember, where we all celebrate Australia by finding kangaroos and riding in their pouches. ...OF COURSE it's November in Australia. Just like the rest of the world. >.<
SApprentice 34
... I can only hope that the boy was trying to refer to the weather difference, and not the actual month, because otherwise this is just another crushing blow to my faith in humanity.
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melsaraj 9
Wow
mashimarox 12
I'n literally shaking my head at this. I wonder how the parents are too xD. And i'm puting this as a reply to the first comment because their comment sucked ass.
imavelociraptor 6
My friend thought American was a race. I told her she was jamaican because both of her parents were and she said that she wasn't because she was born in America. This went on for probably almost an hour.
BlowinChronic 18
14- It sounds like you're trying to write an FML... A really bad FML.
nirvi 3
14-just to be clear- Jamaican isn't a race either.
BoredReader88 5
Is it, like, still 2012 in Germany?
chellyX92 8
14, first, if your friend was born in America, they're American. Second these are nationalities not races. A good amount of the Jamaicans descend back from Africa when the Spanish brought them over. Please go back to school.
onlychildFTW 34
Born in a county makes you a citizen of that country because of birth certificates. So your friend is American. You are the one that's horribly wrong. Not your friend.
StalkerChick 13
I think he was trying to say, "Is it winter in Australia, too?" Well, that's what I hope he was aiming for.
Meettitan 14
104, me too. It makes a lot more sense, considering it's not winter in Australia right now...
chris2213 2
That is still pretty bad
imavelociraptor 6
I'm sorry. By race I meant nationality. The problem was that she was saying she wasn't jamaican because she was born in America. She isn't African-American because her family is from the Islands. Yeah, I guess they came from Africa but that doesn't make them African. We all ORIGINALLY came from one place but we are all different races. I guess I worded it incorrectly. I promise i'm not a total idiot :)
nb1234 8
131- if your friend was born in America and still resides here her nationality is American! Regardless of where her parents are from...
germbrain 2
@#101 That's wrong in general. That is maybe how it works in the US but it's not the same for other parts of the world.
Samm3721 0
I don't get why everyone's so upset about this... More than likely it was a miscommunication or he used the wrong word... And if he really did mean it they way interpreted: he could have a mental or brain disorder... So although it seems obvious to us... 2 him its probably something he has 2 think
Sandsh8rk 36
To answer the teenagers question: No, we have a special month called Kangaroocember, where we all celebrate Australia by finding kangaroos and riding in their pouches. ...OF COURSE it's November in Australia. Just like the rest of the world. >.<
ewang_ 12
You know, in Australia we actually care about the rest of the world. Not like America. All you care about is your own country.
tarasdp 6
Oh you know some dumb ass teens would believe that.....hell I know adults that would!
hapy_pig098 13
Woah bro calm down I'm mexican and live on america and no offense but white people are pretty stupid
s15c 9
Can't believe nobody has said this yet. They were talking about how the seasons are flipped for the two hemispheres, and with flipped seasons he might have thought the months flipped as well. There's an intelligent discussion behind it, it's just a silly but forgivable question.
nirvi 3
54-I would agree with you if the question came from 8-11 yr old.. If it came from a person>14, god bless America! And the world!
Alliente 9
31- Just because you have kangaroos doesn't mean you can hate on 'MURICA.
KingMomo360 13
Kangaroocember sounds so awesome.
peachesncreem 21
Kangaroocember? Pfft. I ride kangaroos everyday. It's how I get to work. **** driving.
Metallica36176 16
Thats funny 31 because I can remember us saving your asses in World War 2...
RedPillSucks 33
What? No polar beers? (FYI spelling intended)
Pyapi 20
Actually, the first thing that popped into my mind was that it would be November 30th in California. THEN, it technically wouldn't be November in Australia. But that's not the case here, is it? And 54, one really has to be amazed at how many people aren't aware of the seasons being different. I swear I studied that in the 4th grade when I was living in the USA, so how come they still don't know it? '-'
decidedlyvague 11
It isn't November in Australia. Everyone knows that it's February over in that backwards country. Duh.
Trojan_Whore 2
**** yeah. It's how I get to work too. Because riding a Kangaroo is absolutely physically possible. They don't stand upright or anything. I was actually asked by a girl in London if we ride the Kangaroos and have Koala's in all our trees. Seriously..... REALLY??
SApprentice 34
... I can only hope that the boy was trying to refer to the weather difference, and not the actual month, because otherwise this is just another crushing blow to my faith in humanity.
sar4hboo 16
After reading some of the entries on this site, I'm not really sure why someone might have any faith in humanity left....
SApprentice 34
13- Because otherwise the bleak blackness of depression eats at you as you sit and contemplate all the pain and cruelty in the world, all the idiotic and foolish behavior. It's easier for me to wake up everyday and attempt to lie to myself than to admit that existence is its own special form of hell.
xXxSCREAMxXx 3
19-I wish I could thumb you up more than once. I would spam that thumb if I could.
RedPillSucks 33
@19. Don't worry. It'll all be over on December 21. That's June, in Australia.
racerapj 10
I don't want to live on this planet anymore...
mvc3ftw 17
Then gtfo >.>
BawsOfTheBeasts 5
Then go to Planet Australia.
onlychildFTW 34
No ones keeping you here but yourself.
KiddNYC1O 22
Uranus is accepting admissions.
CantusVulpis 12
Okay that was a little brutal.
Toastbutcher 1
98 - And gravity.
RocketNinjaFish 12
Lol futurama :)
miserypoison 13
Face roll.. Just try and restore your faith by looking at genius kids do something extraordinary. ^.^
Sandsh8rk 36
Just because someone knows where Australia is, it doesn't mean they know anything about it.
Tuney_Loons 2
It's the past as well or have you forgotten about George already?
bluevayero 42
i want to get off this planet NOW. (probably that teenage boy is going to be polititian one day)
onlychildFTW 34
Well the go. We are tired of comments like this. No ones keeping you here.
bluevayero 42
ur in a site called "fml" what do u expect really? and its a bit more fun trolling you since i cant get off
Hiimhaileypotter 53
Common sense isn't very common.
Hiimhaileypotter 53
Not all of us are that dumb... Lots of us actually pay attention in school. :P