Today, I spent 3 hours looking at a YouTube video on how to do Rubik’s cube. Even after being told how to do it, I couldn't finish it. I scrolled down the comments and read, "Awesome! I'm 10 and can do it in 3 minutes now!" I'm 28 and still can't do it, even with a tutorial. 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 have in my living room a Rubik’s cube I’ve been trying to solve for over a year. I just got home and it was sat on the floor solved. Apparently my wife gave it to her nephew to play with and he solved it in about four minutes, then got bored. He’s 8 and I’m 33. FML
Today, while babysitting I decided to play with a children's puzzle to pass the time. Fifteen minutes in I gave up. The kid then came over and put it together in less than five. There were only ten pieces. FML
Today, I had to explain to yet another person that I can't tie a knot. Even if someone walks me through the entire process, I never get it. The person in question berated me for not being able to perform such a "simple" task. I truly don't know what I'm doing wrong, and it makes me feel like an idiot. FML
Today, I chipped a tooth trying to solve a Rubik's Cube. FML
Today, after a long time spent trying to learn chess as a hobby, I've come to accept that I'm simply destined to never be any good at it. Maybe I'm just a slow learner, but it feels like I've made zero progress since I started, despite doing everything I'm told to do. Time to find another hobby, I say. FML
Today, I was teaching a special techniques class for ballet and was focusing on pirouettes. I was teaching a group of 8 year-olds, and one student could do perfect triple turns one after the other. I still can't do them, and I've been dancing for 15 years. FML
Today, I attempted to assemble a piece of furniture that claimed to be "easy to build in minutes." Four hours and multiple arguments later, I realized I had misread the instructions, and half the parts were upside down. I'm pretty sure the furniture won this round. FML
Today, my 7-year-old daughter has been hopelessly stuck on an easy puzzle in her favorite video game for a week now. Today, she excitedly told me that she'd figured it out. The solution to the puzzle? No, she’s figured out how to look up a walkthrough on the internet. FML
Today, as I struggle with dyscalculia, I set up some counters so I could knit up a perfect square. Turns out the counters actually made it worse. I have three failed attempts and I'm stuck on number 4. FML
Today, I decided to try a 7-minute exercise video to start working out and get in shape. I couldn’t make it though the video. FML
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iKaite 0
I think you need to get out more, mate.
RavensRule97 0
I cant do one either, but my 9 year old brother can in less a minute. And hes an idiot. So I feel your pain
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Kay_ech 0
younger people get it more easily than older people don't worry about it
RenRen_fml 0
Younger kids are able to absorb more things easily, as opposed to older people.
SUSAltd 0
Don't worry, my record is 20.88 seconds. :D
jmoose311 3
The real WTF is that you were looking up a Rubik's cube tutorial on YouTube.
socialistbob 0
Did you solve the white side first? If you did then your off to a great start and after that you will need to memorize algorithms
japanrulesmegan 0
Oh, you shouldn't be worried. I did the same thing about a year ago and it took me forever to understand the stupid videos. They don't usually do a good job with it. Let me know if you still want to solve one.
simkire 7
really???? REALLY???!!! did it really say that??? because it might have been me.. if it was from a user named "simkire" THEN IT WAS TOTALY ME YAH!!! btw im not 10 anymore im 11 now!!
Farnz 0
No worries, man. I learned how to do one in less than a day once by getting help from a person (in real life, mind you), but without practice (I don't actually own one) I forgot. I tried learning on an online thing, couldn't piece it together. It depends on learning style.
loves_to_dance 0
i learned how from a youtube video too. it took me days to figure it out but now i got it and can do it in less than 5 minutes(but it took me a while to get to this point). just keep trying and you'll figure it out.
marinebaby 0
That's just sad, I'm sorry! FYL
stephanye 0
You're the sad one.