Today, I was in a heated debate about climate change. I got so flustered that I forgot the word "volcano" and ended up calling them "exploding mountain things". End of the debate. Shame. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I was ranting about creationists, when a friend interrupted me. He managed to mount a defense of creationism that I couldn't argue with. I got so flustered, I punched him in the face and ran away. FML
Today, whenever I get into arguments, I end up mixing up words. I was trying to prove a point by saying a type of chips, and was debating between Dorito chips or BBQ chips. I ended up saying "burrito chips." I said my friend would "sell me out for a bag of burrito chips." FML
Today, I learned that I may have caused a public speaker and author to be fired, because my response to his "open chat" question flustered him, causing him to lose his cool and snap at me. FML
Today, I went to a political debate, and now I'm more confused than when I arrived. FML
Today, while at a big speech and debate tournament, I corrected the judge's use of the word "podium" instead of lectern, because that's what my debate coach had told me was the correct usage. Well, she didn't take it too well and neither did my partner. Or my debate coach. FML
Today, my debate partner repeatedly said "You mad, bro?" to the opposing team in our college debate class. That debate was worth a considerable portion of our grade. FML
Today, I was involved in a debate. Things got out of control, insults were hurled, and by the end friends were lost. The subject of the debate? Whether snot has enough calories in it to be nutritional. FML
Today, one of my debate opponents used the "Bill O'Reilly defense" against my arguments. This involved saying "You can't explain that" about easily explainable stuff, and speaking louder and louder to drown out my voice. He ended up getting a better grade than mine. FML
Today, I confidently corrected someone in a group conversation. I was wrong. Very wrong. Everyone stared while Google proved me incorrect in seconds. I nodded and pretended I meant something else. FML
Today, I had a meeting at work. My boss was there as well as her boss, and a few other managers and directors. We started discussing politics in the context of our latest project. I tried to say "erratic election". I almost succeeded. FML
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cheeeksss 29
Ah, brain farts. They tend to happen at the most convenient times.
WitEluded 13
The small twisty windstorms and big twisty windstorms can be problems too
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mrmcleod 29
Some how managed to put the wrong comment in the wrong fml. Fml.
mrmcleod 29
Explanation. I was in a different FML story commenting. My phone had been left on that page for some time. I came back to my phone later and pressed the "spill the beans" button. I noticed that my mobile data was off. So I turned it back on and my comment still wasn't posting. I copied it refreshed the page and pasted it and posted it. It was completely unrelated and had to quickly edit it. I apologize for my completely unrelated comment.
joeblow6969 5
If you were arguing that volcanos have anything to do with climate change, then your argument was dumb anyways.
grunt_fml 17
No, it was not. Volcanos CAN change the climate by distributing huge amounts of dust in the air that then blocks out the sun. It is basically the same what would happen in a nuclear winter. And volcanos have already done that. When the Krakatau literally exploded in 1883, the global temperature dropped between 0.5 and 0.8 °C for several years. And it is absolutely possible that an erupting super-volcano could be the end of mankind.
NamelessFace 22
Well, more likely that if all or most of the world's volcanoes erupted at once... Which is unlikely to happen to begin with. But normally volcano eruptions only drop local climates a few degrees, certainly not worldwide.
o76923 8
The only people who bring up volcanoes when discussing climate change are deniers who think that volcanoes produce a billion times more greenhouse gases than all human activity ever combined (or some such nonsense). If they brought that up first then you'd know the word. So I'm going with a you deserved it for being a climate denier.
badgercheese94 16
Bullshit. The human effects on climate are far more limited to localised factors like "heat island" and minor atmospheric changes. Volcanic eruptions on the other hand have created ice ages, mini ice ages, cold summers, record winters, all around the world in a single eruption. Man is not a threat to the planet, the planet is a threat to us. The planet is fine, the people are ******
Clawsified 6
The majority of scientists who study this disagree with you.
Crypticedge 6
@45 literally every non oil company climate expert disagrees with you. Every single one. The only people who agree with you are paid to push that line, or are too ignorant on the subject and shouldn't be involved in dealing with it the same way they shouldn't be performing open heart surgery.
infinitemonkey 21
I am concerned that if you need to mention volcanos, you are on the non-scientific "it's all natural" side of the debate.
badgercheese94 16
So, where were the humans when all those pesky ice ages happened long ago? Or when Antarctica was lush and green? Clearly our climate was static until evil man appeared and changed it all! Killed all the dinosaurs for leather purses and created the ice ages with nuclear warfare! MAAAANNNN!
be82tw 17
@38--Seriously, both sides of the 'human vs natural' debate have serious scientific flaws. We DON'T have a control group, nor a repeatable set of experiments, nor a wealth of historical data to work from (try finding the 1963 high temperature in Mogadishu). Chill out and don't judge people, just the merits of the actual arguments and evidence they present.
rogwest 23
Climate change is bs anyways…
theotherguyss 3
That's okay OP. I'm sure they still lavad your presentation!
nodai 13
This is fake Canadians don't get mad.
gintwinsmoore 20
know your shit, OP!!!!
imamaniac 4
I may or may not have done a similar thing. You are not alone
zykrithium 22
Because when someone forgets a word, you win the debate.