Today, I was involved in a 5-way conversation about the movie Inception. I nodded and agreed with things that were said, but couldn't admit that despite having seen it 4 times, I still haven't the foggiest idea of how to explain what it's about. 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 tried explaining a movie plot to a group of friends, only for them to inform me I had described three completely different movies. One said my version actually sounded better. Another asked if I’d hit my head recently. FML
Today, I joined a conversation about a TV show at work, agreeing enthusiastically. After a few minutes, I realized they were talking about a completely different show with a similar name. I nodded along, trapped, hoping no one asked questions. FML
Today, I'm still trying to get my head around what NFTs are, even though my friend walked me through the whole thing during an hour-long conversation. I guess I'm dumb. FML
Today, I was entertaining my date by suggesting a movie on Netflix. I confidently picked one that I thought was new and amazing. After the first 10 minutes, I realized it was a terrible sequel to a movie I'd completely forgotten about. I spent the rest of the movie in silence, pretending I was into it. FML
Today, I went to the movies. Two teenagers behind me had already seen the picture once and shared the entire plot with their friend during first 10 minutes. The finale was intended to be a great twist and I knew it from the very beginning. FML
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 spent 30 minutes talking to my friend about a new show I was watching, giving all sorts of spoilers. When I finally asked, “What do you think?” she stared blankly at me and said, “I’ve never seen that show. I thought you were talking about a different one.” FML
Today, I tried impressing my colleagues by using fancy business jargon during a meeting. I ended up saying, "Let's synergize our ideation to maximize the bandwidth of our paradigm shift." Nobody had a clue what I meant, and me neither to be honest. FML
Today, I spent an entire conversation nodding and agreeing with someone, only to realize near the end that I'd misunderstood one key detail and was agreeing with the opposite of what they meant. I laughed awkwardly and said, “Oh, I thought you meant the other thing.” They said, “I know.” FML
Today, in my film class, we were watching Schindler's List. At least, we tried. The moron next to me kept interrupting the most intense scenes with a very loud, "I don't get it." Not only did she break the focus of the class, but we had to keep stopping the movie to explain it to her. FML
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astoryofroses 9
Dream within a dream within a dream. it's perfect
cliffibom 15
How does his buttocks taste #30?
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Comments (148)
kriz_allizwell 6
Ineption!
ohhhsnapple 14
Haha I love this.
Faff 20
i'm sorry, but I can't help but think that people who didn't understand inception are just really dumb(usually the same people who didn't understand the matrix and shutterisland). It actually was pretty logical.
Kaleigh090 11
Rather than calling persons "dumb" because they don't understand a concept which apparently came so easily to you, perhaps you should try to help them reach an understanding. Your willingness to degrade others so easily makes me pity you.
agonydrum 7
Ill agree with 43 but mostly because my comment got thumbed down and I assume it was by people too stupid to understand the movie and offended by my attempt to explain it to them
Obvious8 3
You think this is a FML? Wow, you must have a pretty posh life then.
Greggums 2
You're not alone...
zhatred67 5
Did anyone clapped and cheered?
SenselessPattern 12
#50, you've got to stop living in the past. I'll clap and cheer for you anyways, though.
Cainicide 5
I haven't seen it yet and I don't want to.
TheNewGuy03 29
May I ask you a very, very important question? ...Why?
Cainicide 5
Too confusing for me xD I don't want to watch it multiple times to try to understand it,
TheNewGuy03 29
So, um ... you completely avoid a potentially enjoyable cinematic experience because you're afraid that you may have to watch it again? :/ Also, how do you know it's confusing if you've never watched it? Don't be afraid -- just do it! I would lend you the Blu-Ray, but you're probably not in Korea.
catanita 18
I do not like DiCaprio, but i have to admit that INCEPTION is one of the best movies from 2010. The ideea is very good and original and the movie very well done.
BBoxall 0
That is probably he funniest thing I've read all week
perdix 31
Can't help you, friend. I saw it once and fell asleep in the middle of it. The dream I had was better than the shit that was going on on the screen. The emperor is naked.
SenselessPattern 12
Your probably being sarcastic/joking, but I honestly thought that movie was not entertaining. Unlike many people, I felt they had a wide range of possibilities and went with the most normal, sane path. I walked in expecting lions walking through portals at war with cyborgs in a world where the water is liquid nitrogen and the land is solid diamonds. Not cityscapes where the most unrealistic feature were random trains passing through and arctic realms where the base was reminiscent of a campaign mission from COD.