Today, marks yet again another day that I've been asked if I'm autistic. No, that's just my Korean accent. Apparently I look "too white" to have one. FML
Collection
Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, while at my friend's house, I noticed her brother had a bit of an accent. I laughingly said "Is it me or does your little brother have an accent?" She stared and replied with "No, he has autism." FML
Today, for the second time this week, I was asked to stop putting on such an obviously fake "British" accent. I am British and have lived here all my life. FML
Today, I was interviewing a woman for a job. She told me that she may need days off because of her artistic son. I jokingly replied, "Does he color on the walls or something?" She then stared at me with a weird look on her face. Autistic, her son is autistic. FML
Today, like every day since birth, I have a sensory processing disorder that stops me hearing things properly. It's worse with accents. I live in the Southwest and I can't understand anyone's spanish accent. I'm not racist, I swear; I'm just disabled. FML
Today, a customer asked me if I was English, because I was struggling to understand what he was saying. I said yes. He then called me a liar, and said I must be "one of them Polish immigrants." Oh, and he also had a thick Scottish accent. FML
Today, a guy at work pulled me aside to tell me that I probably shouldn't be working a job where I have to interact with customers, because of my autism. I don't have autism. FML
Today, my teenage daughter asked me if accents are hereditary. FML
Today, I tried to explain autism to my classmates. One of them, a professional cunt who's always looking for an excuse to lecture people, accused me of being "ableist" because my explanations weren't accurate, and said I shouldn't explain things I don't understand. I'm actually autistic. FML
Today, I was told to rub in my sunscreen because I looked like a ghost. I wasn't wearing any. I'm just that white. FML
Today, I was accused of digital blackface and culturally appropriating my own culture. FML
Feel like sharing it with the other FML users?
Thanks, your FML was submitted, and will appear in the moderation queue soon!
Top comments
Wingman527 22
Even if you were autistic, why would they ask?
fk18 27
It's sad how much people are judged based upon their looks these days, Sorry OP
Add a comment · Reply to
You must be logged in to be able to post comments!
Comments (77)
Wingman527 22
Even if you were autistic, why would they ask?
i_wuz_nver_here 31
Dont be racist koreans can be autistic too
Dovahkiin_1997 22
How is that being racist? They never said Koreans couldn't be autistic.
bingo__O 15
Yeah that's rude as ****, who the hell would ask anyone that?
badluckalex 23
ignorant idiots
brendejafulable 41
Maybe they really knew he wasn't but were just trying to figure why he spoke the way he did. . idk?
skittle_QUEEN_YO 15
They had a korean accent!!! Even if they looked white wouldnt the logical line of thinking be that he spent time in korea?
Tuffmuffin 10
#36 "logical line if thinking" something they lack.
junkman6 22
You would be surprised how many people have never heard a Korean accent before. Never having been exposed to something is different than being an ignorant idiot. But sadly Korean accents do sound a bit like a speech impediment of some sort if you've never heard it before, at least it did to me.
drivingmissdaisy 13
But still you don't just automatically assume that someone is autistic just because their accent/voice is different than yours. That's just idiotic.
lina21 12
Autism isn't the same thing as having a speech impediment first of all, and second, I have yet to hear an accent where I would deem it appropriate to mistake them for having a disability, let alone actually say it
fk18 27
It's sad how much people are judged based upon their looks these days, Sorry OP
sweetbliss3 37
unfortunately, it's not just "these days." judging people by their looks has always been around and will probably never change.
vairyhagina 11
Well, to be fair Op was being judged more by his accent than his appearance.
zsaddayz 16
Sorry OP. Not like being autistic is a bad thing, but people can be invasive with their weird questions.
DArthurVaderian 18
Of course being autistic is a bad thing. It's a mental disorder.
jbgillas 5
Many classical composers were autistic.
DestinyNiya 33
That's unique and awesome. You'll be fine. :)
missyfiona89 28
What exactly is unique and awesome?
DestinyNiya 33
Not being mainstream.
laden_swallow09 35
******* hipster… Is conformity really that evil? That was a rhetorical question. No, it isn't.
SystemofaBlink41 27
I'm...what? What are you getting at? Are you saying looking Korean is mainstream?
meli1195 31
Or that having a Korean accent is not mainstream? Because I know a loooot of people with an accent, myself included, so please clarify ms. Anti-mainstream
ItsAUnicorn 27
What, should I be feeling unique and finding my autism awesome, just because it doesn't make me 'mainstream'? Sorry, but I'd rather be living my own, so-called 'mainstream' life without autism.
olpally 33
Wow people are so stupid... Sheesh. Just ignore these idiots.
ItsAUnicorn 27
But.. why would people even ask? And just because of your speech?
trellz17 19
Why do people have to be so ignorant? sheesh.
JH159753 21
I'm Korean, but this has never happened to me. Sorry you have to meet racist bastards OP.
vairyhagina 11
I doubt they were trying to be racist, considering they didn't even know he was Korean to begin with.
meli1195 31
Why do people love calling others racist for anything, even if it so obviously is not something racist?
JH159753 21
9 People are racist bastards.
thefmlman2011 37
Don't worry, I've been asked if I have Down-Syndrome (which I don't)
iAmPaul 49
And I've been told on multiple occasions in Internet arguments that I look like I have Down Syndrome, even though I don't, and I look nothing like the typical person afflicted with Down Syndrome.
mitchishigh 5
#45, maybe not like someone with Downs but you look... How do I put this lightly... You look like a raccoon.
thefmlman2011 37
ahh, trolls
Just_A_Tree 20
People don't really understand the level of asshole that they accomplish by asking someone if they have autism or Down syndrome. Like really? Do you not realize how rude of a question that is? It's like asking a personal question that is none of their business. How would they feel if I came up and said "Hey! Is that herpes on your face? When did you get that?" Yea, it doesn't feel good when someone asks you a personal question like that! Yea, I know, two different things. But both are not appreciated questions, which is the point.
Mirorbo 27
The SJW-style ignorance certainly is rampant in these last several days of FML.