Work: Oddly specific

Oddly specific

By Economess - 17/09/2009 06:15 - United States

Today, after expressing some of my reservations about the amount of work I have to do to accomplish my thesis on time, my graduate advisor compared my search for knowledge to Tom Hanks's odyssey in the movie "Castaway". FML

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By Nate - 06/03/2009 03:25 - United States

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

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The ole answer/forward conundrum

By Master's_degree_in_failure - 17/10/2020 22:30

Today, I "answered" an email instead of "forwarding" it. As a result, there is a chance that my Master's thesis supervisor gets a message from me starting by the F-word, and complaining about my bad work and inability to understand a deadline. FML

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By Samantha - 13/03/2012 17:59 - Canada

Today, my dad insisted on having a family movie night. He chose the movies Jaws and Mayday. I'm going on a diving expedition tomorrow. FML

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By nothesisforme - 11/03/2015 14:01 - France

Today, I asked my professor for his opinion on the subject I plan to study in my thesis. Turns out, he likes it so much that he's going to steal it from me. FML

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Light 5

By nograd4mee - 08/12/2010 10:30 - Germany

Today, I held a presentation about my masters thesis. Turns out, my professor never ever actually read the drafts I'd given him, but decided to rip me to pieces in front of everyone, saying that the topic isn't worth researching. I've been working on it for six months. FML

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By Anonymous - 29/01/2015 23:32 - United Kingdom - Oxford

Today, for the nth time, my father reminded me that I should study things related to the "real" world, as if I was studying theology, astrology or something. I'm studying for a master's degree in physics. FML

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By Batman - 09/09/2018 23:30

Today, I finished my 83-page thesis for my Stanford class and put it on my desk. Then, as a prank, my girlfriend hid it. She forgot where she put it. The thesis is due in 3 days. FML

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No Way Home

By HeartbrokenAsFffff - 12/01/2022 07:59

Today, I found out that my husband wasn’t at “work” like he said he was. He'd told me he couldn’t come to my Master degree graduation because he was called into “work” last minute. I guess “work” is code word for the “movie theatre” watching Spider-Man with an unidentified female person. FML

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Good excuse.

By and somehow you have a master's degree - 07/11/2017 01:30

Today, my faculty mentor for my senior capstone project wasn't at my presentation for the entire department faculty. I assumed his wife or kids were sick, but that piece of shit told me himself that he was at home watching the new season of Stranger Things. FML

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My life story

By Anonymous - 03/08/2024 16:00 - Germany - Undeloh

Today, if I was watching my life as a movie, I'd be thinking: "Come on, it is SO obvious that this will be a story about some gods having a bet about how fast they can get this woman to kill herself, and whether big things like health problems work best, or rather constant small annoyances." FML

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TheOtherNewest1 6

Thursday 17 September 2009 16:10

I'm not quite sure that's an FML. I wish there was a "So what?" button right about now. Oh, and of course...first.

piddly_03 0

Thursday 17 September 2009 16:12

...and? but anyway.. Tom Hanks was awesome in that movie, you should be excited about being compared to him.

Comments

urbanlover 3

Thursday 17 September 2009 23:48

Great movie. Stupid FML.

chloe_grl44 0

Friday 18 September 2009 1:19

WHAT DOES OP MEAN???

piles_of_fail 0

Friday 18 September 2009 2:05

a) stop with the caps. all it does is irritate those who might otherwise civilly answer your question. b) OP means Original Poster. aka the person who posted the FML

DeadMansCrack 4

Friday 18 September 2009 1:25

At least you weren't compared to "Forrest Gump".

furismurder 4

Monday 26 April 2010 4:27

win

chloe_grl44 0

Friday 18 September 2009 1:29

WHAT THE **** DOES OP MEAN?

piles_of_fail 0

Friday 18 September 2009 2:08

post your question ONCE, and wait for someone to bloody answer!!!!

FerrariCake 2

Friday 18 September 2009 3:59

This one is confusing. You mean he compared your search for knowledge to Tom Hanks leaving the island on a raft and getting rescued a few days later? And then returning home to everyone being happy about finding him? Ummm... so your advisor suggested you'll be rescued soon and people will rejoice? Stop trying to write clever FMLs and just get to work on your thesis.

willard3663 20

Friday 6 September 2013 6:15

Except another man had already taken his wife...no time for boyfriends or girlfriends in grad school anyway I don't guess

Pepin_the_Short 0

Friday 18 September 2009 4:23

Kudos #21 and O.P. It's refreshing to see someone else pursuing a higher education. Though it is SAD that half of the commenters don't understand what it's like to pursue a higher degree than your high school diploma.

super_fantastic 0

Friday 18 September 2009 6:27

@ #49: I completely agree with you but, you sound like an arrogant prick.

piles_of_fail 0

Friday 18 September 2009 17:31

so what are you implying, exactly? That people making fun of the OP for complaining about their workload aren't pursuing a higher education? Well, news for you, that's not always true. I'm in my second year of college, personally. Idk about everyone else, but methinks you should do your homework before making ignorant assumptions like that.

Dilwann 27

Saturday 16 March 2013 18:29

Agreed. And a thesis is supposed to be hard work. Some people skip their thesis and complete it the next year so they'll have more time for it. Don't complain. Be glad you got this far. But really, if you're complaining about the workload for your thesis, I don't want to know how little you did the previous years.