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By WTFFAIL - 03/12/2009 09:08 - United States

Today, I finished a 50-page term end thesis essay on the history of Russia. Looking over the final requirements once more, I find I made just a tiny little mistake. It was supposed to be a thesis on "Prussia". The paper's due tomorrow. FML

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By Anonymous - 02/06/2020 08:00

Today, I finished writing a 60-page essay on the history and people of Australia. Turns out it's supposed to be on Austria. It's due this morning. FML

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By Gottalovepeople - 31/12/2017 01:34

Today, I found out that my ten-page paper, which has taken me two months to construct perfectly and is worth 30% of my grade, was on the wrong book. It’s due tomorrow. 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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By oldhabitsdiehard - 03/07/2022 14:00 - Netherlands - Wageningen

Today, I'm supposed to hand in my Master's thesis. I only very vaguely remember my enthusiasm of six months ago, but remember clearly that - this time - I was planning to start in time and avoid last-minute stress. Seeing the sun come up at 5 a.m. tells me that it was a tad too optimistic. Just ten more hours to go… FML

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By Anonymous - 09/09/2009 04:27 - United States

Today, I realized I forgot to write a 5000 word essay for my English class. I tried to be calm since I had until midnight to finish, and it was only 8pm. I typed for three hours straight,and finished the assignment. I read over the instruction again, and realized it only had to be 500 words. FML

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By _philliesfan - 14/09/2009 04:20 - United States

Today, I was prioritizing my extreme amount of homework. I read over the front page of my psychology paper seeing that it was pretty easy questions, I decided to do it last. Little did I know there was a 8 page essay on the back of the page. It's 12:19 am. FML

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By Anonymous - 09/10/2020 11:02 - United States - York

Today, I ended up being wasting an entire week on a very important scholarship essay because I thought the requirements said “3500 words” when in reality, they said “3500 characters”. FML

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By df22 - 03/07/2020 20:08

Today, I got my language final exam back. It was a 10-page essay front and back, and I saw that I received a D. The teacher told me the plot was too hard to follow and it jumped all over the place. It turns out he forgot to read the back of every page. FML

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By TeachingSucks - 17/05/2023 11:00 - United States - Cabot

Today, I'm grading final projects for a junior level college class. A student finally turned in their work, after months of encouragement and coaxing. Half of it was plain wrong, the rest had so many spelling and grammatical mistakes, it appeared to be written by a drunk autocorrect program. FML

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By schober60 - 15/09/2017 07:00 - United States - Pittsburgh

Today, I frantically finished a paper that I needed to complete before midnight about the competencies of my pharmacy school. When it came time to submit, I accidentally selected the file below my paper, which was my personal log of beer reviews and personal favorites. FML

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tiffanyheart 0

Thursday 3 December 2009 16:13

Wow. **** your life indeed. But hey, at least you can come on here and read the comments from dumber people who will say "zomg lol whut's the diffrnce?" and "Prussia iznt a country lolz!!one!!" Good luck, comrade.

Brave_Sir_Robin 4

Thursday 3 December 2009 16:13

In Soviet Russia, term paper mistakes you.

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markk 0

Thursday 3 December 2009 16:21

6 knows whats up

darkheadlights 4

Thursday 3 December 2009 16:23

Explain to your prof what happened; maybe he'll take pity on you and accept it.

npk88 0

Thursday 3 December 2009 16:24

I really don't understand how this mixup could happen. Did you never pay attention in class enough to know that you were studying Prussia and not Russia? Did you not ever talk to anyone else in your class about the paper; all of whom would have the same final requirements as you? Either this is fake or you are a not really a good student anyways and probably deserve to fail

Starfire22 5

Thursday 3 December 2009 16:24

Wow that really sucks... I would try to turn it in anyway... Maybe your professor will feel sorry for you?

lostfaithinpppl 19

Thursday 3 December 2009 16:26

They are different countries you know ... YDI for not paying enough attention to what you are supposed to be writing about.

TheKingDon 2

Thursday 3 December 2009 16:27

Just change all of the "Russia"s to "Prussia"s. Problem solved!

youshitme 9

Friday 4 December 2009 21:11

Of course, how could they not have thought of that before. You really ought to get into politics with such an acutely tuned brain

cutek94 0

Thursday 3 December 2009 16:30

omfg that really sucks, i would f-ing die FYL

Sdras 0

Thursday 3 December 2009 16:38

Dude, that really sucks. FYL

DynamicDave 11

Thursday 3 December 2009 16:40

Explain what happened and ask for an extension? Show your prof the paper so he doesn't think you just forgot to do it.

benjamingeiger 0

Thursday 3 December 2009 16:48

Seconded. The professor may accept the paper as is, or may give an extension. In the meantime, get cracking on the new paper, just in case.

Skull_300 0

Thursday 3 December 2009 16:51

What the ****? That's what you get for not procrastinating and waiting until the very last minute to do this term paper. You should just be starting this now! You have 24 hours! Quit whining and do the ******* paper.

Pyrbaby 0

Thursday 3 December 2009 17:59

OP said nothing about procrastinating and waiting until the last day to start. He said he finished it up. Putting the finishing touches on a paper the day before it is due is perfectly acceptable. Learn to read. OP doesn't dserve it because he procrastinated, he deserves it for being an idiot.