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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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xxrejectedxx 0

Thursday 3 December 2009 20:45

lol that must be sucks man. FYL

themindflayer 0

Thursday 3 December 2009 21:02

You [gun in hand]:"Professori, i know you meant russia so i pardon your slip" Professori [humbly] :"Gracias"

Omnigeek6 1

Thursday 3 December 2009 21:20

Seriously, you wrote a 50 page paper without rereading the assignment? EPIC FAIL. But that sucks so much I still have to say FYL.

ColdGold 6

Thursday 3 December 2009 21:29

How cruel. Maybe use the "find and replace" feature on Word. Just kidding.

FoundManyLemons 0

Thursday 3 December 2009 21:50

E-Mail your professor and ask if you can change topics real quick. Explain, beg, and apologize profusely.

jennopher 0

Thursday 3 December 2009 21:54

This is complete BS. My Master's thesis wasn't even 50 pages and I followed the letter of the law for that beast. Please.

kscott88 0

Friday 4 December 2009 6:22

I know, right? I'm actually surprised more people aren't calling "BS" on this one.

FoundManyLemons 0

Thursday 3 December 2009 21:56

I'll also add that I've been in situations where I had to pick a topic to write on, or was given one, and it was not the sole or even primary focus of the class at the time. So I can see this happening.

ScaryyMary 14

Thursday 3 December 2009 22:25

Just white out every single "p". Then tell your prof the "p" button on your laptop was stuck. Works like a charm ;)

caitlinmc14 1

Thursday 3 December 2009 22:33

In what way would that help? The two countries are still completely different and I'm sure that a country would be pretty well described in a 50 page paper.

ScaryyMary 14

Thursday 3 December 2009 23:22

In what way was I being serious?

Emperor_Jim 0

Thursday 3 December 2009 22:52

Those fiendish Prussians have conspired to destroy your essay! No doubt their dastardly scheme was masterminded by none other than Emperor Wilhelm himself! They've formed an alliance with the Austro-Hungarian Empire in a diabolical plot to conquer the whole of Europe! They won't just stop at Serbia... my countrymen, we must stand and fight! Enlist today!