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By pirsquared - 28/01/2012 01:20 - United States

Today, I had to Google how to find the area of a circle. I'm working on my PhD in engineering. FML

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By Anonymous - 01/07/2009 02:39 - United States

Today, I realized that a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering does not offer enough knowledge and experience to accomplish some simple, everyday tasks. I have spent the last 12 years designing large robots to scour the seabed for shipwrecks yet the mechanism used to unhook a bra eludes me. FML

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By mathguy - 03/05/2012 12:16 - United States - Green Bay

Today, I went for a job interview for a building position at a retail store. They saw on my application that I was good at math. They asked me what the circumference of a circle is. Being nervous during the interview, I accidentally said the area of a circle. I didn't get the job. FML

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By still single - 06/08/2015 01:22 - Brazil - Santa Maria

Today, it was still easier for me to get an engineering PhD than it is to get a girlfriend. FML

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By ImAnEngineer - 23/09/2015 17:09 - United States - Canandaigua

Today, my boss quit, leaving me as the only structural engineer at my company. I'm fresh out of college and will have to finish the projects on my own. Hope Google can teach me how to do this. FML

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By Anonymous - 16/05/2019 20:25

Today, it appears that I spent three years of my life studying for a degree to find myself driving around looking for potholes. That's literally my job. I didn't even study roading, my civil engineering degree is in designing structures. FML

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By jibjab - 11/01/2009 16:46 - Canada

Today, I have a degree in electrical engineering, my wife was doing a crossword and asked me what are the units of capacitance, I couldn't remember. FML

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By hopelesscollegestudent - 21/09/2012 16:22 - Canada

Today, I asked my college chemistry teacher for some much-needed help. Instead of explaining anything to me, she scoffed that if I don't understand something, I should "just Google it." FML

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By Anonymous - 13/03/2023 22:00

Today, I got into a heated, one-sided argument with my GPS, and ended up driving around in circles for an hour due to roadworks messing with my GPS's computations. FML

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By aviators - 07/04/2009 18:37 - United States

Today, I got back my math test. Instead of taking the time to mark the mistakes, my professor just circled the bottom half of the page and wrote "OMG." FML

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By anonymous - 21/11/2012 18:16 - United States - Tucson

Today, I have a final for my precalculus class. After hours of studying this week, I felt pretty optimistic. Until I got to class and realized that I'd forgotten my calculator. FML

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urdirtyolduncle 15

Saturday 28 January 2012 5:11

Pi(r)^2

krystal1609 4

Saturday 28 January 2012 5:11

To smart for the basic stuff!

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Jueilet0923 0

Monday 30 January 2012 5:54

Sounds like it's time to change Ur major! :)

lincolnkite 6

Monday 30 January 2012 7:19

Don't worry it is just the integral of the circumference of the circle.

krs7g4 8

Monday 30 January 2012 18:25

I'm definitely not going into engineering, but I changed my major to elementary teaching from Pharmacy and I'm in one of the teaching math classes. I had to re-learn to do long division long-hand. I felt dumb too.

Nashiq 8

Tuesday 31 January 2012 0:34

This happens to a lot of people in higher math fields. You get so used to doing the hard stuff you forget the easy things. Most engineers I know can't do multiplication without a calculator.

rachxoxo 6

Wednesday 1 February 2012 1:17

3.14r2 im in 7th grade

bossman47 0

Wednesday 1 February 2012 6:18

I think easiest way is diameter x pi:)

jaszver 1

Wednesday 1 February 2012 14:30

hope your school doesnt read this one!

magicman1 0

Thursday 2 February 2012 3:18

pie r(squared) -_-

biscuit1080 0

Thursday 2 February 2012 14:18

It's called r-squared *pi

laurengirl28 0

Saturday 4 February 2012 15:21

a= pi r squared

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