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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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MyNameIsElf 1

Saturday 28 January 2012 14:24

I'm 15 and I know the area of a circle=pi r2 and the area of a sphere=3/4 pi r3

iamyourgod 3

Sunday 29 January 2012 2:02

I think that volume is wrong. Integrating a r^2 which is present in a circle to get the r^3 in volume would give you a 3 in bottom, not the top.

ladyraider22 0

Saturday 28 January 2012 14:32

Fuzzy wuzzy was a bear area of a circle equals 3.14r^2

burnsie22 5

Saturday 28 January 2012 14:39

A=PIr2nd

hartrum 0

Saturday 28 January 2012 15:13

It's 3.14x radius squared because there is 2 radiuses Ina. Diameter

farhil 14

Saturday 28 January 2012 18:13

^ don't listen to this guy

ttriods69 0

Monday 30 January 2012 1:18

yess and there are six radians in a circle im glad we all know our grade school math

fiz1kaL 6

Saturday 28 January 2012 15:14

Hey, what did the engineer say to the tool maker? "Would you like fries with that?" Point in case once again that 99% of engineers are a waste of space... But congrats, you are NOT the 1%. #occupyfuturemcdonaldsenployee

HearMeComin 0

Saturday 28 January 2012 15:24

I'm 14 and I kno :) pi x radius squared !!!

blueeyes67 0

Saturday 28 January 2012 16:08

pi (r squared). I leaned that in elementary school

DangerousGirl91 2

Saturday 28 January 2012 16:25

Pi r squared, dumbass!

stevenmer 2

Saturday 28 January 2012 16:39

American education at its finest

krs7g4 8

Monday 30 January 2012 18:27

Really, you've never forgotten something that you once knew well then?

savfd645 7

Saturday 28 January 2012 17:14

?r^2

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