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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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vieeev 4

Saturday 28 January 2012 23:40

Pi x r^2 ! :)

tappm98 22

Saturday 28 January 2012 23:49

that's sad im an eighth grader and I know what the area of a circle is.. 3.14(r)^2

donleischner 0

Sunday 29 January 2012 1:14

Study harder. Don't quit your day job.

chels1994 11

Sunday 29 January 2012 2:23

I have to say, the comments on this one amused me for a good 7 minutes :) but anyway, sometimes people forget the easiest of things. Don't sweat it, op

rachelbayy 6

Sunday 29 January 2012 3:17

Isn't it called the circumference of a circle...?

BloodWiper 3

Sunday 29 January 2012 3:23

Circumference is different than area.

innominestanas 6

Sunday 29 January 2012 4:20

I remember the quadratic formula, a fairly thick books worth of astronomical stuff and everything about Halo. I'm in algebra three this semester and I forgot how to multiply fractions for a while. Happens to everyone.

pmreck 1

Sunday 29 January 2012 4:42

Haha hope u can get a refund on your undergraduate and masters degrees....

williamh327 5

Sunday 29 January 2012 4:56

Um Where are you getting your phd??

Track1991 0

Sunday 29 January 2012 5:12

Read a book.

poohtz 5

Sunday 29 January 2012 6:05

Its ok. We all have our blonde moments ha

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