Miscellaneous: Today, my mom saw a picture of the moon and asked me what "those...

By bornfromhillbillies - 30/08/2015 03:02 - United States - Bourbonnais

Today, my mom saw a picture of the moon and asked me what "those big spots" were. She actually thought the craters were continents and tried correcting me when I told her what they were. Then I almost got into trouble for being disrespectful. FML

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By Smart - 16/09/2011 14:42 - United States

Today, while teaching my high school class about astronomy, I showed them a picture of earth from space. One girl raised her hand, and asked me what the "white things" were. In other words, clouds. FML

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Knowledge is power

By mrnikc - 24/03/2020 02:04 - United States

Today, my mother told me the sun was the largest planet in the solar system. When I told her it was a star, she accused me of lying. We had to bring Google into this. FML

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By siikman313 - 12/09/2011 21:37 - United States

Today, my mom put me in an anger management class because I said "crap." FML

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The R-word

By How old am I again? - 04/09/2022 17:30 - United States

Today, I had to listen to my mother painstakingly spell out to me why broken glass is extremely dangerous. Feeling insulted, I jokingly asked her if she thought I was "retarded". I then got yelled at for "swearing." I'm a fucking adult, but my overprotective and condescending mother seems to think otherwise. FML

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Seasons gatherings

By What - 29/12/2022 00:00

Today, an old friend of my mom's yelled at me for "ignoring" her. I wasn't responding because she was getting my name wrong, so I assumed she was referring to someone else. FML

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Circular logic

By Anonymous - 14/03/2021 11:01

Today, I was told I was disrespectful for letting a parent know that her son was disrespecting adults. FML

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By queenmeme - 08/10/2014 06:02 - United States - Redlands

Today, I showed my mom a picture of a baby sloth. She then said, "Wait, sloths are real?" She thought Ice Age made them up. FML

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By millavitsa - 03/01/2013 22:36 - Ukraine

Today, my mom asked me why MS Word keeps underlining some words. After I tried to convince her that you're supposed to put a space after commas, she started yelling at me for making her look stupid. I can never win. FML

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Holiday assumptions

By Red Toad - 26/12/2020 20:59 - United States - Litchfield Park

Today, I said a few words to my mom that happened to be similar to something offensive, and she misheard. I tried to tell her, but she was so angry that she assumed I was saying more offensive things. Now she is punishing everybody in the house, and I’m not allowed to speak to her. FML

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By Enslaved - 15/11/2016 08:40

Today, I told my long-distance friend about the flooding in Florida due to the Supermoon. He's a Flat Earther and despite proof, denies the coincidence because he believes the moon and gravity aren't what we're taught. FML

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Sunday 30 August 2015 17:24

Hopefully you are not home-schooled OP!

NicoleP1993 29

Sunday 30 August 2015 17:26

Alrighty, time to anonymously spam her e-mail with zoomed in pictures of the moon accompanied by scientific explanations... and pray you got your wit from your dad's side..

Comments

iPixelCheese 19

Sunday 30 August 2015 18:23

Your mom is a special kind of stupid, huh?

AviKerensky 17

Sunday 30 August 2015 18:31

Is this the same mom who grounded you for leaving the seat up?

EvilLittleMan 23

Sunday 30 August 2015 18:34

My sincere apologies OP but that's a special kind of stupid and I am certain you will be able to distance yourself academically.

Soverain 15

Sunday 30 August 2015 19:06

It takes a special kind of mental gymnastics to ask someone a question they know nothing about and then trying to correct the person they asked.

EarlFug 19

Sunday 30 August 2015 19:07

Thinking it was made of Swiss cheese would actually be a step in the right direction for her.

ThatOneAstro 15

Sunday 30 August 2015 19:54

Why would she even ask you a question if she didn't even think you were right?

airforce987 20

Sunday 30 August 2015 20:17

Actually they're not craters, they're the lunar "seas" although they don't have water. The ancient Greeks assumed they were bodies of water which is how they get their name, but they were not formed by impact craters, rather through volcanic reactions underneath the moon's surface.