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

Cringey 18

Sunday 30 August 2015 21:24

Sometimes, parents will punish you for being right. The other day, my mom said Obama was born in kenya, and after I showed her the picture of his birth certificate, she grounded me from all electronics. I'm typing this from a public library.

_imacooldude_ 10

Sunday 30 August 2015 22:13

That's some crazy stupid people out there.

WolfyGrace 24

Sunday 30 August 2015 22:34

If she so strongly believed they were continents, why bother asking you what they are when she was just going to say you were wrong? It looks like she was trying to answer her own question.

CaptainSmith28 19

Sunday 30 August 2015 23:16

She asked you and then corrected you?

the_sickness 7

Monday 31 August 2015 3:04

pointing out your ignored is not disrespect it's doing her a favor

ohSNAPyall 26

Monday 31 August 2015 3:23

Your username suggests that you may have been disrespectful about it. You don't have to humiliate someone to teach them.

booterus 20

Monday 31 August 2015 4:42

A prime example of America's education system

TheNewGuy03 28

Monday 31 August 2015 5:50

I think you have one of those mothers who *must* be right about *everything*, simply because she's your mother. I have seen it numerous times... She can insist the sky is orange, and if you physically show her that the sky is blue, she will *still* insist it isn't. Sorry!