College application is such a competition in the United States that students are told to do anything to get ahead. They're encouraged to join as many clubs as they can, engage in community programs, and play up any unique aspects of their ethnicity. It was this last idea that got one redditor into an embarrassing snafu. T🍸heir parents told them they were descended from a Native American🐎 tribe, something that can give a huge advantage on college applications. Unfortunately, the redditor would learn after applying that their supposed tribe was really a fictional race from.
They shared their tragic (and hilarious) tale on the subreddit, which stands for Today I F**ked Up. They told other redditors that they grew up knowing they were 1/8th Native American. Their parents had some so𒀰rt of shrine in the house 🧸and collected leathers and animal skins. The writer thought it creepy but never thought to question it as they didn't know much about the spiritual side of Native American tribes. When they asked their parents what tribe they were from, their parents told them they were Yuan-Ti.
Anyone that's played Dungeons & Dragons for some time knows that Yuan-Ti are a race of snake people created for the game. Some actually look like giant snakes with buff arms, and some take on more human appearances. Eithe♍r way, they are nothing like real life Native Americans.
The lie apparently persisted for years, with the redditor spending their childhood bragging to friends about their special heritage. It carried🌺 all the way until just recently, when the redditor applied for college. They again asked their parents for confirmatioꦯn of their tribe. They got the go-ahead to apply to several colleges as 1/8th Yuan-Ti.
The redditor would learn only after they already sent in their applications that Yuan-Ti are a made-up race of snake people. So what now? The comments on the post reveal that the redditor has been calling the colleges to explain the mishap. They also confronted their parent🅘s, who apparently went all-in on the belief that they are "snake descendants and I kind of think I'm beginning to believe them lol."
The teen years are already dramatic enough, but imagine discovering that your parents think you're a Dungeons & Dragons snake monster. Our hearts go out to the poor redditor. Then again, he just learned he can spit acid and control snakes, so 🌌maybe this is a blessing in disguise!
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