Today, I was fixing some photos for a client. I spent 20 minutes trying to Photoshop an unusual black dot out of a picture. Only then did I discover it was a black dot on my computer screen. FML
I agree, your life sucks (7675) - you totally deserved it (41820)
On 04/19/2009 at 2:09pm - misc - by confusedphotographer (woman) - United States (Kentucky)
You should have realized it wasn't on the picture a long time ago. FYL for being so stupid.
#2 - On 04/19/2009 at 6:14pm by designedlikedice
Today, I spent about 5 seconds reading the most boring FML I've ever seen. FML.
You wasted 20 minutes of your life. Nobody really cares.
OH NOES! 20 MINUTES OF MY LIFE WAS WASTED ON A MISTAKE ANYONE COULD HAVE MADE. HEAVENS NO. Worst FML of all time.
#4 - On 04/19/2009 at 6:15pm by amorris525
That's about as far from an actual FML as you can get...
#5 - On 04/19/2009 at 6:15pm by Irishwarriorking
Whatever will you do without those 20 minutes of your life? Might as well kill yourself, I suppose. They're gone forever, and nothing can bring them back...
#6 - On 04/19/2009 at 6:16pm by inoculated
After the first minute wouldn't you notice that the paintbrush wasn't covering the dot?
#8 - On 04/19/2009 at 6:18pm by LackOfControl
This isn't an FML. This is a "lol I'm so effing stupid F my ability to use common sense"
#11 - On 04/19/2009 at 6:21pm by uhhuh_her
this is not an FML.
you should have cleaned your screen.
did you not realize this little black dot before? or are you stupid?
This FML is bad the OP should feel bad for submitting it and the people who moderate these should feel bad for letting it rhough.
#16 - On 04/19/2009 at 6:23pm by uhhuh_her
Wrong. 20 minutes? No. Way to exaggerate. Anybody in photo editing would figure this out in 10 seconds tops, 30 if they were brain dead.
Fail.
After reading this, my first thought was "Yea, so what?"
How the hell did THIS make it onto the site and my FML didn't? At least mine was an actual fml. Not this stupid, boring non-fml story.
Fake. You would have zoomed in and moved around at some point and discovered that the dot did not change size.
I love how you comment on fmls that you believe are worthless. If it's SO boring, why comment? For instance, #3, you spent 5 seconds reading it, and another 15 or 20 seconds typing about how stupid it was. No one MADE you read it, and if it was THAT boring, you didn't HAVE to comment.
HAHA at #15
completely agree that this is sooooo NOT an fml! i wonder who selected this!
#27 - On 04/19/2009 at 6:35pm by Nemo89
everyone bashing this person is ALSO an idiot considering you all put "an" in front of FML you don't put AN in front of something that doesn't start with a VOWEL. way to fail.
by the way, it made me laugh.
#28 - On 04/19/2009 at 6:37pm by angelsnarrows
you're clearly really bad at your job and should find a new career, while you're at it stop wasting my time, i could really have used that 5s it took me to read it on something else, something life changing, but i didn't... i read your fml instead, FML
#30 - On 04/19/2009 at 6:39pm by fmlx5
it's okay that has happened to me way more times than I can count. Usually it doesn't take me 20 minutes to figure it out though.... more like 10 seconds.
Y'all clearly arn't being respectful. It's funny, and not to mention y'all are wasting YOUR time reading FML so you're not much better. deal with it.
#32 - On 04/19/2009 at 6:40pm by angelsnarrows
see this is why they should have actual admins moderate the FMLs, and not anyone. SOme people are ****ing retarded.
#28 You're the idiot for trying to correct people when you're wrong.
You are somewhat correct in saying you can only say "an" followed by a vowel. However, FML, when you say it, is pronounced "ef-em-el". Therefore it is correct to write "an FML"
omg i really cant believe i just wasted my time reading this shit
who moderates these things like honestly?!
36, i think (i'm not sure) that 28 meant that the actual post was not an FML, as in it is not significant enough to be "an FML"
#40 - On 04/19/2009 at 6:48pm by choppedNskrewed
whoever thinks that wasting 20min over nothing is an fml clearly is bad at life so i guess it IS an fml, but for being bad at life not for wasting 20min, QED
#41 - On 04/19/2009 at 6:50pm by fmlx5
#40, no, she meant that you don't put "an" in front of a word if it doesn't start with a VOWEL. Oh and she is wrong by the way, it depends on the sound the word starts with (in this case ef-em-el, so E).
Maybe she could submit a new FML?
"Today, I made failed while trying to teach people a grammar lesson. I got told by an international dude for whom English is fourth language. FML"
At least better than the FML we are currently commenting on, eh?
#43 - On 04/19/2009 at 6:53pm by hawkmadinejad
haha that really sucks
i hate when i do stupid stuff and only realize it after it's too late
ahahaha
but it happens to all of us
#47 - On 04/19/2009 at 7:00pm by karebear_023
pretty sure you STILL wouldnt say "an fuck my life" nice try. since english is my FIRST language. bite me.
"i made failed" no. definitely not correct.
#48 - On 04/19/2009 at 7:00pm by angelsnarrows
You didn't notice the dot didn't get bigger when you zoomed in to try to 'remove' it? This is either fake or you're actually retarded.
#49 - On 04/19/2009 at 7:02pm by taureau139
@ #48 please note the sarcasm in the FML example.
And you are absolutely right. A fuck my life, but an FML. Different sounds, yaknow?
#52 - On 04/19/2009 at 7:07pm by hawkmadinejad
omg that's so horrible, your life is totes ruinedededed.
#53 - On 04/19/2009 at 7:09pm by lolololcheese
#28 and #48 (same person): ARE YOU STUPID? First of all, stfu for actually being that picky on the fucking INTERNET about grammar. Second of all, stfu because you are wrong. When saying FML, the acronym, it is said with 'an' in front of it, not an 'a.' Just say it in your head, "A FML." Doesn't that sound off to you? There are often exceptions to grammar. When you say the colloquial term for 30 minutes, what do you say? 'Half A hour' or 'half AN hour'? You use the second one, and don't even deny it. But wait, 'hour' starts with a consonant...It has 'an' in front of it because the 'h' is silent. This is similar to the FML case. GTFO
20 minutes? Damn.... you should have noticed your mouse cursor had the dot as well. Or if you tried to zoom in/scroll the dot kept steady on the screen instead of on the image. ;)
its really sad when someone posts a PARAGRAPH bashing people, ON the internet.
it doesn't even matter. this has turned into an ARGUMENT with people we've never met. I was just defending the poor person that everyone is bitching about because they made it on FML and no one thinks they deserve it.
grow up and go away.
#56 - On 04/19/2009 at 7:17pm by angelsnarrows
You're a dumb ass! YDI
Edit: Also #56, you wrote a paragraph so STFU.
#57 - On 04/19/2009 at 7:18pm by Person_Man
I think that this one is soooo freaking funny!
this absolutley made my day - and I have a had a pretty bad day!
so thank you!
#59 - On 04/19/2009 at 7:21pm by peacelovepink93
This isn't really an FML. It's kind of funny, but not really.
#63 - On 04/19/2009 at 7:33pm by ILoveJace01
wouldnt the black dot move on the picture?
that would be my first clue
#65 - On 04/19/2009 at 7:34pm by scottvodka
#54, you totally beat me to the punch.
I call fake on this one.
#69 - On 04/19/2009 at 7:42pm by TheLetterZero
#54 it's "an hour" because the h is silent, it's "an fml" because the letter f is pronounced "eff". not really the same concept.
#71 - On 04/19/2009 at 7:46pm by scottvodka
#30; What is 5 seconds long that could be lifechanging?
#72 - On 04/19/2009 at 7:48pm by inerdablanket
I might have done the same thing, but it wouldn't have taken me 20 minutes to figure out. Oh well, little mistakes happen sometimes.
#73 - On 04/19/2009 at 8:01pm by HelloStarshine
HAHA its ok. i feel for you. i've done that too. of course, i didn't spend 20 minutes... more like 20 seconds... but still.
#78 - On 04/19/2009 at 8:32pm by woahcomments
This is a bullshit FML. FML for wasting time reading this.
#79 - On 04/19/2009 at 8:52pm by your_fault_idiot
Even though this isn't a FML necessarily it made me laugh none the less .
You guys need to stop bitchin' like crazy. Get the fuckin sticks out your asses .
Ugh .
#80 - On 04/19/2009 at 8:57pm by StayGoldKim
Wow, okay people, get over it already.
Whether its an FML or not, you just wasted your own time commenting.
As did I.
FAOL
(eff all our lives)
#83 - On 04/19/2009 at 9:17pm by xcarcrashheart
This is probably one of the best FML ive ever read.
I cant believe there are so many comments saying that this shouldnt even be a FML!
#84 - On 04/19/2009 at 9:47pm by vivaverde123
If you're capable of using PhotoShop, you should be capable of realizing what is on the display and what is junk on the actual screen. Totally deserved it.
#85 - On 04/19/2009 at 9:52pm by NoSuchLuck
hahaa!!! I've done that before!! I spent some time cleaning up old photos for use in a video and what I thought was something on the old photo ended up being dirt on my screen.... I feel for you!!!!
#86 - On 04/19/2009 at 9:52pm by LiveBreatheMusic
You deserve this for being that stupid. After ten seconds, how did you not realize that the dot was on the screen?
This is an FML, just really boring and it makes you look extremely stupid.
#87 - On 04/19/2009 at 9:52pm by _mcs_
How bout we ALL comment on how this is not an FML. That would be pretty unique.
#88 - On 04/19/2009 at 9:57pm by SucksToBeYa
OH NO, poor you. I can't tell you how many times I've done things like that. Photoshop is frustrating...if you're going to post things like that on FML, maybe you shouldn't have it.
Today, my computer screen wasn't clean enough so i spent 20 minutes trying to clean it with photoshop. FML.
#91 - On 04/19/2009 at 10:23pm by fjonslife410
Wow these are some harsh comments, it's mildly amusing, sucks for him having a dead pixel on his comp.
and for those of you who are complaing about how it "wasted 5 seconds of your time" you spent more time than that to comment on it, so you really make no since at all....
hahahah ur stupid!!! it wouldve taken me 5 seconds 2 realize it was on my computer! lol
#97 - On 04/19/2009 at 10:48pm by average_girl
Now you'll know this mistake and avoid it in the future :)
#98 - On 04/19/2009 at 10:57pm by Mr_Positive
#93, it wasn't a dead pixel, sounds like it was a piece of dust or something on the surface of the monitor xP
I do that exact same line of work I'm going to college for it. Its real stressful! Yeah I would of been mad if somthing like that happened to me. If it did it is usually im so in to trying to fix it, somthing being on the screen just doesn't cross my mind. Glad you figured out the problem though!
#100 - On 04/19/2009 at 11:24pm by tab_ga1990
I've had something similar happen.
I smoke outside with my laptop, so things get on the screen. Dust, smoke, little bugs that decide the screen is an attractive light. You get the idea.
I noticed a defect in one of my own sites. It was a period in a sentence that shouldn't be there. It was in the first page that showed, so I didn't have to scroll to it. I blew on the screen, thinking it may have been an ash or something. It didn't go away. WTF. So I got my editor opened up, scrolled to the code, and there's no period there. I reloaded cleared the server cache (my server is set to cache pages so they can be delivered to the clients faster), and it was still there.
I worked for maybe a couple minutes, including opening up the editor, connecting, etc... Then I realized that it was a piece of dust (or something) that was nicely stuck on the screen. I didn't notice it on any other pages, because it was so insignificant. It only stood out when it happened to coincide with the text.
It wasn't enough to post, and neither was this one. It was a "I feel stupid" moment that no one else knew about. Well, until now. :)
So, don't bash the OP too much. It happens to the best of us. I've been doing this for more years than most of you have known how to work a computer, so I should have known better. We all make mistakes.
I gave my screen a good cleaning. But, as I'm writing this, I'm looking at my screen, and I see extra dots on it all over the place. Its just that none coincide with the text, so I hadn't noticed. Time to clean it again. :)
Haha, believe me, I feel you. I'm a professional photographer and when I've been working towards a deadline early in the morning, this has happened to me too.
...It's never taken me twenty minutes to realise it, though. XD.
#103 - On 04/20/2009 at 12:14am by thequeenofscots
i am not gonna read through to see if someone already claimed this, but...
whomever entered "today, i wasted 5 seconds of my life reading *insert this FML here" i just moderated that and could not stop laughing... you just made my day
#105 - On 04/20/2009 at 1:26am by kwbuzz23wk
funny story buttttt.... are you seriously that big of a dumbass that you sat there for 20 minutes trying to figure that out?
& how is your life F**ked?!?!
& @ #105 i JUST read that one too! haha
lol this happens to me sometimes but it doesn't take me THAT long to realize that my monitor is dirty
I call bullshit on this one. There is no way you would spend more than a minute or two trying to Photoshop out a dead pixel (hey everyone who uses Photoshop for a living has done that more than once). The only way that could happen is you cannot even operate Photoshop on the most rudimentary level which would be ridiculous if you are doing a job for a 'client' or you are borderline retarded. Sorry if I sound harsh, but how would you not try clone tool or dodge or swatch healing or even just a swatch of paint and not notice the black dot wasnt being altered at all. Hell you would have to notice if you zoomed in and the dot stayed the same! This might be somewhat true but I refuse to believe any person would spend more than a few minutes before realizing the pixel was dead.
hahahahahahahahahahahaha wowww
this isn't really an fml but it's still pretty funny LOL
#111 - On 04/20/2009 at 2:22am by idontgiveashittt
i am not gonna read through to see if someone already claimed this, but...
whomever entered "today, i wasted 5 seconds of my life reading *insert this FML here" i just moderated that and could not stop laughing... you just made my day
haha that was me
#112 - On 04/20/2009 at 2:22am by corbinbennett
I'm wondering something...
How the heck did a discussion start up comparing "an" to "a"? The only reference I see is somebody responding to #28, but 28 said nothing pertaining to that topic. Let me show you:
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28:
"Why are the FMLs shit lately?
It's funny
but it's not an FML"
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36:
"#28 You're the idiot for trying to correct people when you're wrong.
You are somewhat correct in saying you can only say "an" followed by a vowel. However, FML, when you say it, is pronounced "ef-em-el". Therefore it is correct to write "an FML""
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38:
"#28, I would hardly count 4 people as "all of us""
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I don't get it. Both 36 and 38 responded to 28... but it doesn't make any sense. It's unrelated nonsense.
Somebody please explain this phenomenon.
haha you people only like the made-up/impossible FML's. This was actually funny. Half of them are so fake i got sick of the site for a while.
Dude, you're retarded. So much fail that I don't even know what to say. Go back to working the food court in the mall, leave Photoshop to the professionals.
#116 - On 04/20/2009 at 10:59am by rukusrazor
I'm sorry but ydi, also this doesn't sound FML at all. How is this embarrassing?.. how does this ruin your life? phail; sorry.
@ Everyone saying "How is this an FML?":
"Today, I wasted five seconds reading the worst FML ever. Then, I clicked on it and spent another minute reading comments and writing my own disparaging comment. FML."
#118 - On 04/20/2009 at 2:16pm by airandfingers
tell me when you spent 2 hours on photoshopping each picture (8 pictures total) for your school yearbook... only to have the teacher change her mind...
#119 - On 04/20/2009 at 4:40pm by heather889121
Your severe technological retardations do not constitute an FML. You are the epitome of all that is wrong with glocalization in this world; in terms that you take something meant to be humorous and fun and turn it into another stadium for yourself. Therefore, you have not only become a complete waste of everyone's time, but in addition you have proved yourself to be an utter fool.
#123 - On 04/20/2009 at 6:26pm by fmlnotreally
Wow, you do professional photography and use photoshop and you couldn't figure that out?
I don't ever want to see your work...
heyy.
ive done it too XD
sometimes its really frustrating.
its cool, the best of us have all been there.
im currently winning a state photography competition
Wow. Really? REALLY? You're that dumb? Did you not like zoom in and out and move the picture around and wonder WHY THE BLACK DOT DIDN'T MOVE WITH IT??? Seriously. Ya'll are lame.
#126 - On 04/20/2009 at 8:01pm by Lovebug_Campbell
Not really an fml, but wow, you're an idiot. But no worries, we all have our blonde moments, no offense.
#127 - On 04/20/2009 at 11:16pm by Funtertaining11
OK. I've mistaken dirt on the screen for image flaws... but you spent TWENTY MINUTES trying to fix it?! It would take anyone with half a brain all of 20 seconds to figure out why it wasn't going away.
Didn't you try to zoom or anything on the dot and figurge out that it wasn't getting bigger/smaller. I don't understand how you could not figure that out... What changed after 20 minutes that you finally got it?
If you are that stupid, FYL alright. You must fall down a lot!
#131 - On 04/21/2009 at 1:42pm by lillyass
Hahaha.. this has happened to me a few too many times... though it didn't take me 20 min to realize it, only 5 at most... funny stuff. :)
OH GOD, YOUR LIFE IS SO FUCKED I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT I WOULD DO IF THAT HAPPENED TO ME, I DON'T THINK I COULD GET OVER IT GOD DAMN YOUR LIFE IS SO HORRIBLE. THIS IS NOT AN FML. It's just stupid.
"Today, I tried to be funny and make an FML about a black dot on my computer screen. Nobody liked it. FML"
#138 - On 04/26/2009 at 5:02pm by Jellybones
So what? It took only 20 minutes. This isn't even and FML.
Congratulations, you just made my top 10 worst FMLs. ;]
#140 - On 04/27/2009 at 10:30pm by candyxpopcorn
lol i have a weird line on my computer too. idk how i got it and it wont go away, i spent like 10 minutes trying to scrap it off XD
I find the comments for this FML
more interesting than the FML itself. Even though they're both pointless and time consuming.
guys say this out loud: a fml. then: an fml. an fml makes more sense because its an abbreviation so its eff.em.ell e is a vowel. u put an before a vowel. u all are idiots. and this story probably isnt even true.
#146 - On 08/04/2009 at 6:14pm by xliana711x
