School and YouTube: Fancy Hobo

Fancy Hobo

By Anonymous - 29/12/2019 14:00

Today, I changed my name on YouTube to Fancy Hobo and then sent an email to a well-admired professor. Little did I know my email was linked to YouTube. Yes, Fancy Hobo sent a very professional email about registration for grad school. FML

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By Anonymous - 15/09/2023 04:00

Today, after I made a new Google/YouTube account a couple of weeks ago, I failed to realize that the name I made on YouTube also relates back to my Gmail. I've been sending professional, work-related emails under the name of "Poop McNugget." FML

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You deserved it 951

By geeshock1987 - 15/04/2013 05:58 - United States - San Francisco

Today, I just remembered that I changed my Gmail display name to "Rice Ball" out of privacy-paranoia a while back. I've been using this same email to apply to several professional jobs. FML

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You deserved it 39 676

Whoops

By Anonymous - 08/01/2021 23:01

Today, I had a very important video call for my job. I hadn’t used the particular app in a long time so I hadn’t checked my screen name. Turns out the last time I used it was in March with my friends, and my name was "Euro Slut." My employers saw it. FML

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You deserved it 1 083

By Anonymous - 24/03/2016 05:25 - United States - Federal Way

Today, I was emailing a government employee at the place I'm hoping to get hired by. I realized too late I had been emailing her with my personal email address, which is rather jokey and unprofessional. She noticed and started referring to me as that. FML

I agree, your life sucks 16 427

You deserved it 7 014

By Anonymous - 23/07/2011 01:10 - United States

Today, I realized that the guy I've been sending anonymous, dirty emails to knows who I am. My signature, which includes my full name, was automatically added to the end of every email. FML

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You deserved it 82 811

The ole answer/forward conundrum

By Master's_degree_in_failure - 17/10/2020 22:30

Today, I "answered" an email instead of "forwarding" it. As a result, there is a chance that my Master's thesis supervisor gets a message from me starting by the F-word, and complaining about my bad work and inability to understand a deadline. FML

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You deserved it 1 113

By unlucky - 06/02/2009 22:40 - United States

Today, I noticed a prospective employer I had been networking with changed her last name on her e-mail signature. I wished the aquaintence congratulations on her new marriage. Her divorce was finalized this week. FML

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You deserved it 25 794

By Anonymous - 01/12/2010 19:35 - United States

Today, I felt like adding my real middle name to my facebook name to make it look more professional. It was denied because they didn't feel it was a legitimate request. Minutes later, someone with the name of "Galactic Toast" friend requested me. FML

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You deserved it 3 913

Freshman blues

By Anonymous - 11/11/2020 09:04 - Rwanda - Kigali

Today, I found out there’s a university email platform I never knew about. I’m a freshman and I’ve been using my personal email to communicate with the lecturers. Now I’ve got a pile of assignments to do and most of them are overdue. FML

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You deserved it 1 299

By LoveBytes - 27/03/2012 21:29 - Canada - Victoria

Today, I emailed my crush an anonymous love letter. It wasn't until twenty minutes later that I realized that the email address I used contained my full name. FML

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You deserved it 44 155

ryand82 11

Sunday 29 December 2019 16:33

Sounds like an ad for his YouTube account.

shannon2348 14

Sunday 29 December 2019 21:09

Fancy hobo? ydi

Comments

Callyn 47

Sunday 29 December 2019 15:13

You should have known how Gmail accounts work. At least you know for next time.

ryand82 11

Sunday 29 December 2019 16:33

Sounds like an ad for his YouTube account.

shannon2348 14

Sunday 29 December 2019 21:09

Fancy hobo? ydi

alycion 38

Sunday 29 December 2019 21:55

These accounts are free. It’s always a smart idea to have one that is professional looking for dealing with things like this. They can easily be linked together so you only have to deal with one inbox. And you can make it look like it’s coming from the other email address instead. Works well. Takes a few minutes to set up and a little getting use to to make sure it’s being sent from the email address you want them to see. But it’s too easy to forget that we put goofy stuff on personal accounts. Always best to have personal and professional addresses. I’ve seen resumes just tossed because of stuff like that. They figure the person won’t be careful enough with business emails.