Today, at the beach, I noticed a plastic bag in the water. I wanted to do something good for a change, help protect the environment and get it out. It wasn't a bag; it was a jellyfish. FML
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Today, I was surfing and trying to impress some girls on the beach. While I was out in the water, a jellyfish wrapped itself around my torso. I started to yell and freak out, making a huge scene. I grabbed it off of me, only to realize that I was freaking out over a plastic grocery bag. FML
Today, I thought I would make my first trip to the beach. While in the water, I was stung by a jellyfish. My friend had to pee on me. I went back into the water to wash the pee off and got stung by another jellyfish. FML
Today, I was swimming in the ocean, not too far off shore. I had asked my mom to come in, but she was afraid of the water because fish had nipped at her toes or something back in the day. I told her there was nothing to fear. I ended up getting stung on the balls by a jellyfish. FML
Today, I went to the beach on the cote d'azur and the lifeguard told me that even though there were two jellyfish in the bay, it was safe to swim. Five minutes into swimming, I got stung twice. FML
Today, I was walking through town when I saw a plastic bag on the ground. Trying to be a good citizen, I picked it up, intending on throwing it in the trash. When I looked up, there wasn't a trash can for another hundred feet. So I put it back down. Now I've got a $200 fine to pay for littering. FML
Today, I went to the beach. My friend decided it would be funny to push me into a bunch of Portuguese Man-O-War jellyfish washed up on the shore. Did you know their tentacles can sting even if they’re dead? FML
Today, I got stung by jellyfish. As I writhed in pain on the beach, my dad comes up and asks me to be quiet, that I'm embarrassing him. He also mentioned that jellyfish were out today and that I should be careful. Thanks, dad. FML
Today, I got stung by jellyfish. As I was writhing in pain on the beach, my dad comes up and asks me to be quiet and that I'm embarrassing him. FML
Today, I was at the beach. I'd recently decided to try the "life hack" where you empty out a bottle of lotion and hide small valuables in it, to avoid them being stolen. I'd put the bottle in my bag. Instead of stealing stuff from inside it, though, someone just stole the whole bag. FML
Today, I was swimming at the beach. At the end of the day, I felt a huge hard lump in between my toes. When I looked closer and pushed on it, it sounded and felt exactly like a bean bag. I had a blister from the day before and it had filled with sand. I had to cut it open to pour the sand out. FML
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tylerbrynds 15
Pee on it
darwinism 30
At least your intentions were good OP. Good on you!
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Comments (87)
asmb100 27
I hate jellyfish. I. Hate. Jellyfish. I really do.
laden_swallow09 35
Don't let this dissuade you from picking up other plastic bags, OP. Good on you for trying to clean the environment!
blackkitteh69 3
Bit of a dumb mistake they're noticeably different
blackonblight 33
No, no they aren't. One of the reasons you want to remove plastic bags from the ocean is so sea turtles don't mistake them for jellyfish and eat them, leading to death. They move in pretty much the same way, too.
False_Stupidity 42
Good on you for trying to do the right thing OP, I just hope it was a relatively harmless species of jellyfish without a sting.
Kendrah18 19
Some good for a change? So you're saying you don't do good often? Maybe this was a "too little too late" thing. Either way, that does suck!
Ki11erC 18
If you can't tell a plastic bag from a jellyfish I worry for you, they look nothing alike. This is coming from some that surfs regularly though.
blackonblight 33
Tell that to sea turtles. Though they mix them up the other way around from how OP did.
DigitalDoctor 2
Nemo had that experience too with the jellyfish.
WadeNickerson 16
I really don't understand how you could make that mistake
vanaathiel 13
The reverse mistake that sea turtles make
Namenlos_fml 20
Sea turtles make that mistake too.