Today, I bought an expensive video game and decided to show it off and post a photo of it on Instagram. When I got home to play it, it rejected my activation key. I then realised it was showing in the Instagram post. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, in an effort to try and be closer to my girlfriend's son, I bought him an expensive Xbox game I know he desperately wanted so we could play it together. He was excited, until he realised that I that paid for it. He snapped the disc and threw the pieces in the bin. At least I tried. FML
Today, I went out and bought a copy of Black Ops 2. I got home and opened the case, only to see the game disk was missing. When I went back to the store to complain, the guy at the desk accused me of trying to pull an old scam on him. FML
Today, it was supposed to be a big date day for my girlfriend and I. She really loves a specific video game, so I did what I thought was special on it. I learned the hard way that doing so ruined the entire day for her over the video game. FML
Today, after having given up video games for two weeks to focus on school, I finished my last exam of the semester and finally became free. I got home to find that Steam is down worldwide. I just received an email saying every game on my wish list is on sale, but I can't log in. FML
Today, I tried to log into Instagram for the first time in 2 days. They deactivated my account for violating their guidelines. I haven't posted a picture or made a comment in months. FML
Today, as I sat on the toilet, I mistakenly took a screenshot and then proceeded to fumble my phone. It wasn't until 5 hours later when I recharged it that I realized I had unintentionally posted the screenshot of me on the toilet to Instagram. FML
Today, I bought an expansion to a card game, only to compare the card backs and realize I've owned a fake copy of the card game for two years. FML
Today, I was on Instagram and I sent a meme to my other account. Tell me why as soon as I switched over and saw my one chat notification, I got excited, then remembered I'd just sent myself a meme. FML
Today, because money is a little tight, I decided to sell one of my retro video game consoles. The family member that initially gave me it to me saw the ad on Facebook and demanded I give it back to them. FML
Today, I tried reaching out to a brand on Instagram, telling them I'm a rising influencer and would love a free sample of some of their products to review. They replied back with a laughing emoji and "You have 44 followers. Eat shit." Then they posted it on their story, with my name listed. FML
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Top comments
crackajak 15
You should post a picture of your credit card, I bet you'll have better results.
BigJoeZD 16
No other words for it really, You totally Deserve It. Tell you what though i'll buy another copy for you, just need your full name and credit-card number to verify it's really you.
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Comments (128)
drbakhonlock 18
Damn OP. I hope everyone learns from this. But really thats gotta suck so bad
esamolwan 18
you deserve it for not paying attention
WCARlover 35
Any FML with the words "decided to show it off" is an automatic YDI 99% of the time. This is one of those times.
cari_cat 19
Surely the person who used your code has the disc for the game so therefore has their own code? I don't know, maybe I'm too behind the times. Maybe there is no disc.
Dotaa 5
If there's an activation code, chances are that it's for PC. Almost all PC games have an option to digitally download the game. download the game, use the stolen code, free game.
DFMLharsh 20
Why the down votes?!? Did you guys miss the ".. too behind the times. Maybe there is no disc."?!? Hate it when the curious get scorched here.. And ^ is the answer to your question. All you need now a days is a digital copy and an instagram post like the OP's. :D
pyrexicpoet 18
Definitely YDI.. Why would you not check the picture before you upload it?
Kramer1998 20
Post the picture AFTER you put in the code moron
xJChristine 16
Maybe you can go back to the store you bought the game and say the key doesn't work? It's not the truth, but at least you can play the game :)
bluefairy_fml 24
If that worked, then anyone could buy two games at the price of 1: you buy the game, let a friend use the code, then you go back to the store, say the code didn't work and get a new one. If the employees were not careful, maybe you could even rinse and repeat and get the game for free for all your friends.
Digita1Fusion 7
Often stores will allow the return in order to keep customers happy and therefore returning, and record personal information in order to watch for a pattern of that kind of thing.
Cammi0 18
Aww man, I feel so bad for you! I've done that before with my concert ticket, but luckily I deleted it before anyone saw.
starlight88 21
That was frickin stupid. Hopefully you kept the receipt. Just take the game back to the store, tell them the code doesn't work, and exchange it for another one. Don't show it off this time.
filip00 16
YDI for being an attention *****. Did you buy the game to boast around or to play it?