Today, I corrected someone who spelled "learned" as "learnt" on my favorite forum. Nothing could've prepared me for the torrent of abuse that followed from the non-American members. Now I'm banned for "trolling," and all my 7,000+ posts since 2006 are gone forever. FML
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A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I was on my favourite forum when I saw a guy ranting at some pro-lifer fanatic. For fun, I replied "umad bro?" apparently moments after the forum founder also left an angry reply. I'm now banned for a month for "trolling the founder" and all my posts have vanished without a trace. FML
Today, I posted on a forum asking if I could be a moderator. Instead, I got banned. FML
Today, I confessed my love for the girl I like, on the forum she moderates. She responded by banning me. FML
Today, I signed up to a Christian website in order to try and 'find God again'. I got banned. FML
Today, while drunk, my brother got on my computer onto my already logged in Wikipedia account and made a few bad edits. He got me reported for vandalism, sending abusive messages to other editors, and banned from editing, pending appeal. FML
Today, I learned that I may have caused a public speaker and author to be fired, because my response to his "open chat" question flustered him, causing him to lose his cool and snap at me. FML
Today, two American guys attacked me for not speaking their language. I'm from England, and they said I'm speaking my own language wrong. FML
Today, I made a Discord account for the first time and got banned, even though I hadn't even logged in. Like, how is that possible? FML
Today, I confidently corrected someone in a group conversation. I was wrong. Very wrong. Everyone stared while Google proved me incorrect in seconds. I nodded and pretended I meant something else. FML
Today, after nearly 19 years, my Facebook account was permanently disabled because I'd banned too many scammers. I admin 58 groups, for over 2 million members, and have banned 50k+ fake accounts. One of them apparently reported me, and since Facebook runs some fake accounts, it was easier to ban me. FML
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DocBastard 40
WHAT???! You mean the Internet isn't American?? You should totally sue!
nadnerbz 6
I hope you learned you lesson. Maybe learnt?
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Ceecee9c 10
sorry op, that suck, learnt looks obviously mispelled for anyone who does not know that language and they should have just told you instead of being jerks about it, and for everyone leaving evil comments and saying ydi, let's let karma get YOU, fyl op.
AlexWins 4
I'm probably one of the few people who feel bad for you. When I see the word 'learnt' I do think it's spelled incorrectly because I was taught 'learned'. You shouldn't judge somebody, or call them ignorant, because they don't know the opposite way to spell it. Because as stated before, it depends how you say it. I'm not one to comment on people's grammar though, unless it's atrocious. But as an American, I see non American-English words all the time and I just try to figure out what it means. Not all English speakers know the differences for each version of the language, because the English language has a lot of versions to it. Okay, sorry for the rant. I just don't understand how people can call him ignorant or stupid. Just because you learned it a different way doesn't mean you're ignorant.
Cinn_fml 23
You have a point, however in this case it would've been possible for the OP to have quickly googled it to double check - most people might not know all the varients, but most know there are differences - before making herself look like an arse. Besides, it does get irritating when something repeatedly gets corrected for something that is not only correct, but you've already explained why it is correct.
Snuffleupagus9 0
Lemme guess iFunny
The_Big_Boss 20
Only 7k posts since 06? That's nothing. On another forum, I got banned for posting an ascii art of a hot chick's cleavage. I had over 22,000 posts
blackvyper 8
Have you learnt your lesson?
Rocky007 15
Geez, you try to do a nice thing and everyone jumped on you. FYL.
gmc_blossom 21
Never correct "learnt" to "learned. You totally deserved it for thinking everyone spelled things the American way. When in reality, the British version is actually the correct version. So, technically, it's "learnt." Either way is accepted.
Here4theshow 17
I hope you learnt your lesson!
mreilly 2
Well, don't be a dick.
muhilrashid 4
Wow seems like a waste of time now huh ?