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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Halloween
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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Comments (502)
arak_fml 7
Troll
njamnky 4
YDI. You remind me of Homer Simpson. "English? Who needs that? I'm never going to England"
hellonyancat 6
The thing thats sad about this is that you were there from 2006 and obviously no one even knew who you were. If they had they would have known you weren't trolling(assuming your 7000+ posts weren't troll posts).
Aletheria_fml 9
I voted "YDI" . You shouldn't have been banned for "trolling" , but honestly, even if the FML has little context, it just makes me think that maybe just maybe you weren't nice in your correction at all, so of course it makes sense that you would be banned for that. YDI also because, as others pointed out, both spellings are acceptable.
MrSmOkEwEeD451 2
ydi for bein a grammar nazi
dmoz 7
You misspelled "favourite".. There is a U in there..
Goddamnidiots 12
Actually thats how americans spell it.
wolfgirl18 3
YDI correcting some ones grammar is annoying
DelphiCat 17
*YDI, correcting someone's grammar is annoying. Actually, that still isn't correct, i *think* it should be; *YDI, it's annoying when people correct someone's grammar.
thetoxiclion 4
Your own fault for being a grammar nazi.
MsNight 1
I say FYL OP. I'm a grammar nazi too but that's not why I agree. I agree because their reaction seems a little extreme. They could have at least warned you or something first rather than jumping to banning you and deleting all your posts!
kimmylala 0
It's spelt, not spelled =P