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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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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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kjtk 2
Hehe silly Americans.
bassmaestro 10
My question is why you have 7,000+ posts in the first like. You sound like you have no life YDI
iwadasn 33
It's not all that much when you consider that's from 2006 to now. I was a nerd and did the math, and 7,000 posts in six years comes out to an average of about 3 posts a day. Not much in the grand scheme of things, really. That's probably how often most people comment here.
cici132 3
Lol I guess that's what you get for being a smartass :x
Iknoweverything 29
Anyone else have an issue with the whole "abuse from NON-Americans?" I know plenty of American grammar-Nazis that would have abused you too. (Like me) I highly doubt it's ONLY non-Americans. SOME of us Americans actually understand that there are many different forms of the same words that are correct. And if we aren't certain whether or not the spelling is applicable for other countries, we keep our mouths SHUT. (Or in this case, we don't press 'enter') Believe it or not, some Americans take care to ensure they aren't part of the "self-centered American" stereotype. Avoiding trolling in forums is one of the first ways to start!
mgrubby 4
I hope you learnt your lesson!!!
DelphiCat 17
My only real opinion in the whole English/American spelling thing is that i think you guys are missing out with the fs instead of phs. Sulfur is just a little dull compared to sulphur, and it also confuses me why phosphorus gets to keep the ph but poor sulphur doesn't...
wthatcher87 3
I find it sad that you're actually upset over the fact that they deleted your posts
adamjohnson 5
Stupid non-Americans go USA
iwadasn 33
The whole argument of American vs. British spelling is ridiculous, yet it erupts on almost every website I've been on that allows comments. And it's bad on both sides--I've seen pretty equal numbers of Americans complaining about British spelling and non-Americans complaining about American spelling. What's the point of that? Would you go up to a Spaniard or a German and start ranting about how your language is better than theirs? Complaining about another country's spelling is just as silly.
RobManB 4
^^^ Na don't worry, the Internet is most certainly American