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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Top comments
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)
TonyGoCapitals 0
You need a life if you're sad about forum postings getting deleted
pegleg007 2
Lol. Get a life, troll!
dogpup4 23
Serves you right for being a pedantic ****.
harowharow 3
America is shit anyway
HunterAlpha1 8
this is especially funny because "learnt" is another way to spell "learned". i hope you've learnt your lesson.
HALAL_fml 0
in Canada it is learnt so yahh
Silverangel007 3
338- At the risk of being attacked... I've often heard that some Americans have a tendency to diregard certain countries and as a result are ignorant about what's what. What you just said pushes me towards believing that claim. Anyway, back to the matter at hand, not everyone who uses forums use English as a first language so if you can understand what they mean get on with your life. I'm South African and I speak Zulu 1st language and I'm sure less than 1% of the world's population has ever heard that word so I'm forced to communicate in a language I only LEARNT to speak fluently at the age of 18. It's really irritating to have people constantly correcting you when you are commenting or posting on social sites. When I'm writting reports I'll drill my brain for "proper" English but not when I'm relaxing and having a good laugh on FML.
DrBlack 9
Kind of ironic considering that American culture has bastardised the English language.
beclaurela 18
I am speechless..you did deserve that for being a dumb ass.
ela5ho 0
I hope you learnt your lesson.