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)
Ammi 7
YDI. You can't go correcting people's grammar and spelling on the internet--which is international, after all--if you aren't aware of all possible *legitimate* ways to spell words. There really aren't many words that have more than one legitimate spelling to begin with, so it isn't that difficult to learn.
videokid2000 10
Ever hear of these strange folk called the British that talk slightly different from us?
Kibaruto 33
If they're different from us, they must be destroyed!
rastafarhi 0
Was it about a video game? If so good riddance, go outside and talk to people don't chat on forums.
poppyseed420 9
So stop being a grammer nazi
robert76 5
Period. End your sentence with a period.
thebigbadwolf17 2
I know that feeling. :< I went on minecraft forums everyday for 10 out of the 12 months I had been a member and I was trying to post a link to a rage comic but my mouse decided to go faulty on me when I tried to click "Copy" so I didn't even notice until after I got banned that the Ctrl + V I posted was a link to a shock site my friend sent me to hours ago. I got banned, Over a failed mouse click.
eredden 4
Get a life
kpywell77 0
I'd be more worried about the things you could've been doing instead of posting 7000 things in a forum and correcting spelling. You could have left your moms house, gotten a job and maybe have gotten laid instead
wuhangdilly 0
your mother is a ****
Sean_Anneire 6
Ah, the fragile line between Queen's english and American english. I got trolled for trying to correct someone's video title. I am not saying I didn't deserve it, but i will say it is a through leson in not trolling and accepting the gramtical rules of other countries. Yes he deserved it, but what he got was a harsh but effective lesson.
Mudkipxo 0
next time don't try to be a part of the grammar police.