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)
day624 14
No one likes a know it all..
MsMeiriona 2
And a no nothing know-it-all is even worse.
day624 14
True, theres always a middle point though..
danboyd_7 1
You know what they meant
isamisis 9
Start your own forum and you can decide who stays and who YOU get to delete.
iLoveFamilyGuy 7
that's what you get for being a Grammar Nazi
sarah56195 0
You're pathetic.
dandancc 13
Isn't learnt right, too? The sictionary says so. I know they overblew the issue, but check the dictionary, and ignore small miatakes like this.
yummcookie 0
Actually they're both correct. It really depends on which sounds better. For example "I just learnt not to correct grammar" sounds right, as does "I've just learned to" In the second case, leant to sounds too forced because of the double T
DelphiCat 17
That unfortunately depends on your accent - if your 't's aren't very forceful, particularly at the ends of words "i just learnt to drive" sounds fine, but "i just learned to drive" is extra effort and sounds silly.
Kenton1008 21
First world problems...
FatTony2010 4
Long live Blighty!
iloveursister 4
good thing FML doesnt ban people who correct spelling