Today, I noticed my laptop kept shutting down and the mouse cursor was all over the place, clicking on every folder. I dismantled the entire computer only to notice something in one of my USB drives: the receiver to a wireless mouse my colleague put there earlier to play a prank on me. 5ML
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Thanksgiving
Questions about your love life, a burnt turkey and the cousin who knows everything: Thanksgiving, a contact sport.
Today, at work, my mouse cursor kept randomly moving all over the screen, and messed up an entire day's attempted work. As I was leaving, I overheard one of my co-workers saying he'd plugged a wireless mouse adapter into my computer, and had been trolling me all day. FML
Today, my step-mom restarted the computer because she thought she'd downloaded a virus that stopped her from being able to click on anything, erasing my 7-page paper in the process. It turns out it was just the batteries dying in our wireless mouse. FML
Today, after almost a week of my cursor randomly freezing, I'd had enough and was about ready to go out and get a new computer mouse. It wasn't until just now that I realized nothing was wrong with my mouse. It was running on fumes because I forgot to replace the battery. FML
Today, my computer mouse suddenly stopped working. Assuming it had died, I put a new battery in. It still didn't work. After spending several hours trying to understand what problem it could possibly have, I figured out that it helps if you don't put the battery in backwards. FML
Today, my laptop has its own likes and dislikes. The cooler keeps spinning crazily, causing loud annoying noise when I use the laptop at my parent's house, and functions perfectly silent at my place. Careful inspection proved full working order. What's going on? FML
Today, my dad was sat on my laptop in the living room trying to learn how to do some rewiring around the house when he, and I quote, ”clicked on the thing.” My laptop is now riddled with so many viruses it’s basically a house brick. FML
Today, my friends took my work laptop and changed the sounds. Now, whenever I remove a USB device, a woman's voice screams "Put it back!" and when I insert a USB device, it says "Oh, you need to push it in harder!" I don't know how to change it back. FML
Today, the speakers on my laptop weren't working. I worried I'd broken something, and started freaking out. I restarted my computer numerous times and played with the settings for an hour before calling my sister in to help. She looked at it for two seconds, then unplugged my headphones. FML
Today, while trying to get my attention, my dog got her nail stuck in a usb port in my laptop. She freaked out and ran off, dragging it off my lap and through the house before if came off. Her nail was only slightly chipped- my laptop now has a cracked screen. FML
Today, I restarted my PC a few times because of a little clicking noise coming from the direction of the tower. No, my hard drive wasn't doing a death rattle, it was music coming from ear buds lying beside said tower on the desk. FML
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Top comments
coried91 28
At least nothing was actually wrong with your computer. If you know how to take it apart then I'm hoping you can put it back together.
Zverina 20
Guess you could say your computer was... Cursed... by a cursor.
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Comments (84)
Wizzlbang 10
Nevermind not noticing the USB, I can understand that, but you dismantled your computer for what was obviously a software issue? What did you think you were gonna find by taking it apart, gremlins?
orsombre_fml 11
Don't ever mention them! They can hear you!
thecrazymancan 17
of course he could just ask the os how many mice are plugged in.
Bryson1224 5
5ML? Wtf
miss_jules 11
This means war, OP!
xzeldax3 18
YDI for not removing everything from the USB ports when you unplugged all the cables to inspect it.
gpg5 19
At least it wasn't a virus
naridelius 10
Why in the hell would you dismantle it because of that? You must be one of those people who can't find the any key.
Blippety 23
Are we just going to ignore the fact he ended the FML with "5ML"?
Loveyou6611 20
5ML?
lalathefairy 15
I would have looked for external explanations before dismantling my computer. YDI for jumping the gun..