Today, I tried to fix my laptop charger by fiddling around with it using metal tweezers. Not only did I forget to unplug the cord and shocked myself, I also ended up breaking the charger completely. FML
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Today, while trying to get my phone to charge, I shoved in the cable harder and harder and tried to wobble it so my phone would charge. After snapping the USB input from the force, I saw the plug was switched off. FML
Today, in an attempt to be frugal, I tried to repair my own sometimes-faulty toaster. Turns out I unplugged the wrong kitchen appliance, which I only discovered by electrocuting myself while pulling it apart. Now it's definitely broken, will need replacing, and I have a burn. FML
Today, I spent an hour trying to figure out why my laptop wouldn't charge. I restarted it three times, watched two tutorials, and almost ordered a new charger until I realized that the actual charger wasn't plugged into the wall. FML
Today, I was on my phone while it was charging. My hands fumbled a bit, and my phone slipped out of my fingers. Thinking quickly, I grabbed it by the charging cable to save it. The cable unplugged, and my phone now has a pretty crack on the screen from hitting the tile floor. FML
Today, my laptop plug got stuck in the wall outlet. I stood there for 10 minutes violently trying to yank it out. My boss came in and screamed at me for making noise. I was angry, so I glared at him and yanked on the plug as hard as I could. It dislodged itself noiselessly and I fell over. FML
Today, I managed to electrocute myself on a plug socket while I was showing a group of trainee electricians how not to electrocute themselves while rewiring a plug socket. FML
Today, I fell down concrete stairs trying to plug my computer into an outlet. I now have a twisted ankle, scrape on my elbow and a huge scratch across my laptop. The best part? The outlet wasn't even working. FML
Today, I realised how socially inept I am, when I muttered an apology to my laptop after I noticed I hadn't plugged its charger in. FML
Today, I tried to charge my phone at school by removing the socket for the fan. All the computers in the room turned off. I accidentally removed the power cables for the computers and got suspended. 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
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kawigurl 0
dumbass ydi hope it jolted something in ur brain that awakens the common sense area...
perdix 31
Hopefully, your Darwin Award will come along with a cash prize so you can buy a new charger. It won't be enough to buy you some common sense, though, but that might take you out of the running for bigger Darwin Awards. Sadly, the big money is only given out posthumously.
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Comments (78)
xstaticdelta 6
****** asshole, Today, I tried to fix my laptop charger by fiddling around with it using metal tweezers. that right there is why YDI
IneffableLullaby 13
I'm sorry to say, but you deserve it for making such a stupid mistake. Common sense apparently isn't so common anymore.
Wirebiter 0
Not to mention you have no idea what's wrong with it. you're just mashing shit with tweezers for no reason. But hey, you can pretty much figure that anything before where you shocked yourself works fine!
haraken 0
Hahaha. Wooooow. That's 'special'. So you ignored all common sense and the twitching, dying remains of your self-preservation instinct, and then decided to try and get some sympathy from the INTERNET of all places? OP, please stay far away from any sharp objects, electrical sockets, refrain from driving any cars, 'k? You're a hazard.
Steve95401 49
At least OP wasn't standing in a bathtub full of water when she had this brilliant idea for fixing the charger.
immunizations 0
you're lucky... I had to learn about electricity using a textbook, while you learned it using tweezers and a laptop
brokenhelix 4
you're getting really close to earning a "Darwin Award" - keep up the hard work!
omgpolly 0
Why would the man leave it in the kitchen?
slipknot29 0
must not of got the memo in grade 1. electricity travels through metal. idiot.
CRAZYx2 7
Did you ever take grade 9 physics?