Today, I was writing a huge paper for a class as our last grade. My dog starts scratching himself. He hit the power button on the computer. Nothing was saved. FML
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Today, I was busy writing my English final paper and all of a sudden my computer just chose to freeze. I thought Microsoft Word would save it, but alas, 4 pages down the dumpster. Plus my earphones stopped working and I can't afford to buy a new pair. FML
Today, right after I finished writing a very important paper and saved it to my hard drive, my barely 2-year-old Macbook decided to completely stop functioning. I went to the Apple store and even they can't get it to turn on. That's $1500 down the drain along with my grade. FML
Today, I sat down at my computer for the first time in a week, and discovered that my cat had thrown up all over my keyboard. I needed to write up an important document but the chunks were stuck down in the keys, effectively locking it up and making it useless. FML
Today, I realized how much I'm on the computer. I tried to "CTRL+Z" on something I wrote down on my paper. FML
Today, my cat decided to use my keyboard as a scratching post, and now my computer won't work. 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, I finally finished my 500 page manuscript and so went out to buy some paper to print it off. I get back home and find out my dad has infected my computer with a virus and the only way to save it was to wipe the hard drive, which he did. That script took me a year and I have no backup. 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 went to check my grade, which was posted for an essay for my comp 1 class. I got a zero. I was devastated only to find out I never actually clicked the submit document button. My grade dropped 20 points. FML
Today, I took a shower after I finished typing an important essay I've been working on for days. My computer illiterate mum shut the computer down when I was gone, without saving a thing. When I confronted her, she yelled at me for "wasting electricity". FML
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althemaster 16
Ans THAT'S why you should save every 2 seconds... No but that really sucks...
xxmollyxx 25
A new version of the dog ate my homework, cool :D Still sucks though!
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Comments (273)
jSOPURE 3
I haven't heard this kinf of story since I was in high school. You should save from now on. =X
JonReb 0
This is like, such a last decade problem. x_x
cheese1756 0
Another reason you should save. You totally deserve it.
koda_fml 0
Lol how old is your computer? 14 years old? Everyone knows you have to hold the Power Button for at least 3 seconds to forcefully shut it down.
mejubebe 0
haha, this totally happened to me and i was going to put it up but i read this, only mine happened when a fat mexican tore out the power cable with her backpack.
MrZach 0
For all of you calling me a retard. Learn how to use a computer. It's really simple. Now i never said anything auto-saves, i said it is saved in the memory, Find your RAM cache and you have ur paper.
x0xcarolinex0x 4
this is why it gets drilled into your head to save CONSTANTLY
redheadfreak929 0
..........I don't believe this, First of all my computer is from 2000 and it auto saves. So lets look at it in a different view, maybe it didn't autosave, BUT on/off button to the computer FOR ALL COMPUTERS! don't just turn off at once, u have to hold the button for a couple of secs. So you story is full of holes and next time plz don't make something up so dumb. P.S. Computer off/on buttons r either in the back of the computer (if so y was he there?) and also it would be very difficult for one of his/her claws to actually press the button!
BaldOuting 0
you should know better by now. this has happened to how many others? always save!
neurorot 0
Koda: Are you an idiot? There ARE brand new computers that can be turned off by a single, quick press of the power button. Most computers don't, but, there ARE computers that still do this. Please, don't open your trap if you don't know what you're talking about. It was the biggest pain in the ass when I was dating my ex - Even if you barely bumped that power button his computer would turn his computer right off and it would make him SO mad. Hey, OP- If you have a bad habit of forgetting to save often, get OpenOffice (openoffice.org). (That is unless anyone else knows of something better, excluding Microsoft Word) it's basically a freeware version of Microsoft Word. It's not perfect, for instance it's really hard to make custom tables, but, it has an autosave feature and a recovery option just in case something like that happens. I feel for you dude - It sucks to lose a lot of work to some bullshit or another. FYL/YDI - Get a program that autosaves or make it a habit to manually save more often. Good luck on that paper.