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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toodrunc2no 0
First off to all those saying your an idiot for not saving... I think the OP realizes that now, we've all had something similar happen and then you start saving every 4 seconds after it happens. We all make mistakes and it ******' sucks. Something similar has happened several times (don't think I've ever lost everything though). To all those talking about auto-save and auto-recover - I agree with the others... you're dumb... not every program has it. BTW my old computer used to have a power and reset button that would turn off instantly #125 - Hilarious! But I think the OP should probably ALT-F4 the dog's life
randomgirl13 0
LMAOOO... awww, that sucks! but why don't you SAVE your work?
Amandaisdreaming 7
next time, you should try saving every five minutes.
Hadley_fml 0
Always "save as" as soon as you open a document, then either rely on autosave or just do what I do and obsessively hit ctrl-S every time you stop to think.
love15_fml 8
That sucks but you should have saved. Sorry though.. so yeah, FYL AND YDI
Altephor 0
Doubt this one. First of all, most word processing programs autosave. Second, most computer power buttons require you to hold it until the power goes off. Unless you're working on a PC circa 1995, I highly doubt your dog pressed and held the power button.
dcubed121 0
two things can prevent this again. one-save often(Ctrl+S are your friend) two-change the settings on your computer so the power button doesn't turn it off but instead puts it in stand by. there you go problem solved.
heywood 0
@ #157- it's easy to go into BIOS and change what happens when you hit your computer's power button. I haven't even touched those settings on my PC, but it will still start the normal shutdown procedure when I push it without holding it (and holding it for 5 seconds will shut it down immediately). I'm a big proponent of saving often, but every normal human being gets "on a roll" and forgets to save when they have good ideas flowing quickly.
Some___Guy 0
Were you more than 2 words into it?
Glitchman_fml 0
Ouch, sucks dude, but I have to say YDI. That's why you save every 10-15 minutes. I mean really, what's harder than pressing the button that looks like a floppy disk? Shoot, I know people who are even more paranoid and do it every 2 minutes. But I'm not going to lie about that having happened to me before. When you get into the groove, it's hard to just stop. Ah well, LOL to your unintended recreation of the old "dog ate my homework" excuse.