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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l0v3t0h8 0
Well that sucks.
diddlbiker 0
For all those that claim that MS Word sucks and that there are plenty of "good" applications that don't autosave: apparently, not *that* good. I consider MS Word to be the bare minimum when it comes to standards. And apparently there's a lot of software out there that doesn't even come up to par with Word. A tip if you use that kind of software: switch to something that *does* offer an autorecover function.
upandb 0
Some of you people are retarded. I've been using Word and Works for over 10 years, and its ALWAYS auto-saved. "But he/she might not use word" True, but Word is pretty much the standard now. If s/he isn't using Word, then it's something they chose. They are not a computer novice, so they are ******* RETARDED for not knowing to auto-save. "But they might use a mac" well then they deserved it. Kidding. But yeah, you Mac people are supposed to be hip and smart. Someone said Ever hear of a thing called Linux? Listen, if someone used Linux, there is NO WAY IN HELL that they would forget to save. Linux people are smart. This wouldn't happen to them. But yeah, new versions of windows (7, for instance) won't shut down until you close all apps, or force a shutdown. And, 90 percent of computers have to have the power button held. AND the OP said "the power button on the computer" not "on the powerstrip" you retards.
Naheelawhatwhat 0
#175 : tl;dr.
Roxas_fml 0
This is why you should always save so often while writing something. Especially something important as that. #173: Whoa, since when was Word auto-save? Eh, might be the newest version. I need to get my hands on that.
zargon 1
@#172: It's funny that you consider MS Word the "bare minimum" since it's a bloated program with *way* too many features that few people, if any, ever use. Like, seriously, more than 90% of the features are used by fewer than 10% of the people. Since I actually know how to *save* my work, I never considered autorecover that big of a deal. I'll gladly take something smaller, lighter, faster, and easier that does what I need over Word any day. And, in fact, I do. I use vim for all of my editing purposes. Granted, it also autorecovers, but it's not a feature I _ever_ need, and I essentially turn it off.
zargon 1
@#173: I think most of the people who were saying these things were making the point that this wasn't necessarily a fake FML and that it was actually a YDI for the reasons you pointed out: OP had to be pretty retarded. Besides, you're assuming that the OP set up the system all by emself, which isn't really a good assumption. I know a lot of people who have Ubuntu systems that other people set up for them, and they would probably not be saving every ten minutes, either. And, even if 90% of computers require you to hold the power button, the point is that it's stupid to call fake on this FML. And, again, the power button behavior is _configurable_, so you really can't try to say how other peoples' computers work.
lilcuti3pi389 0
For people saying that there are many diff programs and some don't autosave... Get one that does, wtf is the problem? OP, FYL dude. Srry
Mnemic 6
Probably said before but usually a computer needs the power button to be pressed for 4 or 5 whole seconds before it shuts down... and yes you should always save in between...
hollister7304 0
That sucks...this is why I save my papers after every paragraph.