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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Top comments
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)
punanni 0
Get the hell over it. turn your computer back on. go back into the program and it will have a recent memory of most of the stuff you did
Proxgotsthafia 0
If you've ever written a paper before, you should know to either turn on autosave or use the magical Ctrl+S combo ever couple of minutes.
shotgunner2 0
you are a dumbfuck
DankJemo 0
I've got no sympathy for you. You don't write an entire paper, or article without saving one. You're a moron for doing that, and then not promptly making a save file. Why do you think the first thing you are taught when using a word processing software is to create a save file? You can also set the stuff up to save every few minutes. It's not the dogs fault, it's yours for being ill-prepared.
MechEngineer 0
That cant be right. If you're using a word processor, those usually automatically save to the last available copy after forced shutdown. Unless its something like Word 98 or something.
djyankees02 0
That wouldn't happen on a Mac. It just goes to sleep. I agree, though, that does suck, but why didn't you save along the way? It's your last grade! You should know by now to save along the way, but yeah I know exactly how you feel. On my final paper for a class, the power went out… My paper lost a ton of progress. Needless to say, I was pretty pissed.
TotallyAwesome 0
Did any of you guys think that maybe the dog turned the computer off by hitting the power button on the surge protector? If that were so, there would not be time for the computer to do anything such as backup or auto-save.
tronner 0
#210 - if that were the case, the program still should have reverted back to an autosave point some time in the recent past. Most programs don't have to be set to autosave, either. So the fact that this person wants us to believe he or she lost an entire paper because of his dog, lacks a bit of credibility.
l33tm0nk3y 0
First rule of doing ANYTHING on a computer: Save early, save often. Also, what the hell kind of computer do you have anyway? I don't think I've ever seen any computer that won't shut off unless you hold down the power button for a few seconds - something which seems incredibly unlikely to happen just from your dog scratching himself.
schnitzcopter 0
What kinda computer has a kill switch? I have to hold mine for 10 seconds to do a manual shutdown. If I just try to shut down normally there are several steps required and all my programs prompt me to save.... Then again...it's an Macbook Pro.