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)
nuclear 0
Wow, and just like that your computer turned off? I thought you usually had to hold down the button for a couple of seconds. That sucks but you deserved it. I'm sure you've heard this same story numerous times. Maybe you should save every once in a while next time.
Niqi 0
AHHHHHHHHHHHHH I hate that so much! I feel your pain. D:
AnneFTW 17
You should've been saving as you went along. But still, sucks for you.
AuriPantz 0
YDI for not saving. But FYL cause that sucks. @#44: When I hit my computer's power button it restarts. So does my mom's laptop and my aunt's computer.
jennikins 0
lmfao #6. but yeah, save every two seconds! and its weird that your auto-save didn't kick in. :l
iKaite 0
This has to be fake. Did u not see your dog doing that? Seriously, the FMLs nowadays suck my left tit.
thequeenofscots 0
If you're on a Mac and not using Word for Mac, download SaveCircle. It's freeware (you can find it on freemacware.com) and you can set it to auto-save your documents in any programme so shit like this doesn't happen.
Okazaki_fml 0
Did anyone consider the fact that the computer was probably hooked up to a power strip and the dog turned the power strip off? no need to to poke and hold the "off" button and no warning.
NickelPhosphate 0
YDI it's just common sense to save like every 5 to 10 mins. Especially when you have the power cord/bar in reach of young children, angry parents, or pets.
paperfox_fml 0
The paper can't have been that big, or you would have saved at least some of it. Even the n00biest person knows to save occasionally, and if it really was a huge paper you would have probably written it over a day or two rather than in one go, and so saved when you turned off the computer to sleep. So I can only assume you lost half a page of introduction, or your 'huge paper' was in reality only 3 or 4 pages long.