Miscellaneous: Today, my step-mom restarted the computer because she thought...

By Anonymous - 27/11/2012 05:06 - United States - Appleton

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

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By Anonymous - 11/09/2021 19:00 - United States - Steele

Today, after almost a week of my cursor randomly freezing, I'd had enough and was about ready to go out and get a new computer mouse. It wasn't until just now that I realized nothing was wrong with my mouse. It was running on fumes because I forgot to replace the battery. FML

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By tech_support - 04/11/2011 16:05 - Sweden

Today, at work, my mouse cursor kept randomly moving all over the screen, and messed up an entire day's attempted work. As I was leaving, I overheard one of my co-workers saying he'd plugged a wireless mouse adapter into my computer, and had been trolling me all day. FML

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By Anonymous - 31/12/2020 09:32 - Sri Lanka - Colombo

Today, my mum vented her anger on me by shattering my mouse on the floor, taking my keyboard and nearly ripping out my monitor. At least a spare mouse and the on screen keyboard are better than nothing. This hurts. FML

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By Anonymous - 19/06/2009 17:52 - United States

Today, my mom thought it would be a good idea to see what websites I go on from my computer while I wasn't home. She clicked the link that gave my computer a virus that I just got rid of a few days ago. FML

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By Anonymous - 12/10/2017 20:00

Today, my mom borrowed my computer without my permission and downloaded a virus. I came home to a blue screen of death. She refuses to admit fault and pay for a new computer. FML

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By Caci Johnson - 15/10/2017 04:30

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

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Brain fart

By Anonymous - 27/01/2010 18:09 - United States

Today, the speakers on my laptop weren't working. I worried I'd broken something, and started freaking out. I restarted my computer numerous times and played with the settings for an hour before calling my sister in to help. She looked at it for two seconds, then unplugged my headphones. FML

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What have you done now?

By Anonymous - 19/07/2023 03:00

Today, my dad was sat on my laptop in the living room trying to learn how to do some rewiring around the house when he, and I quote, ”clicked on the thing.” My laptop is now riddled with so many viruses it’s basically a house brick. FML

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By Kenny - 24/01/2014 07:16 - Nigeria - Lagos

Today, I noticed my laptop kept shutting down and the mouse cursor was all over the place, clicking on every folder. I dismantled the entire computer only to notice something in one of my USB drives: the receiver to a wireless mouse my colleague put there earlier to play a prank on me. 5ML

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By duderboi99 - 25/05/2009 19:45 - United States

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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TheSithAssassin 15

Tuesday 27 November 2012 12:04

I'm not certain why you never saved it once. It just seems like the obvious thing to do. There is a chance that the file still exists on your hard drive if you want to search for it. Some word processors create auto recoveries and backups which are sometimes hidden files.

NFSMax 5

Tuesday 27 November 2012 12:04

Hopefully your document has auto save function. Or use EasyRecovery. Good luck!

Comments

mike3775 35

Tuesday 27 November 2012 13:36

years ago, I got into the habit of always hitting ctrl-s whenever I am doing anything on the PC(whether games or school papers) because I had lost a final exam project because the power went off just about the time I was almost done. After that, every 5 minutes I always hit ctrl-s to be safe.

Muffin_boo 12

Tuesday 27 November 2012 13:42

A bit OCD. But it's understandable. :3

SkiPort 16

Tuesday 27 November 2012 13:40

Save it or just set autosave to be default on new documents, it's really not hard. Lightening, powercut, hardware fault, technologically impaired people, just a few of the dangers lurking for important unsaved documents

Autocorrected 11

Tuesday 27 November 2012 13:42

If you're using MS Office (2007+), you'll be fine.

JustASmallTownBo_fml 7

Tuesday 27 November 2012 15:24

That's the issue. This dipshit used Notepad and now OP's screwed.

patrickalamo 47

Tuesday 27 November 2012 13:43

Dude save as you go. YDI

DivineSunshine 1

Tuesday 27 November 2012 13:43

It was probably autosaved which means you are a fool for not looking. Try Google docs next time.

sweetmama88 6

Tuesday 27 November 2012 13:43

You should have saved your paper. And I'm sure it was by accident, she never meant to do it.

tcdaboss 2

Tuesday 27 November 2012 13:58

Why didnt you hit save at any time

perdix 29

Tuesday 27 November 2012 14:01

I can see absentmindedly not saving while you bang out a lot of work, but I don't know how you forget to do it before giving your mom a turn on the computer. Well, the world needs ditch-diggers, too.