Today, my telephone line was hit by lightning. I discovered that not only will lightning fry a router, it will also destroy any PCs connected to that router via network cables. I also discovered that a $10 phone line surge protector would have saved nearly $3,000 worth of PC equipment. FML
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Thanksgiving
Questions about your love life, a burnt turkey and the cousin who knows everything: Thanksgiving, a contact sport.
Today, we spent an entire day without being able to do work because our internet connection was down. Turns out, only the router had crashed and nobody bothered to reset it "to avoid doing further damage". FML
Today, while working the dinner rush at my job, every single computer, credit card machine, and printer froze for an hour and a half. The reason behind this issue was a large wire ripped from the mainframe, the same wire I tripped over 20 seconds before while my boss watched. FML
Today, I spilled a glass of iced tea all over my desk. It trickled down the wall and fried an extension cord. FML
Today, my cat decided that the best place for her to pee was over the surge protector where my modem, router, and printer are plugged in. FML
Today, I tried to charge my phone at school by removing the socket for the fan. All the computers in the room turned off. I accidentally removed the power cables for the computers and got suspended. FML
Today, the ethernet cable that I'd waited so long for arrived. I have been gaming on the stupidly unstable wifi for months and finally I thought my life would be saved. Then it turns out that the ethernet port isn't working. FML
Today, during a storm-related power failure, I jerry-rigged an inverter from my car to supply the essentials. In doing so, I managed to blow up the fridge, smoke and all. The power came back on 5 minutes later. FML
Today, my cat knocked my phone into the bathtub. I grabbed it, dried it, and put it on the charger without thinking. Five minutes later, the bathroom lights went out and my landlord texted me asking why the fuses had tripped. FML
Today, in an effort to rearrange my bedroom, I planned to reroute my internet cables under my house. Then I found out about the black widow infestation. FML
Today, my house was broken into and my computer was stolen. Fortunately, I have cloud backups of all my work; unfortunately, hardware prices have gone through the roof and I won't be able to replace that computer soon. FML
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Top comments
stunty_fml 0
You lucky you. Surge protector worth 10 bucks would probably set your house on fire.
Fop 6
HAH. YDI for not getting one though. This one was actually good. Also, I like the OPs name.
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Comments (106)
theprincess79 2
Why would u not buy a surge protector? It's just common sense to buy one. YDI for not buying the proper equipment to protect your computers.
s_rika 16
I consider myself relatively tech savvy, and I have never heard of a surge protector for your phone line. I'm willing to bet most of the people who have commented are thinking of the normal power strip surge protectors. Then again, I've got a cheap wireless router and an adapter for my desktop, so I don't really have any need there.
CarbonCoach 11
Should have has wires from your electricity tingy to your neighbours cat battery tingy and it would burn his car too or start it and steal it sell it then you got your money back.
Zaharra 10
$ in South Afrika????
TheSmartAss10 21
I purchased a surge protector for $40 USD and it comes with a warranty of $500,000 in case it fails. RIP your PC hardware mate, I feel your pain, I built my own.
Clanesda 14
I'm not saying YDI because i have no idea what that is
tmealy89 2
trust me. it wouldnt help. we got a power surge box from our electric company, lightening hit it causing all of our expensive electronics to short out, the only thing that worked was our 10 dollar stereo system........
alicelouise66 5
guess you know now.