Well then

if these are the kind of fmls that the fml staff has to deal with every day, lets take a moment to admire the patience and persistence of the people who deliver us grammatically correct and fluent fmls while putting their own sanity at risk.

I hope these FMLs are an April fool's prank or this app went downhill in a day

This makes me so irrationally angry.

COS ITS APRIL FOOLS DAY!!!

C'mon moderators, you've got one job!

I thought it was to make sure that FMLs like these were kept in the Best of the Worst blog, or at least that I didn't get yelled at by the FMLs...

To give out hints to the hidden badges! That's your job. Well one staff member at least. The rest can do other things.

This has got to be just a really mean April Fool's day joke. Like, really mean. It hurt my brain to read that.

Heh, I didn't know you could edit FML's? All these didn't pass through moderation.

Actually... They changed them all to be like this

Yep #19, the great powers that be can edit an FML that has been submitted. When my FML was published it was changed in a very minor way. Believe me, be grateful that they can, because the final form that arrives faithfully on our desktops and mobile devices is often a considerable improvement on what was submitted.

However, I am guessing there is some sort of random generator that changes words, punctuation, spelling etc throughout the whole site, because I doubt that they would have the time to individually edit all 26,921 entries for April 1st and then hopefully change it back again.

In light of their joke on us we all should approve every fml in moderation.

Look at the date

#38 Whatever you do, don't do that! While normally the moderation section displays the diverse range in education levels, and the unique way some people choose to apply the rules of spelling and punctuation, when FML plays a trick, a whole new lower life form crawls forth from the bowels of FML. The bottom feeders who believe they are original in making up posts such as

"Today, I came to enjoy FML but was driven to tears of frustration by the bad spelling and grammar. My inner grammar nazi could not handle it and I had a panic attack. FML".

These are the same people who make up the bad posts about gold and blue dresses, members leaving boy bands, and possibly the hundreds who simply say "Today, my FML was rejected again. FML".

Letting these people through could destroy the balance of the universe. It's bad enough that occasionally people who make stupid rhetorical questions part of their FML get through. Why is it stupid you ask? It's unnecessary and annoying. It's the same with people who use the phrase "needless to say'.

Love going through random FMLs and figuring out the algorithm :) Some put the FMLs in all caps and change quotation marks to parentheses, some change my to "mah," some replace all e's with a's, some remove all h's, some change words ending in "ed" to just end in "d," some add "loooool" randomly within the body of the FML, and others remove random letters and/or spaces. I imagine the mods are manually tweaking the new and best/worst FMLs to put a funnier personal touch on them, and using the algorithm for the rest of the site. Love the effort!

Anyone catch any other patterns I missed?

I moderate. I promise you, that as a grammar and spelling nazi myself, these would not have been voted up today. I too am hoping these are April Fools jokes.

Hmm won't let me edit my comment. I wanted to add that I find myself imagining an Italian accent when I read the FMLs that replace e's with a's lol

This is what I think of when I see your name :) Walk On The Wild Side - Prairie Dog Alan

ALL CAPS RAGE!!!!!!!!

done intentionally by fml staff as an April fools joke

FML Moderators decide to join in the April fools spirit!

Wtf

Right? I got a little weirded out when I refreshed the page at midnight and then FML was full of CAPS and tpyos

I can picture it;

*refresh*

*pushes adult beverage away*

:D

Fantastically done FML Staff! Took me a moment to remember time zones.

WHY ARE WE SHOUTING? No but seriously, that's one heck of an april fool's prank!

Soo funnnny -_-

This must be awful for grammar nazis

Believe me, it is. :(

This is a difficult time for us all. When they changed all the "e"s to "a"s is what really bothers me