Kids: Today, the family computer kept overheating. My four-year-old... - FML

By Anonymous - 03/10/2016 23:50 - United States - Westerville

Today, the family computer kept overheating. My four-year-old son thought the solution was to pour a nice, cold cup of water on it. FML

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By allwaysbuggedinheaven - 07/07/2009 12:16 - United States

Today, I returned home to find out that my new and very expensive computer had overheated. I confronted my mom, and she told me that she had covered up the fan because she didn't like the noise. FML

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There you go

By Anonymous - 04/07/2018 01:30

Today, our work computers are down so I've been trying to fix it via my home computer for 3 days. My 12-year-old son took one look at the screen, changed 2 settings on a drop down menu, and the problem was fixed. My 12-year-old is better at my job than I am. FML

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By Louis - 15/11/2018 13:00 - South Africa

Today, I decided to be healthy and drink a tall glass of water whilst doing my assignment that is due in three days. I managed to spill the entire glass over my laptop. I flipped it over and used a hairdryer to dry it off. While doing that, I managed to melt my keyboard. FML

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By Tokany - 28/04/2011 19:29 - Romania

Today, when I came home from work, my computer was drenched with water. My sister claimed there was smoke coming out of it. FML

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Flash flood

By Anonymous - 13/05/2023 06:00 - Botswana - Gaborone

Today, before we went out, my four year-old brother left the water running in the upstairs bathroom. By the time we came back, there was a flood in our entire house. Guess who was asked to mop it all up… FML

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By Anonymous - 29/11/2009 21:10 - United States

Today, a funny smelling liquid was sprayed all over the computer. Last week, I told my fully pottytrained but extremely reluctant toddler that he couldn't play Barney games until he used the big boy toilet. A 4 year old's revenge really sucks. FML

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By inalotofpain - 16/04/2011 12:46 - United States

Today, while relaxing in the kitchen drinking coffee, my dad suddenly rushed in, knocking me over and causing me to spill boiling hot coffee all over myself. Then, my dad thought it would be a good idea to grab the sprayer from the sink and douse me with cold water in order to "put me out." FML

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By Quincy_Ethan - 29/08/2014 21:22 - United States - Killeen

Today, my little sister was using my phone to play games. About an hour later, she came to me and said my phone wouldn't work. Turns out my phone had gotten hot and she put it in water to cool it down. FML

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By Anonymous - 06/11/2014 12:15 - United States - Gainesville

Today, my eight-year-old microwaved our thermometer to see if the temperature would change. FML

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Little shit

By NoPocketforme - 04/04/2021 00:30

Today, I ate the last Hot Pocket in the house. My little brother threw a temper tantrum and poured a bucket of water all over my desk and Macbook. My mom’s response? “Aw he’s just a little boy.” My brother is 13. FML

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Eitanm 15

Tuesday 4 October 2016 15:11

Lol, everyone knows that you need Gatorade to cool down a computer. The electrolytes are good for it

GreenyMushroom 10

Tuesday 4 October 2016 15:10

At least he tried to help

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GreenyMushroom 10

Tuesday 4 October 2016 15:10

At least he tried to help

tantanpanda 26

Tuesday 4 October 2016 15:22

It doesn't make the situation any less worse. I'll give props to the kid though because I know I couldn't get cold water when I was 4.

Eitanm 15

Tuesday 4 October 2016 15:11

Lol, everyone knows that you need Gatorade to cool down a computer. The electrolytes are good for it

Jay18 22

Thursday 6 October 2016 5:54

you made my night

ThePaperDragon 31

Tuesday 4 October 2016 15:11

At least, after buying a new computer, it won't overheat anymore!

hellnosucka 27

Tuesday 4 October 2016 15:44

Problem solver. I like it.

ab290 10

Tuesday 4 October 2016 16:03

Give the lil man a cookie

TigranPet 24

Tuesday 4 October 2016 16:08

It fixed the overheating problem, didn't it?

KyoshiroT 32

Tuesday 4 October 2016 16:33

Hey you can get him something for effort! But you might want to open it up, grab the old compressed air can and clean out the fans.

ALonelyStranger 12

Tuesday 4 October 2016 16:35

Only if computers where water proof

melana09 19

Tuesday 4 October 2016 16:40

Have you tried pouring rice next?

zaidthunder1 27

Wednesday 5 October 2016 6:59

Some salt too.

tj4234 35

Tuesday 4 October 2016 17:51

Provided you unplugged the computer as soon as it happened you may be able to save it. Take the PC apart (I recommend using a camera to photograph how it all went together) and dry all the pieces. Be sure to unplug the monitor and keyboard as water may have gotten into the ports as well. If you unplug them you can shake the water out. Leave it to dry over a few days and then rebuild it and switch it on. You'll probably need to reinstall everything though.

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