Today, the family computer's 15-year-old CRT monitor which gives me headaches finally stopped working. My dad quickly found a replacement: an even older CRT monitor that gives me worse headaches. FML
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Today, I arrived at work, only to find my computer's massive CRT monitor had been smashed up beyond belief. Everyone else has flat-screen monitors, and I'd made no secret of how unfair it is to me. According to my boss, this makes me the obvious culprit, and now I'm suspended. FML
Today, my 81-year-old mother threw out the packaging for a 3-day-old $1,700 monitor I was going to return due to a defect. I live in my own home, but she randomly visits to "clean up" without asking me. Now I'm stuck with an expensive, defective monitor. FML
Today, I cleaned my computer screen for the first time in ages. When I turned it on a few hours later, I spent an embarrassing amount of time trying to figure out why the brightness was suddenly so painfully high. FML
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
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
Today, my doctor told me that the reason I'm losing my eyesight is because I'm straining my eyes, and that the best thing for me to do is to limit my time in front of computers. I spent years in college to get my current job which involves sitting in front of computers. FML
Today, my aged mother continued to complain about her computer issues to me. A relative, who is good at tech support, won't bother servicing her computer because whatever she does ends up bogging it down the next day, so I have to hear about it on the phone. FML
Today, as I was using my mom's computer, a spider crawled onto the screen. So as per my usual reaction to seeing a spider, I smashed it as fast as I could. I missed the spider, but now I have to buy my mom a new monitor. FML
Today, I found out my mom is getting rid of cable TV. My dad and I bought her a 700 dollar plasma screen TV for Christmas. FML
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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Welshite 40
Time for some sabotage. Eventually you'll be reading off of stone tablets and cave drawings.
amandathecreator 22
Sounds like you need to buy your own computer
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Comments (91)
nevilninja 9
First world problems. Geez its not your computer so get over it. Annoying maybe but not FML worthy
orangeink25 3
get your own computer and or monitor. your old enough to use the internet, you can get a job. I'm 14, I have a job.
LarryXz 12
You should check with the local museum to see if any CRT-monitors has been stolen recently. :)
ordinarygent 14
It would be a shame if the older one suddenly broke.... Just some thoughts
YeaSo3 14
can't help but to wonder how old OP is wondering did those same monitors give you a head ache back in the day when they first came out and that was all we had...
WarriorOmen 25
Of course they still gave people headaches. Those old monitors with the vibrating screen and such were a nuisance for many people. But nobody complained because there WAS nothing else.
an3ph 20
I wonder what happens if this wire touches that wire...
calza13 14
OP, invest in a very strong magnet and tape it beneath the monitor in a place it isn't likely to be found. Even better, tape it inside the case
GirasolNegro 22
Either: 1) buy a new screen 2) get one of those translucent black plastic sheets to go over the screen, which will dull the brightness 3) buy a computer or tablet for yourself 4) use the computers they normally have at libraries
Beaker318 11
Or how about you be grateful to have a computer at all.
Snaek 10
If I had to pick between not having a PC and having to put up with an awful headache-inducing monitor I'd rather not have a PC at all
slyde32 12
I'd suggest sabotage aswell like everyone else, but you may end up with an even older again CRT moniter