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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Wild Nights Out
Last call, bad decisions and 3 a.m. texts you'll regret until noon. Cheers.
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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WarriorOmen 25
Oh god we used to have one of those and it nearly gave me seizures from the damned flashing light affect that came on the screen. Those monitors are the absolute worst.
amazinghermit 14
Ill be monitoring this thread for news.
Lily_of_the_Vale 8
Here's a thing to tell your dad: Those CRT monitors are CRAZY expensive, in terms of energy costs compared to LCDs. A real new one might be a bit of money up front, but it'll save good money in the long run.
nicievans 9
Sounds like a bad refresh rate. You may be able to improve it by fiddling with it - when the screen refresh rate is set too slow, your brain picks up on it and it can cause headaches and eyestrain. Setting it faster may fix the issue.
rene22 18
Try looking at Craigslist for a free flat screen monitor. It's somewhat rare to find them but I've seen some in the last two months
fantasyworld 39
It be a shame if this one suddenly broke.