Miscellaneous: Who else does this?

Who else does this?

By Ashamed - 20/04/2012 07:34 - United States - Somerville

Today, I blurted out something like "humdidumdum erm lalala" in public, attracting mystified stares. The thing is, I do this every time I remember something embarrassing I've said or done in the past, in an attempt to erase it out of my consciousness. So it happens a lot. FML

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By Anonymous - 06/11/2023 15:00

Today, while thinking about something cringe I did, I accidentally said, "Oh fuck!" aloud during someone's speech. The room besides me and the speaker was otherwise quiet. FML

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All shook up

By Mike - 15/12/2010 11:57

Today, while giving a brief presentation at work, I blanked out on what I was going to say. I tried to make a joke and tell them I'd had a brain fart, but all I managed to say was, "I farted." Well, at least they all laughed. FML

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The Groucho Marx of Zoom

By Anonymous - 19/03/2021 21:30

Today, I was on a work call when my coworker made an accidental Freudian slip. Thinking I was muted, I muttered, "That’s what she said." I wasn’t muted. FML

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You deserved it 1 009

Parroting

By Anonymous - 06/07/2024 00:00 - Australia

Today, my toddler repeated a very inappropriate word I'd said when I'd stubbed my toe. He chose to do this in the middle of a crowded supermarket, loudly, and repeatedly. Now the whole town probably thinks I have questionable parenting skills. FML

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You deserved it 219

Speak your brains

By Anonymous - 30/10/2024 03:00 - United Kingdom - Bristol

Today, I tried to "quiet quit" a Zoom meeting by muting myself and turning off my camera. Halfway through, I unmuted by mistake and blurted out, "I think they just like hearing themselves talk." Now, every time my boss says something, everyone looks at me. FML

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You deserved it 688

Get back to work, slacker!

By ??? - 06/08/2025 03:00 - United States

Today, I was in the bathroom at work, humming to myself while scrolling through memes. I started laughing and I said out loud, “You’re so stupid” to my phone. Someone in the next stall said, “Excuse me?” and I had to fake a cough and flush just to escape. FML

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You deserved it 525

Online classes can be tricky

By Daniella - 12/11/2020 11:03 - Indonesia - Jakarta

Today, I accidentally unmuted my mic during a class, and normally it would've just been silence, but dumb old me just had to sing a song at the top of my lungs, and I only stopped when my phone blew up with notifications. Great. FML

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You deserved it 1 179

Send 'em in anyway

By mega_bite - 25/08/2021 13:31 - India

Today, again I wrote out another FML. Again, I deleted it before posting. Every FML I write would seem like I'm just making stuff up, or would be so obviously me that it would just cause me grief. My life is just an endless stream of weird stuff I can't tell family or friends. FML

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It means us! Look at us!

By Squeak - 07/02/2017 19:00 - United States - Bremerton

Today, at work I put myself squarely in the lame / old people category when I foolishly asked out loud what FML meant. FML

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By acapelladisaster - 13/03/2015 00:39 - United States - Indianapolis

Today, in my online class, I accidentally unmuted my mic. Normally that would be fine… except today I decided to serenade myself with a silly song. I didn't realize until everyone started clapping at the end of the song. FML

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perdix 29

Friday 20 April 2012 14:23

Is that by Skrillex? So, you do an embarrassing thing in the present to erase embarrassing things from your past? Looks like you've set up an infinite loop.

ClaremoreZebra 8

Friday 20 April 2012 14:20

Dafuq? I'm sorry, just try and train yourself to forget those embarrassments and do it in private. In your house, or your room. Good luck OP!

Comments

greenwich1945 13

Friday 20 April 2012 16:31

Yeah, I do that too. Whenever I get embarrassed about anything, even something that happened years ago, I have to scrunch my eyes up really tight and shake my head to get rid of the horrible memory.

pinkpixie06 11

Friday 20 April 2012 16:35

Put those random outbursts to music and you've got yourself a catchy little tune! Plenty of hit songs have unintelligible lyrics. :)

jennnfdsjk 19

Friday 20 April 2012 16:38

I do this...hahaha

quelsauvage 12

Friday 20 April 2012 16:38

Awesome. So glad some other poor Schlub does this besides me! Thank you. Thank you from the depths of my soul.

trainhater 4

Friday 20 April 2012 16:51

Hahaha, I actually do the same thing!

iKendall 3

Friday 20 April 2012 16:55

I ******* LOVE YOU

iShannon 3

Friday 20 April 2012 17:10

Not trying to diagnose you or anything OP, but I do something similar and it's because I have OCD. I do certain rituals to erase things from my mind. Once again, not trying to say you have OCD. After reading other comments it seems like what you did isn't that uncommon.