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By kat9232000 - 19/06/2009 04:04 - Canada

Today, my older brother told me that no matter how fast you run at automatic sliding doors, they'll open in time. So I ran at a pair. They don't. FML

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By Anonymous - 20/02/2024 12:00 - Australia

Today, I realized I've been saying "Excuse me" to automatic sliding doors for the past week. They haven't responded yet, but I'll keep you posted on their social skills. FML

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By knoppad - 13/06/2009 19:46 - United States

Today, I was in my backyard. When I wanted to come back in the house, I tried to open the sliding door. I knew that my brother locked me out so I banged on the door very hard, causing the glass to break. It turns out that the door wasn't locked. FML

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By Anonymous - 22/09/2011 20:21 - United States

Today, I went to run outside, only to smack straight into our sliding glass door. Just a few hours beforehand, my mom put up a strip of colored tape to stop this from happening. FML

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By Anonymous - 15/08/2025 00:00 - Australia

Today, I walked up to a store’s automatic doors. They didn’t open. I waved my arms, stepped back and forward again, nothing. A staff member came over, tapped a button, and said, “It’s manual.” FML

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By Anonymous - 15/03/2020 18:07

Today, I was at a store when I saw a cute girl from my school. Trying to act cool, I went to hold the door for her. Too bad it was an automatic door. FML

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By Anonymous - 21/10/2025 20:00

Today, I walked up to what appeared to be an automatic door. I stood for a second, waved my arms, but nothing happened. Then a guy came from behind me, pushed a clearly visible button under a clearly visible sign that read "Push to open." He said, “It’s OK, happens to everyone.” It doesn’t feel like it does. FML

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On time

By Anonymous - 11/04/2009 05:40 - Canada

Today, I was walking towards the bus. The bus was scheduled to leave at 3:20, and it was 3:19 so I decided to run for it. As the doors were closing, I managed to just slip my hand into the door, so it didn't fully close. The bus driver saw this, looked at my face, and then drove away. FML

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Such a gentleman

By Harry123 - 01/09/2024 12:00 - United Kingdom - Swansea

Today, I was trying to be polite by holding the door for an elderly lady in a shop. What I didn’t realise was that the doors were automatic. I ended up standing there awkwardly for a good 5 seconds, holding onto thin air, while she just smiled and walked by. A bloke behind me said, “The doors don’t need your help, mate.” FML

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Guess I'm coming out in a Ford Focus

By Anonymous - This FML is from back in 2016 but it's good stuff - Australia - West End

Today, as my brother parked in our hotel's parking lot, I told him to be careful because the car wasn't straight. He retorted, "Yeah, just like you". My mother was in the back seat and heard everything. I hadn't come out yet. FML

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By thanksbro - 28/09/2009 00:10 - United States

Today, I came home from school and ran to the nearest bathroom to go #2. In my hurry, I forgot to shut the door so I asked my older brother who was walking by to close it for me. After a while he didn't respond, so I looked up to see not my brother, but his best friend watching me take a crap. FML

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24788 6

Friday 19 June 2009 12:06

WTF were you trying to prove?

redbluegreen 40

Friday 19 June 2009 12:12

Older brothers will say anything to make you look like an idiot, and you can't move faster then the machine can do it's job. I can't believe you believed him.

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Bobby64 29

Tuesday 19 July 2011 16:11

You must be one smart person, OP, if you decided to perform an experiment in order to test your brother's hypothesis. And it was so nice of you to publish the findings here.

Sadisticorchid7 1

Saturday 6 August 2011 7:01

Speaking as an older brother, u should never test one of our "theories." they usuall hurt.

brunobabe 0

Saturday 27 August 2011 15:46

Ya I'm totaly gonna say that to my little brother when he's old enough lmaooo

littlericht 2

Wednesday 23 November 2011 23:25

Hahaha so gullible lol!

Monty3038 8

Monday 14 May 2012 21:34

Life Fail. Please do not reproduce. Oh by the way, condoms are only effective when put on before sex... and without poking holes in them... might help you meet the request above.

wuffymcwuff 2

Friday 27 July 2012 2:28

You listened to your brother why?

xNephilim 18

Saturday 25 August 2012 11:56

Ah, little siblings. Gotta love how gullible they are. My older cousin used to tell me and her little sister all kind of crazy stuff - like the giant cotton ball monster in their shared room. Of course, we were about 5 at the time and she only wanted to keep us out of the room.

paris_zamba0028 5

Friday 8 November 2013 4:31

My older sister did this to me when I was younger...

key1992 8

Wednesday 13 November 2013 0:11

How does your face feel lmao!

sea_cucumber_11 11

Tuesday 18 February 2014 5:50

Did you also know that if you say "gullible" slowly that it sounds like "orange"?

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