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Today, after two years of hard work, I finished writing my novel dedicated to my father. I timed everything so that the paperback would arrive at his house just before Christmas, then I booked a flight to surprise him so I could see his reaction in person. He just texted me, my mom told him. FML

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By - / Tuesday 18 December 2018 12:00 /

Today I bought the Gold edition to a game for $90. I expected to be very good only to realize it was the same as the previous installment. I went to check the refund policy and it said that I had to have played less than 2 hours, I had 121 minutes. FML

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By loser - / Monday 10 December 2018 14:00 /

Today, I submitted some honest negative feedback to the customer service team of all my favourite games, Today is also the day all my accounts got permanently banned from my console and I have lost all my progress. Bye bye 22 years. FML

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By Oops - / Sunday 2 December 2018 13:30 /

Today, I found my brother sobbing uncontrollably. When I asked why, he told me Melanie was dead. Thinking he was talking about his girlfriend, I offered to take him to a grief counselor. It was there that he told us that Melanie is the name of his horse in Red Dead Redemption II. FML

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By Anonymous - / Friday 30 November 2018 16:00 / United States - Floral Park

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United Kingdom

Today, I built a computer with 8 graphics cards that were really expensive. Yeah, they all blew up except the one that cost half the price of the rest. FML

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By Lala - / Friday 30 November 2018 12:30 / United Kingdom - Dollar

Today, I bought a new vacuum cleaner after having to go several months without one. Immediately, I wanted to try it out. I must have underestimated how powerful it was, as it sucked up my socks and then broke. FML

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By Anonymous - / Thursday 29 November 2018 15:30 /

Today, my boss is out of the office and sent me an e-mail asking me to multiply two numbers together and send her the result. Apparently she doesn't know that her smartphone has a calculator app. FML

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By Barry Wom - / Wednesday 28 November 2018 12:00 /

Today, my boss reached a new low when, after three software upgrades, she refused to let me update the user manual that I wrote a year ago. She has also cancelled the training sessions I set up to help people learn the new software. People are asking me why I'm not doing my job anymore. FML

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By Argh - / Saturday 24 November 2018 03:00 / United States - Longview

Today, my dad took away my Xbox because "You never do anything active." I had just run a 5K. FML

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By Binks - / Friday 23 November 2018 09:30 / United States - Bonneau

Today, I realized how alone I truly was when I caught myself talking to a podcast. FML

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By Takegami - / Thursday 22 November 2018 23:00 / United States - Norge

Today, I was playing competitively for my clan in a tournament. Money is involved, and I was doing quite well until my girlfriend up and turned the PS4 off because I wasn't "paying enough attention" to her, despite being on a holiday with her for the previous 3 days. FML

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By Nafypoo - / Wednesday 21 November 2018 22:00 /

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Philippines

Today, my mom's boyfriend's son stole from me again, this time it's my $4000 gaming laptop. I confronted them about it, and he ignored me as my mom yelled at me to "Grow up and quit my whining about toys!" When I told my buddy, he said to just beat him up. I would, if only he wasn't 10. FML

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By THAT'S THE LAST STRAW!!! - / Tuesday 20 November 2018 21:00 / Philippines - Pasay City

Today, while buying Red Dead Redemption 2, the cashier spoiled the ending. FML

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By Anonymous - / Sunday 18 November 2018 05:00 /

Today, I found out that while I was at college, my brother downloaded three terabytes of porn on my laptop and blamed it on me. My parents believed him. FML

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By Scapegoat - / Saturday 17 November 2018 13:30 /

Today, I told my son if he wanted the new internet password he had to clean his room. I then caught him disconnecting my laptop from the internet. Turns out he changed the password months ago and now if I want the new password he wants £50. I ended up paying. I'm actually proud of the sneaky sod. FML

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By Dana - / Friday 16 November 2018 15:30 /

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 Louis - / Thursday 15 November 2018 13:00 / South Africa

Today, I was babysitting for a friend who develops software. After the baby was asleep, I was watching anime on my iPad. Turns out he created an app that alerts his phone whenever potential adult content streams through his internet. It was just an anime, but he's convinced I was watching porn. FML

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By Katz - / Sunday 11 November 2018 14:00 /

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Canada

Today, I accidentally opened my dad's sex tape. For the second time. FML

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By traumatized - / Saturday 10 November 2018 21:00 / Canada - Joliette

Today, I got a blue screen of death on my brand new computer. Why? My parents installed an "anti-virus" before I got home. FML

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By lel - / Tuesday 6 November 2018 13:30 /

Today, my dentist said I have a good tongue. That's the best compliment I've gotten in months. FML

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By thanks..? - / Saturday 3 November 2018 17:30 /

Today, it's Halloween. I get bullied every day and this was no exception, but this time I got beat up so hard I bled. Everyone thought it was part of my costume. FML

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By Heggs - / Wednesday 31 October 2018 17:30 /

Today, my little sister got into my anime DVDs, probably thinking they were cartoons. She watched High School DXD, which isn't the best anime for a 6-year-old. Now she wants to be the Breast Dragon Emperor for Halloween and Dad is threatening to set fire to my entire collection. FML

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By Juggernaut Drive - / Wednesday 31 October 2018 05:00 /

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Portugal

Today, at a job interview, I was asked what I dislike the most, to which I blurted out "people". I don't think I'm landing this one. FML

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By Lubitueh - / Friday 19 October 2018 02:00 / Portugal - Carnaxide

Today, while dropping my son off at the bus stop before school, I went to give him a kiss on the cheek. Then, before I was able to make contact, he jumped away, yelled "PSYCH!!!!" as loud as he could, and jumped on the bus. The kids all laughed at me and the other parents looked embarrassed for me. FML

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By anerdmom - / Thursday 18 October 2018 14:00 /

Today, I was wrapping up a 30+ hour commission when a software bug caused my main layer to delete itself. There doesn't appear to be any way I can restore it. FML

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By dustlander.com - / Tuesday 16 October 2018 07:30 / United States - Provo

Today, I was working on my laptop when the screen suddenly turned red. I was shocked since it's not that old, but my insurance just expired. On my way to the service I was thinking, "At least my car works!" Well... A few hours later, my car broke. FML

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By Murphy's law - / Saturday 13 October 2018 13:30 /

Today, I went searching for my old school laptop only to find that my stepdad had swiped it and given it to his mother. My sex tapes and nudes are on it. FML

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By Oh no - / Saturday 13 October 2018 03:00 /

Today, my boss yelled at me for having Facebook open at work. That's fine, I closed it and continued on with my work. In a meeting later on I could see the reflection of my boss's laptop screen in a mirror behind her desk. For two hours, I watched her scroll through her Facebook feed. FML

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By Double Standard - / Friday 12 October 2018 08:30 / United States - Menasha

Today, at 3am, my boyfriend's phone notifications kept going off. I attempted to wake him up, but he didn't budge. When I went to silence it, I saw his Ashley Madison notification, followed by Tinder, Zoosk, and Plenty of Fish. We've been monogamous over a year... or so I thought. FML

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By - / Tuesday 2 October 2018 03:00 /

Today, I sat in the bathroom on my phone to rub one out after a long day. Wanting to hear the action, I upped the volume until the sound was low enough for me to hear, despite the volume being near max. I continued until I realized my phone was connected to my headset outside near my family. FML

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By Bluetooth Connection - / Monday 1 October 2018 03:00 /

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Today, my girlfriend kept texting me while I was at work, insisting for hours that I leave early because she was so horny. After arguing with my boss and...

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