Today, I failed a CAPTCHA seven times before completing it. They didn't lie when they said they are making them harder. I don't think I'm a robot, but maybe I should get tested. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I had to complete a simple math problem to submit a web form in order to show that I wasn't a spam robot. I got it wrong. I'm officially too bad at arithmetic to prove I'm human. FML
Today, I signed up for an online dating site. In order to prove I was human and complete my registration, I had to pass a CAPTCHA. Coincidentally enough, the words in it were "depressed" and "loser". FML
Today, I was trying to be a responsible adult and check my credit score. I accidentally mistyped my password five times, got locked out, and had to call customer service. They asked me so many security questions, I started questioning my own identity (and sanity). FML
Today, I had a giant Scantron test. After putting 10 answers, I noticed every single answer was A. I got freaked out and started putting random answers. Turns out every answer on the test was A. I failed. FML
Today, there's a company I want to get a job at, and I've worked for a long time to get in. However, I realized that in the test task I'd been doing for almost a month, there was a small mistake in my calculations that makes all my results false. And, of course, I'd already sent this task to HR two days ago. FML
Today, I failed a Rorschach test. How do you fail a Rorschach test? WTF. FML
Today, while I was taking a test in class, there was a question that had everyone stumped. After what seemed like forever, the teacher finally noticed and said he'd typed the question wrong. I spent more than half the time I had to complete the test on a question that wasn't even written correctly. Yes, I failed. FML
Today, I took an online IQ test, even though I knew they give everyone unrealistically high scores. My score was 73. FML
Today, my building installed a fingerprint scanner for the front door. Feeling futuristic, I pressed my thumb to unlock it while carrying groceries. The scanner rejected me five times in a row because I’d cut my thumb slicing bagels earlier that day. A neighbor watched me fail repeatedly before asking, “Do you actually live here?” FML
Today, to settle a bet with a friend, I took an online IQ test twice. The first time, I chose answers at random without reading the questions. The second time, I took it for real. I got a higher score from the random selections than from my serious attempt. FML
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stickyface 17
You were tested, seven times, and you're definitely a robot. Your AI is pretty good to get through the filter on the eighth attempt. All hail our robotic overlords.
Taurus_ChicKa 37
I hate those things when you have to solve them during a purchase... robots still manage to get through them when genuine customers can't because of glitches. I had it happen to me. Something in my cart, captcha'd five times despite NOT failing, and then the item was sold out in two minutes. Ridiculous.
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stickyface 17
You were tested, seven times, and you're definitely a robot. Your AI is pretty good to get through the filter on the eighth attempt. All hail our robotic overlords.
Taurus_ChicKa 37
I hate those things when you have to solve them during a purchase... robots still manage to get through them when genuine customers can't because of glitches. I had it happen to me. Something in my cart, captcha'd five times despite NOT failing, and then the item was sold out in two minutes. Ridiculous.
Yudith 28
That's what happens when the company that produces the CAPTCHA use them to improve their AI's intelligence, then use the same AI to build better CAPTCHA. Let's hope they switch to sweat-based or saliva-based testing soon.