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
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I spent over $2,000 on a big flatscreen TV. My dad insisted I let him mount it on the wall instead of paying someone to do it. All seemed fine, until the TV came loose and smashed onto the floor. My dad refuses to accept responsibility, and says I should've had a professional install it instead. FML
Today, I had to help my grandma because her TV suddenly stopped working. She has cable as well as satellite, so she figured she didn't need the satellite receiver anymore. Apparently the best way to do get rid of it was to cut all the cables connected to the TV. FML
Today, I finally got a cable box for my TV. When I was connecting the cable, my tv fell and shattered the screen. FML
Today, I bought my mother an expensive TV she had been looking at. After I bought it, she continued browsing for more stuff. I told her I couldn't afford the extra items. She got mad and called me "selfish". FML
Today, I told my parents that all I wanted for my 18th birthday was to go to a restaurant in NYC for a nice dinner. My parents said no, because it would cost too much money. I came home to see my parents had bought a huge TV for $800. We already have 3 televisions. FML
Today, I purchased a brand new television. Not long after the professional who hung it on my wall left, it came crashing down on my hardwood floor. I'm now left with a busted TV, a tear in my living room wall, and a severely drained bank account. FML
Today, my mom and I went to Best Buy for some Christmas shopping. She picked up some presents for me and told me not to look at what she was buying. When we got to the register, she didn't have enough money, and I ended up having to buy my own presents. FML
Today, I bought myself a brand-new 52" flatscreen. It was only in my house for 2 hours before my toddler had a tantrum, threw a toy right into the screen and wrecked it beyond repair. I paid to have a nice TV for 2 hours. FML
Today, my dad turned off our cable. The reason? His favorite character from The Walking Dead died. FML
Today, I discovered my mom has been using my credit card to buy everyone's Christmas presents. FML
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Top comments
Sargasm 4
Too bad you can only watch cable TV on a $700 plasma screen TV. Wouldn't it be great if you could use some form of external device, like a DVD or Blu-ray player, to watch movies on it? It would also be nice if you could subscribe to some form of service, like Netflix, that delivered those movies to your house. Alas, you definitely can't do any of that with a $700 plasma screen TV. Just go ahead and return it; it's completely useless now.
stevets01 6
Yeah right you guys just wanted to justify buying it for yourselves.
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Comments (78)
fawfulster 11
FYL OP but still, why the **** is everyone into HD lately? We didn't complain about that shit in the 80's, 90's and early 2000's! Why would we care to buy all that HD bullfuck if you can already see it comfortably in your house?!
Dragonmouth 4
Modern day Gift of the Magi.
starberries 0
I don't think you got the point of that story if you think this is similar.
tisiphone_fml 0
Um... I have a damn nice flatscreen and I don't get cable... YDI for not thinking outside the box! Does she have a 30 dollar DVD player? 10 dollar a month subscription to Netflix? Or like, 40 dollar antenna to get HD broadcast? This really isn't so much of an issue. If she has none of these, I see the potential for a very inexpensive addition to your expensive gift...
simawesome_FYL 0
buy **** dvds and it was worth it ..
PGleo86 0
take the damn thing back
lo1337a 1
What a cheap plasma. I bet it's tiny.
QWERTYCommander 5
A decent 700$ TV is about 40".
Clearsky18 2
It's okay! You can get a digital TV tuner and get the local channels! better than nothing!
Bob31_fml 4
this is one of those gifts that you buy for your mom, but they're really for you. YDI for buying her something she's clearly not interested in.
Le_Pecheur 0
YDI for buying a POS Plasma. Also, LED>LCD>Plasma.
ozymandias_fml 0
YDI for buying a plasma. YDI for getting a shitty TV. YDI for getting her a gift that doesn't 'fit' her.