Today, I found out that you can ruin a $500 computer with a few stray drops of 100% acetone nail polish remover on the keyboard. FML
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Today, while I was trying to take off my eye make up, I accidentally used nail polish remover. FML
Today, I managed to accidentally drop an entire cake on my laptop's keyboard. There's so much frosting stuck under the keys, I have no idea how I'm going to clean it out. FML
Today, I learned that nail polish remover is, in fact, VERY flammable. And I learnt it the hard way. FML
Today, I spilled some milk on my laptop. I was pretty sure it would be fine as it was only a bit of milk. While cleaning the residue, I knocked a whole bucket of water into the insides of the laptop. RIP Macbook. FML
Today, I ruined a $1,500 laptop with a 69¢ bowl of ramen noodles. FML
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
Today, I was putting red nail polish on my nails and put a newspaper on the table to make sure that it didn't spill. I later discovered the nail polish made the newspaper stick to the table. I scrubbed nail polish remover on it, thinking it would help but instead bleached the table. FML
Today, I got angry at my computer, and instead of bashing my keyboard with my fists, I bashed my face on the keyboard. It REALLY hurt. FML
Today, I saw a spot on my computer screen. I tried to use my finger to rub it off. Then, I tried using my nail. Then I tried to windex it off. I continued scratching at it with my nail. A half hour and one scratched screen later, I realized the spot was part of the webpage I was looking at. FML
Today, I ruined my computer screen trying to kill a fly. FML
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Top comments
bettyc4 26
And that kids is why we can't have nice things.
Cads1 24
Kind of common sense one would think.
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Comments (108)
vikky538 29
Did you know that computer station is a sacred place
Riceball__o3o 15
Umm...can't you just replace the keyboard? Or is it a laptop?
ohSNAPyall 27
Why can't you just replace the keyboard?
ham_spam 17
Im sorry ur stupid
Clay201 4
Laptops have become so ubiquitous and desktops so outmoded that the default meaning of "computer" has changed. At least for many people. I do some tech support and if someone came to me with an acetone-damaged unit and told me it was dead, I wouldn't just take their word for it. I'd test each component to find out which ones worked and which ones didn't. And even if the motherboard and keyboard were both toast, on a 500 machine, it would probably be worth it to replace them. It would have to be a spectacularly well placed splash of acetone to really make the whole unit unusable. At absolute worst, you could detach the display assembly and sell it, probably for more than a hundred bucks.
mcluvin_707 6
I'm assuming this is a laptop?
lmbachman 23
No, no you can't ... A "few stray drops" would not do that. You did more than that.
RandomRaveDude 10
#5: Acetone is a very thin and strong chemical, so it seeps through small spaces very fast, and does its job quick. Depending on the laptop, a few drops could kill it.
davidc89 3
It could be a desktop - PS/2 type keyboard connectors on older/cheaper desktops are not hot-swappable because of how they connect power and signal wires at the same time. In rare cases, causing a short (even a temporary one) in one of these keyboards can cause a short in a motherboard and take out a hard drive or processor fairly easily
General_Cool 24
$500? Please, my Macbook Pro is $3000, its the best one on the Apple website. I would cry if anything happened to it.
KayDee29 31
Oooooo you spent an ungodly amount of money on a machine that does the same thing for a fraction of the price. Don't get me wrong, I'm all about Apple products but you don't see me waving a "look at me! I'm compensating for something by telling the world how much money I spent on something!" Flag around.
DeadHorseman 11
cool story bro. why don't you tell us how big your dick is while you're at it