Today, I googled for an hour how to open my CD player on my laptop. Turns out, there is none. They just put a space there to make it look like a CD player. 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, at work, I put my earphones in to listen to some music. An hour later, I realised I never pressed play. FML
Today, I bought a CD off a man who always plays Spanish guitar in the subway. When I got to work and tried playing the CD, it was blank. I paid $15 for a blank CD. FML
Today, I tried to look for a copy of a CD that my mom wanted after Amazon lost it. For some reason, that specific CD can only be ordered online. None of the stores have it in stock and the one store I tried wouldn't allow me to use the "ship to store" option on their website. FML
Today, I found out that my old DVD player had stopped reading my DVDs. I had the dumb idea to stick my finger in there to see what the problem was. I found the problem, which was that my fingernail wasn't on my finger after doing that. FML
Today, I was tempted into clicking a shady link with the promise of free MP3s of De La Soul’s first four albums, with all the original samples. Long story short, I had to do a system restore on my laptop. Now it won’t play audio files for some inexplicable reason. FML
Today, I was so bored I googled the word "bored." The results were boring. FML
Today, I made my mom a mix CD for her car. It took me ages to find just the right songs that would be perfect for her. When I played it for her in the car, she took it out and threw it out of the window. FML
Today, I found an old USB drive and spent an hour trying to open it because I was sure it had important files on it. It contained one blurry photo of my thumb and a Word doc titled “Do not open", which was actually blank. FML
Today, my kids found out how to control my Google alarm clock with their phones. While I was gone, they set it to play screamo metal at max volume, then paused it. Sometime after midnight, as I was sleeping, they pressed play. FML
Today, the speakers on my laptop weren't working. I worried I'd broken something, and started freaking out. I restarted my computer numerous times and played with the settings for an hour before calling my sister in to help. She looked at it for two seconds, then unplugged my headphones. FML
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Top comments
danthehuman 29
The CD player was a lie.
apitrix 24
CD's have gone the way of the floppy disk! LONG LIVE THE USB!
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danthehuman 29
The CD player was a lie.
Toolishing 22
Am I missing a pun or joke here?
IAmzephyr 22
reference from the game portal, #40. the original line was 'the cake is a lie'
Toolishing 22
Thanks!
vikky538 29
and a history too..
TheBeastMan69 4
They can be purchased for $20 on amazon and there usb
RKDxNT3000 10
Like my school laptop Microsoft provides us.
lowkeybelieber 7
Yep. They do that OP. Should've looked harder at the specs before you bought it. YDI
MehNameIsJuan 15
Same happened to me , except it was a port
Foxfire15 15
Yup, have to agree here. This is why you shouldn't buy the $300 "walmart special" laptops. You get what you pay for. That said, with the advent of ultrabooks, optical drives are on their way out. I'd suggest the OP simply pick up an external drive.
thejokingguy13 12
I did the same thing before, pissed me off when I finally realized it
bahamut357 16
My sister did the same thing. She flipped her shit and then went looking for an external CD drive
apitrix 24
CD's have gone the way of the floppy disk! LONG LIVE THE USB!
JKPwnage 27
Cloud master race
ihartmytdi 23
I hope now you'll make sure you know what you're buying in future purchases.
skippydoda 32
That's something you should have checked before you bought the computer.
thatguynamedsky 32
he could have ordered it online and just seen a picture of the CD drive and assumed it worked, you never know
trex454 21
#28 i believe that was the exact reason why he said they should have checked it.
thatguynamedsky 32
I'm just saying because if it looks like it has one it's not usually something you give a second thought, oh well.
Bragi 12
41 - Yes, that's the point: always look at the specs.
devildog562 33
Virtual cd drive fooled you! Haha . I've been there though, but gave up after looking in a few minutes .
gracehi 33
The gremlins stole your CD player.
Livin_Like_Larry 29
My old ass laptop still has a CD player ::::(
Saikon1357 25
Homestuck Trash
Meettitan 14
Not having a CD player is a relatively new thing. OP likely has a cheap netbook, or Chromebook.
grogers311 20
I still have an old IBM (the brand, kids, not a condition where you poop a lot...) computer in my basement that only has a floppy drive... The big floppy drive when they were literally floppy lol God, now I feel old.
Frammy007 7
The condition where you poop a lot is IBS (irritable bowel syndrome), not IBM. Maybe you're not as old as you feel #63.
TheGolfGTI 24
I've been in a similar situation. Spent ages trying to find my cd player on my Golf. Turns out its stashed in the glovebox. :/
lulinator 40
How convenient... Reminds me of my 6-disc CD changer in my 1992 Cavalier. It was in the trunk.
Soloman212 28
At least it carries a whopping 6 discs so you don't have to go back there to change it often. If you need more variety than that, you can pay a kid to sit in the trunk and give him a walkie talkie. Then you'd have a voice activated CD changer! Nifty.
lulinator 40
Now you're talkin'! I know what my kids will be doing to earn their allowance now!