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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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
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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quickit 24
This happened to me as well. Twice.
Nysha 17
Fool me once...
quickit 24
It was two different laptops. Of course the second time I realized it much sooner.
simply_chan3l 13
That sucks, should've spent just a little more time reading about the laptop before purchasing.
Wizardo 34
Just like the new Mac where they took all the USB ports to sell them back to the consumer via a new 'additional USB port adapter'.
blackonblight 33
You have to be joking. Tell me you're joking. I know Apple is about making you pay more for less but really?
mt631 18
Blackonblight unfortunately it's true, I read an article on Engadget the other day about it. It only has one USB port, and that's the port you use to charge it as well.
Knightchaser27 25
That's pretty evil
mandoalba 5
It depends on which Mac you get but I wouldn't be surprised that they start doing this to all of them right now the only ones I know with out USB ports is the new MacBook and MacBook Air
lurker_no_more 13
OP, if you really need a CD player you can find pretty cheap external usb ones :-) Personally I haven't had one even on my stationary computers for the last 10 years or so.. No real need for it in this day and age.
LethalSeamonkey 15
He needs it so he can play the sims and set people of fire when he's upset.
HairIsEverything 15
Personally I prefer CDs, records, and tapes. I enjoy having a true tangible copy of the music, it sounds better to me for some reason. Also, there's a lot of great music out there that you can't find on the internet, New and old.
Zebediabolical 45
There are lots of cars on the road that still only take CD's. That's pretty much the only reason I use CD/DVD players on computers lately, to burn road music CD's.
meggsann10 16
I've done the same thing! It's crazy they don't make them with it anymore
lexos 16
How often do you need one? I haven't used one in over 6 years.
Mermaidhead 13
at least they didn't forget to add the ability to connect to the internet lol. hopefully there is a warranty on the computer?
BlameTheOwls 14
They didn't forget to install it, OP just didn't pay attention to the specs when they bought the laptop. Plenty of low end laptops don't have CD players nowadays
Bibliovore 26
Was it advertised/sold as having a CD player? If so, you could contact the seller and complain. If not, well, live and learn, and if you really need a CD player, follow the suggetions others have already made here for getting an external one.
HaonSnevets 12
That sucks, op. You can still buy an external disc drive if you need it. FYL.
tj4234 36
They actually do that a lot. I think part of the reason is that the designers realise people like to customise their computers (although they still insist on customisation voiding the warranty). That and well, CDs are gradually being phased out it seems.
blackonblight 33
Man, I'm glad I spent an arm and a leg on my laptop. It has a disc drive. Because old games come on discs. And I want to be able to play my old games. No floppy drive, but we have a USB one hanging around. Checking the specs before you buy is a big deal. What comes standard changes so quickly now.