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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Comments (112)
69patches69 10
Buyer beware. Know what you are getting, maybe read a little.
ieatllamasforfun 7
Been there
p36288 17
Might because nowadays CD is seldom used, the producer remove it to lower cost, still, they have to keep the space for those who are sure they need this module. I think they would have declared in the user manual, or that will be cheating
Shade1982 21
It could also be the op asked for a second HDD. Most laptops will use the CD/DVD slot for a HDD rack.
ohSNAPyall 27
Wow, that's messed up. You can get a portable one that connects via a cord in your USB port.
Okamichu 21
Lol is it a MacBook XD
vampire9545 5
silly laptop. cds are for kids...i miss cd drives
Sheh_fml 25
If they actually made it look like it has a CD player, you got scammed. Far more likely is however that it isn't meant to look like a CD player, it's just a protective thing you could remove to put in a player yourself, and the OP just assumed it was a player there and didn't actually read the specifications before purchase.
sdfghjkmnbvc 1
why did you not take this into account when you bought the computer
Jwaye2 7
My Computer> Select drive> Right click> Open. If you cant find an external open button this works on every computer ive ever used. If it doesnt show up in My computer it doesnt have one.
zymn 6
Fear not! You can always get an external CD drive.