Today, I got back from a service trip to Kenya, where I had no running water or electricity. I encouraged my friends to go green and help raise awareness by conserving as much electricity as possible. I return home to find that all my lights have been on for 2 weeks. 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, I woke up to find my power was out. After taking a shower in the dark and being unable to make myself lunch, my power came on two minutes before I had to leave for school. FML
Today, I finished working a 70 hour work week. I'm a lineman for the electric company, and worked extended hours all week getting people's lights back on after a wind storm. When I got home, my power was out. FML
Today, as I was shampooing my hair in the shower, the power went out. Since my house has well water, no power means no water. FML
Today, there was a power outage at my apartment. I ended up deciding that the power wasn't going to come on any time soon, and that I should go to a hotel for the night. Just after I unpacked at the hotel, my neighbor called to say the power had come back. FML
Today, after a power outage at my house, my 14-year-old brother was genuinely confused as to why our flashlights still worked if we had no electricity. FML
Today, I was using a public restroom when the lights suddenly turned off. Panicking, I waved my arms around, trying to trigger the motion sensor, but nothing happened. I had to finish in the dark, and as I was leaving, the janitor noticed me, turned the lights back on, and said, “Yeah, I turned those off earlier to save power. Hope you were OK in there.” FML
Today, the power in my village went out. This caused the back-up battery powered alarm to go off. Nobody in the house even knew our alarm worked, let alone how to make it stop. It's been going off for over an hour now. FML
Today, I arrived at the kennels I work in to find the power disconnected and the water pump off. This meant I had to bucket water and carry it to keep over sixty assorted dogs and cats alive in temperatures over 90 degrees. The moment I finished, the power came back on. FML
Today, I took a shower after I finished typing an important essay I've been working on for days. My computer illiterate mum shut the computer down when I was gone, without saving a thing. When I confronted her, she yelled at me for "wasting electricity". FML
Today, my roommate decided to turn off all appliances in the house to "save" electricity. This included the refrigerator. FML
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noshitsherlock 0
WTF you deserve it. Why didn't you check before you left?
alisalei 0
ydi definitely. i'm sick of all this "go green" jawn, you guys are all hypocrites.
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musu_fml 0
#87: He DID change the amount of power being generated at the power plant, by a very, very tiny amount. They do a very careful balancing act to generate the right amount of power to match demand. So if his lights were off, there's (a tiny) reduction in demand, so they can reduce (by a tiny amount) the level of power they're generating. In other words; less coal/oil/gas/etc burned.
FoundManyLemons 0
It's like you never left.
onfire916 0
Well that wasn't smart
ash_flash11 1
Thumbs up to that! You're amazing (: I'm so glad to see people like you in my life XD
DynamicDave 11
YDI for being a tree hugging hippie
lulujay 0
You just made a mistake don't worry about it. But on the note of environmentalist, there is nothing wrong with caring about how you treat the planet and not doing stupid crap like throwing stuff into the ocean but you guys do know we have more trees now than there have ever been in the history of the planet? And that the earth is now actually cooling and that there are more glaciers (sp?) than ever? Or that there are also more polar bears than in most other times and their population is still increasing? Just thought you guys should know. Oh and one more thing, Al Gore who is the always saying we need to save the planet has a bigger carbon footprint (flying around on his private jet) than almost anyone.
Chocolate_Chunk 2
when you're trolling, at least make the "facts" you pull out of your ass a little bit believable.
LaMimi_fml 0
@ lulujay, give me a break ! I will not argue with you about what you said, but I hope you (will) realize you are so wrong. Every statement about our planet you made is horrible (except for the one about Al Gore). You have absolutely no proof about the tree-statement, the polar bears and the cooldown. In stead you ignore the evidences that tell the opposite. Or do you realy think that the cool-episode we had the previous weeks is a sign of global cool-down? Climate is about >30 years, not about twee weeks. So instead of ignoring all the scientifically proven arguments, start encouraging people who realy care about our planet by little steps like decreasing consumption of electricity and water. Thank you.
m0nicaa055 0
you didnt notice that before you left??.....wow....
kimmiekimmiekong 0
wouldn't of ur lightbulbs burnt out if they were on for 2 weeks straight?? idk how long they last but for 2 weeks straight that seems a bit long!!!
Annebear 6
I'm so sorry, that sucks....