Today, I photocopied several hundred pages of my school's textbook because I didn't want to buy it. My school later says to just buy it and it will be reimbursed. FML
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A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I bought a textbook for my college class. Not only is the £150 book only sold by our teacher, it turned out to be a piece of shit that he obviously wrote, printed, and stapled together at home. When I went to the faculty about it, I was told it's all perfectly legal, and to drop it. FML
Today, I bought my very first college textbook. I received a stack of hole-punched papers. My $195 "book" isn’t even bound together. FML
Today, I turned in my homework. Too bad I accidentally handed in the printed answer sheet I found online to copy from. FML
Today, after waiting two weeks for an email with my online textbook access code, it still hadn't arrived in time for my quiz tomorrow, so I ended up spending most of my money on the expensive physical copy. Not long after I got back home, the email finally arrived. FML
Today, my classmate told me she can copy an article from the internet and hand that in, as long as she cites it at the end. FML
Today, I went to the local used books store to sell all my college textbooks. I spent several hundred dollars on them in total. I ended up walking out of the shop a pathetic $3.50 richer. FML
Today, I started at a new college. I bought my textbooks and went to my first class only to find out that they changed my schedule without telling me. I'd already opened the book. I could not get $200 back. FML
Today, after having too many projects for end of term, I asked to borrow my sister's paper that she used for the same class last year. After submitting it online, I found the example paper that the teacher handed out. My teacher used my sister's paper from last year as an example for us. FML
Today, my son got expelled after using the photocopier to photocopy his penis. He then used the copies to replace every directional arrow posted throughout the school. FML
Today, a student's parent yelled at me because they had to pay for school equipment their son had stolen from my desk. Apparently, it's my fault because the item was just too tempting for him not to steal. FML
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m0tl3ycru3 0
Way to go tree killer!
UpsideDownTurtle 6
Bind the photocopied pages together and sell it to the next un-informed student for cheaper.
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Comments (131)
m0tl3ycru3 0
Way to go tree killer!
fabian21 0
Go green: Pay the greens!
XenaWP 6
Not only a tree killer but a complete idiot.
OMGIFOUNDWALDO 6
OP is definetly idiotic for not being able to see in the futur. I guess I too am a dumb person for not forseeing events...
zinoxity 23
1 - Wouldn't printing each page of the textbook be the same as producing the textbook? OP is not as much of a tree killer as the companies that produce the books. Boom.
jennawill10 10
33 is right. Same amount of paper the actual book would have taken up! And OP was just trying to save money so what's the big deal?
zom_fml 10
I hope they at least recycle the paper mountain.
chili_is_good 0
Watch out op the democrats are going to murder you in your sleep
48Connor 10
You cheap mofo.
cpt98 6
36 and 33 the text book was already made not his copy he pointlessly made another one and that's why they are calling him a treekiller
reaganomics 6
Well said 82, plus we have a thing called technology, Op could have simply taken pictures of the book put them into a PDF or word doc and loaded them onto a laptop or a tablet.....
zinoxity 23
82 - When Universities offer textbooks, they charge fees for the production of the textbooks. So, yes and no.
cpt98 6
ahh ok and thank you 84
DKParth13 5
Well wouldnt it cost the same bc the price of the ink and paper he just wasted?!
zinoxity 23
I take it you've never seen the prices on University textbooks.... They are really expensive.
daftPunKt 4
You are very special. What do you think the book is made of? Think long and hard.
JavIin 0
I don't understand how 1 has like 100 upvotes, but 2 has negative votes and they said pretty much the same thing.
schrodingersdog 4
Photocopying a textbook is illegal.
KrazieKleo 13
Poor trees:(.
borkchop1992 15
how long would that honestly take
SpruceDread4578 13
Guessing an hour maybe? Matters on the scanner and printer. Books are expensive now a days for college. I use chegg, though. Cheap and 100% reliable!
cpt98 6
AHH! ENDERMAN don't lose eyecontact
DarkMoon159 5
you really should have waited
m0tl3ycru3 0
Too bad the OP didn't have hinesight
oliver9244 3
Plus it's illegal to photocopy a copyrighted textbook
oliver9244 3
Plus it's illegal to photocopy a copyrighted textbook
danielabella94 0
Those poor trees :(
lex1459 38
Well now at least you have two copies! But not very environmentally or time friendly...
MibInwalo 0
ninjuh_wingman 29
You just killed so many trees you jackass.
NotDave 0
What 60 said. When you go to a store and ask for a ream of paper, a tree doesn't just tragically clutch its heart and die.
builditbetter09 3
Neither do any other trees 66
KiddNYC1O 22
No but they cringe terribly at the sight of an ax, wood chipper or chainsaw.
Clevelandians 17
Trees grow back, everyone chill out its a renewable resource
priincess756 2
Well that's what you get for me stingy with money!
priincess756 2
Sorry being*
CryMoreFMLs 15
Some people have to be stingy. My dad recently changed jobs and lost alot of his income he worked for, so my parents are really stingy at the moment.
Mforce 8
It's spelled with a K. Mr. Eugene H. Krabs.
UpsideDownTurtle 6
Bind the photocopied pages together and sell it to the next un-informed student for cheaper.
lajaynay 15
Bookbinding is expensive as ****.
ItsYourMamaDoe 0
25, Not if you hole punch it, put it in a binder and separate the chapters with tabs.
Justin23L 2
Holepunch hundreds of papers?
bentleyGCspeed 0
63- Power drill it :) haha just put a small bit on, clamp the papers together and hope it works.
oliver9244 3
umm... That's illegal
poopyfacegirl 28
Hahahaha.