Today, my parents got me a new computer for my birthday. They also took the liberty of throwing out my old computer, with 8 years of photos, videos, music, documents, emails, and bookmarks on it. But that's okay, I had a backup. They threw that out too. 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 got a laptop for my birthday. I was thrilled until I realized that my mom had given away my old one without asking. 6 years of games, music, and pictures down the drain. FML
Today, I got a new computer because my old one crashed, deleting all music, photos, and documents. I still had all my music on my iPod though, and went to sync it to the new computer. By accident, my younger brother pulled the cord out before it was done, deleting all 3,000 songs forever. FML
Today, I deleted a load of junk that was messing up my mother's computer. I don't know how I'm going to tell her I accidentally wiped out all of her wedding photos. FML
Today, I took the motherboard out of my computer so I could put more RAM and a new video card in. While I was in the bathroom my mom threw it all out because it 'looked like garbage'. FML
Today, I worked a short shift at work, getting sent home early because it was slow. In the time I was gone, my family decided surprise me by rearranging my room and put in my new desk. They also surprised me when I learned that they'd spilled a slushie on my very expensive computer. FML
Today, my parents bought my 11-year-old brother a MacBook for my birthday. FML
Today, my dad's new girlfriend's daughter came over with them. She had a tantrum because my brand new computer, which I worked and saved for, was better than her notebook, which was bought for her. So what did she do? Oh, she threw it off my desk. For some reason I'm being yelled at. FML
Today, my computer stopped working. Me, the technology challenged one, decided to do a system recovery on it hoping that I could make it better. Turns out, system recovery means deleting all the files off the computer including family photos, music and assignments and starting fresh. FML
Today, I got a birthday package from my parents. It was all the stuff I'd forgotten there when visiting a month ago, along with some other things I'd left behind when I moved out. FML
Today, my computer crashed and lost all of its data while I was making a back up. FML
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Top comments
lendahandmanda 0
why would they throw out your old computer?are they idiots? I don't think anyone is that stupid... I think this is either fake, or you have the STUPIDEST parents in the world. if this is real and you just have parents who have been living under a rock for the past 15 years, YLIF.
leprechaun_ninja 0
Ohh man, that sucks. FYL
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MrJentipede 2
a computer for 8 years, really?
CLICKHEREx 0
I now copy weblinks to notepad, then regularly transfer them to Myspace, and flash memory, or CD.
lifeinhd 3
Tell your parents that they can't just throw it out, there are laws as to how to properly dispose of computer equipment, and they could face jail time if it isn't disposed of properly. See if you get it back.
hockeyhouse 5
I promise to not be this stupid when my son gets older.
ImaginaryFoe 1
If your back up was an external hard drive, why would they throw that out? It's not even part of the computer. Did they just put it out with the rest of the rubbish or donate it somewhere? I would've thought the less computer savvy a person was the more he or she would be likely to think everything needed to be saved.
slushpuppy123 0
wow, what makes you think that. there is no info about him illegally downloading anything. Ever heard of itunes?
Tenjin 0
...wow
picturescrazy 24
I hope they at least cleared your computer's memory before throwing it out o.o That would suck if that got into the wrong hands...
waffleslol 0
your parents are extremely stupid
Miley_Virus 0
ydi for having three computrs at once, and complaining about things that are replaceable.
whatevershesaid 0
Where does it say anything about 3 computers? It talks about two: the old one the OP no longer has and the new one. 2. And only 1 at a time.
LilaBear 2
please show me where he said he has 3 computers. He had ONE computer, and a backup (a 'backup' is not a computer, it's just a hard drive). He then got GIVEN a new computer, and the old computer got thrown out.. hence only one computer at a time.
Omnigeek6 1
Not only that, but he's not complaining about something replaceable. His data is probably not replaceable.