Today, while I was out of the house, my 6 year old brother stole my new waterproof camera, dunked it into the toilet holding onto the wrist strap, and flushed repeatedly to see if it lived up to its "waterproof promise." It didn't. 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, while I was walking across a bridge, a prepubescent middle schooler grabbed my phone from my hand and threw it into the water. His friend filmed it, high-fived him, and they both ran off. I got that phone less than a week ago. FML
Today, my youngest decided my phone needed a bath in the toilet. FML
Today, while taking pictures by the pool, my friend wanted to use my camera. I told her to put the wrist strap on so it wouldn't fall into the pool. She dropped the camera while trying to put the strap on. FML
Today, I rushed home after my mom called saying our upstairs had flooded. Apparently, my little brother somehow broke the toilet while unsupervised and water overflowed everywhere. It even reached my closet, shoes, and books, and everything touching my floor in my room is now wet. FML
Today, my 2-year-old sister walked in on me while I was showering. She began to splash around in the toilet, and as I hastily jumped out to stop her, my brother and his friend got a good look as they walked past the room. FML
Today, I dropped my camera into water. The good news is that it's waterproof. The bad news is I dropped it off London Bridge. All the pictures and videos of my four-month trip around Europe were on it. FML
Today, my expensive, multi-feature, waterproof watch was destroyed... by water. FML
Today, before we went out, my four year-old brother left the water running in the upstairs bathroom. By the time we came back, there was a flood in our entire house. Guess who was asked to mop it all up… FML
Today, I pretended like I was dead to my 4 year-old brother. He cried my name for a couple of seconds, then took my iPhone out of my hands and ran away laughing. FML
Today, I woke up to find my cat had knocked my phone into the toilet. As I fished it out, soaking wet, I thought, "Well, at least it's water-resistant." Turns out, my phone wasn't. FML
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FYLDeep 26
I would think that a good camera would live up to a promise like that, particularly if it was made for underwater shooting. This makes me think that your camera was a piece of shit anyway.
McMan 23
He swirlied your camera O.o
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bigman2k10 0
nice brother lol
CANNIBALx 0
yea not really. the little brother sounds nasty..I know little kids don't really know about germs but sticking your hand in a toilet and flushing it over and over sounds disgusting. anyway OP, I'm gonna go with FYL even though the camera was obviously shit since it stopped working.
xNephilim 19
Well, it is said that the toilet is cleaner than... Nevermind, I forgot what the other thing is. But it does make sense. People always think toilets are so nasty, because of the urine and stuff, which leads to them cleaning it more often... It's not that bad, actually. Oh well, it's still nasty.
fakeaccountX 6
Now test your brother the same way to see if he's waterproof.
persianjr1 7
I agree but you should kinda thank him cause I'd like to find out that way instead of going like on a once in a life time scuba trip and screwing up the memory with a bad camera. so it's is a 1/2 FML. haha
bamagrl410 31
22, yes. Exactly. 41, typically waterproof cameras aren't meant to be submerged in water like that. It just means they can have something spilled on them or things of that nature and still work. Or at least the ones I've seen are that way.
blankaex 0
My waterproof camera is designed for taking pictures and videos underwater. And it works fine.
persianjr1 7
thanks for the correction. : D
blinkingstarlet 15
You're thinking water resistant. Waterproof cameras can be submerged, but the waterproof seal can't handle the rushing water.
stevenmx86 8
Then you should be able to contact the company and tell them it wasn't water proof..
warpig182 0
How would you feel if they returned you for not being waterproof?
McMan 23
#7 Wtf...
wwerulez14 6
No. When you purchase something like that that they say is "waterproof", they mean if it falls (a very short distance) into a very shallow puddle and you take it out quickly, there SHOULD be no problems with it. Nothing of that nature is ever very waterproof on it's own. If you want it to be truly waterproof, you need one of those clear casings, that are actually made to be underwater. So if OP tries to claim that it wasn't waterproof and tells them what happened, they will laugh and hang up. Instead, you should strangle your brother, and say that you're testing his ability to breathe.
smashingdiscover 0
I have a water proof camera without a case and it can go ten feet under water
angela3222 0
#30, well pin a rose on your nose.
soccerguru99 0
Perhaps OP should try contacting them regardless of everything... wouldn't hurt =P
iSitt 0
maybe the fine print says it's "water resistant"
kurato 6
@2 no, that camera is waterproof. The reason it broken is because the 6 yr old testing it in the toilet, the flushing put the camera in motion that bat around the toilet. The camera isn't shock proof, normal water resistant have a limit on how deep it can go. The deeper it is under water, the more pressure there will be on the camera. But this just my theory, maybe it was false advertising. Just my 2 cent. p.s if my theory are correct, manufacture will put warning: water resistant camera "warning, do not flush the camera" XD
pu13 5
that's usually marketed as water resistant but lots of cameras are suitable for underwater as well as even dust and freeze proof
BehindTheSun 2
Must have been a cheap ass camera then, so chill OP
kaycee1996 5
It probably wasn't cheap, it just wasn't shock proof
Eaglestrike117 29
Return it.
bombiezz_1103 0
Return it and say you got it like that.. That ought to teach them a lesson no to sell an item with broken promises!
icraziie 0
at least he was kind enough to test it out for you .. should probably thank him for proving it's a waste of money .. but fyl you should still have warranty and can replace .
McMan 23
He swirlied your camera O.o
FYLDeep 26
I would think that a good camera would live up to a promise like that, particularly if it was made for underwater shooting. This makes me think that your camera was a piece of shit anyway.
blinkingstarlet 15
the seal can handle pressure of still water, but can't handle something like rushing tide (or a toilet flushing) my underwater camera (a $479.00 camera) broke while i was trying to take tide shots.
perdix 31
Ralph Nader can die now. His successor has been born! You might want to tell your asshole brother that your down vest is bulletproof . . . problem solved.
Hopersz 0
I would have beat some ass