Today, I blurted out something like "humdidumdum erm lalala" in public, attracting mystified stares. The thing is, I do this every time I remember something embarrassing I've said or done in the past, in an attempt to erase it out of my consciousness. So it happens a lot. 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, while thinking about something cringe I did, I accidentally said, "Oh fuck!" aloud during someone's speech. The room besides me and the speaker was otherwise quiet. FML
Today, while giving a brief presentation at work, I blanked out on what I was going to say. I tried to make a joke and tell them I'd had a brain fart, but all I managed to say was, "I farted." Well, at least they all laughed. FML
Today, I was on a work call when my coworker made an accidental Freudian slip. Thinking I was muted, I muttered, "That’s what she said." I wasn’t muted. FML
Today, my toddler repeated a very inappropriate word I'd said when I'd stubbed my toe. He chose to do this in the middle of a crowded supermarket, loudly, and repeatedly. Now the whole town probably thinks I have questionable parenting skills. FML
Today, I tried to "quiet quit" a Zoom meeting by muting myself and turning off my camera. Halfway through, I unmuted by mistake and blurted out, "I think they just like hearing themselves talk." Now, every time my boss says something, everyone looks at me. FML
Today, I was in the bathroom at work, humming to myself while scrolling through memes. I started laughing and I said out loud, “You’re so stupid” to my phone. Someone in the next stall said, “Excuse me?” and I had to fake a cough and flush just to escape. FML
Today, I accidentally unmuted my mic during a class, and normally it would've just been silence, but dumb old me just had to sing a song at the top of my lungs, and I only stopped when my phone blew up with notifications. Great. FML
Today, again I wrote out another FML. Again, I deleted it before posting. Every FML I write would seem like I'm just making stuff up, or would be so obviously me that it would just cause me grief. My life is just an endless stream of weird stuff I can't tell family or friends. FML
Today, at work I put myself squarely in the lame / old people category when I foolishly asked out loud what FML meant. FML
Today, in my online class, I accidentally unmuted my mic. Normally that would be fine… except today I decided to serenade myself with a silly song. I didn't realize until everyone started clapping at the end of the song. FML
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perdix 31
Is that by Skrillex? So, you do an embarrassing thing in the present to erase embarrassing things from your past? Looks like you've set up an infinite loop.
ClaremoreZebra 8
Dafuq? I'm sorry, just try and train yourself to forget those embarrassments and do it in private. In your house, or your room. Good luck OP!
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Comments (251)
babyshaft408 8
Dude I get it.
KiddNYC1O 22
That's an upgrade from just laughing to yourself alone in public.
taminak 4
I sing 'my corona!' Which jjust adds to the embarrassment. I wish I could stop, but it's completely involuntary. I call it my form of Tourettes.
wairdt 5
I think it's funny that the OP actually took time out to spell it.
laden_swallow09 35
Instead of looking bewildered and shamed from all the stares, you could say, "What, you've never heard that beat, before? What rock have you been living under??" Enjoy the scene as it unfolds. :)
laden_swallow09 35
You mean fetal position?
SoMuchSnailGame 3
Isn't is ironic how that your method to erase embarrassment embarrasses you?
Nirah_fml 18
I do that too! lol
BobbieH 19
So when you say something stupid, you rectify that but saying something stupider? YDI OP! Maybe try to make things better by not making it worse.
ticklezzzxD 5
AHAHA! i know a lot of people who do this. My friend was in an elevator with a stranger and was thinking about a guy she despises. She started muttering to herself, saying "you're so f-ing ugly, you're SO f-ing ugly". The guy was shocked and said "i'm.. sorry..O.O".