Miscellaneous: Today, I found out that you can ruin a $500 computer with a few...

By just wanted nice nails - 05/08/2015 04:37 - United States - Palmer

Today, I found out that you can ruin a $500 computer with a few stray drops of 100% acetone nail polish remover on the keyboard. FML

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By Snow - 07/02/2009 20:43 - United States

Today, while I was trying to take off my eye make up, I accidentally used nail polish remover. FML

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By hating my life - 26/11/2015 07:57 - United States

Today, I managed to accidentally drop an entire cake on my laptop's keyboard. There's so much frosting stuck under the keys, I have no idea how I'm going to clean it out. FML

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By adrenochrome - 09/02/2009 09:21 - Lithuania

Today, I learnt that nail polish remover is, in fact, VERY flammable. And I learnt it the hard way. FML

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By NC - 11/02/2010 07:32 - Malaysia

Today, I spilled some milk on my laptop. I was pretty sure it would be fine as it was only a bit of milk. While cleaning the residue, I knocked a whole bucket of water into the insides of the laptop. RIP Macbook. FML

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Expensive noodles, dude

By fuckstudentloans - 18/06/2015 23:29 - United States - Los Angeles

Today, I ruined a $1,500 laptop with a 69¢ bowl of ramen noodles. FML

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By Louis - 15/11/2018 13:00 - South Africa

Today, I decided to be healthy and drink a tall glass of water whilst doing my assignment that is due in three days. I managed to spill the entire glass over my laptop. I flipped it over and used a hairdryer to dry it off. While doing that, I managed to melt my keyboard. FML

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By Anonymous - 19/04/2011 03:44 - United Kingdom

Today, I was putting red nail polish on my nails and put a newspaper on the table to make sure that it didn't spill. I later discovered the nail polish made the newspaper stick to the table. I scrubbed nail polish remover on it, thinking it would help but instead bleached the table. FML

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By GamingWolfy5 - 27/06/2019 06:36

Today, I got angry at my computer, and instead of bashing my keyboard with my fists, I bashed my face on the keyboard. It REALLY hurt. FML

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By stupid - 07/07/2009 18:33 - United States

Today, I saw a spot on my computer screen. I tried to use my finger to rub it off. Then, I tried using my nail. Then I tried to windex it off. I continued scratching at it with my nail. A half hour and one scratched screen later, I realized the spot was part of the webpage I was looking at. FML

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By failure461 - 13/06/2011 16:37 - United States

Today, I ruined my computer screen trying to kill a fly. FML

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bettyc4 26

Wednesday 5 August 2015 14:25

And that kids is why we can't have nice things.

Cads1 24

Wednesday 5 August 2015 14:24

Kind of common sense one would think.

Comments

mgrazi99 13

Wednesday 5 August 2015 22:56

As someone who works in a lab, I can say with certainty your nail polish remover was not 100% acetone. It may have had acetone in it, but 100% would split your fingernails

kitsuneluvuh 12

Thursday 6 August 2015 0:17

No, they sell and use 100% acetone as nail polish remover. I have some myself. It's mostly for removing acrylic nails and gel polish, though. Not recommended for removing ordinary nail polish.

Foxfire15 15

Wednesday 5 August 2015 23:02

YDI. You dripped liquid on a computer, what did you expect to happen. Assuming this is a laptop, a keyboard costs about $30 and should be user replacible unless you got it on the mobo. If thats the case, you're screwed. If it's a desktop, just go buy a new keyboard dummy.

drrobotnik1 18

Wednesday 5 August 2015 23:29

I was ready to sympathize with you. nail polish remover is a good thing to clean that gray crap off from between your keys. and then I read your username. you're using a computer as a drip pan while you paint your nails? YDI. take better care of your stuff.

eliasRrivera 12

Thursday 6 August 2015 1:02

the acetone must have fallen through the keyboard and into the internal components, possibly frying the CPU or RAM chips.

shelglo 5

Thursday 6 August 2015 4:42

sounds like an ID:10:T issue to me. How do you ruin the whole thing by getting drops on only the keyboard, unless maybe it was a laptop? Either way sucks to be you for doing your nails over your computer. Duh.