Work: Today, I noticed my laptop kept shutting down and the mouse cursor...

By Kenny - 24/01/2014 07:16 - Nigeria - Lagos

Today, I noticed my laptop kept shutting down and the mouse cursor was all over the place, clicking on every folder. I dismantled the entire computer only to notice something in one of my USB drives: the receiver to a wireless mouse my colleague put there earlier to play a prank on me. 5ML

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Same thing different taste

Thanks Dave, good one

By tech_support - 04/11/2011 16:05 - Sweden

Today, at work, my mouse cursor kept randomly moving all over the screen, and messed up an entire day's attempted work. As I was leaving, I overheard one of my co-workers saying he'd plugged a wireless mouse adapter into my computer, and had been trolling me all day. FML

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By Anonymous - 27/11/2012 05:06 - United States - Appleton

Today, my step-mom restarted the computer because she thought she'd downloaded a virus that stopped her from being able to click on anything, erasing my 7-page paper in the process. It turns out it was just the batteries dying in our wireless mouse. FML

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Rookie mistake

By Anonymous - 11/09/2021 19:00 - United States - Steele

Today, after almost a week of my cursor randomly freezing, I'd had enough and was about ready to go out and get a new computer mouse. It wasn't until just now that I realized nothing was wrong with my mouse. It was running on fumes because I forgot to replace the battery. FML

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Tech expert anyone?

By I am puzzled - 13/07/2023 04:00 - Ukraine - Vinnytsia

Today, my laptop has its own likes and dislikes. The cooler keeps spinning crazily, causing loud annoying noise when I use the laptop at my parent's house, and functions perfectly silent at my place. Careful inspection proved full working order. What's going on? FML

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What have you done now?

By Anonymous - 19/07/2023 03:00

Today, my dad was sat on my laptop in the living room trying to learn how to do some rewiring around the house when he, and I quote, ”clicked on the thing.” My laptop is now riddled with so many viruses it’s basically a house brick. FML

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By Anonymous - 20/07/2013 15:45 - United States - Newark

Today, my friends took my work laptop and changed the sounds. Now, whenever I remove a USB device, a woman's voice screams "Put it back!" and when I insert a USB device, it says "Oh, you need to push it in harder!" I don't know how to change it back. FML

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You deserved it 7 014

Brain fart

By Anonymous - 27/01/2010 18:09 - United States

Today, the speakers on my laptop weren't working. I worried I'd broken something, and started freaking out. I restarted my computer numerous times and played with the settings for an hour before calling my sister in to help. She looked at it for two seconds, then unplugged my headphones. FML

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You deserved it 41 369

By stpddog - 25/07/2009 18:43 - United States

Today, while trying to get my attention, my dog got her nail stuck in a usb port in my laptop. She freaked out and ran off, dragging it off my lap and through the house before if came off. Her nail was only slightly chipped- my laptop now has a cracked screen. FML

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Troubleshooting

By PC doctor - 01/04/2022 12:00 - South Africa - Kimberley

Today, I restarted my PC a few times because of a little clicking noise coming from the direction of the tower. No, my hard drive wasn't doing a death rattle, it was music coming from ear buds lying beside said tower on the desk. FML

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You deserved it 823

By Anonymous - 21/03/2014 05:14 - United States - Phoenix

Today, a tiny worm was wriggling across the screen of my Mac laptop. I tried to wipe it away with my thumb, but it just kept crawling. Turns out the worm lives *inside* my screen, beneath the glass. FML

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coried91 28

Friday 24 January 2014 19:19

At least nothing was actually wrong with your computer. If you know how to take it apart then I'm hoping you can put it back together.

Zverina 20

Friday 24 January 2014 19:19

Guess you could say your computer was... Cursed... by a cursor.

Comments

n3ophyt3 10

Friday 24 January 2014 19:43

Well u got a new mouse fr free .. or atleast d reciever . Now u can place d reciever in ur friends PC

arandomusernameaa 20

Saturday 25 January 2014 11:18

You can English!

ceji3 13

Friday 24 January 2014 19:56

What is this 5ML thing?

sonnyrosa 32

Friday 24 January 2014 20:17

FML is 5 years old :) It's a birthday thing

pyko 3

Friday 24 January 2014 19:59

That sounds like something I would do lol

Saige_xo 9

Friday 24 January 2014 20:19

Get Them Back..

kmartFTW 12

Friday 24 January 2014 20:21

Nigerian pranks for the win!!

EvanTheBaker 3

Friday 24 January 2014 20:36

What's the deal with all the 5MLs?

dreadbeat69 12

Friday 24 January 2014 20:50

You dismantled the computer before you even unplugged the USB devices? Sounds like someone is stretching the truth...

Joisan 20

Friday 24 January 2014 21:53

A lot of those wireless mouse receivers are quite small now... I can see how it would be easy to miss, especially if he wasn't expecting to find one plugged into his computer