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By duderboi99 - 25/05/2009 19:45 - United States

Today, I was writing a huge paper for a class as our last grade. My dog starts scratching himself. He hit the power button on the computer. Nothing was saved. FML

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By Allie - 23/11/2018 12:00

Today, right after I finished writing a very important paper and saved it to my hard drive, my barely 2-year-old Macbook decided to completely stop functioning. I went to the Apple store and even they can't get it to turn on. That's $1500 down the drain along with my grade. FML

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By Caci Johnson - 15/10/2017 04:30

Today, I sat down at my computer for the first time in a week, and discovered that my cat had thrown up all over my keyboard. I needed to write up an important document but the chunks were stuck down in the keys, effectively locking it up and making it useless. FML

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By slcbabii23 - 01/10/2009 07:56 - United States

Today, I realized how much I'm on the computer. I tried to "CTRL+Z" on something I wrote down on my paper. FML

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By Anonymous - 28/01/2023 15:00

Today, my cat decided to use my keyboard as a scratching post, and now my computer won't work. 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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By David3000 - 24/01/2009 07:15 - Australia

Today, I finally finished my 500 page manuscript and so went out to buy some paper to print it off. I get back home and find out my dad has infected my computer with a virus and the only way to save it was to wipe the hard drive, which he did. That script took me a year and I have no backup. FML

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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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By PineappleOfMyEye - 13/12/2018 12:30

Today, I went to check my grade, which was posted for an essay for my comp 1 class. I got a zero. I was devastated only to find out I never actually clicked the submit document button. My grade dropped 20 points. FML

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By lifedamntough - 28/06/2009 11:49 - Singapore

Today, I took a shower after I finished typing an important essay I've been working on for days. My computer illiterate mum shut the computer down when I was gone, without saving a thing. When I confronted her, she yelled at me for "wasting electricity". FML

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By stop it ninja - 14/10/2012 07:00 - United States - Fredericksburg

Today, while I was using my computer, my cat ran up to the power strip, looked me in the eyes, and hit the power switch, turning everything off. She does this quite often. FML

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Monday 25 May 2009 23:38

Ans THAT'S why you should save every 2 seconds... No but that really sucks...

xxmollyxx 25

Monday 25 May 2009 23:38

A new version of the dog ate my homework, cool :D Still sucks though!

Comments

jSOPURE 3

Tuesday 26 May 2009 1:56

I haven't heard this kinf of story since I was in high school. You should save from now on. =X

JonReb 0

Tuesday 26 May 2009 2:01

This is like, such a last decade problem. x_x

cheese1756 0

Tuesday 26 May 2009 2:03

Another reason you should save. You totally deserve it.

koda_fml 0

Tuesday 26 May 2009 2:03

Lol how old is your computer? 14 years old? Everyone knows you have to hold the Power Button for at least 3 seconds to forcefully shut it down.

mejubebe 0

Tuesday 26 May 2009 2:03

haha, this totally happened to me and i was going to put it up but i read this, only mine happened when a fat mexican tore out the power cable with her backpack.

MrZach 0

Tuesday 26 May 2009 2:07

For all of you calling me a retard. Learn how to use a computer. It's really simple. Now i never said anything auto-saves, i said it is saved in the memory, Find your RAM cache and you have ur paper.

x0xcarolinex0x 4

Tuesday 26 May 2009 2:07

this is why it gets drilled into your head to save CONSTANTLY

redheadfreak929 0

Tuesday 26 May 2009 2:09

..........I don't believe this, First of all my computer is from 2000 and it auto saves. So lets look at it in a different view, maybe it didn't autosave, BUT on/off button to the computer FOR ALL COMPUTERS! don't just turn off at once, u have to hold the button for a couple of secs. So you story is full of holes and next time plz don't make something up so dumb. P.S. Computer off/on buttons r either in the back of the computer (if so y was he there?) and also it would be very difficult for one of his/her claws to actually press the button!

BaldOuting 0

Tuesday 26 May 2009 2:10

you should know better by now. this has happened to how many others? always save!

neurorot 0

Tuesday 26 May 2009 2:11

Koda: Are you an idiot? There ARE brand new computers that can be turned off by a single, quick press of the power button. Most computers don't, but, there ARE computers that still do this. Please, don't open your trap if you don't know what you're talking about. It was the biggest pain in the ass when I was dating my ex - Even if you barely bumped that power button his computer would turn his computer right off and it would make him SO mad. Hey, OP- If you have a bad habit of forgetting to save often, get OpenOffice (openoffice.org). (That is unless anyone else knows of something better, excluding Microsoft Word) it's basically a freeware version of Microsoft Word. It's not perfect, for instance it's really hard to make custom tables, but, it has an autosave feature and a recovery option just in case something like that happens. I feel for you dude - It sucks to lose a lot of work to some bullshit or another. FYL/YDI - Get a program that autosaves or make it a habit to manually save more often. Good luck on that paper.