Animals: Today, I was writing a huge paper for a class as our last grade....

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

cantth1nk0fnam3 3

Wednesday 27 May 2009 4:23

autosave? but that does suck. i would beat my dog for it if that happened to me

peopleplz2008 0

Wednesday 27 May 2009 4:57

Microsoft word has always kept things saved automatically in case the computer shuts down spontaneously

tomFTW 0

Wednesday 27 May 2009 5:53

LOL!!!!!!!!!!

Fluffiness 0

Thursday 28 May 2009 0:04

LOL! #5 ****** ROCKS!!

lologirl419 0

Thursday 28 May 2009 1:41

Hah that sucks... but seriously dude, YDI for not saving your work. I suppose you learned a valuable lesson, especially if you already had a lot done. XD But why don't you have auto-recovery?

djbon2112 0

Thursday 28 May 2009 5:27

You were writing a "huge paper" but hadn't saved once? YDI... P.S. Learn the ways of the save Jedi: Ctrl+S every 30 seconds.

olive_you 0

Thursday 28 May 2009 6:16

Lesson learned the hard way: Save every ten minutes.

aaa12321 0

Thursday 28 May 2009 10:20

I still don't think he "learned" anything. People are complaining that he didn't save often but apparently he didn't save once on this large papers which is hard to believe. If the dog hit the power button, it may have started the shutdown sequence (to just kill it you usually hold) in which case a notification would ask you sure...there are programs open etc. This FML doesn't make any sense and couldnt' have happened.

Asdas_fml 0

Thursday 28 May 2009 10:57

YDI. Thats why you save after every line* or when making a fix*. If you're writing a paper all in one go without any thinking pauses save every 30secs or so. If you need thinking pauses, save on every pause, if you need to think after every sentences, save there. It's little hard of course if your program takes like 5-10 seconds to save, but it's better than losing the whole work. Totally YDI. *when you're coding at least.