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By computergeek - 26/01/2010 21:25 - United States

Today, my parents got me a new computer for my birthday. They also took the liberty of throwing out my old computer, with 8 years of photos, videos, music, documents, emails, and bookmarks on it. But that's okay, I had a backup. They threw that out too. FML

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By Anonymous - 21/09/2009 20:22 - United States

Today, I got a new computer because my old one crashed, deleting all music, photos, and documents. I still had all my music on my iPod though, and went to sync it to the new computer. By accident, my younger brother pulled the cord out before it was done, deleting all 3,000 songs forever. FML

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By not living happily ever after - 02/12/2014 17:02 - United States - Virginia Beach

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By computerguy - 22/01/2011 01:15 - Canada

Today, I took the motherboard out of my computer so I could put more RAM and a new video card in. While I was in the bathroom my mom threw it all out because it 'looked like garbage'. FML

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By welp - 27/12/2015 05:08 - United States - Grass Lake

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By thanks for the $5 gift voucher - 13/06/2015 16:34 - United States - Randleman

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Today, I went searching for my old school laptop only to find that my stepdad had swiped it and given it to his mother. My sex tapes and nudes are on it. FML

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By apparentlyweird - 28/08/2018 22:00

Today, my dad's new girlfriend's daughter came over with them. She had a tantrum because my brand new computer, which I worked and saved for, was better than her notebook, which was bought for her. So what did she do? Oh, she threw it off my desk. For some reason I'm being yelled at. FML

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By rebeccaremily - 04/10/2009 07:03 - Canada

Today, my computer stopped working. Me, the technology challenged one, decided to do a system recovery on it hoping that I could make it better. Turns out, system recovery means deleting all the files off the computer including family photos, music and assignments and starting fresh. FML

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By chrono19 - 04/05/2014 10:11 - United States - Bremerton

Today, I got a birthday package from my parents. It was all the stuff I'd forgotten there when visiting a month ago, along with some other things I'd left behind when I moved out. FML

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lendahandmanda 0

Wednesday 27 January 2010 1:23

why would they throw out your old computer?are they idiots? I don't think anyone is that stupid... I think this is either fake, or you have the STUPIDEST parents in the world. if this is real and you just have parents who have been living under a rock for the past 15 years, YLIF.

leprechaun_ninja 0

Wednesday 27 January 2010 1:21

Ohh man, that sucks. FYL

Comments

MrJentipede 2

Wednesday 27 January 2010 4:38

a computer for 8 years, really?

CLICKHEREx 0

Wednesday 27 January 2010 4:43

I now copy weblinks to notepad, then regularly transfer them to Myspace, and flash memory, or CD.

lifeinhd 3

Wednesday 27 January 2010 4:44

Tell your parents that they can't just throw it out, there are laws as to how to properly dispose of computer equipment, and they could face jail time if it isn't disposed of properly. See if you get it back.

hockeyhouse 5

Wednesday 27 January 2010 4:49

I promise to not be this stupid when my son gets older.

ImaginaryFoe 0

Wednesday 27 January 2010 4:51

If your back up was an external hard drive, why would they throw that out? It's not even part of the computer. Did they just put it out with the rest of the rubbish or donate it somewhere? I would've thought the less computer savvy a person was the more he or she would be likely to think everything needed to be saved.

slushpuppy123 0

Wednesday 27 January 2010 4:51

wow, what makes you think that. there is no info about him illegally downloading anything. Ever heard of itunes?

Tenjin 0

Wednesday 27 January 2010 4:53

...wow

picturescrazy 24

Wednesday 27 January 2010 5:05

I hope they at least cleared your computer's memory before throwing it out o.o That would suck if that got into the wrong hands...

waffleslol 0

Wednesday 27 January 2010 5:35

your parents are extremely stupid

Miley_Virus 0

Wednesday 27 January 2010 5:51

ydi for having three computrs at once, and complaining about things that are replaceable.

whatevershesaid 0

Wednesday 27 January 2010 6:01

Where does it say anything about 3 computers? It talks about two: the old one the OP no longer has and the new one. 2. And only 1 at a time.

LilaBear 1

Wednesday 27 January 2010 9:15

please show me where he said he has 3 computers. He had ONE computer, and a backup (a 'backup' is not a computer, it's just a hard drive). He then got GIVEN a new computer, and the old computer got thrown out.. hence only one computer at a time.