FML. Because Your Day Wasn’t THIS Bad.
Notice the sharp increase in page views on 2/14. FML.
The Internet builds communities and allows for knowledge sharing on anything from your LAN gaming addiction to ice chewing (i’m not kidding). But there’s a new kid in town… FML, or F*** my life.com.
The site first launched in French as “Vie de Merde,” which translates to “shitty life.”
According to the site’s blog, the English site was originally to be called “Today Shit Happens,” but then the founders realized that FML is a little bit more catchy.
The beauty is in the simplicity. Users go online and submit their own horror stories to the site, which are then moderated and voted on, so the good ones appear on the main landing page. Every post must start with “Today” and end with FML (a catchy abbrev). Similarly, the french version begins with Aujourd’hui and ends with VDM.
My roommate told me about it the other day while I was complaining about something (sorry rooms!) and for some reason, I waited until Valentine’s day to check it out.
Immediately, I felt better. Mainly after reading the top posts that include horrors like:
Today, my boyfriend gave me a card for my birthday and told me to open it 10 minutes after he leaves. I waited 5, in the card it said “it’s not working out, but here’s 20$”. FML
Today, I called the campus police to give me a ride to the cafeteria since I am on crutches from knee surgery. I was only halfway into the car when the man started driving and ran over my foot. Now neither my right knee or my left foot work. FML
Today, my boyfriend’s sister called me to wish me congratulations and ask me when I was due. I said I wasn’t prenant to which she replied “Yes you are, my brother just told us the good news”. Long pause. “Oh wait is this Mary or Morgan?” I’m Morgan. Who’s Mary? FML
Today, the girl I love and I went to visit my parents out of state for the first time. My father grinned and acknowledged that she was a “keeper”, at which she laughed and said we were “just friends”. I was going to propose to her next week. FML.
Let’s just say I agree with Josh, who said “Factual or not, this site is remarkably therapeutic — which is rather timely, given the current recession. FMyLife.com. It will make any day seem infinitely better by comparison.”