Feel Better About Yourself
The act of people failing at things will never be not funny. Fail humor is timeless and universal, transcending cohorts and cross-cultural boundaries to unite humanity in a single lol. I mean, even the most basic human behaviors like having sex and eating are done way differently around the world, but it is pretty much as instinctive as breathing to lol at the misfortune of others.
That's why I get excited when new sites emerge to attract the sacrificial virgins of Internet humor. This one is especially good: an interactive site called FMyLife — fuck it! — allows users to recount those rock-bottom moments when everything goes wrong in a way that is devastating to them, hilarious to onlookers. Below every bag-over-face confession is the opportunity for readers to weigh in on whether they sympathize ("yes, your life is f*****") or take sadistic pleasure in reading about the dumbassery that brought it all on ("you deserved that one"). There's a lot of input from awkward teenagers but regardless, every tale is a glorious /facepalm. Come on, we've all been there.
From FMyLife:
- Today, I saw an elderly man fall in a crosswalk, so I jumped off my bike to help. As I helped him across, the light turned green. At that point I noticed my phone had fallen out of my pocket in the street and was run over by several cars. I then watched across a 6 lane street as someone stole my bike.
- Today, I was at a sandwich shop and couldn't help but secretly remove a loose hair from a girl standing in front of me. I yanked it and she instantly began screaming and crying. It was in fact a very long mole hair. The thing started bleeding like a gunshot wound. My apologies went unnoticed. FML
- Today, I suggested that my mother download Skype so we could video chat while I'm studying in London over the summer. After I had explained how it worked and that it was free, she said "Well...you'll only be gone for a few months. It's not really worth it." FML
- Today, I was a TA for a history class and the class was taking a test. About halfway through, I noticed one kid had a small piece of paper in his hand. I ran up the row, grabbed his test, and ripped it into four pieces. Then I took the note from him. It said “I believe in you, -Mom.”
- Today, driving some friends back from a party I said, "Did everyone see Lisa totally hanging off of Pat tonight?! It was hilarious!!". There was a long silence, then one of my friends said "...you know Lisa is in the car, right?" FML
Hat tip: Starts With a Bang
Comments
Okay, this is all well and good, but what the world REALLY needs is an app for your iPhone that makes you feel better about yourself every time to you push its button!
Hey, that's why there's http://www.LittleYesMan.com
LittleYesMan - The Life Coach on your iPhone - no matter how wrong you are!
http://www.LittleYesMan.com
Posted by: Rob | June 25, 2009 05:38 PM
schadenfreuda
Posted by: alex | March 23, 2009 01:43 PM