Stop Destroying FML!
FMyLife.Com is a website that is one of my favorites. That and texts from last night have to be two of the greatest things since peanut butter artificially inseminated jelly. The premise is simple. You write a short sentence or two about something that happened in your life and we get to vote on if your life is F'ed or not. It's a pretty sweet deal. A couple great examples are ....
Today, I saw a professor of mine who I admire as I went into the bathroom. We greeted each other, then I went into a stall and he went into the stall next to mine. For the next five minutes, he had to listen to me having epic diarrhea. FML
Today, I found a cute baby bunny... with my lawn mower. FML
Today, a random woman walked up, kicked me in the nuts and told me to never call her again. FML
Today, my boyfriend told me he loved me for the first time. He followed it with, "Want to try anal?" FML
Do I believe everything people put on the site? Hell no. I'm not a moron. But it's great for a good chuckle. What's even better is that people started using FML in every day life. It's like a code amongst the younger generation. In a meeting when the boss lays down a ton of work on your lap and you say "FML." The 35 and under crowd knows what's up. Telling a great story of how you were at a bar, really making moves on this girl, she was completely into you and then as she goes on a bathroom break the bartender leans in and tells you he slipped her a spanish fly and pulls out the old finders keepers on you.... FML. Who can argue with playground rules? These are all revolutionary things in the slang that our culture has embraced. However, there is a growing epidemic. People using the term... for real.
"My Nana just died. FML." That could be the worst FML of all time. Yeah lady, your life truly is F'ed right now. Guess what? It didn't make me laugh. FAIL. That's not funny. Stop using FML in a context that isn't going to make me laugh. Actually, check that. Your life isn't F'ed. Your life just sucks right now. That term has worked since like the 80's. Let's stick with that. You got laid off? Your life sucks. You are getting divorced? Your life sucks. BUT if at the will reading your nana left you her intimate toys? FML. You got laid off while the company was turning record profits and at an all time high hiring period? FML. Your wife is leaving you for a woman that plays in the WNBA because she wanted to be with someone that can actually dunk a basketball? FML.
FML. I'm taking it back.
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