I think a lot of people will agree with me that this is one of the greatest websites in general. It's a list of people who digest their hilariously depressing lives into short messages. Sort of like Twitter, except these people realize that their posts make them look like assholes or losers or sometimes both. (Never mind that I'm on twitter too.)



Here is a choice FML post :

"Today, was my birthday. After hinting for almost 2 months for a Wii, my dad pulls out a shiny new Wii Package. The only problem? The box didn't have a Wii in it. My dad gave me a Wii box with my VCR inside and a note saying "This is life. Once you think you're happy, someone crushes it". FML"

Not unlike the douche-bagged parents that got their poor kid an empty Xbox uh.. box. But hopefully this person is old enough that he can suck it up and just get a job to buy one.

But, if only because the word Wii is contained within, all the fanboys come out of the woodwork. It's interesting to point out that the post itself isn't about the Wii at all or it's perceived quality what so ever; it's simply the attack vector for his dad's asshole assault.

But that doesn't stop.... THE FANBOYS.

It only takes ONE comment before the whole bloody thing devolves into out-right flamewar.

"Considering the Wii is the crappiest console out there, the kid actually got pretty lucky" is the preemptive strike.

Thankfully the site has a comment flagging feature that will hide the retarded comments after enough users have flagged one; but the fact that these people make it a point to come out and spew their idiocy still kind of disturbs me:



I guess it's not just the idiocy that disturbs me but that people still invest themselves so heavily in a video game console. Any console for that matter; still to the point that they sling insults at people who don't love their console as well.

Blegh, I know this is old territory. I know these are old questions. I know there will never be a straight answer. I'm just shocked that the poison of video game fanboyism can and will spread into totally and utterly unrelated discourse and platforms.