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FMyLife.com – a platform for whiners?
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by Yuliya Talmazan | April 6, 2009 at 11:05 am
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If your tweeps insinuate that your tweets are getting too depressing lately, a new platform FMyLife.com (FML) seems to be there for your disposal, guaranteeing an audience that actually cares…FML lets users complain to the rest of the world about episodes in their daily life that made them regretful, ashamed, frustrated, or concerned. Other users can read the posts and vote either – “I agree, your life is f***ed” or “You deserved that one." One can also choose a category to complain in: be it love, money, kids, work, health, sex or miscellaneous. The best posts make it to the FML Hall of Fame (aka their Twitter feed (fxxxmylife) with over 35,000 followers). For an extra dose of daily pessimism, FML can even be tracked live through the RSS feeds on newsreaders, such as My Yahoo!, My AOL, iGoogle and others.
Typical content?
Today, I had to give a speech on abstinence to a bunch of teenage boys, and surprisingly they were paying attention. After they left, I went to the bathroom and saw I had missed a few buttons on my blouse. The boys had a close up view of my cleavage for 3 hours. FML
#831890 (38) - 04/06/2009 at 6:41am by Anna - misc - it definitely is! (698) - yeah! way to show 'em (1768)
Today, while working the dinner rush at my job, every single computer, credit card machine, and printer froze for an hour and a half. The reason behind this issue was a large wire ripped from the mainframe, the same wire I tripped over 20 seconds before while my boss watched. FML
#831499 (15) - 04/06/2009 at 4:40am by starrybrooke - work - I agree, your life is f***ed (1818) - you deserved that one (314)
Today, I had a softball team dinner, and I was sitting with a bunch of girls who were talking about how far they've gone with guys. One girl goes "I must be the least experienced one here, I've never even kissed a guy!" Surprised, I said "me too!" and high-fived her. She was joking. I wasn't. FML
#831466 (14) - 04/06/2009 at 4:35am by annonymous - misc - I agree, your life is f***ed (2104) - you deserved that one (272)
Today, on my flight to Vegas, I was wishing that a really cute guy would come sit in the seat next to mine. A few minutes later, a really cute guy sat in the seat next to me and even started to talk to me. When I said, "I like rugged men." he said "Oh ya, me too! I really like buff guys also." FML
The FML stems from the French version -- VieDeMerde.fr created by Maxime Valette, Guillaume Passaglia and Didier Guedj. Interestingly, the French site experienced an increase in traffic in February 2009, which coincidentally was when major layoffs began in France with people having more motivation and free time on their hands to vent about their misfortunes on VDM.
So does FML have the potential to become a sort of a “crowd-generated” psychiatrist, eventually putting certified psychiatrists out of their jobs? After all, talking about your emotions on FML not only guarantees an audience but some sort of feedback too. Unlike a psychiatrist, FML comes for free, any time of day or night, no booking required...for now.
What are your opinions?
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at 06:27 on April 9th, 2009
I think it's great these people now have an outlet because I really don't want to be the one listening to them whine about how bad their life is. No matter how bad it is, there is almost always someone who has it worse. I mean think about it, these people can all afford some way to access the interenet. If you have access to the internet, you're life can't really be f'd, can it?
at 05:10 on April 17th, 2009
I think its all just for jokes anyways.half of them aren't real
at 22:08 on April 22nd, 2009
FMYLIFE is lame and fake.
at 08:40 on April 23rd, 2009
I agree, the posts all seem like bad punch lines (Ok some are decent). Thousands would not edit so precisely without unnecessary details. And who would be posting the moment they are locked out of their apartment. They appear to be written by one person with a corny sense of humor.
at 15:17 on April 28th, 2009
im addicted to fml, but I came across a site called fwhyme . com and I think it's much better than fml. and also fwhyme is american. I rather support an american site. and they also don't start all their articles with "today" so u can post things that happened yesterday
at 13:38 on May 20th, 2009
This one is also really good:
http://www.mypoorjob.com
at 08:02 on May 25th, 2009
heyyy
i love reading the sex stories cuz i m like addicted to it!!!!!
they r like so awesum n not real
im learning new words and looking at vids on u tube
at 05:24 on May 28th, 2009
I think it's funny, but it is possible that some of them aren't real. But if it makes you laugh, then it really doesn't matter does it? That's what the site is really designed for.
And the users have to start with "Today", so the person who got locked out of thei apartment could've been talking about something that happened yesterday, or two weeks ago.
I personally love the site. It's a great place to go when you're feeling low, because it makes you realize that your problems probably aren't as bad as you think they are. It's completely shallow, but it happens.
at 21:50 on June 4th, 2009
I mean think about it, these people can all afford some way to access the interenet. If you have access to the internet, you're life can't really be f'd, can it? the person who got locked out of thei apartment could've been talking about something that happened yesterday, or two weeks ago.
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