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F-mylife – well, no, I’m okay with mine. I’m referring to that ever popular website that feeds and relies on the idea of schadenfraude, or finding joy in another person’s suffering or embarrassment. Sounds mean? Well, that’s pretty much the home and heart of “America’s Funniest Home Videos” and a vast majority of other reality tv shows and even some fictional ones, like the Three Stooges. Like Tvtropes or a long-running webcomic, it’s a chrono-vore, a time vampire that threatens to mug people of their sweet sweet time with short stories of unfortunate things that have occurred to other people.

There’s no real price that you could put on a nigh infinite source of embarrassment, especially it’s not your own. F-mylife on the iPhone offers you constantly updated news on the bad and personal things that people share around the world. There’s no such thing as bad news now – only F-mylife news. Now you can make sure that you never, ever miss out.

These anecdotes can be conversation starters or time wasters, depending on your need. This is best for people who just want to relax their minds when they’re on a break or resting. You’re going to hear a lot about people who want to keep their minds sharp with constant exercise by playing puzzle games while they’re on their break.

The stories themselves are categorized, from sex to health to the miscellaneous for people who can’t quite pigeonhole their shame. If you’re in the mood for some shameful sex secrets, here you go. If you’re not quite sure, the miscellaneous section will probably find you something interesting.

I personally don’t think it’s a good idea to whine. I’m among the “Law of Attraction” and think it’s important to be grateful. If you feel anything like me, you might not get a kick out of this app.

F-mylife is for people who enjoy and wallow in the shame of other people, anonymous as it may be (I guess it’s some kind of guilty pleasure that is especially appealing to the younger crowd). The app itself is relatively simple and at the moment, doesn’t offer as many options as the actual website would. Happily, that should be fixed soon. Besides, the important part, the meat of the stories, is still there and ready for your perusal. If you’re not sure if it’s the kind of thing you read, you can check out the original at fmylife.com and see if you want to be carrying that around in your pocket.