15 Horrifying Moments of Tech Terror

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Molly Horan
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15 Horrifying Moments of Tech Terror

True moments of tech terror are like ghost stories for grown ups. So your mom liked that picture of you at the lingerie party, and then what happened?

Just thinking about the time your hard drive crashed before you could save that final paper can be enough to set your heart racing.

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Like a horror movie, they unfold -- and you're powerless to stop them. Here are 15 gut-wrenching scenarios feared by techies.

1. When you accidentally hit send before you're done with an email.

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2. When you get 10 Facebook notifications that say you've been tagged in a photo the morning after a night you don't remember.

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3. When you sit down to check Twitter on a Saturday afternoon, then you look up again and the sun is down.

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4. When your friend who uploads pictures of everything friends your mom on Facebook.

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5. When your browser closes a second before you were going to save.

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6. When you drop your phone on the concrete.

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7. When you respond to the wrong friend in a chat window.

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8. When you finally buy a new phone and they announce an upgrade release the next day.

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9. When you send a text and immediately realize you used the wrong "there."

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10. When your cellphone rings loudly in a quiet space. (Bonus points if the ringtone would make your mother blush.)

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11. When your Mac's swirly wheel of death won't stop spinning.

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12. When you absently stare at a friend's screen saver, not knowing it suddenly moves on a loop.

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13. When your email has been hacked and you realize everyone you've ever emailed is getting spam from you.

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14. When your iPod freezes in the first moments of a long trip.

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15. When your e-reader dies just before you hit the last chapter.

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