Quote Originally Posted by JamieRose View Post
If it had gone down for you the way it went down for me, you'd use the word "screwed" too.
The difference is what you attribute the "screwing" to. You speak as if the programmers looked at you, personally, and decided you shouldn't be allowed to have this thing, snatching it away without giving you a chance.

You were screwed by random chance or "the universe", not SE.

It was a scheduled event. You arrived late. It's nobody's fault that you missed out.

You can either resent it, or accept that it was unfortunate timing and move on.