Tech Support People Are Sharing The Worst Cases They&#8217;ve Seen While On The Job (30 Pics)

Dat.One_guy 5 years ago

Whats good Hans? We’ve both been here for maybe five years give or take. A few years ago I caught up in the leader board but I fell off when I got busy lol. I have no idea why I’m telling you this but great to see your name again.

5points

danielw 5 years ago

proper bird friendly design places the camera far enough way that the birds aren't out of focus... just saying....

1point

Leo Petipas 5 years ago

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CADEN FRENCH 5 years ago

ive seen you on every website for bored panda

0points

Hans Robert 5 years ago

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glowworm2 5 years ago

This is the cutest "problem" ever!

6points

Sel Bonda 5 years ago

Bird attempted "selfies"!

6points

Batty 5 years ago

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zootietoo 5 years ago

Nice of them to think of the birds and mount it upside down so they can stand on the cowling / sun shade.

3points

Adit Danhorn 5 years ago

this is great.

2points

Biljana Malesevic 5 years ago

Give camera to the bird and buy a new one, please!

2points

Binxyminxem 5 years ago

Awwwwww what a cute "fuzzy brown image"!

2points

LemonyLickit 5 years ago

They've got a bird's-eye view.

1point

Jolly Goh 5 years ago

bird eye cctv

1point

Id row 5 years ago

Aw, that's adorable.

1point

One of the moderators of the subreddit, Coffeechipmunk, said the most popular posts there are those that depict situations just moments away from exploding. "[It's] very dangerous, but very cool looking. They probably get so big because people post the pics and you think, 'Wow, that's just a bomb at that point,'" they told Bored Panda.

The subreddit was created on the 29th of February, 2012, and since then it has grown into a 427K member-strong community. They aren't interested in trivial things like cracked screens or anything -- just the filthiest, nastiest gore there is. And it doesn't seem that it's drying out, too. Just think of all the people who acquire a new gadget or an appliance and are so eager to use it, they skip the operation manual (myself included).

#2

“The Printer Isn’t Working”

Final score:

461points

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Elsker 5 years ago

that's just.... wow....

229points

RaroaRaroa 5 years ago

Well, you don't take the toner out of the cartridge, you load the whole thing. I guess they thought the paper worked the same.

9points

Peachikeen 5 years ago

These people are the reason there's instructions on shampoo bottles.

56points

Sergio Bicerra Descalzi 5 years ago

And in hair dryers, and irons, and Batman capes, and...

14points

Ray Heap 5 years ago

As a tech support guy I can tell you that this happens a lot.

16points

Gabriel Sbárbaro 5 years ago

As a tech support guy, I agree... once, we recieved a call from a company on the other side of the city complaining about a printer too... when we arrived we found that the printer was turned of...

0points

Tovah Roche 5 years ago

I had a co-worker who went on a profanity laced fit one day because he couldn't get the paper drawer to close in the copier. The dumbass was trying to put 8.5" x 14" paper in a 8.5" x 11" slot. How he could not see the paper was too big to fit in the drawer is beyond me because it was visibly sticking out of the drawer.

15points

Molly 5 years ago

What the hell? How is the person who did this, even allowed to work in an office?

13points

Aragorn II Elessar 5 years ago

My thoughts precisely. We have no printers in Gondor, and even I know that this works not.

3points

Not-so-MadMax 5 years ago

I love stupid people, this would really make my day :')

11points

AzKhaleesi 5 years ago

Oh holy christ... how do these people survive day to day????

9points

Ed Souza 5 years ago

As an IT guy myself... I've seen things...

9points

PhotoJenic12 5 years ago

Or "do not drink"warnings on Bleach.

6points

Leo Petipas 5 years ago

Right on.

0points

Matthew Smith 5 years ago

People are that thick? how did they get a job in the first place?

6points

"A lot of the content on the subreddit does rather well, except for people coming for actual tech support, they get redirected to the right subreddit. For actual tech support gore, though, it seems like broken screens and slightly messy wires are the current posts that don't hit too hard," Coffeechipmunk explained.

They think the reason why r/techsupportgore got so popular is quite a simple one: "Honestly... it's very fun," Coffeechipmunk said. "In a time where most of the internet can be incredibly serious and most times saddening or angering, r/techsupportgore is fun because you go on it and you can laugh (and/or cringe) at the crazy posts. Where else can you see a post like, "Wow, these cables really are messy" to, "A lizard fried my motherboard" back to back? I love our growing community. They're a bunch of people that just enjoy tech and to some extent, the worst of it."

#3

End User Had A Heater Next To The PC Which Was Randomly Shutting Off And She Thought She Had Smelled Burning A Couple Of Times. It Is Literally Screaming

Final score:

419points

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Panda Kicki 5 years ago

Oh, that face!

193points

80 Van 5 years ago

It looks like a Thomas the Tank Engine train when Sir Topham Hatt catches them doing something wrong.

15points

Daniel Mason 5 years ago

Yes!! I'm glad I'm not the only one to see that!

1point

Ray Martin 5 years ago

I had a very similar one like this. Something to note is that personal heaters and fans were prohibited so as to not affect the air conditioning. We were rolling out new PCs to Call Centre staff, each one costing $2,800. I had installed five and was doing the sixth when I could smell burning. One of the staff had turned on a heater at full power facing the PC and it had literally melted the fascia, destroying also the CD/DVD unit, and the motherboard and CPU were damaged. It was a complete write-off. Brand new, it had been in use for less than twenty minutes before being destroyed.

4points

AzKhaleesi 5 years ago

omg even the computer is looking at the damage like "Yikes" lmao

3points

BlackRabbit 5 years ago

this is the tech version of the "I'm in Danger" meme...

2points

Id row 5 years ago

I spent my career in IT and no way could I have worked support. I would have told them they were too stupid to own a computer.

2points

deanna woods 5 years ago

Who in their right mind would put a heater near a computer?

2points

Delgada 5 years ago

"I woke up this morning and I just hated everything"

2points

Bill 5 years ago

Has anyone done a study on how many VOCs le Leach out of melting plastic?

2points

Celtic Pirate Queen 5 years ago

Dumbass.

1point

If you are, however, afraid that you're gonna end up on this subreddit, there are things you can do to prevent it. There's plenty of information on the internet that you can utilize to become more tech savvy. There are forums, websites, and YouTube channels dedicated to specific fields where you can find comprehensive information on how to reset your iPhone and how to fix a malfunctioning laptop. Heck, if you're feeling really adventurous, you can even learn how to code.

When it comes to technology, the information is out there and it's available. You don't have to study computer science to know this stuff. Like a blacksmith who has an exact feel for how he needs to beat a piece of metal in order to mold it, knowledge and regular use of it will make you better at technology.

#4

I Can't Even...

Final score:

411points

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Slinkman 5 years ago

'I saw a red floor and i want it painted black'

341points

Jackson Bowen 5 years ago

'I look inside the house and its painted blaaack'

11points

DKS 001 5 years ago

thumbs up on that

7points

the redqueen 5 years ago

All of you in the flow of this song are awesome, this made me laugh waaay to hard( one of the best concerts I saw...Vodoo Lounge )

3points

Layla Corman 5 years ago

Upvoted. X1000!

2points

Monika Soffronow 5 years ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4irXQhgMqg

1point

Laura Jean 5 years ago

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0points

Dawn Soehren 5 years ago

LOL

0points

Aragorn II Elessar 5 years ago

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0points

*sigh*, The Yellow Teletubby 5 years ago

Well why did no one take him out into the back yard? Poor thing probably held that in for years 😂

23points

PhotoJenic12 5 years ago

Lols!!

0points

Don Flynn 5 years ago (edited)

Awesome toner explosion. Had a co-worker do this one time after a few of us told him not to mess with the printer. I have laughed so hard in my life when that dipshit unded up covered in black toner.

15points

Sam Cheung 5 years ago

I'm surprised there isn't an outline of a human somewhere here.

11points

backatya 5 years ago

he's camo'd with black ink toner

1point

N G 5 years ago

It trumped

11points

mario.b 5 years ago

It wasn't me

7points

Id row 5 years ago

Probably easier to break your lease and abandon your office quarters, lol.

6points

SweetCee 5 years ago

It just sneezed. god bless you.

6points

RitaGG 5 years ago

Wow! I wonder if a Haz-Mat crew needed to be called?

4points

deanna woods 5 years ago

What in the world happened here?

4points

daveej 5 years ago

Looks like a black toner cartridge broke and spilled toner all over the floor. I wouldn't go near it without a respirator, toner is very bad to breathe in.

13points

#5

Hospital Server Room

Final score:

406points

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Panda Kicki 5 years ago

Spaghetti! Spaghetti for everyone!

207points

N G 5 years ago

It's got to be an Italian hospital

33points

Cristina S. 5 years ago

And YOU get spaghetti! And YOU get spaghetti!

11points

Roger Callon 5 years ago

You betcha! Electronic spaghetti for Robots and humans!!!!

2points

Ace 5 years ago

Bonetrousle intensifies.

2points

Arwin Cipher 5 years ago

This comment is Papyrus approved

0points

Peter Kelly 5 years ago

This didn't suddenly get in this state! There must have been a long succession of technicians that kept adding to it without anyone saying, "STOP!!!"

32points

Max L. 5 years ago

IT Technician in today world is the key figure needed by a manager to charge a user to plug a cable the same users plugs in at home without problems.

2points

Khavrinen 5 years ago

Quick!! In order to defuse the bomb, you have to cut the yellow wire!!!

14points

Apa da Quavk 5 years ago

lets cut bomb wire with a bomb

3points

lara 5 years ago

I think it is the yellow wire that is the problem.

7points

Mark 5 years ago (edited)

Hopefully not done by the same person doing your heart by-pass!

6points

LSR 5 years ago

"I detected the problem. One of the yellow cables is split".

5points

Jo Johannsen 5 years ago

Doctor, this terminal is terminal.

5points

Monika Soffronow 5 years ago

Scalpel, please.

1point

Lubica Acker 5 years ago

Excellent puzzle project during the lock down.

5points

Tiari 5 years ago

I doubt there are any hospitals in lockdown right now...

5points

Randomcthulu 5 years ago

I worked at a hotel where all the cables for the server were the same color blue. I was installing a physical firewall for tech support and they told me to plug in the blue cable. I had to email them a pic so that they could understand my problem. Literally heard the tech say "Oh s**t...we'll send a technician to your site."

4points

Ivana Junas 5 years ago

My gf just went ballistic - she does tech stuff, sees this often, detests fixing it, doesn't understand why people do spaghetti in their server rooms.

4points

Jace 5 years ago

Because they’re too lazy to re-route the cables correctly and want a “quick fix”... which makes things HELL in the long term. This is why we can’t have nice things.

0points

#6

First Day On Job; Set Up Those 4 Wireless Speakers For You.

Final score:

391points

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Ola Polowczyk 5 years ago

And here, dear children, you can see speakers resting in their natural habitat

220points

Paul K. Johnson 5 years ago

To the right we see a male attempting to attract the attention of a female who has ignored his advances thus far. Scientists believe the Wireless Horn Tweeter mates for life unlike the Lesser Horned Tweeter and the Wired Shelfie who, for lack of a better term, are total sluts.

31points

Grant Barke 5 years ago

Nothing wrong here, that is how you mount them. Those are the antennas for the wireless speakers.

14points

JessG 5 years ago

Lol, I hope you're joking

10points

Charlotte 5 years ago

Hello Grant not Lol. I'm Charlotte, pleased to meet you.

3points

Teri Butler 5 years ago

Ikr??? Gah!

0points

Oskar vanZandt 5 years ago

Don't think the set up is complete... maybe their waiting to put a sturdier platform under those tripods (i.e. the ground was found to be too soft). Better cover them too... there's rain on the horizon.

5points

DancingToMyself 5 years ago

*they're waiting

1point

Katie and Jared Coates 5 years ago

I guess they thought they were antennae!

4points

Mojones 5 years ago

No, I won't make any Australia comments now.

4points

Stimpy 5 years ago

"wireless speakers obviously need antennas, duh..."

3points

Leo Petipas 5 years ago

You could though. Need internal power supply too.

0points

Harold Summer 5 years ago

This picture is just prior to flipping them. It's difficult to attach speakers on top of a pole using a ladder. Instead, attach the stands to the base as in the picture, and then rotate them up into the air.

3points

Kesam 5 years ago

Sounds legit if you don't know how difficult they are to rotate. I've set up hundreds of speakers in my life and I would never do it like that. It's much, much easier lifting them up on the stands the right way round. No need for a ladder.

3points

N G 5 years ago

Those trees need watering

3points

Bill 5 years ago

Maybe the new guy isn't as experienced as he says

3points

RaroaRaroa 5 years ago

Or maybe it was windy and this was the most stable way to put them.

2points

Mark 5 years ago

Well they are wireless so don't the "antennas" go at the top ;)

3points

#7

Told A User To Shutdown Their Virus Infected Computer And Ship It Back And To Label It As Infected. They Did Good

Final score:

386points

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JessG 5 years ago

Funny

104points

N G 5 years ago

I bet the courier added the infectious label and charged twice as much

11points

deanna woods 5 years ago

We were already worried about COVID19 and now we have to worry about these very infected computers.

7points

Kjorn 5 years ago

thewayyout...ea8291.jpg

7points

Sel Bonda 5 years ago

Danger! Virus inside.

5points

Ed Souza 5 years ago

That's how covid19 started.

3points

Elli Rahim 5 years ago

Gets 5 stars for following instructions.

1point

MissyTheUniverse 5 years ago

That's.........how I would label it too...

1point

Marek Yanchurak 5 years ago

I mean, it's not untrue...

0points

Eyad Kamel 5 years ago

Imagine going to Area 51 and opening something like this, then you find a compooper with a virus. It is disappointing until you open it and plague inc starts up

0points

Rodno7493527 5 years ago

Heh

0points

#8

Ancient Temple Of Asus

Final score:

384points

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Mark 5 years ago

Well seeing as there is nothing connected to it its just looks like a mother board covered in a load of c**p.

78points

Alan Smith 5 years ago

still looks like an egyptian ruin at first glance. XD

39points

Arshad B 5 years ago

you must be fun at parties

9points

K.Kobayashi 5 years ago

And all the slots are empty. No memory, no CPU.

3points

Paige Jordan 5 years ago

That's what it is.

2points

Andrew Alexander 5 years ago

Not the sharpest knife in the drawer I gather?

0points

Monika Soffronow 5 years ago

Not in a good mood today?

-1point

Sean Harrison 5 years ago

This isn't from a tech support call, this is an artist's work. He creates "Ancient Cities" using old motherboards.

28points

Max L. 5 years ago

Try to remove the cpu of a pc that ran where hair products were sprayed, that is quite an old model, so there was more space among the pins for air to get in, it's a 30 years ago technology.

0points

elia 84631 5 years ago

I wish Indiana Jones did a movie about this

8points

Leo Petipas 5 years ago

Indian Jones parachuting into Tron.

0points

Itzel Anahi 5 years ago

Hahaha at first glance I thought "this image doesn't belong here. How is it tech related?? " XD

6points

Monika Soffronow 5 years ago

So did I. "Never trust what you hear and only half of what you see" is as good a piece of advice as ever!

0points

Binxyminxem 5 years ago

It looks like a mini model of a set for star trek to me!

5points

Ginny Weasley 5 years ago

I thought this was a real landscape! 😅

4points

Colin Allcars 5 years ago

I had to look three times before I realized that it wasn't a model table

4points

Aragorn II Elessar 5 years ago

I had to read the comments

0points

Water Bottle 5 years ago

I was really confused

3points

Sasha Kuleshov 5 years ago

I've been there, once.

3points

Domenico 5 years ago

Wonderful

3points

#9

I Need Somewhere To Set This Candle... Oh Here’s A Good Spot!

Final score:

340points

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Panda Kicki 5 years ago

Lucky it was just a mess and not a fire...

123points

Hans 5 years ago

I would like to know if that was fixed...

13points

Pan Narrans 5 years ago

Put it in an oven at 70 degrees Celsius and simmer for a few hours. If you put it at a slope most of it wil run of.

2points

Helenium 5 years ago

just why

7points

Katie and Jared Coates 5 years ago

Time for an upgrade anyway :)

3points

backatya 5 years ago

Yeah after 2 months it's old technology anyway

0points

Monika Soffronow 5 years ago

One expensive candle that turned out to be

2points

fainasKeturatis 5 years ago

It would be so interesting to know if it recovered or not.

1point

Heather Boardman 5 years ago

Some people are thick

1point

Celtic Pirate Queen 5 years ago

My brother's ex-wife (so happy about the EX part) put a lit candle on top of their television. Like ON TOP of the TV with no dish or holder. She forgot to blow it out when they went to bed and it burned completely down and melted into the TV. Which, not surprisingly, didn't work anymore.

1point

rapheal azrin 5 years ago

scrap heap ...

1point

Jace 5 years ago

Heat will have to be used to separate the wax and the recyclable materials...

0points

Tambot 5 years ago

Dum, da, dum dum dummy!

1point

#10

"My Fan Was Making Too Much Noise!"

Final score:

329points

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Hans 5 years ago

Not comprehending technology is one thing. Not comprehending basic physics is yet another. How do such people survive?

253points

Pretty Pangolin 5 years ago

Yes, I'm not even sure this counts as physics. This is just...duh.

26points

Katinka Min 5 years ago

I keep asking this myself several times a day, now, in the current corona crisis. The absurd idead people have fostered in their tiny brains just astonish me.

16points

Kjorn 5 years ago

they'll die soon enough

9points

Lea S. 5 years ago

You don't need to comprehend basic physics to understand this. I comprehend nothing about physics and survive very well. But I also have common sense - those holes must be there for a reason would've been em common sense thought process.

6points

Elizabeth Molloy 5 years ago

Why is my fax not blue? Why is the smaller text thinner? I know there's a power-cut but I only want one copy! I could go on ...

6points

Meami 5 years ago

That is the question of the day.

4points

spharoe 5 years ago

Apparently they vote, too!

3points

Ildiko Okido 5 years ago

The dumber the luckier I guess...

2points

Lynn Morello 5 years ago

Only Geniuses do Physics, Not everyone on that planet has any intelligence that they can begin to think about using.

2points

Lucija Jelen 5 years ago

I agree, lets remove warning labels... :D

2points

Joren Van Severen 5 years ago

They don't

2points

Phil Landsberg 5 years ago

Thankfully, inevitably they don't

2points

WilvanderHeijden 5 years ago

By sheer luck. And I've seen worse than this. Burried on a pile of paper.

2points

Damon Gates 5 years ago

It's less of a "how" question and more of a "why" question.

1point

Azziza 5 years ago

How do they survive? Good question. They live on a flat earth, won't eat GMO crops, refuse all vaccines...HOW DO THEY SURVIVE??? The idiots shall inherit the earth.

1point

Cristina Speluzzi 5 years ago

Miracles always happen...

1point

danielw 5 years ago

Tech Support.

1point

Liz-ard 3 years ago

🎶“Who ya gonna call? 🎵 Tech guys!”

0points

Travis Juchter 5 years ago

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N G 5 years ago

Try putting the tape over your ears

9points

backatya 5 years ago

no over her mouth and nose

1point

Pamula Furness 5 years ago

Scary thing is, they get to breed, too. And vote. (shudders)

4points

backatya 5 years ago

that's where the trumpee voters come from

2points

DancingToMyself 5 years ago

Why?

3points

Eyad Kamel 5 years ago

Shut up compooper

1point

Fran Stateler 5 years ago

Too dumb to live?

1point

Fuffer Pish 5 years ago

oh no its leaking! patch that hole!

1point

Chromebook 932 2 years ago

NNYN-

0points

Ann Sterzinger 5 years ago

I'm imagining this oxygen thief sitting there for an hour on the clock, brow furrowed, trying to get the tape pieces all roughly equal so it will look nice... why don't people like this ever get fired? They usually get promoted.

0points

melbfk 5 years ago

That's going to hurt the budget.And look at the pictures in the user's guide.

0points

#11

I Should Tell Them It's Not A Touch Screen...

Final score:

329points

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Hans 5 years ago

Hand wipes, pleeeeeeeease!

169points

Cristina S. 5 years ago (edited)

Hans disapproves. Lol.

12points

Cassie 5 years ago

This person needs to learn how to use soap and water. This is gross.

6points

Jonathan Comly 4 years ago

Or some electronics safe cleaner and a cloth/paper towel! Yeesh!

0points

Lubica Acker 5 years ago

This gives me anxiety.

9points

J-Yogi-Temp-Mom 5 years ago

OMG THERES CORONA ALL OVER THAT SCREEN!! sorry, I'll stop yelling.

7points

Roger Callon 5 years ago

I would put a plastic blanket/ barrier over the screen to prevent the screen becoming a Covid 19 transmission station

1point

Unbored 5 years ago

That hurts my feelings

7points

Oskar vanZandt 5 years ago

Lots of people keep their TVs, PCs, laptops, tablets and phones in similar states. I wipe my tablet (used for work) almost daily... and other items as required.

5points

WilvanderHeijden 5 years ago

Doesn't matter. Most end-users use their fingers to read what's on the screen.

5points

Agent K 5 years ago

Use those cloths you get for your glasses, they work the best

4points

WiggleCat 5 years ago

..Please someone have mercy and wipe that screen clean °----°

3points

Layla Corman 5 years ago

This is not a plug, but Norwex sells a glass cloth. It is literally the most amazing piece of fabric ever! Computer screens, glasses, windows, ect. It's pricey, but totally worth it!

2points

Kjorn 5 years ago

at least you kept the plastic on

2points

DancingToMyself 5 years ago

That's a store, of course they kept plastic

1point

#12

"My PC Shut Off Suddenly And Won't Turn Back On"

Final score:

315points

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Chris Watson 5 years ago

What a filthy environment

125points

Oskar vanZandt 5 years ago

Also happens when people put their PCs on a carpeted floor rather than raised on a solid surface, like the top of the desk.

15points

elfin Premium 5 years ago

Wonder what the inhabitants lungs look like.

11points

M O'Connell 5 years ago

I've seen similarly clogged fans in our shipping department pc, it continually sucks in cardboard fibers.

9points

Qrama Sörensen 5 years ago

Might be a factory computer, I've seen many like this before :D

6points

Marcellus the Third 5 years ago

Nono, it was continuously being cleaned!

5points

Origami Chik3n 5 years ago

Back in 90's i got a call from construction company office about computer "randomly freezing". While not quite as bad as this picture, it still had solid lumps of dust that i had to pry out with a certain amount of force.

4points

TheDivineMs.M 5 years ago

That makes my allergies flare up just looking at that. Achoo!

12points

Sperenity 5 years ago

What even is that? Fans can get dusty, but I didn't know it would be this bad...

4points

Adam C 5 years ago

It was running before reboot?

4points

JessG 5 years ago

Someone has 8 to 10 cats in their horder house

3points

DancingToMyself 5 years ago

Who said it was a house? Could be some factory, or h/motel, and any number of other public places.

3points

Mona lisa 5 years ago

Or 10 shithounds

0points

Orionpax75 5 years ago

Yes disgusting!!!

0points

CORLEONE 5 years ago

If you live in a environment like that your lungs cuold be the same way. Open the windows more often and let the air to go thru hahaha

2points

Matthew Smith 5 years ago

10 years of crud.

2points

Jace 5 years ago

You know what? This is not a user problem. This is the computer industry’s fault. Computers without removable & cleanable air filters are the absolute norm. It makes them entirely unsuited for their intended function. Every computer should have its thermal-management airflow designed with FILTRATION, and those filters should be made to be removed and cleaned easily. This is NOT a user problem. This is a FAILURE of the industry to build its own products appropriately.

1point

Katinka Min 5 years ago

Gross.

1point

😸Marik😺 5 years ago

Wtf ... now I'm grateful for some of my DAUs o.O ... that's not only disgusting but rightous dangerous.

1point

#13

Quality Repost Here. (I Assume This Has Been Posted Before)

Final score:

310points

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Bill 5 years ago

How old is this picture? I haven't used a floppy in over 25 years

101points

Sam Rodger 5 years ago

magnets kill floppy discs XD

16points

Cassie 5 years ago

Pretty sure this one was shared on Gopher before the www.

8points

Tovah Roche 5 years ago

At least 15 years. I remember using them to submit assignments in high school around 2003/2004.

7points

Lea S. 5 years ago

I used one last year! Hadn't needed the information on it for a very long time so there had been no reason to upgrade the floppy. Old things get used all the time....

5points

Robin Cox 5 years ago

I don't know how old the picture is but right below the disk is a picture of a house with a thatched roof.

4points

Lynn Ward 5 years ago

I just threw out the last of those floppies last week! Found out I had software that was 20 years old and ran on DOS!

4points

M O'Connell 5 years ago

So what kind of media were you using between 1995 and 2002? Surely you weren't burning everything to CDs.

4points

Id row 5 years ago

Stupid is stupid - it's timeless.

3points

Jace 5 years ago

“Diskette”, not “floppy”. ;-)

2points

Riley Brooks 5 years ago

What's a floppy disk? I'm young don't judge...

0points

Riley Brooks 5 years ago

what is a floppy disk?

0points

Jace 5 years ago

I have a lot of these left because I have a lot of classic computers. If it works, it works. There are devices custom built for classic computers that replace diskette drives with flash card readers, but they are spendy.

0points

Beth Zaremba 5 years ago

lol cleaning out some drawers today and found one

0points

Toby Lundy 5 years ago

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0points

Marty BlackEagle-Carl 5 years ago

i use to use them in the beginning of the century, say 2005....

0points

Bent. O. Jensen 5 years ago

See the picture below the floppy. The colors and round edges tell us that the photo is must be around 1970- or 1980-ties.

-1point

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TheHerplover 5 years ago

Magnet.

17points

mario.b 5 years ago

Yep, and that is why there's nothing left on the floppy :-)

7points

Bacony 5 years ago

Condom with a pin in it: Finally, a worthy opponent! Our battle will be legendary!

15points

Väinö-Oskari Astala 5 years ago

You know when you're old if you died little inside. 😰

10points

DaVo 5 years ago

For all you youngsters: it is attached to the board with a magnet. Magnets erase anything on a floppy disc.

5points

Oskar vanZandt 5 years ago

Degaussing made simple... I've used a drill on a hard drive rather than a degausser wand.

5points

Monika Soffronow 5 years ago

I learned a new word today! "Degaussing is the process of decreasing or eliminating a remnant magnetic field. It is named after the gauss, a unit of magnetism, which in turn was named after Carl Friedrich Gauss." Wikipedia

9points

Jessie Naioti 5 years ago

i dont get it

3points

TheKnightOwl 5 years ago

A good way to erase a disk (floppy or drive) is to use a magnet. They've attached the system restore floppy to a surface using a magnet, which will do exactly what the note says not to do.

5points

Unbored 5 years ago

When I was younger I thought that whatever you wrote on a blank cd or dvd would determine the content of it

3points

timhood 5 years ago

It's on a fridge--it was always just a joke.

1point

Helenium 5 years ago

my husbands had a floppy for years lol

1point

Uchman 5 years ago

Viagra might help

9points

#14

One Of My Co-Workers Was Eager To Unpack Her New Mouse

Final score:

303points

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Hans 5 years ago

Admittedly, these packings just are super annoying!

216points

Phil Landsberg 5 years ago

They sell special cutters to open those packages... Sold ironically in one of those packages

18points

Freya the Wanderer 5 years ago

You're in excellent company. I hate that kind of packaging more than any Red Sox fan ever hated the Yankees.

7points

Stimpy 5 years ago

Yes they suck duck!

4points

Liz-ard 3 years ago

YES! They - and worse - drive me crazy!!!

0points

Layla Corman 5 years ago

Old school crank can openers work great!

0points

Martha Meyer 5 years ago

This does not belong on a stupid list. The packaging is always horrible to get open and often only half the product is visible. I bet the cable was not visible with all the packaging still on.

23points

María Hermida 5 years ago

These packagings are annoying, but you shouldn't cut anything if you can't see what's inside. Just calm down and find a corner or a side. It's a mouse, not a defibrillator. Nobody will die if you take 5 minutes to think what you are doing.

5points

Elsker 5 years ago

now she has a nice wireless mouse

13points

MagicalUnicorn 5 years ago

it happens to the best of us...

6points

DancingToMyself 5 years ago

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Domenico 5 years ago

Now it's a wireless mouse

4points

Emi A. 5 years ago (edited)

LOL!!!! ..yet, I might do it myself..

3points

Albert G. Fernández 5 years ago

I guess it went wireless!!

2points

ford prefect 5 years ago

and the package took 3 months to arrive

2points

Tanya Creighton 5 years ago

Now its wireless

1point

Jace 5 years ago

This is not an end-user problem. This is an industry problem: packaging should not be f*****g nigh-impossible to open.

1point

danielw 5 years ago

It's an 'end user' problem, too, because this packaging is to 'stop' theives from removing the item from the packaging and basically evading all the anti-theft stuff in the packaging. I put 'stop' in the quotes because thieves know well enough that a carton cutter or other sharp knife down the inside-corner of the outer edge (where the package is sealed) is a pretty easy way of removing it...

0points

#15

“My Space Heater Stopped Working”

Final score:

289points

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Blakkur Sverrir 5 years ago

Don't worry. Will be heating again, soon

122points

Monika Soffronow 5 years ago

NEVER plug a space heater into an extension cord. And check that the cabling and fuses are dimensioned to support it.

4points

N G 5 years ago

Never ever plug heaters into extension cords

18points

Harry Potter 5 years ago

Why

1point

Panda with Heart 5 years ago

This is actually totally scary..😶

5points

Id row 5 years ago

As someone who has lost their home and pets to a house fire, these stupid people are extremely lucky.

4points

your_lesbian_friend 5 years ago

uhhhh i think the heater got confused and heated the wrong thing...

4points

TheHerplover 5 years ago

They put the power strip on the heater

3points

Jace 5 years ago

My one friend did this to one of my old Tripp Lite Isobars. I kindly explained to her that a heater should never be plugged into anything other than a wall outlet. I think she offered to replace it, but I told her not to worry, since I had cost her a fair amount of money during our previous relationship. She’s not dumb. She just didn’t know about electricity and heat. That’s why we have to put warnings on things like this.

1point

melbfk 5 years ago

Ooh that's scary Maybe I better do some re-arranging of my own.

1point

fainasKeturatis 5 years ago

I think that's called a splitter, not a heater.

1point

Steven Meyer 5 years ago

Gee, I wonder why?

1point

#16

Professional Cabling At Pepsi

Final score:

286points

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Mark 5 years ago

To the MAX!!!!!

143points

Monika Soffronow 5 years ago

It kinda fizzles, too

9points

chi-wei shen 5 years ago

If I were the IT expert who has to work with this monstrosity I would quit.

4points

Unlikely 5 years ago

I have such a strong urge to go at it with scissors...

2points

Leo Petipas 5 years ago

Scisssors?

0points

5 years ago

Hell nah I’m out!

1point

Hannah Marshall 5 years ago

I hate cables! This is why I prefer cable-ties

1point

Vanta Black 5 years ago

You won't see that kind of mess at Coca-Cola! I don't work for them, but if anyone who does is reading this, can I have some free Coke? None of that Diet/Zero/whatever b******t. Regular, Original Coke. Please and thank you.

1point

Wibbi 5 years ago

Anyone else getting anxiety attacks looking at pics like these?

1point

Lisa 5 years ago

I know people who would love to watch that be organized. Not in a sexual way.

1point

Phil Landsberg 5 years ago

Tell them to unplug the white one

1point

Sue Foshag 5 years ago

"Professional cabeling..." too bad it wasn't a Professional Technician that did it.

1point

#17

AT&T Has No Idea Why Their DSL Services Is So Poor. It Must Be My Wires In My House. No I Don't Think So

Final score:

285points

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Hans 5 years ago

"This is meant to be like this"

102points

Lynn Morello 5 years ago

i think you should have a question mark on the end of your comment, making it a question., there for I could answer your question with... there is Intelligent life here somewhere.

1point

Vaida Kuodytė 5 years ago

Aaaw, the Internet is nesting

8points

Kevin Camp 5 years ago

Someone is attempting to steal the wires for the copper. See this often.

6points

NevadaJo 5 years ago

Yea no that's unfortunately how they look when it's not taken care of or if the size of the cable is large and it just has a ton of splicers.

0points

Darren Brimhall 5 years ago

One time, the Field techs had to evict nu,erious animals from the box, just to get service back up and running again in my area.

3points

Id row 5 years ago

What the f***. The only thing missing is a family of squirrels living in there.

3points

Susan Reid Smith 5 years ago

I was wondering what kind of creepy-crawly might come out of it.

1point

Oskar vanZandt 5 years ago

They really do need to make the cases more robust... regularly see this.

2points

BlackRabbit 5 years ago

i wouldn't even suspect this is working ...

1point

Mark Serbian 5 years ago

running IT for the fire department, I had AT&T *swear* they'd tested - and passed! - a non-functioning line. My problem, they said. The wired had been burned up in a fire. But they tested 'em!

1point

Randomcthulu 5 years ago

Had a cable technician leave the connection box on the back of our apartment unit open and it filled with water, which then corroded all of the connectors. We found this after we'd had 2 different techs come by and not find any issues. We'd been practically without internet due to this issue, they refunded 1 month after we showed them the pictures.

1point

FABULOUS1 5 years ago

We have this same lovely set up outside our apartment property

1point

#18

Someone Unplugged Something And Now The Office Internet Doesn't Work...

Final score:

277points

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chi-wei shen 5 years ago

That poor IT technican...

16points

danielw 5 years ago

I dunno. I know I guy who just sighs heavily, and then rips out all the cables and starts over. And then basks in the warm glow of overtime. "Yessir, it was necessary. here's some photos." the guy now 'specializes' in it.

10points

WilvanderHeijden 5 years ago

Looks worse than it is. Just a few hours of patching and an eye-watering bill later and it's fixed.

11points

Hans 5 years ago

2At least we have multi-coloured wiring!"

6points

Michael Pasko 5 years ago

And that's why these things are usually locked up.

3points

David Jeu 5 years ago

"Let me get my tools" *door slap *running *engine start

2points

Summer Woodsong 5 years ago

That'll be fun.....

2points

Liz-ard 3 years ago

Still Madras?

0points

Damon Gates 5 years ago

"I dunno...everything looks like it's plugged in right to me..."

0points

Bindi Adams 5 years ago

Man, sometimes there's just no thought given to the future ....none at all.

0points

Rodno7493527 5 years ago

Does the Flying Spaghetti Monster like technology???

0points

#19

Customer Came In With His iPhone, His Glass Cracked, He Thought He Could Peel Off The Glass So He Wouldn't Notice The Crack Anymore

Final score:

258points

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Hans 5 years ago

Genius!

121points

Midnight_Waterlily 5 years ago

"Certainly"!

0points

Not-so-MadMax 5 years ago

He wasn't wrong... I sure can't see the crack :p

32points

SoozeeQ 5 years ago

Perhaps he was "on crack"?

8points

Binxyminxem 5 years ago

I wonder if he'd seen people have their screen protector removed from their phones after it was scratched...

7points

your_lesbian_friend 5 years ago

modern problems require modern solutions lmao

3points

elfin Premium 5 years ago

I'm not noticing any crack.

2points

Gianna 5 years ago

Yeah, it looks like his phone was on meth! Pealing itself lmao!

2points

JessG 5 years ago

Wow, this, is a new level

2points

GARRETT O'BANION 5 years ago

IT WORKED

1point

Lynda Momalo 5 years ago

Well, to be fair, he COULD do that -- it's just that he really shouldn't have.

1point

Stimpy 5 years ago

It's slightly noticable

1point

#20

Plugging In Your USB Receiver With A Hammer For That Flush Mounted Look

Final score:

241points

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Elsker 5 years ago

when the problem sits between the laptop and the deskchair...

187points

Tiggy Darling 5 years ago

PICNIC. Problem In Chair Not In Computer.

38points

danielw 5 years ago

PEBKAC is the most common cause of 'difficulties'.

7points

Phil Landsberg 5 years ago

I love PEBCAK calls.

5points

Nicole Bowman 5 years ago

Oh! A PICNIC! Problem In Chair Not In Computer.

4points

😸Marik😺 5 years ago

Error 40...

4points

Beatrice Alighieri 5 years ago

I call it CCI (Chair/Computer Interface)

3points

😸Marik😺 5 years ago

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-3points

Daniel (ShadowDrakken) 5 years ago

This one is painful to look at... I wonder if it really was a hammer, or just a very unfortunate fall.

7points

Adit Danhorn 5 years ago

looks cool

2points

deanna woods 5 years ago

Whoever did this is a moron. You don't take a hammer to a computer.

2points

Gina 5 years ago

That is an ID-10T error

1point

Angell Harding 5 years ago

Did they use the hammer to try and get it back out again, too?

1point

DebbyC 5 years ago

Wow.

1point

Liz-ard 3 years ago

It’s called SBtK.

0points

Rustyn Birch 5 years ago

Oh, the logic!

0points

Leo Petipas 5 years ago

Whhaaaaattt?

0points

#21

"It Didn't Plug In, So I Bent The Pins To Make It Fit"

Final score:

239points

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Hans 5 years ago

If it fit, I...oh, nervermind, I will just read the newspaper.

27points

DancingToMyself 5 years ago

Nooo, Hans! It's so much better to see you around.

6points

Human #1,232,867 5 years ago

Actually, it's working, these pin are for the analogue signal only.

9points

Lubos Cernak (Shubol3D) 5 years ago

Exactly. These pins can be removed and it does work fine.

4points

deanna woods 5 years ago

I think some of these people don't want to use the device because they keep breaking them.

2points

Lynn Morello 5 years ago

If it don't fit, Force it, if it breaks, it needed replacing anyway.

1point

Kjorn 5 years ago

good idea i'll try it next time

1point

Lubos Cernak (Shubol3D) 5 years ago

In this particular case you can remove these pins. They are not neccessary.

2points

Bindi Adams 5 years ago

Facepalm

0points

Teresa Groth 5 years ago

Why??

0points

Ian Koch 5 years ago

IF IT DOESN'T FIT THEN IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO GO THERE DUMB***

0points

melbfk 5 years ago

Someone please help this guy.

0points

Molly Gilfillan 5 years ago

So I don’t have to throw out my FireWire chords and can connect my old periphs to my iMac, tee hee

0points

#22

Don't Forget To Tip Your Server

Final score:

234points

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Emi A. 5 years ago

I don't even have a clue what's gong on in here lol

67points

Monday 5 years ago

They tipped their server.

53points

Marko Jovanovic 5 years ago

System crashed. Obviously.

31points

BlackestDawn 5 years ago

Looks like a storage array with a shitload of 2.5 inch HDDs/SSDs, many of them having fallen out form the impact.

23points

Bob Belcher 5 years ago

The server tower got knocked over to it's side somehow. All those pieces on the floor are hard drives that store data. If they don't backup their data to a separate server, all that data is now lost since the hard drives are shattered. This is why you back up to an external drive separate from where the data is original stored. What if that's a financial institution and those are core production drives that store account numbers and transactions. Those records are now lost.

17points

RitaGG 5 years ago

Kind of like cow tipping, but with a computer server. It go boom.

16points

Harry Potter 5 years ago

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Hans 5 years ago

Do not forget to secure a machine that costs several ten thousand dollars...

13points

Harley Hans Hoglin 5 years ago

I use to work for the local school district. Custodian not IT. The superintendent who still has his job, is always pushing save money. The saved money goes to the football program, I live in Texas. Well IT said we need a back-up server. Cost$1000, no way to much money. It crashed, cost to try and recover what was stored on it, all students grades, from 1st to 12 grade. $10,000, plus replacing that server and buying a back-up. People don't think.

9points

Bob Belcher 5 years ago

Must be HISD or Channelview.

0points

M O'Connell 5 years ago

I'm reminded of Dave pulling circuits out of HAL.

4points

Freya the Wanderer 5 years ago

My thought exactly!

1point

Bob Belcher 5 years ago

Looks like it barfed all the boards out.

2points

Oskar vanZandt 5 years ago

Could be a unit that's been decommissioned... all those hard drives need degaussing to destroy proprietary information.

2points

Laura Williams 5 years ago

I agree... no power in a solid cement floor... should be on a raised floor.

0points

Daniel (ShadowDrakken) 5 years ago

I see at least 4 RAID arrays that will likely never boot up correctly again... assuming they're low end ones, that's what, US$3500 each, plus around US$200-$250 per drive laying on the floor assuming they're WD Blacks?? (they really should be Reds which would only be about $150 per drive, but you can clearly see the labels)

2points

jon doglegs 5 years ago (edited)

Server: tips are 25% plus of the order total, you tipped 20% or less, you are a cheapskate, therefore i shall have a tantrum, or a ram-trum..

1point

Chris Lee 5 years ago

In my first job we were moving offices. My manager propped a server against a desk leg whilst he moved something. I warned him it was unstable but he told me to mind my own business. A few minutes later there was the inevitable crash. The computer had all the personnel data for their most prestigious client. When we took the hard disk out, it rattled. We rang the disc manufacturer to see if any of the platters could be salvaged. "Hello," we said. "we have this disk from a computer that fell over -" "just reboot and it will be fine," they interrupted. We tried explaining several times more but they thought 'falling over' just meant a software fault. We gave up. "Look the whole PC tipped over - Listen!" we said, shaking the disk at the mouthpiece. (It was F^&*ked)

1point

Ian Koch 5 years ago

this looks like intentional sabotage

1point

Jace 5 years ago

Agreed. It looks like someone in IT was fired unjustly, and came into the server room with a crowbar or drove in with a forklift..

0points

#23

My Friend Drilled Holes In His Mouse To Make It Lighter So It Would Give Him An "Advantage"

Final score:

230points

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TheDivineMs.M 5 years ago

Advantage of what????

202points

Nupraptor 5 years ago

"Competitive Gamers" think that a lighter mouse will let them lift it faster, thus giving them an advantage. Some companies actually sell mice like this.

37points

Alan Smith 5 years ago

cant loose if you cant even click to open the game.

9points

Jessany Trotter 5 years ago

Speed holes!

8points

fainasKeturatis 5 years ago (edited)

the most advantageous thing about this is better airflow - his hands will be less sweaty

2points

Lillukka 5 years ago (edited)

Dumbness. Advanced dumbness.

2points

deanna woods 5 years ago

Not being used by an idiot anymore.

2points

Janet Salisbury 5 years ago

advantage of a broken mouse

1point

danielw 5 years ago

gaming, probably FPS. This guy would probably drill holes into spoons to be an 'ultralight' hiker.

1point

Pretty Pangolin 5 years ago

Air-cooled engine makes it go faster.

1point

Annette Herr 5 years ago

Over other retards.

0points

Liz-ard 3 years ago

In fast mous-moves in gaming 🙄

-1point

Eyad Kamel 5 years ago

GAMING

-1point

David Jeu 5 years ago

A.E.R.O.D.Y.N.A.M.I.C.

-1point

Tor Rolf Strøm 5 years ago

Hm.. mouse.. cheese with holes.. mice and cheese.. I feel like there is a joke here, somewhere.

12points

Loretta 5 years ago

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Id row 5 years ago

When you want your mouse to match your crocs. speed-hole...786db8.jpg

5points

Finux Leong 5 years ago

This man was ahead of his time 9193_99_co...34afe5.jpg

4points

Kimberley Thomas 5 years ago

do they get as dusty as the inside of a tower?

0points

Elsker 5 years ago

i guess that was easier than buying a new lighter gamingmouse?

4points

Hans 5 years ago

The advantage of being always top on the loser board?

3points

Alexis Maven 5 years ago

Holey c**p!

3points

Mireia Dos 5 years ago

Tell him it will be lighter if he removes the batteries.

1point

Ian Koch 5 years ago

-_- why is society so stupid?

1point

Jace 5 years ago

...Because certain people in our country think education is the enemy of their churches and special interests. They sabotage education intentionally. They’re anti-intellectual. Sabotage education and you sabotage the society’s ability to even think. Critical thinking skills are the enemy of certain political movements, so they sabotage any chance of people being taught to think critically.

0points

Agfox 5 years ago

Needs a red stripe

1point

#24

My Grandpa Thought His Headphone Jack Was A Screw Hole

Final score:

226points

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Mark 5 years ago

A screw hole for what exactly though?

233points

80 Van 5 years ago

A screw.

83points

Linde De Lindeboom 5 years ago

screw-ing up phones

32points

LSR 5 years ago

He wanted to attach a lanyard and wear the phone as if it was an old timey pocketwatch!

29points

DaVo 5 years ago

for screwing up the phone obviously.

11points

Diana Taylor 5 years ago

Just a screw-hole - he’s a grandpa! Grandpas do that...

10points

Carolyne Favregros 5 years ago

Just store a screw there for when you need one on the go

5points

Adit Danhorn 5 years ago

screwing phones together.

5points

elfin Premium 5 years ago

To put a screw into, obviously.

4points

Marcellus the Third 5 years ago

For screwing around?

4points

Viki Banaszak 5 years ago

You know, an antenna!!! LOL

3points

Ian Koch 5 years ago

to keep the phone case attached to the screen, or at least that's what he thought...

2points

BlackRabbit 5 years ago

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2points

Sam Cook 5 years ago

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1point

Liz-ard 3 years ago

Un antenna…?

0points

Jonathan Comly 4 years ago

*chuckles warmly* Who knows?

0points

Eyad Kamel 5 years ago

Dude they’re boomers... don’t question it

0points

꧁༺ʍǟռɢօ༻꧂ 5 years ago

He probably thought a screw was MISSING

-1point

JessG 5 years ago

I think he thought a screw was missing and that's the smallest one he had

12points

Hans 5 years ago

"Screw it!"

11points

Lubica Acker 5 years ago

How old is that thing? Is that rust?

5points

togcrewsc 5 years ago

on the nail or the phone?

1point

*sigh*, The Yellow Teletubby 5 years ago

Ok, I get that it's a GRANDPA, and he's ELDERLY, and probably not the best with technology,... but still. hOW.

4points

Katie and Jared Coates 5 years ago

"Ah, a screw hole. Let me grab my toolbox".

4points

BlackestDawn 5 years ago

Even if it was a screw hole you still need the right screw to put in it.

3points

Pretty Pangolin 5 years ago

So he just...found a random screw and stuck it in there? Also, is that rust?

3points

Daria B 5 years ago

So THAT'S why they removed the separate jack for headphones... O_o

3points

Friedlander Rosenzweig 5 years ago

Testing. Testing, 1, 2, 3!

2points

#25

Work For Local High School, The Disc Drive Wasn’t Working. Probably Been There Since 2012

Final score:

219points

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Hans 5 years ago

I did not see that meme face in quite a while...

105points

JessG 5 years ago

2012 :)

11points

Jace 5 years ago

i see it constantly.

1point

Liz-ard 3 years ago

Perhaps this pic is old… Just a thought…

0points

Jonathan Comly 4 years ago

Suddenly that Troll songs is playing in my head. Thank you.

0points

Molly Block 5 years ago

I hate that stupid meme face.

4points

DancingToMyself 5 years ago

Me too. I wonder who's the creator. And WHY.

1point

deanna woods 5 years ago

You don't put paper in a computer disk drive unless you want the computer to catch on fire.

3points

theshowmecanuck 5 years ago

I get it, but it reminded me of a story from around 2015 about a Novell Network server being shut down finally when one of the drives in its scsi array was failing and they couldn't get any replacements. It had been running pretty much continuously for almost 20 years. No reboots.

1point

Id row 5 years ago

That's hilarious :)

1point

Toujin C'Thlu 5 years ago

Another reason to hate memelords

1point

Sel Bonda 5 years ago

Cruel.

1point

Kai Wendorf 5 years ago

I hadn't seen the whole image so I though that there just wasn't a disc, then saw the face...

0points

Kimberley Thomas 5 years ago

Does that meme face mean something in particular?

0points

#26

When The Acid Kicks In

Final score:

211points

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Fred and George Weasley 5 years ago

weird oof

50points

Adam Hart-Dyke 5 years ago

I CAN SMELL COLOURS MAN!!!!

12points

Eulalie Grace 5 years ago

I can't believe you thought the exactly same thing I was going to write.

-1point

Catlady6000 5 years ago

I want this as a screen choice

4points

Cat 5 years ago

actually looks kind of cool

3points

Ginny Weasley 5 years ago

That actually looks quite cool, I need that as my background

3points

Adit Danhorn 5 years ago

looks cool. you could make this your friends home screen as a prank.

3points

Freya the Wanderer 5 years ago (edited)

This is why you should never give LSD to a computer!

3points

danielw 5 years ago

Idunno. I feel like a Liquid State Drive could be interesting.

1point

elia 84631 5 years ago

Vaporwave effect

3points

SweetCrescentMoon 5 years ago

Wouldn't mind having that desktop

1point

Ian Koch 5 years ago

oOoOooooOOOOOOOOOOooooOOoooOooooOOOoooF *drunk oof*

1point

#27

User "Dropped It Walking To The Car." It Came In The Day After The Super Bowl

Final score:

207points

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Elsker 5 years ago

drop it like it's hot...

71points

My O My 5 years ago

Drop it like it's hot.... *Singing

2points

Brenda 5 years ago

I don't get the People that are so angry with something and they destroy their own property ?

29points

Joshua Seaman 5 years ago

Toxic masculinity, which only gives men 1 "acceptable" emotion: anger. Instead of feeling sad, disappointed, etc., the cover emotion of anger is encouraged, while actually dealing with the root emotion is ignored.

15points

Jace 5 years ago

This is impotent rage. It has nothing to do with sexual impotence. It has everything to do with feeling impotent to affect whatever it is that has generated the rage. Computers are probably the BEST at triggering this...

0points

backatya 5 years ago

It's better than when they destroy other people's property...

0points

Michelle C 5 years ago

"Dropped" more like thrown, slammed, and jumped on

16points

Carroll Cadden 5 years ago

Dropped it walking to the car, down 10 flights of stairs, and under 4 tires.

14points

Oskar vanZandt 5 years ago

Suspicious circumstances, for sure. Don't think the warranty is going to cover that... maybe some anger management sessions with a qualified person might help?

8points

Vaida Kuodytė 5 years ago

... and then ran it over, twice?

8points

Thomas 5 years ago

A friend of mine worked in a place where one customer brought a computer they shot at for a repair

7points

N S 5 years ago (edited)

well, someone's team lost then

4points

Kent Fishburn 5 years ago

Dropped it from which floor?

1point

Liz-ard 3 years ago

I can get frustrated too, believe me!!! But NOT like this!

0points

#28

"But I Like It This Way, It's Convenient." -My Tech Savvy Aunt

Final score:

203points

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Martha Meyer 5 years ago

I would like to unsee this please!

120points

John Bradley 5 years ago

We will delete it from your memory, prepare for update.

11points

BlackestDawn 5 years ago

Wouldn't be pretty good if it was actually built for it.

9points

Kimberley Thomas 5 years ago

Try the above acid trip. More colorful.

3points

JessG 5 years ago

Yeah, uh, why spend money on a stand right? Just, uh, take the phone apart and create one...uhhhh

8points

Andrea Anthony 5 years ago

how did she even do that?

7points

ShareMusic 5 years ago

Did it still work?

5points

Mark 5 years ago (edited)

Yeah real convenient having to have a glass around to prop up the screen with :)

5points

Angell Harding 5 years ago

What am I looking at? *confused screaming meme*

4points

WiggleCat 5 years ago

... I have several questions. Download-5...d993fb.jpg

3points

Molly Block 5 years ago

So many things wrong in the picture.

3points

Binxyminxem 5 years ago

Couldn't she at the very least not taken the phone apart to lean it against the glass?

3points

Cristina S. 5 years ago

As a coaster??

2points

#29

Round 2 Of How Students Treat Their Chromebooks In My School, I Have No Words

Final score:

193points

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Monday 5 years ago

This makes me sad. This Chromebook did not deserve this.

179points

RaroaRaroa 5 years ago

Nor did whoever bought it in the first place.

11points

Brent Wambold 5 years ago

I pray they were charged for it - they would be here

7points

Alan Smith 5 years ago

its a chromebook. yes it did.

6points

Sterrinatu 5 years ago

I guess I was raised different. My mom taught me to not destroy other people's property. In fact, you treat it better than your own.

33points

mario.b 5 years ago

Your mother taught you well

8points

G13 5 years ago

Same! It's disgusting that people have no respect

2points

GumShoe359 5 years ago

Agree! So many people are awful to public property.

0points

temmie 5 years ago

you don't know how many kids at my school play with a Chromebook like if its a football and some of them say "the schools going to pay for it" um ..... did you read the contract they gave us before we got them and they pays like $500 or more and get mad just for that and saying i an't pay'in. there are so many dumb kids at my school i honestly don't know how they got to high school they think life is a game.

15points

ember avery 5 years ago

my school does the same and last year someone had to pay over $300 and she started crying saying she didn't do anything 😐😩

8points

Oskar vanZandt 5 years ago

Some people, including ignorant adults, think that when they wreck something they've been given to use, someone else ought to pay to fix/replace it. No respect for others' property or for something that has been given to them without having to work for it.

8points

Panda with Heart 5 years ago

Oh wow..student should have to clean the bathrooms.

6points

jevais 5 years ago

The kids that damaged laptops should pay towards new ones. This is inadmissible.

5points

Elizabeth Molloy 5 years ago

We didn't have a lot of money growing up, so everything we owned was treated with the greatest respect.

5points

Mascha Claessens 5 years ago

Jup. Happend every time. They throw it on their table, they throw it in their bags, they throw their bags around... Seriously not understanding how parents can buy their kids expensive phones... :')

5points

BiEL Sampaio 5 years ago

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María Hermida 5 years ago

They should be forced to pay for it, plus a fine, plus "you can't get anything else for free for the next ten years because you don't deserve it".

4points

Joanna 5 years ago

It's heartbreaking how people are ungrateful ! :(

4points

#30

“My Flash Drive Won’t Show Up And I’ve Literally Tried Everything!”

Final score:

192points

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Mark 5 years ago

Other than plugging in into the right port!

104points

Hello it Smee 5 years ago

Lordfucktard is the most appropriate name for you

7points

LSR 5 years ago (edited)

Let's hope this idiot doesn´t use same approach for sex...

7points

Jeremy Johnson 5 years ago

lets hope they do …. because then they wont reproduce

3points

your_lesbian_friend 5 years ago

the usb port is literally right next to it lmao

6points

Šimon Špaček 5 years ago

This happened to me too. I plugged it in (bit surprised, that it was on the first attempt, not third), waited a moment fo it to load. Got confused a bit (another flash drive died on me week before, so I just thought that this one is done too), I reached to remov the drive and for some reason I felt like I'm bit too far on left side. I looked and yes, there it was, plugged in Ethrenet, doing nothing. I felt stupid but hey, they are next to each other, the port is just the right size, I was hasty and didn't check. And the port was not damage, so nothing but two minutes of confusion and few seconds of embaresment... I had worse bus rides...

2points

Andrew Zimmer 5 years ago

Have done. Can confirm. It's a surprisingly good fit for a wrong thing to do. Stealth mistake.

1point

alex8bk339 5 years ago

You've reached level 3 of Jumanji!

1point

Ginny Weasley 5 years ago

Thy shall flip over the silver dingy-thingy, and thy shall find where thy pluger-inner is

1point

Id row 5 years ago

finger-up-...d0e9e1.jpg

1point

Stuart Tamanaha 5 years ago

Actually, a very common problem!

1point

Vaida Kuodytė 5 years ago (edited)

That's happened to me, but i was plugging it in blindly :D. Does fit very easily.

1point

Kjorn 5 years ago

classic

1point

#31

My Friend Kept This In His Bedside Table... Literally A Bomb

Final score:

62points

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Bill 5 years ago

My phone did that yesterday and I'm typing this from a new one

15points

Fred and George Weasley 5 years ago

i got my battery replaced when it did that, except i didnt wait that long so it wasnt about to explode

6points

Lyuben Petkov 5 years ago

The battery of my previous phone exploded (after being swollen a litttle bit, not so much as that baloon in the photo) and that happened while watching adult video, the pillow and the bed blanket got in fire, fortunately - no burnt specific body parts.

2points

Rebecca Trinkner 5 years ago

Ok, what is that, and why did it happen?

1point

Virgil Blue 5 years ago

Expanded battery pack. It can swell up when it gets damaged. And it also gets quite unstable and explodey too.

6points

😸Marik😺 5 years ago (edited)

"Just shut down the notebook, plug it off and put it somewhere without any burnable stuff." - "But I need it for *whatever urgent work*" - "Are there any devices you could use as a replacement?" - "yes, in the drawer next to me." - "use that one." - "but..." - "don't argue with me!"

1point

Jasmina Pavlovic 5 years ago

😖😖😖

0points

David Jeu 5 years ago

You just need to purge it.

0points

Demi Zwaan 5 years ago

What is that?

0points

Aaron W 5 years ago

An exploded battery.

-2points

#32

“WiFi In The Warranty Department Isn’t Working”

Final score:

56points

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TheHerplover 5 years ago

Microwave interference. Microbrainwave

18points

Orillion 5 years ago

A lot of people wouldn't know this can cause problems. Honestly, if I was called to fix this problem, I'd be pretty OK with it. But rolling my eyes the entire time.

2points

Demi Zwaan 5 years ago

I have no idea. Anyone?

2points

Bill Taylor 5 years ago

The magnatron tube in the microwave is interfering with WiFi signal. WiFi also operates on the same frequency as a microwave, 2.4 GHz.

20points

Monday 5 years ago

Router + Microwave = no WiFi for you

3points

JessG 5 years ago

Modem on top of microwave, no good

1point

Talia 5 years ago

That's one pretty big problem

1point

Carroll Cadden 5 years ago

Lots of different kinds of "waves" crashing into each other!

0points

Lidia Welch 5 years ago

its a microwave

0points

#33

Single Cat5 Cable Holding Up A Rack

Final score:

54points

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Bill 5 years ago

Somebody needs to lose their low voltage license

13points

K.Kobayashi 5 years ago

Definitely need a cat-6 for that.

4points

*sigh*, The Yellow Teletubby 5 years ago

this is giving me anxiety

2points

sneakcollector 5 years ago

What s**t is that??? Unprofessional AF

2points

Bender Bending Rodríguez 5 years ago

What's with all those Fitbit?

1point

Kimberley Thomas 5 years ago

Must be a store such as Best Buy. Or a warehouse.

0points

WilvanderHeijden 5 years ago

Pr budget $6 million per year, IT budget $150K for the next 5 years.

1point

elia 84631 5 years ago

Looks like a robot prototype

1point

Kel Gal 5 years ago

How does that even pass inspection?

0points

Kjorn 5 years ago

redneck repair

0points

JessG 5 years ago

Inmates are running the asylum here

0points

#34

I Was Wondering Why My Computer Had Bluescreens. Now I Am Wondering Why My Computer Was Able To Boot Up At All

Final score:

54points

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elia 84631 5 years ago

By a broken ram

7points

Noez 🇸🇪 5 years ago

HOW??

2points

Fred and George Weasley 5 years ago

what is that i dont get it

0points

Carroll Cadden 5 years ago

It's a broken stick of RAM, which at the very least should cause the computer to crash over and over.

3points

Nupraptor 5 years ago

A stick of RAM. The memory module (little black box) should not be cracked...

2points

Martha Meyer 5 years ago

Cracked computer chips.

0points

#35

“Why Is There A Pillow Inside My Tablet?”

Final score:

53points

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N G 5 years ago

It's an air bag. Your phone must have thought it was going to fall

23points

ZombieGirl 5 years ago

What the hell yall...do they do this a lot? Do I need to go dig out my old phones and throw them away??? I'm freaking out. What happens if it explodes?

8points

Virgil Blue 5 years ago

Fire. That's what happens.

2points

i like jelly 5 years ago

Mine did that years ago still sitting in the basement cuz i couldnt get it disposed of properly...

2points

Rebecca Trinkner 5 years ago

Ok, what is that, and why did it happen?

1point

John Bell 5 years ago

Battery about to explode.

1point

Noez 🇸🇪 5 years ago

Okay I'm checking all my old phones right now to make sure none of them "ballooned" up like that!

1point

😸Marik😺 5 years ago

How many people are trying to kill themselves that way o.O If it's heating up and slightly swollen - Go to someone to Check it out and change it!

1point

kasa alex 5 years ago

what is happening here??

1point

Samantha Lomb 5 years ago

Apparently its the battery, but that would not have been my first guess

2points

#36

The Cable Of My Favorite Gaming Mouse Dragged Along 300 Miles Of Road Hanging Out My Car Door By Mistake

Final score:

52points

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Emi A. 5 years ago

RIP..

25points

Batty 5 years ago

F

4points

Noel Bovae 5 years ago

300 miles?! That's quite the road trip!

0points

Cassie 5 years ago

No big. Cut it back and solder on a new connector.

-1point

#37

Oh, And Can You Check The Speaker? It Sounds A Bit Muffled

Final score:

51points

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ford prefect 5 years ago

holy battery acid.

10points

FrozenThunderbolt 4 years ago

Could be fine sawdust

0points

iWood 5 years ago

Lighter stuff is most likely dust, but that brown/yellow stuff on the right might be corrosion!

4points

Gwen Bunker 5 years ago

It corsoin

1point

Meyer Weinstock 5 years ago

Oh, it's an Apple.... -from an HP user

1point

Hannah Marshall 5 years ago

How do phones even get like this?

0points

😸Marik😺 5 years ago

Eww~ I'm unsure if I want to know what that stuff is...

0points

Batty 5 years ago

parmesan cheese

4points

BiEL Sampaio 5 years ago

Well most people wont open up their phone and since we carry them all around I'd expect it to be dirty. I blame this one on apple they are supposed to be dust and water "proof"

0points

#38

Schools Are Goldmines

Final score:

50points

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CrunChewy McSandybutt 5 years ago

This is what it's like for women on Tinder.

20points

Noez 🇸🇪 5 years ago

HAHAHAHAHAHA TRUE!

3points

#39

Customer : Battery Doesn’t Lasts Long

Final score:

48points

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Monday 5 years ago

...I have so many questions

28points

Šimon Špaček 5 years ago

Are you sure that you want to know? Absolutely sure? Do you want to know where that gum came from? I don't, I'm leaving.

0points

BiEL Sampaio 5 years ago

They were probably scammed.

1point

Layla Corman 5 years ago

🤔🤔🤔

0points

Radek Suski 5 years ago

Doubt

0points

Sel Bonda 5 years ago

Deserves a Nobel!

0points

*sigh*, The Yellow Teletubby 5 years ago

Deserves a Darwin's 😂

5points

Kel Gal 5 years ago

Ya think??

0points

#40

When A Teacher Decides To Buy And Install A Screen Protector On Their Own

Final score:

45points

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Carroll Cadden 5 years ago

Desperate times . . . ! ;-)

4points

Kjorn 5 years ago

not the right size i guess

1point

Aahzmandus Pervect 5 years ago

You think?

1point

ƒιѕн 5 years ago

Ohhh... so close

1point

AnnSmithJones 5 years ago

Not surprising they didn't know how to measure. Some of the notes that come home/emailed by my kids teachers were barely literate. Really made me question what does it take to quality to get a teaching degree & license? Not much apparently, at least not these days.

0points

Fatér Dezső 5 years ago

The case looks a loose fit too

0points

JessG 5 years ago

Eh..it serves a purpose

0points

Kimberley Thomas 5 years ago

Not too bad. It could be worse.

-2points

#41

Employee Spilled Water On Laptop. Decided To Use Heat Gun To Dry It Out

Final score:

45points

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Kjorn 5 years ago

it's dry isn't?

16points

Carroll Cadden 5 years ago

I can't tell you how many students where I work cram right into their computer's various ports after a liquid spill!

1point

TheHerplover 5 years ago

At least it isn't a real hun

1point

TheHerplover 5 years ago

Gun

0points

Iapetos 5 years ago

Not a bad idea, initially...

0points

#42

Dude Smashes His Laptop Screen And Plugs An 11" One In To Replace. Dunno If Its A Macgyver Or Gore. I Think More Gore

Final score:

44points

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ivan bolitekurac 5 years ago

If he used a pencil and gum it was Macgyver

11points

Sperenity 5 years ago

I'm more impressed that he was able to plug the screen in...

3points

Noez 🇸🇪 5 years ago

Naah he MacGyver!

2points

Monday 5 years ago

This would actually explain a lot about Bethesda games...(I love them but damn are they buggy)

1point

Bill Taylor 5 years ago

Bethesda software is the best. The Fallout gaming series rocks, I say if a Bethesda employee definitely MacGuyver!

1point

Šimon Špaček 5 years ago

It works. At least for now. He can get proper fix later, but for now it is good enough.

0points

#43

Person Mistook LED Polarizing Film For Protective Plastic Film And Peeled It Off

Final score:

43points

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Mark 5 years ago

Same person owns one of the first Samsung Galaxy folding phones as well.

17points

Sperenity 5 years ago (edited)

Reminds me of folding book pages as bookmarks.

5points

JD Cassavaugh 5 years ago

Equally horrific.

4points

Panda with Heart 5 years ago

Oh wow!! I feel bad for the tv!!!

1point

Batty 5 years ago

judging from the windows logo, it's a computer monitor

2points

#44

Clients Ex Thought She Could Get The 'Memory Card' Out Through The Screen "To Catch The Cheating Bastard"

Final score:

42points

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Monday 5 years ago

Is this why she's an ex?

23points

JeffC 5 years ago

Sure sure, now that's what they "said to the repair guy" but reality was much much different lol....looks more like justice was served to me :-D

2points

Batty 5 years ago

?

2points

#45

What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

Final score:

38points

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Giovanni 5 years ago

I sense one of those temporary solutions that end up being very very permanent

28points

Šimon Špaček 5 years ago

The temporary solution, which is there longer than all employees and was therebefore previous owner even thought about buying that company from guys, who inheritated it with this temporary solution already in place? Some factories are running thanks to those solutions.

0points

BiEL Sampaio 5 years ago

Ok I wont judge the server on a notebook part, but why not just disable the power off when lid is closed feature?

7points

K.Kobayashi 5 years ago

Maybe they did, but it would overheat if the lid is closed.

2points

Carroll Cadden 5 years ago

Yeah, that strong piece of paper will keep the lid from accidentally being/falling closed!

3points

Henry Cheves 5 years ago

That keyboard in the background...

1point

WilvanderHeijden 5 years ago

And as we all know. The sign "Do not close lid" will trigger every passerby to close the lid.

1point

Mandy Delaforce (PC Girl) 5 years ago

well, turn off the power setting so that closing the lid will do nothing. Duh.

0points

SykesDaMan 5 years ago

At least, you can configure the laptop to continue running when the lid is closed...

0points

Radek Suski 5 years ago

There is an app which allows you to close the lid without shutting it down.

0points

Molly Block 5 years ago

Again, I don't get it.

0points

Kjorn 5 years ago

really-5eb...324216.jpg

0points

#46

Immediately Regrets That Decision

Final score:

38points

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Meyer Weinstock 5 years ago

what kind of car, and why put a pocket there?

23points

Hannah Marshall 5 years ago

It's an additional handle to pull the door closed. Indeed you are likely to catch your hand, but you're supposed to pull it closed (and then remove your hand) with that handle. Also allows you to climb into the transit van, if they're higher up off the ground than a normal van.

1point

John Popp 5 years ago

That is a Ford Transit 12 or 15 passenger/cargo van. I have the same vehicle and did the exact same thing. Why on earth there is a pocket in the door like that, I do not know. I put my phone in it so I wouldn't drop it while climbing into the van, which is pretty high up. I then went to close the door and heard the crunch. Expensive mistake.

17points

Meyer Weinstock 5 years ago

thanks, sorry for your loss...

3points

Emi A. 5 years ago

Yet I still keep doing it...

2points

Susan Egan 5 years ago

They use these at U-Haul. I broke my little finger when I closed the door with that pocket. I heard it crunch.

0points

#47

Opened Up A Cheap Calculator Today To Find Out The Solar Strip Was Just A Piece Of Plastic That’s Not Connected To Anything

Final score:

38points

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Bill 5 years ago

What do you expect from the Dollar Tree

19points

Orillion 5 years ago

I always knew.

2points

lara 5 years ago

Made in China. Nuff said.

1point

Kjorn 5 years ago

China… are you surprised?

1point

#48

Hmmm

Final score:

36points

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Talia 5 years ago

Hey, if it works, it ain't stupid!

44points

Orillion 5 years ago

It'll be stupid when the phone hits the floor.

1point

Elsker 5 years ago

ah yes... the good old phone where you could charge the battery AND listen music with your headphones... SIMULTANEOUSLY!

5points

Talia 5 years ago

you still can... with airpods though

1point

Ashley Fernandes 5 years ago

He's not wrong.

3points

*sigh*, The Yellow Teletubby 5 years ago

A kid at my school did this, but he's really tall and we had a really low ceiling with an outlet on it.

0points

Kjorn 5 years ago

would be better to just keep a powercord in your bag

0points

Carroll Cadden 5 years ago

If only he could scoot that bunch over to the right . . .

0points

Fred and George Weasley 5 years ago

until it falls down or the cable snaps

0points

#49

Enjoying My New 2tb USB3 External Hdd

Final score:

35points

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elia 84631 5 years ago

This is why i don't buy cheap gadgets from sites like Wish and ebay

12points

Ivana Junas 5 years ago

Gotten stuff like this from reputable shops too, even reputable shops can be scammed.

4points

BiEL Sampaio 5 years ago

Oh look a 2tb external hd for 1 dollar, that is certainly not a scam.

2points

Rhys Cernunnos 5 years ago

Looks like the 1TB flash drive that was actually only 8GB.

1point

Mandy Delaforce (PC Girl) 5 years ago

that's just a case that you can buy. It wasn't and never has been a harddrive. LOL

0points

BiEL Sampaio 5 years ago

That's actually a known scam, happens a lot on amazon, specially sd cards.

0points

ƒιѕн 5 years ago

Straight from china

0points

Kjorn 5 years ago

if it work...

-2points

K.Kobayashi 5 years ago

It doesn't. It's most likely a tiny flash drive programmed to report a false (larger) capacity. As soon as you exceed its actual capacity you get an error.

5points

#50

Friends Laptop Was Sent Back Like This From Razer

Final score:

34points

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WilvanderHeijden 5 years ago

I guess the mainboard got a little bend during the repairs.

8points

#51

"My PC Is Low On Space, Can You Help?"

Final score:

33points

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Orillion 5 years ago

"There's nothing more permanent than temporary." - Programmer proverb

24points

Vic 5 years ago

OOO.. I'm copying this one..

2points

Ivana Junas 5 years ago (edited)

Our school computers had limited space per profile but never cleared the temp folder. One poor girl had nothing at all saved in her user area and couldn't log in because of some programs the school used that were badly programmed, the temp folder was never dumped on log out or shut down, and it only recorded the temp file size through her user area. She had to manually delete the files in the folder before they could give her a new profile, each item was one item in a folder, folders couldn't be deleted if there was a file in it, they could only be deleted one at a time, and there were thousands gathered from every user profile on the network (so over 800 different users). Took hours, poor kid. This was 1996 btw.

2points

Kjorn 5 years ago

hide porn?

1point

Jill 5 years ago

The answer should have been..."Just erase the entire Windows folder."

0points

Molly Block 5 years ago

I don't get it.

0points

Ccontact Thorpac 5 years ago

There are 86% (234.2 Gigabyte) of temporary (unused, can be deleted) files in Windows system

4points

ivan bolitekurac 5 years ago

The temp is really high on that pc

0points

Noez 🇸🇪 5 years ago

No s**t?

0points

#52

How The Previous It Guy Mounted The Hard Drive

Final score:

32points

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Mark 5 years ago

With that special shock resistant tape ;)

12points

Ray Heap 5 years ago

That works pretty well if you have to extend a HD without a cassette.

3points

Gary Bulthouse 5 years ago

got an SSD taped in my iMac cause the adapter didn't line up, boots in seconds, runs great

3points

blubfisher 5 years ago

well thats..... not ideal...

-1point

jknbt jknbt 5 years ago

you can fix anything with electrician's tape or duct tape

2points

Šimon Špaček 5 years ago

But the cables are beautiful.

0points

#53

Men, Get The Hazmat Suits

Final score:

31points

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Mark 5 years ago

Hey, I just use it, it's not my job to clean it!

11points

John Carr 5 years ago

I repair computers and have to deal with laptops like this on a regular basis. Rubber gloves and alcohol and scrub like hell. Normally laptops that look this bad are even worse on the inside.....food particles, dust, certain "hairs" and unknown liquids!!

4points

Carroll Cadden 5 years ago

Not related to the dirt but to this model computer . . . I could never get used to working off to one side of the computer . . . that is, off center like that.

3points

Panda with Heart 5 years ago

Oh that is disgusting...🤑

2points

😸Marik😺 5 years ago (edited)

As the on-site-service I would't touch it and gladly would risk a complainment ...... clean it up and Call again.

2points

Pretty Pangolin 5 years ago

Eww...a lot of the keyboards at my old just looked like this, but it was a landscaping company, so at least it was dirt and not food.

1point