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#2

I Said "Put It In Rice." Not "Put Rice In It."

Final score:

333points

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Philly Bob Squires 3 years ago

I got water in my rice once, so I threw a cellphone in it....

283points

#3

Apparently Someone Got Tired Of It Ringing, So The Put It In The Oven

Final score:

313points

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Cip IESAN 3 years ago

It looks great, like a Salvador Dali painting!

218points

The r/techsupportgore subreddit was created on February 29, 8 years ago, and has since grown into a solid community of 467k members. According to the group’s description, it will make you “cringe to the brink of passing out after a few minutes looking at this subreddit.”

Some time ago, Bored Panda contacted Coffeechipmunk, the moderator of the r/techsupportgore subreddit, who said that the most popular posts in the community are usually the ones that show a device a moment away from exploding.

“It’s both dangerous and cool,” explained the mod. “They probably get so big because people post the pics and you think, 'Wow, that's just a bomb at that point.'"Whoever is wondering why the subreddit got so popular, it all comes down to the fact that “Honestly... it's very fun," Coffeechipmunk said.

#4

This Key After 10 Years Of Entering Orders At My Grandmothers Shop

Final score:

303points

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Pixie 3 years ago

Wow

73points

#5

Just Set It On Fire

Final score:

300points

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Tiari 3 years ago

If you don't do it, it will do it itself certainly.

186points

#6

Broken Clip? No Problem!

Final score:

296points

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09Robdog07 3 years ago

***Intensive sighing intensifies***

173points

“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?”

Essentially, it attracts a bunch of people that enjoy tech and the very worst of it. Also, it’s especially relevant to the current generations Y and Z who basically grew up with tech around them. For these kids and young adults, seeing the picture of someone trying to charge their new laptop without taking it out of the box is essentially priceless.

#7

One Of My Clients Upgraded His Phone But Kept His Old Screen “Protector”

Final score:

279points

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Full of Giggles 3 years ago

$10 says he got the phone for free.

101points

#8

German T-Mobile Found 3 Snakes Inside Their Network Unit

Final score:

277points

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Kari Panda 3 years ago

Ah, the irony. The German word for snake is also a term for someone who‘s deceitful. Seeing as our lovely Deutsche Telekom dastardly 'renewed' the contract I had with them (thus making me pay for my phone/internet TWICE for 1,5 years), I vote for this to become their official representation photo.

141points

#9

Customer Brought In This Imac For Not Powering On... This Is How He Apparently Uses It

Final score:

271points

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Raine Soo 3 years ago

Is he one of those people who has vinyl wrap on his sofa?

213points

#10

The Nastiest Mouse I Have Ever Seen In The Field. Make No Mistake, That Is Not Dust. That Is...uh...hand-Grease

Final score:

267points

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Erin Kavik 3 years ago

Eeeeeeeeew!

225points

#11

Shipping Thousands Of Dollars Worth Of Computers With No Packaging Material

Final score:

257points

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Philly Bob Squires 3 years ago (edited)

Amazon did this to me... I ordered 3 6 TB hard drives and they shipped them in a bubble mailer that looked like a truck ran over it. All of the HD boxes were crushed. The drives weren't damaged but I sent them back anyway along with a really stern phone call. They replaced them (actually sent me 4 instead of 3.) Ordered some lavender soap bars for the wife and they packed them in paper and bubble wrap and in an oversized box that was so secure you could have shipped nitroglycerin in. Go figure.

283points

#12

Do You Think It Got Too Hot?

Final score:

252points

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Raine Soo 3 years ago

Too hot? Nope, not at all. What gave you that idea?

106points

#13

"You Can Fix Your Sisters Phone Right? It Gets Hot Sometimes And Turns Itself Off A Lot". "What's That Smell?" Battery Acid. Literally Battery Acid

Final score:

233points

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I'm a makeup addict 3 years ago

why do you still have that phone?! THROW IT INTO A VOLCANO!!!!!

136points

#14

“There’s Something Wrong With The Printer In The Lab...”

Final score:

231points

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troufaki13 3 years ago

I'm blue daba dee daba daa

269points

#15

User Calls About Disc Being Stuck In Another Computer, Mentions Off Hand About This Laptop. They Had Been Using And Charging It Like This For Weeks...

Final score:

218points

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Jon S. 3 years ago

Oh crap, that's about to have the battery ignite. Mine expanded about 1/8th of that and I panicked, took the battery out and shut it in a steel box, before I could sleep soundly.

143points

#16

Brother Wanted A Wireless Mouse, Kid Wanted To Help

Final score:

218points

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Martha Meyer 3 years ago

Well, it's wireless now, what do you want! Lol

89points

#17

After Two Days Of Troubleshooting, The Solution Was To Simply Flip It Upside Down. Of Course

Final score:

210points

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Bender Bending Rodríguez 3 years ago

If it works, it's not stupid.

142points

#18

"My PC Won't Turn On"

Final score:

209points

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Philly Bob Squires 3 years ago

What the hell? Did they run 220v power to a 110v supply? That's a first for me!

82points

#19

Just One Of Our Printers Doing Its Duty

Final score:

208points

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Rainbow Panda 3 years ago

Rip.

51points

#20

Someone At Work Secured This Power-Board

Final score:

205points

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Hans 3 years ago

"Do you feel lucky, punk?"

112points

#21

People That Use PC Cables To Rest Their Feet

Final score:

204points

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Jon S. 3 years ago

Offices should supply foot rests or smaller desks for short people. Looks like she would struggle get her heels on the ground.

134points

#22

How Not To Transport A Laptop

Final score:

201points

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Tiari 3 years ago

Who would've thought.

114points

#23

My Parents New WiFi Mount

Final score:

200points

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KKpp 3 years ago

Well that's a mesh network there!

144points

#24

Came To A Restaurant With My Dad To Fix Their Internet Issues

Final score:

198points

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Kim 3 years ago

Please tip health inspection... The people that are responsible for this grossness are also responsible for a clean kitched o_0

174points

#25

"I Forgot That I Left My Laptop On The Top Of My Truck. It Flew Off When I Was On The Highway. Can You Fix It?"

Final score:

195points

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The Cute Cat 3 years ago

Take HDD and RAM.. Other parts are waste now

69points

#26

Spaghetti Baguette. "I Was On A School Trip. 6 Electric Sockets For 70 People"

Final score:

193points

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Leo Domitrix 3 years ago

I saw a set-up like this once. I was using a fire extinguisher on it...

149points

#27

Drilled Right Into The Battery

Final score:

192points

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Cip IESAN 3 years ago

A nice blend: modern laptop and medieval castle gates hinges!

129points

#28

Psu Thermal Throttling

Final score:

188points

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Aleksandra Elias 3 years ago

You can have a BBQ while working! It's a...win I guess?

88points

#29

“My Tablet Is Not Charging” - Is This A Battery Or A Pillow?

Final score:

177points

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Hans 3 years ago

Scary!

62points

#30

Customer Tried To Change The Mainboard

Final score:

174points

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Pixie 3 years ago

*blink* ... That... Thats not how it works... Oo

97points

#31

This Beauty Came In For Repair Today

Final score:

170points

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Tiari 3 years ago

What... is that?

215points

#32

My Girlfriend's Xbox 360 Hard Drive Was Rattling... Can I Recover The Data?

Final score:

158points

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Philly Bob Squires 3 years ago

A little super glue and it'll be just fine!

88points

#33

Some Beautiful Patchwork

Final score:

158points

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あんぱんまん 3 years ago

it looks GLORIOUS!

43points

#34

Dispatched About A Computer That Wouldn't Boot, It Was Epoxied To The Desk. They Had To Cut It Out For Us

Final score:

153points

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Tiari 3 years ago (edited)

It certainly looks cool, even though it's totally impractical.

75points

#35

Hey Boss, The UPS Had Some Crazy European Connector, But I Fixed It!

Final score:

147points

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Will Tiernan 3 years ago

That’s not European. It is a Japanese type.

70points

#36

He Paid Extra For The Expert Installation

Final score:

144points

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3 years ago (edited)

Not too technical savy but it looks like a liquid cooling system that's been badly setup. Hence the whole "paid extra for the EXPERT installation" bit

9points

#37

Teacher Was "Multitasking" And Set Laptop On Hot Stove... It Still Works Other Than A Few Lines On The Screen

Final score:

143points

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Andrew Gibb 3 years ago

Good old Dell laptops are bomb proof

76points

#38

Customer Attempted Their Own Hdmi Repair With A Blowtorch

Final score:

132points

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The Cute Cat 3 years ago

There is an attempt

61points

#39

I Tried To Use My Old Case As A Chair

Final score:

130points

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Cip IESAN 3 years ago

It's like using a chair as a computer case...

62points

#40

"I Straightened Bent Pins With Tweezer, But It Won't Work Afterwards"

Final score:

127points

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Hans 3 years ago

Patience!

37points

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#41

Go Check The Switch Closet. We Think Something Might Have Gotten Unplugged Somewhere

Final score:

35points

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DKS 001 3 years ago

2 days later .... "I found it!"

31points

#42

Today's Spicy Pillow Is Brought To You By: My Dash Cam

Final score:

34points

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Cip IESAN 3 years ago

It's on acid...

19points

#43

Painters: It’ll Be Fine

Final score:

33points

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Cip IESAN 3 years ago

The newest winter song: "I'm dreaming for a white modem"

27points

#44

Yikes... Flooded Bitcoin Mining Farm

Final score:

32points

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Mojones 3 years ago

I felt a great disturbance in the PCMR Force, as if millions of geeks suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened.

31points

#45

Customer: My PC Is Overheating

Final score:

31points

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Soupcat 3 years ago

To keep dust out....

13points

#46

It's This Kind Of Stupid That Will Forever Keep Me Employed

Final score:

31points

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Martha Meyer 3 years ago

How?!

14points

#47

My Grandmother Used My Ps2 For Her Iron Stand

Final score:

29points

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Raine Soo 3 years ago

NOOOOO!

21points

#48

It's For Curved Monitors, Right?

Final score:

28points

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kjorn 3 years ago

haveyoutry...587e80.jpg

12points

#49

Never Buy “Refurbished” Controllers

Final score:

27points

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Lisa Simpson 3 years ago

Gross!

22points

#50

Customer Came In Because Their Phone Said No Sim. I Wonder Why... (Old Sim On Bottom, New Sim On Top For Comparison)

Final score:

27points

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Philly Bob Squires 3 years ago

How the heck does this happen?

28points

#51

Dear Clients: When I Tell You Good Thermal Paste .. It Is Not Tooth Paste :( This Is The 3rd This Month That The Apu Has Close Up Tooth Paste

Final score:

27points

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Mojones 3 years ago

I would sell it as "used but in mint condition"

49points

#52

Talk About A Security Risk. I Stopped At A Gas Station, And Their Sole, Family Bathroom Hosted The Rack For The Whole Station

Final score:

25points

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Bill 3 years ago

This is against code. NEC says "No Way"

4points

#53

My Husband's Delicious Cable Management And He Works In It

Final score:

25points

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Daria Z 3 years ago

Oh, looks like mine... 😳😅

5points

#54

New Servers Have Red Cables. Can’t Miss It

Final score:

25points

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KombatBunni 3 years ago

Spaghetti city..you couldn’t pay me enough to work with that going on!

6points

#55

Apparently I Type Too Hard

Final score:

25points

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Truth Monster 3 years ago

A case of Breaking and Entering....

65points

#56

Xbox Optical Drive Stopped Working. I Have Twin Toddlers

Final score:

24points

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Cip IESAN 3 years ago

Jukebox?

13points

#57

A Slight Burning Smell

Final score:

24points

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09Robdog07 3 years ago

Tis but a scratch

20points

#58

Melted Monitor. “But I Have To Have A Lamp At My Desk. I Just Push It Behind My Monitor Because It’s Too Bright”

Final score:

24points

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Cip IESAN 3 years ago

I had the "lamp problem" with a keyboard, when using a 100W bulb instead of a LED one... Better learn the song "Mary had a little lamp"!

11points

#59

Powered By Static Electricity Through The Carpet While Pacing Around In Socks Waiting For Installs

Final score:

24points

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The Cute Cat 3 years ago

Holly molly.. Windows 98...

12points

#60

I Found Out Why Internet Has Been Spotty (Yes, I Have A Rabbit)

Final score:

24points

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09Robdog07 3 years ago

Will kinda make a teeny little fire that will probably burn the house down

10points

#61

My Laptop Won't Close And My WiFi Isn't Working

Final score:

23points

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Tabitha L 3 years ago (edited)

I'm shocked by the number of people that screw things into laptops. It is bizarre.

25points

#62

I Remember, Why I Had So Many Bad Memory's About 2000' Era Pcs

Final score:

23points

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Corey Smith 3 years ago

*Memories. An apostrophe does not make a word plural. Sorry, this just irritates me.

22points

#63

"Geez I Lost My Charger, Welp I Guess It's Time To Take The Danger Wire Out Of The Drawer"

Final score:

22points

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Jihana 3 years ago

Danger wire? 😂

24points

#64

Dj, Spin That [crap]!

Final score:

22points

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Francis 3 years ago

aaahhh it hurts!

6points

#65

Found Out Why My Monitor Stoped Working

Final score:

22points

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Cip IESAN 3 years ago

But the bug seems fixed!

27points

#66

You Guys Probably Get This All The Time But Here Is Mine

Final score:

21points

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I'm a makeup addict 3 years ago (edited)

It must've melted to be that wavy. SO I WAVE GOODBYE TO THAT!!!

7points

#67

Some Genius Who Closed Last Night, Thought It Would Be A Good Idea To Put Notebook Paper In Our Printer

Final score:

21points

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Banjo Peppers 3 years ago

Ha, I did that in school. The trick is figuring out the line spacing and margins to get it to line up right.

10points

#68

Our Server Room At Work Is A Closed Metal Cabinet With No Ventilation. If This Picture Had Sound Those Fans Would Be Deafening

Final score:

21points

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M O'Connell 3 years ago

I am so amused by the US Robotics fax modem next to the electrical tape :D

2points

#69

As Soon As The Expanded Battery Was Replaced, The Hard Drive Started Working Again! It’s A Ipod Classic 1st Generation (10gb Model)

Final score:

21points

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Banjo Peppers 3 years ago

A 10 gb iPod Classic 1st gen?? How much are those worth nowadays? I remember them going for a TON when I was trying to replace my very sad Nano a while ago. How much did it cost to replace the battery??

5points

#70

Well It Still Plays Music

Final score:

20points

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Cip IESAN 3 years ago

The latest flip-iPad?

7points

#71

Just Keep Yankin' Pal

Final score:

20points

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Kristof De Smet 3 years ago

he did get it out

3points

#72

Ticket Saying Label Printer Has Stopped Printing

Final score:

20points

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Mojones 3 years ago

I've seen public toilet seats that were more clean. Bah!

18points

#73

Lightning + HDMI = bad

Final score:

19points

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I'm a makeup addict 3 years ago

looks like bacteria... but cooler

8points

#74

F You Are A Smoker, Do Not Buy A White Case

Final score:

19points

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Martha Meyer 3 years ago

And now inagine what the inside of your lung looks like.

36points

#75

Me: What Happened?!? Customer: I Don’t Know

Final score:

17points

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I'm a makeup addict 3 years ago

*intensified facepalming intensifies*

10points

#76

Does This Count?

Final score:

16points

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Banjo Peppers 3 years ago

The scanner feed on my printer does that. Beyond annoying.

4points

#77

Why Is My Wireless Mouse Not Working?

Final score:

15points

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HappyPig1723 3 years ago

All I'm seeing I wires, and how-

2points

#78

Gym Teacher Made $2,000 Mistake

Final score:

13points

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Jon S. 3 years ago

What was the mistake?

11points

#79

A Computer Tower Needing An External Power Supply. There Is Nothing Behind The Power Supply "Cutout". Basically A Laptop Motherboard In A Case. Also, The Card Slots Aren't Removable

Final score:

10points

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Rodrigo “centoventicinque” Boschi 3 years ago

hp crap, i've one as pi-hole in my house, is good because is silent and requires a really low power, god as pi-hole and nas as i use it , otherwise it's a terrible desktop pc ( has a dual core fanless amd cpu )

2points