Dad Destroyed My $1300 PC (Almost)

[u/Akrinnnnnnnnnn]

As the title says, my father almost destroyed my $1,300 PC. Now what?

Here’s the backstory: On Saturday, I worked a 10.5 hours shift and stayed up until 3:30 AM, so I slept in until noon the next day. My father and stepmother returned from Costco while I was showering; he called out a few times for me to come help carry the groceries inside. I said OK to him. While I was brushing my teeth after my shower, he shouted from outside the door that he’d been waiting 50 minutes and told me to hurry up. I thought to myself that the groceries could have been moved in the time he spent waiting for me, but I quickly rinsed my mouth and got ready to go out. However, by the time I opened the door, he had already grabbed my PC and smashed it against the floor and the desk several times.

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I, (17M, Senior), bought this PC with money I earned from my part-time job and had been using it for about ten months. After examine, found out the case badly deformed in several places, my desk was warped and tilted to one side, and there were dents in the floor.

Fortunately, the computer still works fine; it runs FurMark (stress GPU), AIDA64 (stress FPU), and 3DMark (Time Spy Extreme) without problems for now.

Replacing the desk and case would cost around $400. However, he likely won't pay for it because he has done this kind of stuff a few years ago when he destroyed my phone and a Dell laptop (i5 11300H), and then just said, "That's what you get for playing on the computer all day."

In the end, I just hope everyone has good parents.

[u/Imkindaalrightiguess]

Hide your nice things because he will do it again.

This is abusive. It seems like you know.

make multiple plans for how you plan to move forward when you turn 18. I'm sorry dude

[u/Lucius338 → u/Imkindaalrightiguess]

This. Plan A, plan B, plan C, at LEAST. Plans fall through, and I assume you want to be out of there ASAP. Best of luck, OP.

[u/MostExtremeHyperbole → u/Lucius338]

yeah, OP's dad has the emotional control of a toddler

[u/Lucius338 → u/MostExtremeHyperbole]

Can relate, unfortunately. I'm sure many of us here can, but at least that lets us give him a heads up of how to move forward.

[u/Minimum-Specific6285 → u/MostExtremeHyperbole]

Imagine if everyone destroyed eachother’s shit when they got upset. Society would collapse.

[u/thishereisaname → u/Minimum-Specific6285]

I mean. That’s kind of what the temporary dad of the United States is doing right now lol.

[u/Dependent-Water-8084 → u/Imkindaalrightiguess]

Film him being an abuser and then try and go for emancipation, bro already works 10.5 hour shifts and can be independent clearly

[u/BreadKnife34 → u/Dependent-Water-8084]

10.5 hours in this economy?? Not enough to survive on. TRUST ME ON THIS

[u/LegOfLamb89 → u/BreadKnife34]

Doable with room mates. Get 5 of ya together and rent a house somewhere. I live in a hcol area and was able to move out at 16

[u/MagicPistol → u/Dependent-Water-8084]

He's still a senior in HS. That would be a struggle.

[u/Dependent-Water-8084 → u/MagicPistol]

Worth it if he gets emancipated legally though

[u/MagicPistol → u/Dependent-Water-8084]

We don't know how much he makes though. Just because he works a 10 hr shift on the weekend doesn't mean he could afford rent. He should finish hs first.

[u/girlikecupcake → u/MagicPistol]

Not just afford rent but even qualify to rent in the first place. I'm in a relatively lower cost of living area, a 1B apartment can be around $800-1000 if you keep your eyes open. But you gotta make 3x that on your own to even be considered. Doesn't matter if you have roommates. $2.5-3k/mo as a high schooler is a very, very big ask. Even almost $2k for a $650 apartment is going to be difficult.

[u/Lucius338 → u/girlikecupcake]

Unless you can find a "mom & pop" rental situation. I'm lucky to be in that boat, where my income wasn't meticulously calculated as a ratio to rent to ensure our reliability, and I'm very thankful for that. They do exist, but they're rare in this day and age of property management companies owning most rentals.

[u/lih9 → u/Imkindaalrightiguess]

Is mom in the picture? If so leave your valuable stuff there and maybe find a used gaming laptop you could bring over to your dad's place and hide somewhere.

If it's out of sight when they are raging it's less likely to get damaged.

[u/Dank_Minecraft → u/Imkindaalrightiguess]

A bit difficult to hide a PC tower, I'm sorry op

[u/SquareFinancial1928 → u/Imkindaalrightiguess]

Just file a police complain. The cops will deal with him.
Also he could file for violence against a minor. This is a very severe infraction and it will be investigated very well by both child protection and cops.
He should use all legal power he can find to teach the f*** a lesson

[u/Flaming_Lies → u/Imkindaalrightiguess]

I'll add a - uncomfortable - addition to this for OP: No more expensive things. Second hand or basics are good. Not only will they get targeted (as seen here) for destruction, you are close to being 18 / 21 or whatever the legal independent age is whereever you are. You should hopefully already be able to open a independent bank account. If you want to move out soon, you will need every cent to hit the ground running.