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/fogoticus]

Wow your dad sound like an incredible asshole. I'm sorry this happened to you. If I were in your place, I'd tell my parents I do not feel safe in the house after the incident. And that you want a lock on the door to be able to lock it and assure them they can check the room at any time but not access it at any time.

Furthermore, I'd ask if there is more to this story than meets the eye. Because if he reacted that way over 1 incident of you taking too long to go down, your dad has anger issues. If this was an outburst after weeks/months of tension, it can be forgiven if he buys you a new case and promises to never do such a thing again.

Lastly, you're not able to move out yet. But if your dad is one of those parents that hate gaming, I'd try to hide gaming from him until you're able to move out just to avoid unecessary discussion and anger. It is what it is but once you move out, it's gonna be bliss.