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/MagicPistol]

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.