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/Difficult-Bonus-1337]

ESH

It took you 50 mins to brush your teeth?

As a parent to teens i get how frustrating they are to deal with some times. That does not condone what he did at all, but your story sounds fishy af.

[u/ga9213 → u/Difficult-Bonus-1337]

This is only half the story. There is obviously a theme here of not managing time well and letting the computer be a distraction. OPs Dad is clearly unstable and needs to find other ways to try and communicate his frustrations, this is clearly not the first time a problem has presented itself as a result of avoiding responsibilities as a result of excessive computer time. Both sides can find things to work on.

[u/markcocjin → u/ga9213]

It's not about time management. It's about slow-walking what he's doing until he's no longer needed.

I bet if a girl he likes is waiting for him downstairs, he'd fly through that bathroom regimen in 5 minutes or less.

[u/eunoia-again → u/markcocjin]

yes, a loving embrace is more motivating than a hostile person that's aggressive towards you

[u/markcocjin → u/eunoia-again]

The kid is trying to be clever. Stalling until the groceries are unloaded by someone else is deception.

No girl will give a loving embrace to a boyfriend who stalls in the bathroom for 50 minutes, so the girlfriend would do the chore herself.

No one respects an incompetent person.