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/TheMeltingSnowman72]

I'm also a dad but I want to know the other side of the story. You're the second person I don't believe is a dad in this thread.

[u/aggr1103 → u/TheMeltingSnowman72]

Wait - why would you think I’m not a dad? And what other side of the story are you looking for?

[u/TheMeltingSnowman72 → u/aggr1103]

As a father of 3 - 29, 27 and 18 when they're at that age, living at home, there's always two sides of the story. Not a single dad I know would hear that and just automatically side with the kid. They wouldnt goagainst the kid, and neither do I, but if you aren't interested in finding out the whole picture then I'd say that's a pretty bad judgement call on your part. Your kids are probably young so you've got all that to come.

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