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30 Times People Had Such Horrible Computers, They Just Had To Be Shamed On This Twitter Page
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I think we have all had to work with strangely designed and uncomfortable PC’s at some point before. But some setups are in a league of their own. This Twitter account is devoted to sharing some of the weirdest computer setups people have created or endured. Some are inspiring custom jobs, others look like something MacGyver would put together.
To find out about the world of PC modification, we reached out to BHB Mods, a company that specializes in custom computers and equipment. We asked them what inspires people to design and build unusual computer setups. They were kind enough to talk about why enthusiasts might want personalized builds and why not to be scared of technology.
As you scroll through, dear Pandas, be sure to upvote your favorites and comment if you have a theory on how some of these creations even happened.
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DennyS (denzoren) 2 years ago
The cat-drive seems to be working, maybe the power supply is the problem.
Carla Phillips 2 years ago
He heard there was a mouse somewhere around the computer so he just staking it out.
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Marcellus II 2 years ago
Late eighties my mom made two versions of this; one keyboard like this (super straight foam, embroider flat keyboard), one with all keys separately stuffed and attached.
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M O'Connell 2 years ago
Rule #1 of cleaning electronics: Spray the rag, not the device.
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Marcellus II 2 years ago
Somebody misunderstood the client's "I don't need the latest version of Windows, something older will do".
First, we wanted to know why someone would look at all the options on the market and decide to do all the extra steps to build their own. “My drive to do different builds is usually based out of some sort of need, either just a perceived need or an actual need. My monitor mounted custom-loop came from when my wife wanted an iMac (and needless to say, I'm not a fan of macs...)
Most of all, when it comes to building a custom PC for most people, I'd say it's the need to maximize the performance compared to the price. The aesthetics come in second I think. Sometimes the drive can just be a complicated idea that you want to see if it's even possible to pull off.”
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Marco Richter 2 years ago
they actually sold this "thing" in stores. How I miss the late 90's sometimes.
Even though it looks complicated, the folks at BHB Mods wanted to encourage people to not be scared of building a computer. As long as you aren’t using a pizza box as a case, you should be ok. “Building your own PC is very simple, it's essentially "adult-lego-building". There's so many guides on YouTube and google to follow and these days there's hardly any risks at all and it's very easy. You end up getting the PC you want, usually a great deal cheaper than buying a pre-built PC. That along with all the customizations available in retail stores these days makes it a lot easier to doing your own good looking custom build than it used to be. 🙂”
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Hypoxia Smurf 2 years ago
Simpler keyboards are more reliable IMHO. This setup should be for display only.
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David Paterson 2 years ago
I want one. Qwertyuiop should have died back in 1980 or thereabouts. And as for backlit key lighting, I have one.
Shyla Bouche 2 years ago
When typewriters first came out, the letters were in alphabetical order. People were able to type so quickly that the hammers would jam. The typewriter powers that be mixed the letters up to make typing harder. Now, of course, there are no hammers, so you are correct. Qwerty is no longer necessary.
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real carneline!! not fake 2 years ago
my mom would walk in on me eating my computer
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The ‘[messed up] looking computers' Twitter page posts PC and PC-related images of setups and equipment that is thoroughly bizarre looking. Managed by the same people as ‘[messed up] looking cars’ and ‘[messed up] looking foods’ this account has reached over 200 thousand followers since May of 2022.
Evidently, morbid curiosity of cursed items extends past technology and into everyday items. There is some psychology behind this. Some research suggests that we humans can actually enjoy a sort of “benign masochism” like enjoying spicy food or riding a roller coaster. Now, looking at weird images is hardly as stimulating as a roller coaster, but the mechanism is similar. Once we remove the idea that this activity is harmful, we are just left with a sort of psychological excitement that is quite enjoyable.
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CORGI QUEEN 2 years ago
if you've played it (i have love the music) it makes sense
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Jordi Sharpe 2 years ago
Thank you! I was afraid I would be the only one making a Space Odyssey joke!
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TotallyNOTaFox 2 years ago (edited)
Yeah, totally no "Old World Blues" vibes here... I'd watch my heart, brain and spine if I'd live there
Angrywolf 2 years ago
I just started that expansion for the first time, And they are so damn weird.
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Sue Lynn Chan 2 years ago (edited)
Not me! If that thing is animated in the middle of the night, I will yeet it out of my window, after smashing it with baseball bat 12 dozen times
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Hakitosama 2 years ago
😳 I need to send this to my office's IT! We have a rule : you step away from your computer you lock the screen... I need to enroll the IT to grant us extra screens so we can prank our co-workers like that!!
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Natalia Linnik 2 years ago
Remember when your mom used to say “Go play outside?” That’s not what she meant.
Miriam L 2 years ago (edited)
I would not trust myself around so many open drink cans and other bottles
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Casey Burns 2 years ago
Imagine stumbling upon this in the woods..... "God? I thought you'd be using a stronger operating system....."
DennyS (denzoren) 2 years ago
"I'm telling you dude, I feel like I'm IN the nature documentary".
Shelly Graham 2 years ago
Goodness there's food, lotion, sunscreen, prescription bottles, Red Bull, plant, toilet paper etc.... I think they may have photo shopped this photo.
I would bet that some of you viewed these images and wondered “what were they thinking?” Well, this feeling is actually also a strong motivator for this sort of content. Let’s face it, curiosity isn’t just limited to cats, we absolutely want to know about new things all the time. These creations absolutely scratch that “novelty” itch. Psychologists Celeste Kidd and Benjamin Y. Hayden found that humans just enjoy seeing things that are still understandable, like a computer, combined with something we don’t expect. This interaction of familiar-yet-strange is very stimulating for our brains, since we feel like we can actually figure out how or why this happened.
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Francisco Garcia Bustamante 2 years ago
This is like an project from jr computer class to know the internal components of a computer
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Hobby Hopper 2 years ago
We'll still lose them, but at least they won't fit in the toilet.
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Lawrencium 2 years ago
Poor guy spent all his money on his jumbo smart phone, now he can't even afford a shirt
The Blue Spirit 2 years ago
Pair with an Apple TV for the newest Dance Dance Revolution experience
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Asriel Dreemurr 2 years ago
POV: Your mom says you can’t change the thermostat because “it’s not that cold”
Natalia Linnik 2 years ago
You open your windows, in winter, but your graphic card still overheats.
Quentin ingulfumble 2 years ago
ha! my brother did that years ago. computer case had some kind of solvent spilled on it, and the paint was coming off. he sent his girlfriend down to the fabric shop to buy whatever she liked to cover it (she was the one bothered by the nasty look of the thing) blue fur. bright blue, as in BLUE fur. to be fair it did look pretty awesome, and when it got nasty with coffee and f*g ash he could take the fur off and throw it in the washing machine.
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Klondike Penguin 2 years ago
Hopefully the quality resolution doesn’t look like it’s on a microwave.
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Chez2202 2 years ago
I don’t allow mine to get above 3 very well spaced columns on the left side of my main screen. Anything more is just futile.
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Taryn Wallace 2 years ago
This makes my anxiety level raise much more than I expected... Obviously this person is a serial killer
QuirkyKittyGirl 2 years ago
Now, we can't tell - he could have them alphabetized.
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Average Chicago Sports fan 2 years ago (edited)
My eyes hurt from seeing this badly organized computer
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Jose Antonio 2 years ago
dont insult Leela like that! but you generally probably are right!
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G M 2 years ago
Like when I worked in nonprofit and my standing desk was a couple cardboard boxes that I used to prop up my monitor and keyboard board.
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Lawrencium 2 years ago
This is what happens when you go away for a few days at an underfunded office...
Got hacked lol 2 years ago
Me: Can we get a computer Mom: We already have a computer The computer:
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Bethany Heller 2 years ago
I want to know exactly how he did that so I can frickin try it myself
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Robert T 2 years ago
If you've ever run an IBM iSeries (AS/400) at home, this is exactly what it sounds like is inside the case!
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Bill Swallow 2 years ago
O-Kay. That's giving me flashbacks to ancient CRT picture tubes. Needs a set of wires coming off the cap, and a set of deflection coils on the neck of the bottle...
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Kraneia The Dancing Dryad 2 years ago
Flying debris in a hurricane or tornado. Strong enough to impale stuff on branches
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A Wild Bean 2 years ago
This is what I will picture from now on, whenever someone says they have a "sh!tty computer"
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Hypoxia Smurf 2 years ago
A clean machine, sparkling in the sunlight. A wet machine, sparking and flaming. Oh, the excitement! Mea culpa: I have been building systems for 45 years and I never thought of washing a motherboard. Didn't seem prudent.
Mat Hall 2 years ago
It's fine as long as you don't soak it for ages and you make sure it's completely dry afterwards - warm water with a dab of dish soap, gentle sponging, a thorough rinse, then 24 hours in a warm dry place. I've done this on quite a few retro machines over the years and it's never caused an issue; compressed air is no match for 40 years of grime.
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Andy-Pandy-Panda 2 years ago
It will be fine if you don't break/detach anything and sure its fully dried quickly before running any voltage through it.
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GenericPanda09 2 years ago
Hmmm... that's gonna be an nerve-wracking drive to the recycling centre.
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TotallyNOTaFox 2 years ago
Very bad for cooling actually. I wouldn't run anything demanding on that
#34
Hypoxia Smurf 2 years ago
That's starting to look like one of my power-distribution setups. Watch for flames.
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Hypoxia Smurf 2 years ago
Rational Prudent. Simple. Excellent! [My desk sported two laptops and two desktop systems, with one fan on the side, blowing over the whole batch.]
i believe in dendro supremacy 2 years ago
pov: my computer when i open a tab on chrome or genshin
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Crystal Pearson 2 years ago
Powered by beans, theoretically it works if you think of it in terms as beans = gas lol
Hypoxia Smurf 2 years ago
Are those water-cooled components? Yikes. An old job had me regularly hand-tune a water-cooled 250-kilowatt broadcast transmitter. Heat sinks descended into a tank with cool water flowing in and warm water pumped out. Once, the output pump failed -- staff had to frantically bail the tank out to keep live circuits from shorting-out. Yikes.
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Asriel Dreemurr 2 years ago
I saw an Emkay video on this narrated by Lexi, who works in the tech field. She confirmed that toothpaste is not an adequate substitute here.
A Wild Bean 2 years ago
Let me guess, r/redneckengineering? (I don't understand what's happening in half the pictures but Lexi makes it funny)
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Hypoxia Smurf 2 years ago
I should have snapped images of the computer cave in our prior house, a nook of shelving and worktops filled with multiple PC-AT boxes, stacked; some CompuPro S-100 motherboards with various CPUs, housed in minicomputer cabinets; the HeathKit H8 and H89 systems; a network of Timex/Sinclain ZX-81s feeding small monitors; batches of keyboards, video monitors, and hard and floppy disk drives; and cables everywhere. Oh yeah, and the Roland and Moog music synthesizers, the jury-rigged sound system, and Zenith and Sony shortwave radios -- a real electro-maze. "Wire me up, Scotty." [That's a bent Star Trek reference.]
Hypoxia Smurf 2 years ago
I should have snapped images of the computer cave in our prior house, a nook of shelving and worktops filled with multiple PC-AT boxes, stacked; some CompuPro S-100 motherboards with various CPUs, housed in minicomputer cabinets; the HeathKit H8 and H89 systems; a network of Timex/Sinclain ZX-81s feeding small monitors; batches of keyboards, video monitors, and hard and floppy disk drives; and cables everywhere. Oh yeah, and the Roland and Moog music synthesizers, the jury-rigged sound system, and Zenith and Sony shortwave radios -- a real electro-maze. "Wire me up, Scotty." [That's a bent Star Trek reference.]
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