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It's 2022 but there are still plenty of people who struggle with computers. Not to mention all the complicated networks that connect them.

And Reddit has all the pictures to prove our ignorance. More specifically, its community 'Tech Support Gore.'

"You will cringe to the brink of passing out after a few minutes looking at this subreddit," its moderators say confidently. And they're not lying.

Tricky cable knots, cracking chips, piles of dust, and poorly designed server rooms, it's all there. Whether you're an IT specialist or just an average internet user, this stuff will get to you.

Continue scrolling to check out the subreddit's recent top posts, and for its earlier gems, fire up our previous publications on it here, here, and here.

#1

Before And After Of A Network Switche Refresh For A School District

Before And After Of A Network Switche Refresh For A School District

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Laura Ketteridge
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ooooh, more sanity and beauty. These people have a talent for sorting things out.

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#2

It's 2022 And I Hate Sandisk For Still Using A Design Like This

It's 2022 And I Hate Sandisk For Still Using A Design Like This

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People seem to need their devices and networks running smoothly now more than ever. Whether we're talking about the comfort of their homes or a regular coffee shop, Americans expect and rely on internet access being available almost wherever they go.

Still, the Federal Communications Commission estimates that more than 21 million people in the United States don't have that connection. That includes nearly 3 in 10 people—27 percent—who live in such rural places as the outreaches of Maine and the fertile fields of Indiana, as well as 2 percent of those living in cities.

#3

I'm Done For Today

I'm Done For Today

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Laura Ketteridge
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This most definitely not a disaster! It's a moment of sanity and beauty in a crazy world.

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#4

Thanks To Poor Planning, This Is How I Have To Service This Equipment

Thanks To Poor Planning, This Is How I Have To Service This Equipment

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#5

Some One Dropped This Off, Check That Screen Burn. It’s Off

Some One Dropped This Off, Check That Screen Burn. It’s Off

flamewingdragon Report

Research shows that as many as 40 percent of schools lack broadband, as do 60 percent of health care facilities outside metropolitan areas. Furthermore, those are conservative estimates.

And at a time when broadband access has become increasingly essential, any community without fast, reliable internet is condemned “to a long, dark death,” said Peggy Schaffer, executive director of Maine’s ConnectME Authority, which is working to extend service in the state.

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#6

Heard We're Posting Things Found In Projectors? How About Wasps? Customer Claimed "Keeps Overheating"

Heard We're Posting Things Found In Projectors? How About Wasps? Customer Claimed "Keeps Overheating"

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#7

Hey, Our Network Is Down, Can You Look Into It? Me: I Think I See The Problem

Hey, Our Network Is Down, Can You Look Into It? Me: I Think I See The Problem

smohk1 Report

#8

Cleaning Chromebooks In The School I Work In, This Is 4th Grade. Completely Dead To The World

Cleaning Chromebooks In The School I Work In, This Is 4th Grade. Completely Dead To The World

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Without broadband, Schaffer said, “Kids can't do homework. Older people have to drive off our islands to talk to a doctor. Boats delivering live lobsters from the ocean that can't 'talk' in real-time to their customers lose a competitive edge in the supply chain. Before long, young families, older citizens, and jobs leave. New employers don’t come in."

#9

Ticket States “Student Chromebook Has A Nail Sticking Out Of The Headphone Jack”

Ticket States “Student Chromebook Has A Nail Sticking Out Of The Headphone Jack”

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#10

My Bosses Surfacebook He Refuses To Retire

My Bosses Surfacebook He Refuses To Retire

cmull123 Report

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Laura Ketteridge
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have a laptop like this. There was a battery pack under the mousepad; it had swollen up. I removed the useless (and dangerous) battery, and instead used a USB mouse. The laptop works just fine now.

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#11

"My PC Gets Slower When I Turn My Space Heater On"

"My PC Gets Slower When I Turn My Space Heater On"

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Laura Ketteridge
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ah! I know what's wrong. Yes, there is a problem with the computer slowing down, but the real problem lies between keyboard and chair.

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Cost is one of the obstacles that make it difficult to extend broadband internet to everyone who wants it. The companies providing the services need adequate returns to justify their investment in the necessary infrastructure of cables and towers.

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And at the other end of the supply-demand equation, many low-income Americans lack access because they can't afford the monthly bills that come with connecting a computer to high-speed internet.

#12

I Have Been Wondering Why I Kept Finding Random Ants On My Work Table

I Have Been Wondering Why I Kept Finding Random Ants On My Work Table

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#13

Had A Feeling This Belonged Here

Had A Feeling This Belonged Here

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Bobby
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Just because I've had to say it a million times before working at the internet company, the 5g on your router means 5ghz. It is in no way the same thing as 5g data. It's like saying you won't wear Spanx because you don't believe in hitting kids

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FreshGanesh
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

5G cell relays went up half a block away from me. I was elated, as it was a dead spot as my phone switched from my home wifi to cellular. My neighbor, a renter, began looking to move. I tactfully asked her what the issue is & she said the wavelengths were like X-rays and made people sick. I played dumb & asked her to explain what wavelengths were & why these particular ones were the same as x-rays & how they made people sick. All she could do was tell me she didn’t understand the mechanics, but had articles. She ended up sending me 4 links. Two directly cited a discredited conspiracy theorist. One cited a chain of misquotes back to the same discredited article, 4 removed. The last was two removed from the same. One cuckoo spews nonsense & it echoed so vastly that all her rationalization lead right back to it. I tried explaining echo chambers of misinformation along with a basic understanding of “wavelengths” from broadcast tv to microwave ovens to X-rays. She wouldn’t hear it.

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Pete from Cali. USA
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Unfortunately, it seems like half of the US is like this lady. Even if they do end up doing their own research, they only look for "research" that enforces what they've seen on Fox or Facebook.

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Monday
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What do you wana bet there will be a review of someone complaining that using it made their wifi slow...

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Eric C.
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Because simply turning off the wifi is too difficult 🤪

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Chich
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

maybe they also make headlight covers so you don't blind oncoming traffic?

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Jrog
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think governments should subsidize this. Give one free to whoever asks for it. It's a cheap and effective way to filter idiots out of Internet and away from social networks.

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Megan Lauhon
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Don't they know they can make that at home for half the price with foil?

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HoRace
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

5G is blocked! That's better than getting a vaccination! Now COVID can't even reach you.

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Andrew Dunford
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Shouldn't it be in the shape and style of Donald Trump's Ridiculous Straw Wig?

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Cuppa tea?
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How about turning off WiFi in settings and just use LAN cable?

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RafCo (he/him)
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't get it, why would I want to put a wifi router in a faraday cage? This will make your connection really bad, if it works at all. Is this the wacky 5G cell phone thing? That doesn't even apply to your router, and even if it did apply to your router, it won't block the 5G signals from coming into your home, just from entering your router. You'd have to build a faraday cage around your whole house. This is strange

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Sergio Bicerra
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah, it's about the 5G fear. And someone has the brains to sell those people faraday cages instead of telling them to turn wifi off, cause, you know, then they wouldn't buy them.

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Darcy Marie
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's a f*****g trashcan upside down and someone's selling it on amazon. Why can I never think of things like this to make me money.

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John G
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I could actually use this if it worked. Well, several hundred of them. I work on wifi routers and we have a lot in the building so they start interfering with each other. I think most of the radios are turned off now though.

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#14

Why Does My Mining Rig Keep Shutting Down?

Why Does My Mining Rig Keep Shutting Down?

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The Pew Research Center reported in May that 44 percent of adults living in households with incomes below $30,000 don’t have broadband.

This disparity in access is also seen in what researchers call the “homework gap”—the differences between school-age children who have access to high-speed internet at home and those who don’t (a 2015 report found that 35 percent of lower-income households with children in school didn’t have a broadband connection at home).

#16

Please Do Not Turn This Fan Off It Is Keeping 5 Camera Control Units Cool

Please Do Not Turn This Fan Off It Is Keeping 5 Camera Control Units Cool

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#17

Phone Gore Saved Leg Gore

Phone Gore Saved Leg Gore

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However, the situation is getting better. Policymakers in rural and urban states are trying out new approaches, including building partnerships between public and private entities and using grants from foundations to bring broadband to more sparsely populated places.

According to Shirley Bloomfield, CEO of NTCA-The Rural Broadband Association, a membership organization of nearly 850 small providers in 45 states, small providers often pop up in places large internet companies don’t serve, and hometown phone companies expanding into this market sometimes offer broadband to as few as a hundred neighbors.

#19

I. See. You

I. See. You

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hudson: They're coming outta the walls. They're coming outta the goddamn walls!

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#20

Friend Complained Why Cpu Is 90 Degrees While Idling

Friend Complained Why Cpu Is 90 Degrees While Idling

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However, when it comes to the people who actually keep things running (including this subreddit), the future looks grim.

Just 9% of tech workers are feeling confident in their job security, according to a June survey from Blind, the anonymous professional networking site.

#22

There Is Sawdust In This PC!

There Is Sawdust In This PC!

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Someone was playing Faery: Legends of Avalon and what you see is fairy dust

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#23

Why Yes That Is A Hole In The Roof Leaving Their Dp, Switch & Routers Exposed To The Elements!

Why Yes That Is A Hole In The Roof Leaving Their Dp, Switch & Routers Exposed To The Elements!

Imnotarealdog Report

Job-market fears are being fueled by months of headlines about hiring freezes, job offers being rescinded, and mass layoffs from burgeoning upstarts and tech giants alike, including Robinhood and Oracle just this week.

(More than 32,000 people have been laid off from the U.S. tech sector in 2022, according to Crunchbase data.)

#24

Probably Not That Gory But I Found Out Why The Beamer Wasn't Producing An Image

Probably Not That Gory But I Found Out Why The Beamer Wasn't Producing An Image

That's a live spider with eggs in there, it wasn't very happy to see me

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Always makes me sad to see comments like this. I know not everyone is spider fan and some mean it only in jest. But it always seems an odd reaction to a living creature and her younge. She just living her life, eating all the things most people hate around there homes like flys and mosquitos.

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#25

Customer: “Laptop Fan Seems To Be Going Bad, My Son Uses The Laptop As Ashtray”

Customer: “Laptop Fan Seems To Be Going Bad, My Son Uses The Laptop As Ashtray”

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The good news is that broad pessimism stands in contrast with a still-hot labor market. Hiring and quits remain near record highs, while June layoffs remained just under 1% of the workforce.

Tech workers may not have as much bargaining power as early 2022, but they are still well-positioned to look for a new position or land on their feet if they're laid off.

#27

Found A Weird And Exotic Cable Back Of My Grandma’s TV

Found A Weird And Exotic Cable Back Of My Grandma’s TV

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#28

Nothing Like A Fun Day Destroying Company Data

Nothing Like A Fun Day Destroying Company Data

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#31

Oh Well, Night Shift Just Became More Fun

Oh Well, Night Shift Just Became More Fun

Yes, they have polarity, yes they're machine fed, so they all need to carefully go back in their slot

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#32

Someone Offered Me A Cheap Msi Gtx 1080ti. Glad My Case Was Big Enough

Someone Offered Me A Cheap Msi Gtx 1080ti. Glad My Case Was Big Enough

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#33

“I Watched A Video On How To Upgrade The Ram, But Now It Won’t Turn On”

“I Watched A Video On How To Upgrade The Ram, But Now It Won’t Turn On”

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

🤦‍♂️ Jesus! The level of incompetence here is breathtaking. The ram slot is literally just underneath the Apple logo on the bottom of the frame. Just undo the two screws and remove the small cover.

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#34

At A Student Accomodation

At A Student Accomodation

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#35

This Smartlock With A Faulty Battery

This Smartlock With A Faulty Battery

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