Tech Support People Are Sharing The Worst Cases They&#8217;ve Seen While On The Job (40 New Pics)

ㄚㄩ几丨 5 years ago

Now its 14 hours later

21points

Robert Catte 5 years ago

I don't get why Judith is being downvoted so much. It actually IS 4 hours later.

3points

Caleigh Moffett 5 years ago

More like 4040404040

-1point

wandile dludlu 5 years ago

That looks clean af... nice cable management

14points

Maurettis 5 years ago

should be an entire subject to be taught

2points

Dorothy Parker 5 years ago

Rapunzel got a hair cut.

12points

Capn_Ahab 5 years ago (edited)

Yeah, I remember when our network guys "tidied" the cabling in our server room on a Friday night. Cue Saturday morning me on out of hours support with a massive hangover starts getting calls about issues with the card payments. I had to go into work and retrace their cabling, turns out they'd forgotten to plug the connection to our bank back in. Thanks guys.

5points

Judith Wilson 5 years ago

Well, in all fairness, tidying up is different from plugging in!

2points

Stephanie Cunningham 5 years ago

This is so satisfying. I hate jumbled cords.

4points

kjorn 5 years ago

yeah... i knew a tech who did that during working hours!!!!! people in the building were pretty pissed

3points

Kimberley Thomas 5 years ago

Why pissed?

-1point

Nic Fleming 5 years ago

If this only took 4 hours I bet the systems on the other end of those cables had a lot of mysterious lost packets.

2points

BoredPanda is awesome 5 years ago

woah!!!

2points

Cip IESAN 5 years ago

The new title is "44 hours later"; I wrote the first post when it was "#40"...

2points

Brandi VanSteenwyk 5 years ago

"Mom steps in after the toddler leaves...."

1point

#2

I Said "Put It In Rice." Not "Put Rice In It."

Final score:

333points

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Philly Bob Squires Premium 5 years ago

I got water in my rice once, so I threw a cellphone in it....

283points

My O My Premium 5 years ago

But, did the rice dry again? We have to know 😜

30points

Mishte Tine 5 years ago

I bet the rice confused. Perfect.

16points

Coleen 5 years ago

Good tip. And also, red wine removes white wine stains.

14points

Average Grizzlies Fan 5 years ago

You do too? I thought I was the only one that did it lol

9points

Mishte Tine 5 years ago

This comment gave me a belly laugh. Thank you.

4points

Raine Soo 5 years ago

Sorry, I can't stop laughing at this one.

11points

FunFactBot Requiem 5 years ago

Fun fact! Rice rarely helps. The phone dries because the water inside evaporates. If you really want a quick solution, you should take the phone backing off, and put the phone out to dry. This will be a better solution. The jojo reference here is that there is living things (plant) inside a non living thing. (This is Requiem! I’ve used the arrow and now have the ability to post jojo references AND facts at the same time. For more info, read my bio!)

4points

F. H. 5 years ago

Rice is actually detrimental. The dust may get into the phone, clump up with the moisture and do some serious damage.

5points

maleahisgay 5 years ago

ok but.... did it work??

2points

ThePandaManCan 5 years ago

here we have an example of the upgraded apple phone.

2points

Louise Stange-Wahl 5 years ago

LOL! Love it! Comment of the week!

0points

ZZAM 5 years ago

i literally slapped my forehead :/

2points

Enalpria 5 years ago

How does one make such a mistake? It is common sense not to put rice in your phone

2points

Louise Stange-Wahl 5 years ago

Better than Lo-Mein!

1point

I'm a makeup addict 5 years ago

how ironic

2points

Who? Me? 5 years ago

Howwwwwww ?

2points

Dany Despas 5 years ago

and cook gently ... :-))

2points

#3

Apparently Someone Got Tired Of It Ringing, So The Put It In The Oven

Final score:

313points

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Cip IESAN 5 years ago

It looks great, like a Salvador Dali painting!

218points

Tanner Wright 5 years ago

To be fair, it did stop ringing.

11points

Paul Davies 5 years ago

I thought the same. It actually looks better than the original version!

4points

Claire Armstrong 5 years ago

Aw shush! Someone out there will decide that this is some kind of modern art installation lol

3points

fuggnuggins 5 years ago

And just as useful.

1point

Jude Bennett 5 years ago

My exact thought lol

1point

Jutta Plötz 4 years ago

It does!

0points

Andrew Gibb 5 years ago

It's a hotline

48points

FunFactBot Requiem 5 years ago

TURURURURURUURURURUR

7points

Colin L 5 years ago

Slow clap...

3points

izzy.kitsune 5 years ago

HAHAHHA GOOD ONEEE

0points

Kathryn Baylis 5 years ago

Um, next time try just turning the ringer off...

11points

BoredPundits 5 years ago

Or if they don't know how to do that, just unplug it.

3points

I'm a makeup addict 5 years ago

omg WHY IS THIS SO FUNNY?!?!?!

5points

BoredPanda is awesome 5 years ago

next time you can you know, turn the ringer off

3points

wyatt hollingsworth 5 years ago

Thats the kind of cool, where as how a nuclear explosion is cool, but still disturbing

3points

kjorn 5 years ago

it's the new T-1000... where T stand for telephone

3points

Noez 🇸🇪 5 years ago

On the plus side: it looks really cool!

3points

Misterscooter 5 years ago

Terminator! Run!!

2points

SunofSpringtime 5 years ago

Looks like legit art. Put it in a frame with a black background and done.

2points

Toujin C'Thlu 5 years ago

Title it 'Officer Worker's Annoyance'

0points

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#4

This Key After 10 Years Of Entering Orders At My Grandmothers Shop

Final score:

303points

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Pixie 5 years ago

Wow

73points

Lisa Simpson 5 years ago

Time to get your grandma a new keyboard

24points

Sue Knerl 5 years ago

Gross, clean that keyboard. Seriously.

14points

あんぱんまん 5 years ago

it lived a fulfilling long life

14points

Jade Lynn - Panda's Brat 5 years ago

Yuck.

11points

BoredDragon 5 years ago

How’s that gross?!

0points

Robert Thornburrow 5 years ago

Looks like the face of the key has worn thin and the mechanism broken through at the weakest point. This happens on frequently used keys - I use Ctrl and Shift the most and you can see what happened to my trusty Sony Vaio after about 10 years of continuous use. Loved that machine and dragged it round so many countries it should have had its own airmiles card! 20201203_1...3d856a.jpg

5points

Catto De Smol 5 years ago

The "Enter" key is so much smoother than the other ones, except for the crack!

4points

Monika Lachova 5 years ago

Ew

4points

BoredDragon 5 years ago

Why?

-2points

Who? Me? 5 years ago

There's another enter but I'm guessing it broke down already

2points

Grady'sRaider 5 years ago

Back in the first years of PCs the company I worked with had inhouse programmers to write the business software for the clients. One programmer was notorious for speed typing, only to have to backspace furiously to make corrections. After repairing his keyboard several times, they created one out of spares, with 10 backspace keys on it.

1point

#5

Just Set It On Fire

Final score:

300points

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Tiari 5 years ago

If you don't do it, it will do it itself certainly.

186points

Catherine Richardson 5 years ago

IKR

4points

Chris Miller 5 years ago

Ok, the question that needs to be asked: "How did the boxframe end up in there?" Discuss.

9points

Flare 5 years ago

Probably a hurricane or something.

1point

Mishte Tine 5 years ago

Regulations are not bad things. Poverty is.

7points

King Joffrey 5 years ago

If you've ever been to Thailand, most cables look like that.

4points

Datsuyama 5 years ago

Was thinking exactly same thing. And when they are attached to the pedestrian bridges where they can easily be touched by children even!!!!

0points

Black Panther 5 years ago

This is in north India

4points

Anders Nielsen 5 years ago

Now apply kirchhoff's law

4points

Flavia Slag 5 years ago

Boss:... "Hey Joe, go and trace the line that has a break in it." Joe:...I quit.

3points

fuggnuggins 5 years ago

More like "Line's dead. Cut it and throw another one over."

2points

James F. Wilson Jr. 5 years ago

he he he ,cut just one small wire in the middle and watch the fun began

3points

Aurora Amata 5 years ago

I saw the same in Thailand many times...

3points

Louise Stange-Wahl 5 years ago

India too!

2points

deanna woods 5 years ago

This is a fire hazard waiting to happen.

3points

#6

Broken Clip? No Problem!

Final score:

296points

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09Robdog07 5 years ago

***Intensive sighing intensifies***

173points

Raven 5 years ago

*insert internal screaming*

15points

MiaOokami 5 years ago

Face, and I can not stress this enough, palm.

14points

BoredPanda is awesome 5 years ago

*facepalms*

3points

Luther von Wolfen 5 years ago

I flinched when I saw this.

7points

kjorn 5 years ago

don't know why but i'm lagging

5points

Dilly Millandry 5 years ago

We're not sure either. Lagging how? You're lagging as in dawdling or maybe lagging something like your boiler? Next you'll be telling me it's auto correct and you didn't mean lagging at all 😮😁

0points

ethan simpson 5 years ago

*catches fire*

2points

Abigail Nagel 5 years ago

how does this work??

1point

Elaine Mattingly 5 years ago

Somehow.

0points

Brandi VanSteenwyk 5 years ago

Must've been unable to find the duct tape.

1point

Kent Fishburn 5 years ago

If you look at the USB picto-whatever long enough, it looks sort of like a one-legged wild west gunfighter with a super-stretched arm from so many fast draws. Pardner.

1point

DaveC 5 years ago

That's a new one.

1point

Donna Rakowiecki 5 years ago

Dumb as$$$$

1point

ArhomR 5 years ago

A spark of creativity.

1point

“In a time where most of the internet can be incredibly serious and most times saddening or angering, r/techsupportgore is fun because you go on it and you can laugh (and/or cringe) at the crazy posts. Where else can you see a post like, 'Wow, these cables really are messy' to 'A lizard fried my motherboard' back to back?”

Essentially, it attracts a bunch of people that enjoy tech and the very worst of it. Also, it’s especially relevant to the current generations Y and Z who basically grew up with tech around them. For these kids and young adults, seeing the picture of someone trying to charge their new laptop without taking it out of the box is essentially priceless.

#7

One Of My Clients Upgraded His Phone But Kept His Old Screen “Protector”

Final score:

279points

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Full of Giggles 5 years ago

$10 says he got the phone for free.

101points

queer weebio 5 years ago

bet

8points

Crochet lady 5 years ago

Give him the $10 and then he could get a 3 pack of screen protectors.

4points

Iann Dior 5 years ago

I'll raise you to $15

2points

Grumble O'Pug 5 years ago

"free"

2points

Amazon QT 4 years ago

😂😂😂

1point

Wendillon 5 years ago

Not only doesn't it fit, but it's also upside down. WHY?!

17points

BoredPanda is awesome 5 years ago

They put it on the wrong way and it's too small

2points

Pogy Nevis 5 years ago

My mom added some cloth to her old case when upgrading. It's literally the flimsiest and the worst looking thing ever

2points

Memphis House 5 years ago

100$ When He Drops His Phone And It Breaks,Hes Going To Make A Complaint

2points

Aileen Cann 5 years ago

Scrooge of tech

1point

Texicola 5 years ago

That's sad...

1point

23AClark 5 years ago

Oh good grief.

1point

Enamelcamel 5 years ago

If that's an IQ test, guess who failed?

1point

Catto De Smol 5 years ago

Well, okay then.

1point

#8

German T-Mobile Found 3 Snakes Inside Their Network Unit

Final score:

277points

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Kari Panda 5 years ago

Ah, the irony. The German word for snake is also a term for someone who‘s deceitful. Seeing as our lovely Deutsche Telekom dastardly 'renewed' the contract I had with them (thus making me pay for my phone/internet TWICE for 1,5 years), I vote for this to become their official representation photo.

141points

BG 5 years ago

The English word for snake is also a term for someone is deceitful. "Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made."

18points

Russell Ellwardt 5 years ago

It's also the German word for standing in line. Definitely applies to their customer support hotlines?

5points

MauKini 5 years ago

Yes! They deserve that. I had a similar PRoblem with them: They renewed their contract with me, i had to pay the same price as the two years before without getting a new phone. So im still paying for a phone that is already fully paid for. I hate them! Cant get out of the contract, if i wanted a new phone with the contract (which im already paying for) the contract would start again id be stuck with them for another two years. The money i paid extra will not be deducted from the contract for the new phone. If I would want to switch to a cheaper contract, without the phone, it would also mean that i am starting a new contract with them... again for two years. So I am stuck with this shitty contract for another year. I forgot to cancel because my dad died.

5points

Mojones 5 years ago (edited)

Typical Telekom story I'd say. They pulled "a little sn(e)aky on you". Had the same experience a few years ago. Happy I'd left them and hope to never come back.

3points

Sabrina Beccarelli 5 years ago

:). Lol

1point

Enamelcamel 5 years ago

Isn't there a meme somewhere about German efficiency ... you thought they WOULDN'T remember to charge you again, the very nanosecond it was possible?

1point

Diana Jansen 5 years ago

In our case they made a contract with my late grandfather. They wouldn't camel it without getting paid etc until my mom went to the next telekom store and showed them the death certificate to proof their contract was made way after he passed. I also worked in a callcenter and we always had people call for telekom support and landed in out lines because the telecom was and still is giving out thw wrong number with their letters for more than 7 years

0points

Raine Soo 5 years ago

Snake to the wires: "Are you all on a diet? You look kind of thin."

27points

izzy.kitsune 5 years ago

lmao nice one

1point

kjorn 5 years ago

after elf on a shelf, snake on a rack

9points

Cip IESAN 5 years ago

Snakes thought cables are kin.

9points

bv7hearts 5 years ago

"We're here to check your ssssssssssservice."

7points

Dan Buczynski 5 years ago

I have had it with these muthascratchin' snakes in this muthascratchin' server!

4points

BG 5 years ago

In this monday/friday server

-1point

Ivan Ilic 5 years ago

Bugs?What bugs?

4points

Sabrina Beccarelli 5 years ago

Wow this is noto a serpente is an aspic viper. Wath out it is dangerous

3points

MagicalUnicorn 5 years ago

are you sure it's not Australia?

3points

Johanna Zolg 5 years ago

no there are a few types of snakes in Germany. this looks to be a Kreuzotter. Also left bottom corner it says "Kabel" (german word for cable)

0points

Ulla Clicksteed 5 years ago

"What'ssssssssss wrong?" :)))

3points

#9

Customer Brought In This Imac For Not Powering On... This Is How He Apparently Uses It

Final score:

271points

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Raine Soo 5 years ago

Is he one of those people who has vinyl wrap on his sofa?

213points

80 Van 5 years ago

Except the sofa doesn’t overheat and stop working from the vinyl wrap.

44points

BoredPanda is awesome 5 years ago

probably

6points

SF Angel 5 years ago

And don’t you even THINK about cutting this mattress tags off, mister

3points

Amazon QT 4 years ago

..and is 80 years old!

1point

fuggnuggins 5 years ago

He'll sell it for more when it comes time to upgrade.

1point

BG 5 years ago

This comment has been deleted.

1point

dido74 5 years ago

.... and Lamp shades

0points

Hans 5 years ago

It saves it from "viruses" he was told.

18points

Coleen 5 years ago

P.I.C.N.I.C. Problem In Chair, Not In Computer.

7points

Tom Apeldoorn 5 years ago

PEBKAC Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair

1point

Diane Patrick 5 years ago

I had friends who left the wrapping on their mattress!

5points

SushiPanda 5 years ago

Well, we have a PIBCAC. Problem Is Between Computer And Chair.

4points

Louise Stange-Wahl 5 years ago

When I was working in computer over-the-phone support, we got a call from a lady who said that the satellite dish on her computer wasn't working. I'm like HUH? So I called the supervisor over and when we pulled up a picture of the computer she had purchased, the bells rang over our heads. "Mam, the plastic piece that is shaped like a dish, is actually the stand for the screen." WHA-wahhhh!

3points

Troux 5 years ago

Just trying to keep it clean, I guess. This really is a useful way to bring your pad/laptop with you for dirty hands type of work. You can toil in your garden, work on your car, or perform surgery and still be able to use your device (probably to browse the how-to video).

3points

mlarocque87 5 years ago

Death by heatstroke 🔥

2points

I'm a makeup addict 5 years ago

oof

2points

Lisa Simpson 5 years ago

Guess it's not plugged in as well...

2points

#10

The Nastiest Mouse I Have Ever Seen In The Field. Make No Mistake, That Is Not Dust. That Is...uh...hand-Grease

Final score:

267points

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Erin Kavik 5 years ago

Eeeeeeeeew!

225points

Colin L 5 years ago

(1) Wash your hands. (2) Clean your mouse. (3) Repeat.

13points

BoredPanda is awesome 5 years ago

yeah, it's really gross

5points

Gracie Hollan 5 years ago

🤢

2points

Patty Stier 5 years ago

I totally agree - you described it to a 'T' ...!

1point

wandile dludlu 5 years ago

We are not getting the whole story here... this might be in a workshop and used for a cnc machine or something. It is always being used by people who are inputting data on the computer and then immediately have to grab sheets of metal or wood or whatever

34points

Becca Gizmo the Squirrel 5 years ago

Let's go with that.

22points

Momma Panda 5 years ago

I fear this kind of people more than covid

10points

J 5 years ago (edited)

This is the kind of person you're going to get covid from, probably while standing in line at the grocery

3points

Full of Giggles 5 years ago

His browser history should tell you how often his hand gets "greasy."

10points

izzy.kitsune 5 years ago

ewwwwwwwww

0points

rabbitsrabbit 5 years ago

that must be some kind of biohazard

7points

Ulla Clicksteed 5 years ago

no-god-no-...9cda61.jpg

7points

Leo Domitrix 5 years ago

My 2021 diet plan just started early with this pic as Appetite Suppressant.

5points

izzy.kitsune 5 years ago

oof i felt thattt

0points

ZZAM 5 years ago

*gags*

4points

Catto De Smol 5 years ago

bwegh

3points

I'm a makeup addict 5 years ago

that's just f*****g nasty. looks like someone forgot to wash their hands...

3points

#11

Shipping Thousands Of Dollars Worth Of Computers With No Packaging Material

Final score:

257points

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Philly Bob Squires Premium 5 years ago (edited)

Amazon did this to me... I ordered 3 6 TB hard drives and they shipped them in a bubble mailer that looked like a truck ran over it. All of the HD boxes were crushed. The drives weren't damaged but I sent them back anyway along with a really stern phone call. They replaced them (actually sent me 4 instead of 3.) Ordered some lavender soap bars for the wife and they packed them in paper and bubble wrap and in an oversized box that was so secure you could have shipped nitroglycerin in. Go figure.

283points

Martha Meyer 5 years ago

When you package stuff at Amazon, you get told by the computer which size package to use. The algorithm sometimes makes weird decision, but doing it different that it tells you, will get you in trouble.

38points

Banjo Peppers 5 years ago

It’s so weird. I hear stories like yours and then I’ll get a box full of bubble wrap that’s surrounding another box that also has bubble wrap inside.

23points

Kathryn Baylis 5 years ago

Similar thing here. Had two coffee mugs sent in a small soft pack without even any bubble wrap—-I was amazed that only one broke. Yet something tiny and unbreakable, that could be sent in a small envelope, arrives in a refrigerator box with a mile and a half of bubble wrap around it.

20points

Molly Block 5 years ago

Was the hardware order from a third party seller? I know if an item comes directly from an amazon warehouse, it's packed well. But third party, ehhhh. Not always. Walmart is the WORST when it comes to excessive packaging. I have ordered small items, like a box of aspirin, or a bottle of nail polish, and they come wrapped up in these HUGE boxes. One item per box. You could have packed a thanksgiving dinner in these boxes. Crazy and wasteful. But they don't care. You write or call and complain, and nothing changes. At least my items arrive, though, and all in one piece, and then there are bonus gifts---the boxes are great toys for my cats to jump in and out of.

6points

Mishte Tine 5 years ago (edited)

That’s how Amazon rolls. They secure a box of 6 boxes of instant potatoes inside a bigger box with those air pocket thingies for good measure. Drives me nuts.

4points

Pille P 4 years ago

I got for a bulk type of harddrive a big box, nothing else in it and a harddrive that was just in a ziplock bag. It was already bent in one corner when it arrived, went right back.

1point

Claire Armstrong 5 years ago

Ah, the joys of Amazon packaging lol! Sorry, I'm not laughing at what happened to you, just the absurdity of their packaging priorities! On the other hand, my 2 cats have fantastic fun with an Amazon parcel lol

1point

Kevin Watson 5 years ago

I like the way they pack the merchandise on the bottom of the nox, then fill it with packing material on the top. Another favorite is when they just toss the stuff in a box with no packing material...

1point

qwerty 5 years ago

Thank Jeff Bezos for that.

1point

Micah64 5 years ago

Ordered some tiny time batterys for my of. Came in a big box of bubble wrap

1point

Brianna Jones 5 years ago

OUch that hurts to read

1point

Jo Ellen Washburn 5 years ago

Replace "the wife" with "my wife" for another upvote.

0points

Martha Higgins 5 years ago

I ordered some special light bulbs and they came in a very flimsy box with no protection packing whatsoever. Needless to say, they were broken. Books often come with loads of packing material. Go figure, indeed.

0points

Snuggle_Duck🦆 5 years ago

The Zon Definitely is something to be desired. Ordered a CD that is basically unavailability. It was sent in a mailer envelope that had definitely been ran over by something. And then received some paints the little 3 ounce bottles in a big a$$ box.

0points

Marsha Sturgill 5 years ago

Perhaps an affirmative action hire.

-1point

Suzanne Clark 5 years ago

Our college once received a donation of computers and paperwork from IBM. We received several medium sized boxes, approximately 16 x 16 inches, one of which held a single sheet of paper.

2points

BoredPanda is awesome 5 years ago

That's terrible but happens a lot

2points

Oskar vanZandt 5 years ago

I do tech gear collections and deliveries at times for my job... I am expected to bubble-wrap each piece (PC, laptop, monitor etc.) separately (keyboards and mice are a different matter). Customer returning kit: throw it all into a box, tangled into one big knot without any packaging...

1point

DogMom 5 years ago

Best Buy did the same thing to me with noise canceling headphones

1point

Kristof De Smet 5 years ago

*Delivery guy throws it in*

1point

JustCallMeKat 5 years ago

that can't be very safe

1point

Doris Bennett 5 years ago

OMG!

0points

Id row 5 years ago

I just ordered a 20lb jug of cat litter and some cookies from Walmart. They came in the same box. Needless to say, the cookies had turned to dust.

0points

Auktje Kazemier 5 years ago

wauw ...............

0points

#12

Do You Think It Got Too Hot?

Final score:

252points

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Raine Soo 5 years ago

Too hot? Nope, not at all. What gave you that idea?

106points

Dilly Millandry 5 years ago

I think it just got very depressed and crumpled inwardly.

8points

BoredPanda is awesome 5 years ago

yeah, why did you even think that?

1point

Haley Sterne 5 years ago

Well it had no shirt so it must be too hot 😜

0points

Dorothy Parker 5 years ago

Entropy

5points

I'm a makeup addict 5 years ago

IT'S MELTING!!!!!

2points

Jeremy Porter 5 years ago

When the porn is sooooo hot...

1point

Squirrelflight 5 years ago

It looks like someone had a fit with the damn thing

1point

Laila Hernandez 5 years ago

Nah, where did u get THAT idea?

1point

Pogy Nevis 5 years ago

Why would it be too hot, it was probably too cold

1point

Ulla Clicksteed 5 years ago

Salvador Dali's computer!

1point

Brandi VanSteenwyk 5 years ago

I've seen similar things occur when office staff keep personal heaters under their desks.... Ultimately too close to the hardware. "Gee... Does anyone smell plastic burning?" Duh!!

0points

CharliAnn Olney Premium 5 years ago

Was that in the trunk of hot car?

0points

#13

"You Can Fix Your Sisters Phone Right? It Gets Hot Sometimes And Turns Itself Off A Lot". "What's That Smell?" Battery Acid. Literally Battery Acid

Final score:

233points

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I'm a makeup addict 5 years ago

why do you still have that phone?! THROW IT INTO A VOLCANO!!!!!

136points

Ty Stratton-Quirk 5 years ago

I tried! THE VOLCANO THREW IT BACK!!!

37points

Michelle C. 5 years ago

Or into the Eye of Sauron.

9points

ravager 5 years ago

lol

2points

Zeus Lim 4 years ago

Please do not abuse volcanoes. It may make the volcano gods sad.

0points

Zinti 5 years ago

Or throw it into a regular mountain and it will surely turn into a volcano! 😂

0points

Enalpria 5 years ago

YEET THE PHONE

18points

TheGayPandas 5 years ago

I want to give you 1,000,000,000 more upvotes lol

2points

Lula!!!! 5 years ago

Wait my computer is like a hundred years old and does the same exact thing. Should I be worried at all?

7points

Wolfstar 5 years ago

burn the damn thing

3points

Matthew Greene 5 years ago

I'll be the pedant: Li-On batteries do NOT have battery acid (sulfuric acid usually). They have electrolytic fluid/gel/powder. When a Lithium-Ion is charged and discharged they slowly build up mineral deposits between the anode and the cathode know as dendrites. When the dendrites finally bridge the anode and the cathode together it creates a short circuit. The shirt causes all kinds of damage on the molecular level that among other things can cause the battery to swell a bunch. If you see swelling of a Li-On battery, DO NOT USE IT! Replace the battery or the phone.

5points

lenniee 5 years ago

Just noticed that my phone looks exactly like that. Yikes, might be time to get a new phone

4points

Lisa Simpson 5 years ago

Get rid of it!

4points

markthomasc 5 years ago

Samsung S6? I just got rid of one that did the same thing. Didn't leak but had heated up and the battery permanently expanded pushing the back off.

3points

BoredPanda is awesome 5 years ago

Toss it into space dude!!!

2points

boop boop 5 years ago

hEY THAT HAPPENED TO MY PHONE I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WAS BATTERY ACID OOPS

2points

あんぱんまん 5 years ago

wow

2points

#14

“There’s Something Wrong With The Printer In The Lab...”

Final score:

231points

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troufaki13 5 years ago

I'm blue daba dee daba daa

269points

Anon Yymi 5 years ago

How dare you make that song play in my head

33points

Bender Bending Rodríguez 5 years ago

Da ba dee da ba daa, da ba dee da ba daa, da ba dee da ba daa...

21points

TheGayPandas 5 years ago

I'm playing that song on repeat until it gets so repetative i'm just itching to turn it off... that's how you get a song out of your head.

14points

Natalia 5 years ago

🤣🤣

8points

Sophia Graubart 5 years ago (edited)

I have been listening to that for days and have finally gotten it out of my head....how dare you. (jk it's fine)

5points

Amanita Virosa 5 years ago

Ha! I immediately thought of that song as well!

5points

Enalpria 5 years ago

I hate you :D

5points

Kiki Sweets 5 years ago

Dammit lol😂😂😂

2points

Iggy 5 years ago

We'll all be cursing you when we're still singing that in a week's time! :-D

2points

The Blue Pepper 5 years ago

So.. I actually have a question since I know this song. Is it ‘da ba dee da ba daa’ or is it ‘if I would bleed, I would die’? What do you guys think?

2points

Among Us 5 years ago

I finally got it out of my head and here you are.

2points

glowworm2 5 years ago

That's immediately what I thought as well!

2points

ℕ𝕠𝕧𝕒 5 years ago

yaaas!!!

2points

Levi Mittman 5 years ago

I was about to say that dude.

1point

WillemPenn 5 years ago

Well that comment blue up. Like the printer.

1point

Lynn Morello 5 years ago

I sang this.

1point

Siddy Das 5 years ago

This comment has been deleted.

-1point

Dorothy Parker 5 years ago

Maybe it's just blue.

10points

Soph the Loaf 5 years ago

It looks like it felt sick and had to throw up.

5points

Mojones 5 years ago

CYA(n)!

4points

I'm a makeup addict 5 years ago

at least it's colorful!

3points

Ulla Clicksteed 5 years ago

Unicorn pooped on printer! :D

3points

Clearly sunny 5 years ago

The blue ink sneezed.

2points

Jaye Rodger 5 years ago

It blue up

2points

Robert Thornburrow 5 years ago

Cyanara baby!

2points

Angharad Eatough 5 years ago

I hope it doesn't make all the paper blue

1point

#15

User Calls About Disc Being Stuck In Another Computer, Mentions Off Hand About This Laptop. They Had Been Using And Charging It Like This For Weeks...

Final score:

218points

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Jon S. 5 years ago

Oh crap, that's about to have the battery ignite. Mine expanded about 1/8th of that and I panicked, took the battery out and shut it in a steel box, before I could sleep soundly.

143points

Blakkur Sverrir 5 years ago

Some people just wanna see the world burn

24points

Aleksandra Elias 5 years ago

In this case, literally

19points

Marta Dyrgała 5 years ago (edited)

Zero survival instincts. How is this person still alive? 🤦

17points

Natalia 5 years ago

They have no fear at all. Like toddlers.

13points

Belandriel 5 years ago

How ignorant and stupid can people be?? It's beyond unbelievable...

10points

Cupcake168 5 years ago

My MacBook Air popped up like this last week and I immediately put it outside and than, before going to bed, in the cellar (European cellar, stones only) and now I don’t dare to pick it up.

8points

Astrid Nineor 5 years ago

Maybe a local army group wants a bomb exercise?

8points

kjorn 5 years ago

it's sad when people has to work with stuff like that because they can't afford something else

5points

Jon S. 5 years ago

Replacement batteries for HP can be had for as little as £15. Vs cost of house on fire, its a no brainer.

5points

あんぱんまん 5 years ago

wait... what... how...

4points

M O'Connell 5 years ago

The lithium battery inside the laptop has swelled. The swelling comes from gas pressure generated by the charge/discharge reaction being incomplete due to aging (or improper charging) of the cell. It's especially noticeable here because of how thin the laptop is.

19points

Pheebs 5 years ago

I had a laptop battery do this once. Barely got the battery in to my kitchen sink (closer than outside) before it erupted in to 4ft flames. Almost melted the garbage disposal.

3points

Cassie 5 years ago

Even if you don't know it's the battery, you have to know that's not right and potentially dangerous.

3points

#16

Brother Wanted A Wireless Mouse, Kid Wanted To Help

Final score:

218points

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Martha Meyer 5 years ago

Well, it's wireless now, what do you want! Lol

89points

Francis 5 years ago

he needs to be more specific next time :D

6points

ravager 5 years ago

rip $100 mouse

3points

Micah64 5 years ago

I think it could be soldered back together🤔

2points

IFXO 5 years ago

yeah bro didn't mention the practicality it's wireless now. Isn't that whatcha wanted?

1point

lazyNinjaCat 5 years ago

wireless AND functionless

0points

Csilla Kaszas 5 years ago

My guess is, he wants it to work.

0points

Philly Bob Squires Premium 5 years ago

I've seen people do this when opening up a mouse packed in one of those hard plastic can't-open-it-with-a-chainsaw type packages.

11points

Mm Ee 5 years ago

Use brain when opening packages duh

3points

5 years ago

It hurts more seeing that the mouse is a razer gaming mouse which probs not too expensive model but not cheap either

8points

rabbitsrabbit 5 years ago

ouch its a razer - no reason now not to buy a new mouse at least

6points

Joey Marlin 5 years ago

Exactly - gives them they excuse they needed.

2points

Cip IESAN 5 years ago

Now it IS wireless...

5points

Kath Leen 5 years ago

be careful what you wish for

4points

BoredPanda is awesome 5 years ago

That's what you wanter right? Wireless. ;)

2points

Piri Wendriner 5 years ago

Well, it worked, now you have to buy one anyway.

1point

Alix BLAIR 5 years ago

2207a4b4d8...53e8_1.jpg

1point

(っ◔◡◔)っ im a domestic weeb 5 years ago

there's one thing he did wrong...... he didn't cut it all the wayyyy

1point

Mm Ee 5 years ago

Mice have tails

1point

#17

After Two Days Of Troubleshooting, The Solution Was To Simply Flip It Upside Down. Of Course

Final score:

210points

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Bender Bending Rodríguez 5 years ago

If it works, it's not stupid.

142points

ArhomR 5 years ago

Just doing what it’s told.

5points

Ian Koch 5 years ago

what is this thing.

0points

Lindsey Judd-Bruder 5 years ago

Upvoting for your user name/pic 😊

0points

Douglas Turner 5 years ago

I print for a land down under...

22points

Bama Belle 5 years ago

Once had a lady chide me for blowing into a Gameboy cartridge (I was helping a little kid.). She said, "You shouldn't do that. It puts moisture into the product.". I said, "Yeah? Well, it also works.". I popped the cartridge into the Gameboy, turned it on and handed it to the kid who immediately began to play. I felt so satisfied.

11points

NWB 5 years ago

printers have a certain level of evil attached to them...what ever works!!!

5points

Salty Old Woman 5 years ago

Yup. There's a story on the internet of a techie jokingly performing an exorcism on a printer that had been refusing to work. After the exorcism, it worked!

4points

YoChicken 5 years ago

the first thing that popped into my head was-'how much did they pay you?'

2points

BoredPanda is awesome 5 years ago

it's brilliant of course

2points

Claire Armstrong 5 years ago

OK, I'm kinda struggling to work out what it actually is 🤔

1point

Samantha Kalitzki 1 year ago

Was always a possibility by ps1 and 2

0points

Karen Hock 5 years ago

Classic!

0points

Susann Campbell 5 years ago

Are those vents? If so, then keep it upside down.

0points

#18

"My PC Won't Turn On"

Final score:

209points

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Philly Bob Squires Premium 5 years ago

What the hell? Did they run 220v power to a 110v supply? That's a first for me!

82points

Hans 5 years ago

Most supplies will switch between 110 and 220V without trouble. This looks like improper contacts.

16points

Tiari 5 years ago

No s**t.

3points

Louise Stange-Wahl 5 years ago

Well DUH!

1point

Mm Ee 5 years ago

Brain missing in plug instillation

1point

BoredPanda is awesome 5 years ago

wonder why...

1point

wyatt hollingsworth 5 years ago

huh, wonder why?

1point

Perfumista Perfumista 5 years ago

Having a very steamy affair with the "you think it got to hot" unit.

1point

Øivind Johannessen 4 years ago

Maxim 43. If it's stupid and it works, it's still stupid and you're lucky.

0points

CharliAnn Olney Premium 5 years ago

Because 2020.

0points

Lynn Morello 5 years ago

It's summer.

0points

#19

Just One Of Our Printers Doing Its Duty

Final score:

208points

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Rainbow Panda 5 years ago

Rip.

51points

Potato patato 5 years ago

Press F to pay respect

1point

Pavarit Mhee 5 years ago

Maybe it got the diarrhea

8points

Miki Watts 5 years ago

I like the footprints that show that there were several people around it, probably trying to reload the toner, and then scattering after the toner explosion.

6points

kjorn 5 years ago

Printer's fart

6points

Tahani 5 years ago

Bless you!

5points

BoredPanda is awesome 5 years ago

It sneezed!!!

4points

Douglas Turner 5 years ago (edited)

It's a footprinter

4points

Clearly sunny 5 years ago

Hope that's not carpet.

1point

Squirrelflight 5 years ago

Footprints... someone sabotaged it!

1point

Bored Little Panda 5 years ago

rip printer, but power wash? I dunno if the ink will come out all the way but maybe?

1point

Jo Browne 5 years ago

It's toner actually, not ink

1point

#20

Someone At Work Secured This Power-Board

Final score:

205points

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Hans 5 years ago

"Do you feel lucky, punk?"

112points

Andrew Gibb 5 years ago

I may have drilled through live wires or I may have missed them. In all this excitement I don't know myself....

21points

ravn 5 years ago

"Well, do you, punk?"

3points

OrangeChicken 5 years ago

little do they know... this is not a Dirty Harry reference... this is a Golden Girls reference

2points

ㄚㄩ几丨 5 years ago

"Yes, yes i do feel lucky"

2points

Lynn Morello 5 years ago

Chuckle Chuckle.

0points

Crochet lady 5 years ago

Well they have been lucky, so far,

0points

Daria B 5 years ago

Even the sockets look concerned

12points

Philly Bob Squires Premium 5 years ago

Nice! Like someone's Mom thumb-tacking a condom to the bulletin board for their hot date.

5points

Jeremy Porter 5 years ago

So dirty!

2points

Amazon QT 4 years ago

IRK!! 🤮

1point

Kelz 5 years ago

This is why we have to have "warning" labels on things.....natural selection.

2points

Astrid Nineor 5 years ago

the whole thing looks homemade. I'd rather go without electricity thanks

2points

Leo Domitrix 5 years ago

Safety LAST

2points

I'm a makeup addict 5 years ago

ameteurs...

2points

Amazon QT 4 years ago (edited)

I think the outlets are not happy about being screwed- either!!!

1point

Sam Cook 5 years ago

I have all the same faces as I try to figure out the thought processes behind some of these other fails.

1point

#21

People That Use PC Cables To Rest Their Feet

Final score:

204points

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Jon S. 5 years ago

Offices should supply foot rests or smaller desks for short people. Looks like she would struggle get her heels on the ground.

134points

Dippin Dot 5 years ago

Or they provide footrests. Heck, Amazon even has what they call a foot hammock for under desks! I have one!

25points

J. Normal 5 years ago

I always use box's, stacks of paper, whatever I can find for foot rests. When I bought one at work somebody took it. BTW if you lowered my chair I would be almost typing over my head.

11points

Pillowhead 5 years ago

I requested one at my work and the HR lady literally laughed about it. I never got a foot rest. I bought myself one at IKEA for $5.00 they cant cough up.

6points

Claire Armstrong 5 years ago (edited)

I can sympathise with that actually! Being a smaller person myself, when I worked in an office I used a footrest! Definitely a must have! But, using the bloody cables as a footrest - no excuse!

3points

Zeus Lim 4 years ago

Idk, I usually try and set the chair high enough so my feet don't touch the ground. Isn't that more comfortable?

0points

Denny 5 years ago

Or maybe pull the lever and the char will go lower.

0points

Gregg Bender 5 years ago

That chair looks adjustable to me...

0points

fuggnuggins 5 years ago

Still no excuse for that. She could use the lower chair to her left. She could probably reduce the height of her chair. She might even find a phone book or some bricks to rest her feet on. Instead she decides the solution is a potentially expensive repair job for someone else to sort out.

0points

JessG 5 years ago

This person is definitely not too short to reach the ground, just lazy. Also, those chairs adjust and can be moved shorter

0points

Natalia 5 years ago

What?! Wtf?!

5points

Diana Cartwright 5 years ago

But who in their right mind would do that?? Are we letting people like this procreate?

2points

Banjo Peppers 5 years ago

I have a stool at my desk that gradually knocks my computer plug out of the power box thing, so I relate, sadly.

2points

BoredPanda is awesome 5 years ago

Get a stool!

1point

DC 5 years ago

ANY cable at all for anything but either energy or signals...

1point

Samantha Hurrell 4 years ago

At she's not sitting on her feet like I keep doing.

0points

Hannah Marshall 5 years ago

Under my desk at home was a box of envelopes and stuff, so I used that as a foot rest. Had a dent in my leg every day, but I still used it.

0points

kat lia 5 years ago

guilty. i am sorry.

0points

Angharad Eatough 5 years ago

oh no, oh no, oh no,no,no,no,no !

0points

#22

How Not To Transport A Laptop

Final score:

201points

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Tiari 5 years ago

Who would've thought.

114points

Shull GaRett 5 years ago

Not the mover i guess...

1point

Cip IESAN 5 years ago

And it's written white on black "Think"...

9points

JuJu 5 years ago

Doesn't a ThinkPad survive almost everything?

7points

Siddy Das 5 years ago

Sticky keys is now enabled.

4points

Amazon QT 4 years ago

😂😂😂

1point

Who? Me? 5 years ago

Thinkpad it said

4points

Ken Bromley 5 years ago

Sweet laptop!

2points

BoredPanda is awesome 5 years ago

really? I never knew that. How are we supposed to know that.... lol

2points

Leo Domitrix 5 years ago

A very simple solution here. Don't let this person have a laptop or maple syrup ever again.

2points

Zuko 5 years ago

But what if they live in Canada? Then they need maple syrup to live

5points

chaitu cherry 5 years ago

you should think twice before keeping the think pad

2points

Laila Hernandez 5 years ago

Nah totally fine...

1point

#23

My Parents New WiFi Mount

Final score:

200points

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KKpp 5 years ago

Well that's a mesh network there!

144points

Joonscrab 5 years ago

"NET"Work

22points

C. Mayo 5 years ago

Nice!

2points

Jeanne Clapper 5 years ago

Hahaha...

0points

Matthew Greene 5 years ago

This comment has been deleted.

0points

The Cute Cat 5 years ago

It is not stupid if it is work..

16points

Raine Soo 5 years ago

Necessity is the mother of invention.

8points

Sarcasm101 5 years ago

5 minute craft DIYS be like:

6points

BoredPanda is awesome 5 years ago

nice (net)work

2points

Joanne Haywood 5 years ago

Better than employing one of the kids to stand on a ladder holding it up.

2points

Sam Kaylene 5 years ago

I mean, it's smart tho-

1point

Sasha Kuleshov 5 years ago

Smart! ;D

1point

wyatt hollingsworth 5 years ago

Its the catch of the day!

1point

Becca Gizmo the Squirrel 5 years ago

I had to do that in the living room a few years ago with Charter. Had the box over the hook on the door with the jackets. No one was allowed to open that closet door.

1point

#24

Came To A Restaurant With My Dad To Fix Their Internet Issues

Final score:

198points

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Kim 5 years ago

Please tip health inspection... The people that are responsible for this grossness are also responsible for a clean kitched o_0

174points

Aleksandra Elias 5 years ago

Bonus points for sneakers

31points

RaroaRaroa 5 years ago

One on each side no less.

2points

Steve 5 years ago

The problem is the Nikes, they need to reboot

10points

RaroaRaroa 5 years ago

Maybe they were hoping that would 'just do it'.

1point

Raine Soo 5 years ago (edited)

This restaurant has a lot of issues.

9points

Kalli Ferrer 5 years ago

Are the shoes there to make sure the wifi can still "run" ;)

6points

OrangeChicken 5 years ago

I fear no man... but that thing. It scares me.

6points

BoredPanda is awesome 5 years ago

oh, wow! How do they think that it's okay to leave it like that

4points

Kathryn Baylis 5 years ago (edited)

The dead shoe next to it just adds an interesting touch, n'est-ce pas?

3points

Mm Ee 5 years ago

Shoes

2points

CincyReds 5 years ago

Hey, lets just throw some random shoes in with all the cables... Good grief

2points

jonnotheGOAT 5 years ago

is that a shoe

2points

#25

"I Forgot That I Left My Laptop On The Top Of My Truck. It Flew Off When I Was On The Highway. Can You Fix It?"

Final score:

195points

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The Cute Cat 5 years ago

Take HDD and RAM.. Other parts are waste now

69points

zeldapajamas 5 years ago

Might not even be able to save the RAM at that point T~T

13points

Chuck 5 years ago (edited)

Leave the gun.Take the HDD and Ram.

1point

Isaiah Edwards 5 years ago

HDDs are a waste - copy it onto an SSD, for f**k's sake!

1point

Steve Barnett 5 years ago

Even Bob the Builder says no.

11points

A.E. Marlowe 5 years ago

Used to do hardware repair for a school district in Seattle and a kid tried to use his Thinkpad as a skateboard and it ended up looking like this. Sad part is I actually had to repair the thing under warranty (accidental damage protection). Basically replaced everything other than the RAM and a few odds/ends.

6points

Enalpria 5 years ago

It looks like the laptop RAMmed into the highway :D

4points

Mi Shield 5 years ago

It would be cheaper to buy a new one...

3points

Raine Soo 5 years ago

The hope is strong with this one.

3points

BoredPanda is awesome 5 years ago

How did it stay on until the highway!

2points

kjorn 5 years ago

with duck tape you can do anything

2points

Dana Grunwald 5 years ago

Sure. With duct tape.

2points

Jeremy Porter 5 years ago

Did you back up the data? Otherwise...

1point

#26

Spaghetti Baguette. "I Was On A School Trip. 6 Electric Sockets For 70 People"

Final score:

193points

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Leo Domitrix 5 years ago

I saw a set-up like this once. I was using a fire extinguisher on it...

149points

ravn 5 years ago

That was more or less my first thought. "Well, there's a fire".

10points

Tiari 5 years ago (edited)

He wasn't in school trips, he himself was on a school trip.

7points

Nicola Melling 5 years ago

or even on a school trip :) (not schol)

2points

Neill Powell 5 years ago

Cell Phones use approximately 2 to 6 watts when charging...Let's say 4 avg. Say, 30 Chargers there = 120w. Erm....Looks scary.... Technically isn't. 1 Kettle = 2000-3000W. All of that Charging is pulling less power than a 200W Plastic Electric Hand Mixer....

5points

BoredPanda is awesome 5 years ago

yikes!!! All those people believed that it's okay to do that!!!

2points

M O'Connell 5 years ago

Whoever brought the 5-port supply was on the right track.

1point

Ms. b 5 years ago

bRoOo these ppl rich richh gimme a phone pweety pwetty please..

0points

Denny 5 years ago

As long as there is no smoke, keep carry on

0points

Lynn Morello 5 years ago

Busy intersection.

0points

Doris Bennett 5 years ago

Fire! Fire!

0points

Roberto Durante 5 years ago

"a la bonne franquette" as we say it in french

0points

#27

Drilled Right Into The Battery

Final score:

192points

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Cip IESAN 5 years ago

A nice blend: modern laptop and medieval castle gates hinges!

129points

Marilyn Holt 5 years ago

laugh. really. loud.

3points

Oskar vanZandt 5 years ago

Again... why not use duct tape? Three vertical strips along the back and one horizontal one in front at voila... a makeshift hinge that won't get you electrocuted.

5points

Davor Jelacic 5 years ago

Or you can use epoxy or contact glue... Im terrified of drilling in my bathroom ffs

3points

Chich 5 years ago

How can people get this far in life and not know this is a bad idea? Makes me wonder what other surprises can be found at their home.

2points

Mishte Tine 5 years ago

These pictures are making me feel like a genius with my machines. It is wholly undeserved. : )

2points

rabbitsrabbit 5 years ago

well. Y not steampunk our actual tech instead of just fashion.

2points

Aleksandra Elias 5 years ago

Fancyyyy

2points

Patty Leaton 5 years ago

DIY

1point

Claire Armstrong 5 years ago

Why, just WHY????

1point

Shelli Aderman 5 years ago

This literally took me a minute... OMG!

1point

#28

Psu Thermal Throttling

Final score:

188points

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Aleksandra Elias 5 years ago

You can have a BBQ while working! It's a...win I guess?

88points

BoredPanda is awesome 5 years ago

Get some marshmallows quick!

6points

ravager 5 years ago

ayy you don't have to pay a gas bill

3points

I'm a makeup addict 5 years ago

lol

3points

fuggnuggins 5 years ago

This comment has been deleted.

0points

Hans 5 years ago

Options: a) run b) estinguish the fire c) let your house burn down with yourself inside but get a photo for the Internet

20points

Davor Jelacic 5 years ago

C

6points

Joey Marlin 5 years ago

Having actually been holding electrical items that suddenly caught fire it's surprising how slow they seem to burn - that said I still didn't take any photos. I unplugged and moved things fast.

2points

Oskar vanZandt 5 years ago

It looks like a server in the background... not a home PC situation.

0points

Octavia Hansen 5 years ago

It's really amazing someone had time to take this photo. When I see something on fire, my first reaction is NOT grabbing a camera . . .

5points

Philly Bob Squires Premium 5 years ago

Ancient power supply... coal fired!

5points

jonnotheGOAT 5 years ago

yea sure while smth is burning just whip out ur phone and take a pic

3points

Kelz 5 years ago

you can tell he took that picture in a panic....; p

2points

Zophra 5 years ago

Marshmallows? Anyone?

2points

kjorn 5 years ago

this happen when you push the turbo button in old computer

2points

KittyGirl 5 years ago

WHAT THE HELL YOU MONSTER!! GRAB A PHONE!!

1point

Laila Hernandez 5 years ago

o.0

1point

#29

“My Tablet Is Not Charging” - Is This A Battery Or A Pillow?

Final score:

177points

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Hans 5 years ago

Scary!

62points

Ian Koch 5 years ago

I don't get it. please inform me.

1point

Some Cool Guy 5 years ago

Its a timebomb getting close to zero

17points

chaitu cherry 5 years ago

its pregnant

15points

I'm a makeup addict 5 years ago

lol

3points

wyatt hollingsworth 5 years ago

Its neither a battery nor a pillow! its an impact grenade!

10points

Forty-Two 5 years ago

r/SpicyPillow

8points

Michelle C. 5 years ago

Or a... bomb?

4points

Bruce Ferrier 2 years ago

A bomb

1point

CharliAnn Olney Premium 5 years ago

THAT's a Battery??

1point

Lynn Morello 5 years ago

If it wasn't for the wires, I would have said Pillow.

1point

Logan Cheng 5 years ago (edited)

I don't know, it could just be the fact that two wires are coming out of it and, I don't know, maybe pillows are not made of plastic?

1point

#30

Customer Tried To Change The Mainboard

Final score:

174points

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Pixie 5 years ago

*blink* ... That... Thats not how it works... Oo

97points

Francis 5 years ago

i was really blinking when i saw the pic :D

5points

Kathryn Baylis 5 years ago

With what? A can opener?

15points

Thorsten M. Weisner 5 years ago

Hulk wants mainboard! now!

3points

Evil Little Thing 5 years ago

But why though? They're so easy to take apart correctly.

3points

Joey Marlin 5 years ago

Some people are idiots. My brother changed a bulb in his car headlamp by removing the front cover when he should have gone in behind...

2points

Astrid Nineor 5 years ago

"Should I google how to do this? Naaah, I'll just...."

3points

MelFunction 5 years ago

Did they use a can opener?

3points

Perfumista Perfumista 5 years ago

Perhaps they thought that bottom strip was a tab, like for a can of sardines

4points

Philly Bob Squires Premium 5 years ago

Like disassembling a car engine through the tailpipe?

3points

Janine B. 5 years ago

Let me guess, your customer was Hulk?

2points

Ian Leong 5 years ago

Ahhh Wolverine's short stint as an IT guy

2points

BoredPanda is awesome 5 years ago

and failed

1point

#31

This Beauty Came In For Repair Today

Final score:

170points

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Tiari 5 years ago

What... is that?

215points

Pixie 5 years ago

I suppose it is more of a what *was* that...

85points

ADHORTATOR 5 years ago

Handheld Scanner...

30points

the wolf den 5 years ago

Looks like a f*cking gun at first look

11points

Cheryl Brooks 5 years ago

The REAL question is what WAS that?

6points

Kathryn Baylis 5 years ago (edited)

I think maybe using the past tense of that question applies here.

6points

Kat Kirkpatrick 5 years ago

OMFG...Even crumpled up like that, I recognize it as a Telxon handheld barcode scanner. They look sort of like radar guns, so many retail places call it a "scan gun" or "scanner gun." It's used for checking prices, ordering/reordering stock, checking where an item is supposed to be in a large store, keeping track of a janitor's/porters rounds and just about anything else that involves a bar code. One of my bosses told me that they are not making this particular model "new" anymore...the newer ones are smaller, lighter, and attach to the wrist. He also told me these cost about $15,000 to replace. 0.0

5points

Marc Bérubé 5 years ago

it looks like a scanner gun like the one we use at my work

4points

Sebastian Melmoth 5 years ago

That’s a Telxon, handheld scanner used in retail and such

2points

Jo Browne 5 years ago

Ready for the bin

1point

Little Ms. Quirky 5 years ago

ancient tech dinosaur bone

1point

Horizon 5 years ago

That’s a laugh and toss into the trash.

1point

Jude Bennett 5 years ago

I think it is more What.....was that. what it is, is furked.

1point

Raven 5 years ago

This comment has been deleted.

1point

Ducky Oboe 3 years ago

*Was

0points

Eglė Bukauskaitė 5 years ago

Radio frequency scanner. Used in shops, warehouses

0points

Retro Dan™ 5 years ago

Correction: What WAS that?

0points

Johan Plane 5 years ago

Should be "What... WAS that?" xD

0points

Paul Davies 5 years ago

You beat me to it!

0points

Dave In MD 5 years ago

Ahh, the Motorola/Symbol RF scan gun. Use one everyday. Fairly well constructed, I have dropped a few. That one looks like it was run over by a truck.

6points

Tiari 5 years ago

In the Reddit thread they say it’s a Zebra MC9200.

0points

Renee Nunya 5 years ago (edited)

That is a order-machine gun/scanner. I used them to order product when I worked in a grocery store. They were always highly sought after between managers as there were never enough and/or lost because we left them in random places. Looks like this one most likely got ran over by a forklift or truck while in receiving. download-5...5f327c.jpg

6points

Amazon QT 4 years ago

When I worked at O’Reilly Distribution Center we used these. There were times that people dropped them on the cardboard conveyer belt that went to the compactor and they didn’t get them out in time and they got crushed.

1point

09Robdog07 5 years ago

I can't tell if that's a pistol or some piece of tech or alien tech

5points

CORLEONE 5 years ago

Just turned off and on and you should be fine.

3points

Jeremy Porter 5 years ago

What was it?

1point

BoredPanda is awesome 5 years ago

I thought it was a gun

1point

Hello it Smee 5 years ago

What am I looking at?

1point

Darrell Graham 2 years ago

What did they do? Drop it in a feed grinder

0points

Doob 4 years ago

Can you fix it?

0points

#32

My Girlfriend's Xbox 360 Hard Drive Was Rattling... Can I Recover The Data?

Final score:

158points

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Philly Bob Squires Premium 5 years ago

A little super glue and it'll be just fine!

88points

ge pa 5 years ago

or duck tape

21points

Logan Cheng 5 years ago

I was thinking flex tape, but at this point, i dont even think Bob the Builder could fix this

3points

Susann Campbell 5 years ago

LOL

2points

Vaida Kuodytė 4 years ago

Also rub a banana on it

0points

$copper-fractions avatar$

Tiny Dynamine 5 years ago

Just select 'defragment the disk' from the properties.

13points

Saara-Elina Kaukiainen 5 years ago

..How? Just.. How?

9points

09Robdog07 5 years ago

How does this happen? Can someone please explain?

5points

I'm a makeup addict 5 years ago

poor xbox harddrive.. :(

2points

Marta Dyrgała 5 years ago

HOW?!

2points

I I 5 years ago

not saved on the xbox its online

1point

BoredPanda is awesome 5 years ago

Just use some tape... ;)

1point

Chris Miller 5 years ago

Holy smokes! How does a HDD platter shatter like this?! Someone play with Liquid Nitrogen?

1point

M O'Connell 5 years ago

Failure of the circuitry that drives the motor, or a failure of the motor itself. HDs use stepper motors to precisely control the speed of the disc, and for indexing purposes. If the disk was spinning at 7200RPM and was forcibly brought to a halt by a circuitry problem, that could result in enough energy to shatter the platter.

8points

Banjo Peppers 5 years ago

Wh...what

1point

#33

Some Beautiful Patchwork

Final score:

158points

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あんぱんまん 5 years ago

it looks GLORIOUS!

43points

Marcellus the Third 5 years ago

All praise the god of fire!

3points

Leo Domitrix 5 years ago

Did they learn wiring from a funnel spider?

8points

Bill 5 years ago

I'm using this one.

2points

Claire Armstrong 5 years ago

Wow! This reminds me of something I used to do when I was younger! And by younger, I mean like 10. If something I wanted to use didn't have a plug on it, just wires exposed, I would put the wires into the wall socket, then plug something else in on top of them to hold them in place, and it worked! Sometimes you had to have a few goes at it before it worked, but it normally always worked! I think I saw my dad doing it with something and decided to do it myself lol! And yes, I DID get in trouble for doing it but, in my defence, I didn't realise just how dangerous what I was doing actually was!

1point

BoredPanda is awesome 5 years ago

Amazingly done! Perfect. A masterpiece

1point

Laila Hernandez 5 years ago

BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!

1point

Catto De Smol 5 years ago

Uh oh...

1point

I'm a makeup addict 5 years ago

that looks like it's gonna be hard to deal with...

1point

CharliAnn Olney Premium 5 years ago

Huh?

0points

Kent Fishburn 5 years ago

Light one of those firecrackers and see what happens...

0points

Damon Tripodi 5 years ago

Well that's sort of how shrink tube works

0points

#34

Dispatched About A Computer That Wouldn't Boot, It Was Epoxied To The Desk. They Had To Cut It Out For Us

Final score:

153points

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Tiari 5 years ago (edited)

It certainly looks cool, even though it's totally impractical.

75points

Oskar vanZandt 5 years ago

You can choose from a vast array of mounts and brackets to affix your PV under a desk without resorting to industrial strength glue!

11points

Chris Miller 5 years ago

A perfect solution on saving space and being functional. Until something goes wrong..

9points

Dippin Dot 5 years ago

They make mounts!!

5points

Philly Bob Squires Premium 5 years ago

Well, no one would be able to steal it...

3points

Claire Armstrong 5 years ago

Lol, why not build a wee shelf for it? Or put it on the floor?

1point

Artoonist Corine 5 years ago

They were out of duct tape maybe?

1point

Vaida Kuodytė 4 years ago

Someone used BP's life hacks I see

0points

Taylor Carroll 5 years ago

Magiiiic.

0points

Louise Stange-Wahl 5 years ago

Oh good grief!

0points

Friedlander Rosenzweig 5 years ago

Ahh, theft proof!

0points

#35

Hey Boss, The UPS Had Some Crazy European Connector, But I Fixed It!

Final score:

147points

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Will Tiernan 5 years ago

That’s not European. It is a Japanese type.

70points

M O'Connell 5 years ago

Actually, that's a USA 20A 120V plug that's been mangled to fit into a 15A outlet.

31points

Will Tiernan 5 years ago

p333_01.jpg

11points

lizbetann 5 years ago

I... think that is beside the point.

4points

Amazon QT 4 years ago (edited)

This is not Japanese either, it’s from the US, it’s used for Washers or Dryers so you do not try to plug them into a regular outlet that doesn’t have the correct amperage. It protects your house from “stupid”.

2points

Datsuyama 5 years ago

That's incorrect... Japan uses the same plugs as we do in the US. The biggest difference is the main voltage in Japan is 100V versus 120V in the US. https://www.iec.ch/world-plugs

2points

Retro Dan™ 5 years ago

No, that's a 20A 120V plug. You see these on devices that draw a little bit more current than the standard 15A 120V.

1point

Datsuyama 5 years ago

This comment has been deleted.

1point

Claire Armstrong 5 years ago

Ahhh, I thought they were maybe trying to convert it to a UK one rather than European! Our plugs here are 3 pronged! But, instead of them going to all that trouble they could have tried my little trick I mentioned above, in another picture! They could have cut the plug off completely and just put the wires in the socket, held in place by the plug of something else 🔌🙄🤔😂

1point

Kent Fishburn 5 years ago

Yeah, that was part of the joke. "Most" of us got it...

0points

Francis 5 years ago

why just buy an adapter...

5points

Guy MacGregor 5 years ago

Because it isn't only a socket problem. A large majority of the world is using 220 volts, not 110. 2754px-Wor...d.svg_.png

7points

rabbitsrabbit 5 years ago

why spend money when u can 'fix' it for free :D

1point

WilvanderHeijden 5 years ago

All UPS units have detachable powercords. It would have been quicker and safer to get the right powercord. They cost next to nothing and any IT-department has loads of them lying around.

0points

King Joffrey 5 years ago

European connectors have two bolts like the one at the top.

2points

Mm Ee 5 years ago

Know something before you comment

0points

I'm a makeup addict 5 years ago

poor charger :(

2points

Martha Meyer 5 years ago

Ummm...

2points

Jeremy Porter 5 years ago

Is it from a country that doesn't exist anymore?

1point

Doob 4 years ago

That's, that's not how your supposed to do it

0points

Jane W. 5 years ago

Did this work?

0points

Carol Bogdanowitz 5 years ago

Army Field Expedient

0points

Roberto Durante 5 years ago

great

0points

#36

He Paid Extra For The Expert Installation

Final score:

144points

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5 years ago (edited)

Not too technical savy but it looks like a liquid cooling system that's been badly setup. Hence the whole "paid extra for the EXPERT installation" bit

9points

Banjo Peppers 5 years ago

Legit thought it was pepto bismol

12points

Pixie 5 years ago

What are we looking at?

6points

Peko 5 years ago

Very poorly installed water cooling.

5points

Kris “ADHD_Carrier” Dudoich 5 years ago

A pink flux capacitor?

3points

The Cute Cat 5 years ago

What is that???

3points

Erin Kavik 5 years ago

Really bad installation of a water cooling system.

0points

Jeremy Porter 5 years ago

Like a comic book villain, using weird liquid to become superpowered.

2points

Friedlander Rosenzweig 5 years ago

I need to take some Pepto just looking at it...🤮

2points

BoredPanda is awesome 5 years ago

Looks kinda cool though, really cool

2points

Laila Hernandez 5 years ago

w-wa-wha-WUT-i-s-is THAT

2points

Ken Polley 5 years ago

Simon says it looks like a special effects reject from Die Hard with a Vengeance.

2points

Lynn Morello 5 years ago

I think you have air bubbles in your tubes.

1point

#37

Teacher Was "Multitasking" And Set Laptop On Hot Stove... It Still Works Other Than A Few Lines On The Screen

Final score:

143points

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Andrew Gibb 5 years ago

Good old Dell laptops are bomb proof

76points

MauKini 5 years ago

Big brother of the old Nokia cellphone..

16points

Wendillon 5 years ago

Is this the Nokia of laptops?

7points

Aleksandra Elias 5 years ago

We can ask at Dell (Latitude is a Dell)

2points

Sawdust 5 years ago

It looks like a ripple in reality. :-)

0points

Claire Armstrong 5 years ago

Well, that's one good reason to not use your laptop in a kitchen lol

0points

Joanne Haywood 5 years ago

I would not have admitted I was a teacher, I’d have blamed one of the pupils.

0points

NJWanderer 5 years ago

omg...... do not do this at home

0points

Oskar vanZandt 5 years ago

Just because it still works does NOT mean you should continue to use it in such a condition! :P

-1point

Midnight 5 years ago

Did you miss the teacher part?

0points

#38

Customer Attempted Their Own Hdmi Repair With A Blowtorch

Final score:

132points

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The Cute Cat 5 years ago

There is an attempt

61points

Who? Me? 5 years ago

And an unexpected fail

4points

Steve Barnett 5 years ago

And for lunch they borrowed a sledgehammer to have some nuts.

5points

Oskar vanZandt 5 years ago

A soldering iron is NOT interchangeable with a blowtorch...

3points

M O'Connell 5 years ago

I give them a lot of credit for trying. Attempting to remove SMD components which are bonded to the ground plane in a multilayer board is not easy, even with the right rework equipment.

3points

Grumble O'Pug 5 years ago

repair might be too optimistic a word

2points

Veronica Popescu 5 years ago

If I can't have You, no one will.

1point

ArhomR 5 years ago

That otta do it, right?

1point

Sasha Kuleshov 5 years ago

I actually have one like this XD

1point

BiLal Asif 5 years ago

Might as well put it on a grill

1point

Forty-Two 5 years ago

Soldering iron, Blowtorch, same difference.

1point

#39

I Tried To Use My Old Case As A Chair

Final score:

130points

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Cip IESAN 5 years ago

It's like using a chair as a computer case...

62points

CATMONSTER2018 5 years ago

... lmao

2points

Kevin Watson 5 years ago

Looks like somebody needs to lose a couple hundred pounds....

1point

Bender Bending Rodríguez 5 years ago

Adding to my list of possible case mods.

1point

Shull GaRett 5 years ago

technically there are some gaming chairs that can be cases... and there were cases that you could sit on but they were built mostly back in the XX century with up to 2mm thick steel elements. Buth then the case was suposed to shield everything else from thos 286 and 386 EM emissions. When you started it with the case opened the nearby radio was playing trash techno xD

0points

Wendillon 5 years ago

but...why?

7points

Sasha Kuleshov 5 years ago

Aluminum is highly pliable XD

0points

Hans 5 years ago

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WilvanderHeijden 5 years ago

Except the really expensive ones, most cases today are made of razorblade steel. The steel is sharp and very thin. If you haven't fully assembled the case, most of them would even collaps under the weight of a feather. You are probably still thinking of the cases that weighed as much as a Sherman tank.

8points

Roberto Durante 5 years ago

go on diet

-1point

#40

"I Straightened Bent Pins With Tweezer, But It Won't Work Afterwards"

Final score:

127points

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Hans 5 years ago

Patience!

37points

Im Lost 5 years ago

What am I looking at?

11points

M O'Connell 5 years ago

This is an LGA cpu socket. The pins are supposed to be at an angle, to mate with flush contact pads on the bottom of a CPU. This noob thought they were 'bent' and needed to be straightened up.

40points

Dre Mosley 5 years ago

A CPU only goes in one way. If you have to exert lots of force, you're doing it wrong.

10points

Cheryl Skina 5 years ago

I feel bad for him, but my OCD loves him.

2points

Who? Me? 5 years ago

Hey that's some dedication there

2points

Perfumista Perfumista 5 years ago

OCD

1point

Brandi VanSteenwyk 5 years ago

Can anyone (still alive) recall the time when "Common Sense" was indeed COMMON and warranted that title? It must've been glorious.

0points

Randy Word 5 years ago

I have actually done this before and it worked!

0points

Damon Tripodi 5 years ago

Oh! oh! ow it hurts to look at

0points

Shull GaRett 5 years ago

Security! Escort that man out NOW!

0points

#41

Go Check The Switch Closet. We Think Something Might Have Gotten Unplugged Somewhere

Final score:

35points

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DKS 001 5 years ago

2 days later .... "I found it!"

31points

Olivia Miller (Livie) 5 years ago

Ops sorry wrong one

0points

Natalia 5 years ago

39 years later "i found it!"

6points

Noez 🇸🇪 5 years ago

Challenge accepted!!

3points

Davor Jelacic 5 years ago

I quit

3points

Francis 5 years ago

i nope outta here

0points

I'm a makeup addict 5 years ago

YEET THIS!!!

1point

Louise Stange-Wahl 5 years ago

Royal mess!

0points

Pat Reagan 5 years ago

When youtube tutorials are not your friend.

0points

Mishte Tine 5 years ago

If it’s safe and it works...

0points

Dirk Daring 5 years ago

This is why every decent network tech has a Fluke or other "Fox and Hound" cable tracker.

0points

ツ_Itz_Your_Girl_ツ 5 years ago

Yeah... I quit...

0points

#42

Today's Spicy Pillow Is Brought To You By: My Dash Cam

Final score:

34points

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Cip IESAN 5 years ago

It's on acid...

19points

Who? Me? 5 years ago

Just a few pills of antacid and it'll be just fine

4points

Lindsey Judd-Bruder 5 years ago

Spicy pillow 😂😂😂😂

1point

09Robdog07 5 years ago

Tasty

1point

Bored Birgit 5 years ago

Tiny pillow.

0points

#43

Painters: It’ll Be Fine

Final score:

33points

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Cip IESAN 5 years ago

The newest winter song: "I'm dreaming for a white modem"

27points

Amazon QT 4 years ago

“Like the ones I use to knowwwww”

1point

MonicaChicagoGal 5 years ago

HAHAHA 🤣

1point

A Random Panda 5 years ago

Just like the one I used to call Joe.

0points

Elsker 5 years ago (edited)

they sure did a thurough job, even painted the cobwebs and inside the modem. attention to detail +1

5points

kjorn 5 years ago

I see a red modem and i want it painted white... No colors anymore i want them to turn white

3points

Kathryn Baylis 5 years ago

Don’t think the judge in the civil suit will agree.

1point

I'm a makeup addict 5 years ago

*intense facepalming intensifies*

1point

Pat Reagan 5 years ago

Look at those ghetto plugs! That setup was s**t even before it was painted!

0points

Mishte Tine 5 years ago

👍🏽👍👍🏻👍🏽👍🏾👍🏿

0points

Šimon Špaček 5 years ago

It looks like modern art

0points

#44

Yikes... Flooded Bitcoin Mining Farm

Final score:

32points

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Mojones 5 years ago

I felt a great disturbance in the PCMR Force, as if millions of geeks suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened.

31points

Bender Bending Rodríguez 5 years ago

Take my upvote and get out.

10points

Raine Soo 5 years ago

It's a processor cemetery. They need to be disposed of properly.

7points

WilvanderHeijden 5 years ago

It's just a IT-scrapyard. A lot of computerparts have minimal amounts of gold, silver and other precious metals in them. The very first PCB's had a lot of gold in them so you could make good money by scrapping them and filtering the gold out.

2points

M O'Connell 5 years ago

Backplanes with dozens of graphics cards means bitcoin mining. Luckily for them most electronics can handle a little water, provided they're rinsed with DI or distilled water, and thoroughly dried.

0points

Bruce Ferrier 3 years ago

This seems more like a meme than what is on this page

1point

5 years ago

. . .

0points

Erik Lawrence 5 years ago

well, looks like they figured out how to deal with the heat issue.... damn rain must have out smarted them though

0points

Louise Stange-Wahl 5 years ago

Wood love to learn the story about this!

0points

Amazon QT 4 years ago

*Would

1point

Bored Birgit 5 years ago

This is your cloud.

0points

Scott Lloyd 5 years ago

may they lose all their bitcoin for killing all those helpless GPUs

0points

Forty-Two 5 years ago

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAA why isn't this on the top omg

0points

#45

Customer: My PC Is Overheating

Final score:

31points

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Soupcat 5 years ago

To keep dust out....

13points

Jane Doe 5 years ago

my thought was "cuts down on noise" but your idea makes more sense. thanks!

4points

JuJu 5 years ago

Let me guess, it was either too loud or the they could "feel the air" on their legs.

2points

Bruce Ferrier 2 years ago

THATS BECAUSE YOUR PC CANT BREATHE

1point

Molly Block 5 years ago

I don't see it...??

0points

Yellow 5 years ago

They covered up the holes in the cover used for ventilation

1point

Philly Bob Squires Premium 5 years ago

SMH

0points

Cip IESAN 5 years ago

Great invention! A dust free PC!

0points

Hans 5 years ago

Actually, covering opening is wise if you have a well-designed layout where only a few opening remain, guaranteeing a swift stream of air over all hot components. Covering everything is a little bit too brave, though.

-1point

WilvanderHeijden 5 years ago

Those ventilation holes are there by design to have the optimum airflow inside the case. I've had to replace a lot of pc parts because someone "improved" the airflow in their pc case.

6points

#46

It's This Kind Of Stupid That Will Forever Keep Me Employed

Final score:

31points

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Martha Meyer 5 years ago

How?!

14points

Noez 🇸🇪 5 years ago

And why! 🤦‍♀️

3points

Francis 5 years ago

violence is an answer sometimes...

3points

BlackestDawn 5 years ago

Looks like a USB type B connector (the more square-ish one), which is quite easy to push into an RJ-45 port.

2points

Some Cool Guy 5 years ago

Force and stupidity

1point

Robert Thornburrow 5 years ago

Usually happens when people are too lazy to pull the machine out and actually look what they are shoving in where. If it fits, some twit will stick it in it at some point.

0points

Douglas Turner 5 years ago

Should have tried option 2...

0points

DC 5 years ago

MMMPPFFF! In ... IN IN IN WITH IT! - why don't it working? What wrong?

0points

Banjo Peppers 5 years ago

Ugh, please clean while you’re back there.

0points

#47

My Grandmother Used My Ps2 For Her Iron Stand

Final score:

29points

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Raine Soo 5 years ago

NOOOOO!

21points

Charlotte A. 5 years ago

It still looks like the iron is on something plastic?

4points

Astrid Nineor 5 years ago

Even if she didn't know what it was, surely she realized it was plastic?

2points

I'm a makeup addict 5 years ago

poor PS2. RIP

2points

Evil Little Thing 5 years ago

Intentionally, I'm sure

1point

William Abler-Ramirez 5 years ago

Thats horrible

1point

Chris Miller 5 years ago

Awwww, Grandma.... *hugs*

1point

Hannah Marshall 5 years ago

Considering I still have, and use, my PS2, this is a travesty!

0points

Suction Cup Man 5 years ago

granny hecking dies now

0points

surprised pikachu 5 years ago

well look on the bright side, it's an old console, so it isn't worth too much nowadays

-1point

#48

It's For Curved Monitors, Right?

Final score:

28points

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kjorn 5 years ago

haveyoutry...587e80.jpg

12points

Bruce Ferrier 2 years ago

How everyone thinks computers work

1point

Andrew Bridge 5 years ago

Make sure you have the latest drivers

0points

#49

Never Buy “Refurbished” Controllers

Final score:

27points

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Lisa Simpson 5 years ago

Gross!

22points

Daniel (ShadowDrakken) 5 years ago

Just never buy refurbished. Period.

6points

Sander 5 years ago

I always take apart second hand stuff like this just to give it a thorough clean

2points

Hans 5 years ago

Yikes!

2points

ツ_Itz_Your_Girl_ツ 5 years ago

That is by far the grossest thing I have ever seen O___O

1point

Dre Mosley 5 years ago

Controllers can get really gross. . .like this one.

1point

09Robdog07 5 years ago

***Deep sighs intensify***

1point

#50

Customer Came In Because Their Phone Said No Sim. I Wonder Why... (Old Sim On Bottom, New Sim On Top For Comparison)

Final score:

27points

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Philly Bob Squires Premium 5 years ago

How the heck does this happen?

28points

Cip IESAN 5 years ago

It's a SIN card.

3points

Sumaya Nsour 5 years ago

once I was at a library and some guy's phone literally lit up on fir because he was trying to transfer the sim. don't worry, it was the old phone.

2points

Vikram Bedi 5 years ago

They must be watching too hot to handLe videos...

0points

Tahani 5 years ago

Did they drive over it? Had it stuck to their shoe?

0points

#51

Dear Clients: When I Tell You Good Thermal Paste .. It Is Not Tooth Paste :( This Is The 3rd This Month That The Apu Has Close Up Tooth Paste

Final score:

27points

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Mojones 5 years ago

I would sell it as "used but in mint condition"

49points

Kitten claws 5 years ago

lmao

4points

Jane Doe 5 years ago

marry me.

1point

lizbetann 5 years ago

ಠ_ಠ

0points

09Robdog07 5 years ago

Reminds me of the tooth paste on cracked phone cover hack

1point

Vikram Bedi 5 years ago

They suggest applying toothpaste when you burn... if it works for human skin...It might as well for the apu😂

0points

Joey Marlin 5 years ago

Oh, no. Do not use toothpaste on burns. Here's why toothpaste on a burn is a really, really bad idea.... https://www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/health/doctor-warns-not-put-toothpaste-16521427

0points

Banjo Peppers 5 years ago

The Apu?

0points

Dre Mosley 5 years ago

Accelerated Processing Unit. AMD's term for their products where there's a CPU and GPU on the same die.

0points

Mojones 5 years ago

A CPU with, as axemple, graphic-cards functionality. An Accelerated Processing Unit

0points

Gussi Gusii 5 years ago

AMD chip

0points

Raine Soo 5 years ago

What paste?

0points

5 years ago

Not too technical savy but. Thermal paste is a kind of paste made for and applied to computer components to help reduce heating (or something). Apparently the guy's clients confused the thermal paste with toothpaste.

2points

Aleksandra Elias 5 years ago

Toothpaste

1point

Dietmar Pichler 5 years ago

Thermal paste for the cpu's cooler i guess

0points

#52

Talk About A Security Risk. I Stopped At A Gas Station, And Their Sole, Family Bathroom Hosted The Rack For The Whole Station

Final score:

25points

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Bill 5 years ago

This is against code. NEC says "No Way"

4points

M O'Connell 5 years ago

It's in an ingress-resistant enclosure. What more do you want?

1point

surprised pikachu 5 years ago

*sudden urge to pee on it*

0points

#53

My Husband's Delicious Cable Management And He Works In It

Final score:

25points

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Daria Z 5 years ago

Oh, looks like mine... 😳😅

5points

Natalia 5 years ago

I had that at office, right under my desk.

1point

Francis 5 years ago

well i also have a VERY poor cable management and i always tell myself i need to tidy it up, but i also only need to do anything with my cables all x years, sooo... it's a mess :D

1point

Hannah Marshall 5 years ago

I like the cord zippers you get. They're like a little coat with a zip you put over the cords to keep them tidy. Or you use cable ties.

0points

Elle Emme 5 years ago

oops. guilty!

0points

#54

New Servers Have Red Cables. Can’t Miss It

Final score:

25points

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KombatBunni 5 years ago

Spaghetti city..you couldn’t pay me enough to work with that going on!

6points

Kathryn Baylis 5 years ago

I’m not in IT, so please excuse me for asking WHY? I assume you need some slack but don’t the cables come in different sizes, so there isn’t quite so much? I mean, I’m sure this blocks the fans and makes the whole thing much hotter than normal. Again, I’m not in IT, so forgive me for asking, and please correct me if I’m wrong.

1point

Elle Emme 5 years ago

Nope!!

0points

Wendillon 5 years ago

I'd quit on the spot...

0points

ツ_Itz_Your_Girl_ツ 5 years ago

Same though

0points

Ulla Clicksteed 5 years ago

Minestroni cabels.

-1point

#55

Apparently I Type Too Hard

Final score:

25points

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Truth Monster 5 years ago

A case of Breaking and Entering....

65points

MiaOokami 5 years ago

This is the pun police. Your pun has been found as too punny. This is a criminal offense. I am afraid to say that you are under arrest. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say will be held against you in court.

6points

FurryManiac 5 years ago

Sir get the f**k out

1point

Signe Manat Hansen 5 years ago

Well done

0points

ツ_Itz_Your_Girl_ツ 5 years ago

lol XD nice one!

0points

rspanther 5 years ago

That must have been a really intense online argument.

5points

Kathryn Baylis 5 years ago (edited)

Thing is, why are keyboards made to require tapping so damn hard to get the letter/number/symbol to print in the first place?

1point

Robert Thornburrow 5 years ago

The good ones aren't! Mine is incredibly light. However some people do not have a light touch - my mum was used to a manual typewriter and she nearly hammered the keys of my first computer through the desk! I can quite easily imagine her doing this.

1point

Hannah Marshall 5 years ago

The plastic covering over the top of my laptop keyboard is coming away at the corners. But I can't afford to fix it, so I have just left it.

0points

Chris Miller 5 years ago

MANY ANGRY MESSAGES SENT!!!

0points

#56

Xbox Optical Drive Stopped Working. I Have Twin Toddlers

Final score:

24points

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Cip IESAN 5 years ago

Jukebox?

13points

5 years ago

Is it the coins or am I missing something?

3points

A.E. Marlowe 5 years ago

It's the coins. They're in a position/place as to prevent the optical drive from working.

2points

Vikram Bedi 5 years ago

Atleast they know the art of saving...

2points

Philly Bob Squires Premium 5 years ago

I remember when my 5 year old daughter put a tuna sandwich into the VCR... "Because it fit!" She's 35 years old now and we laugh about it. But not back then when I spent 3 hours cleaning the thing. It smelled like dead fish for about a week. LOL

2points

I'm a makeup addict 5 years ago

poor xbox optical drive... :(

1point

cinderelly 0f sPiRiTlAnD 5 years ago

this is not a bank

0points

Lindsey Judd-Bruder 5 years ago

My son once did this exact same thing to the disc drive on my Wii. I lost SO much Harvest Moon...

0points

Joseph OReilly 5 years ago

Throw em out the window like it's ancient Rome gamer

0points

Mishte Tine 5 years ago

Ouch.

0points

jonnotheGOAT 5 years ago

"A penny saved is a penny earned"

0points

#57

A Slight Burning Smell

Final score:

24points

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09Robdog07 5 years ago

Tis but a scratch

20points

Lindsey Judd-Bruder 5 years ago

Apple computer: I'M INVINCIBLE!! IT Guy: ... IT Guy: You're a looney.

0points

Louise Stange-Wahl 5 years ago

Best Mac I've ever seen!

0points

lizbetann 5 years ago

Your supposed to bake apple pie, not Apple iMacs.

0points

#58

Melted Monitor. “But I Have To Have A Lamp At My Desk. I Just Push It Behind My Monitor Because It’s Too Bright”

Final score:

24points

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Cip IESAN 5 years ago

I had the "lamp problem" with a keyboard, when using a 100W bulb instead of a LED one... Better learn the song "Mary had a little lamp"!

11points

Hannah Marshall 5 years ago (edited)

I did the exact same thing when I was 11. Put an LED IKEA lamp over the top of my DELL desktop computer monitor and after 2 hours, I melted the plastic and there was a small hole in it

0points

#59

Powered By Static Electricity Through The Carpet While Pacing Around In Socks Waiting For Installs

Final score:

24points

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The Cute Cat 5 years ago

Holly molly.. Windows 98...

12points

kjorn 5 years ago

wow... pci connector, floppy disk... ide cable... ps2 cable....... good time

3points

Hans 5 years ago

No real problem here. I also run a server like this through a whole LAN party back in the early 00s. It will work.

1point

Davor Jelacic 5 years ago

It will work, until a static discharge, a cat, a child or a glass of water makes sure it doesn't. Or a classic PSU failure burns your house down

2points

Mike Beck 5 years ago

Lord, the memories of doing the exact same thing... and the last good version of windows.

0points

Sander 5 years ago

looks like a druaga1 video

0points

zeldapajamas 5 years ago

I'd do that on a table.... maybe....

0points

09Robdog07 5 years ago

That computer is older than me, holy shoot... Windows 98? Was the like an 80's thing?

0points

M O'Connell 5 years ago

Nope. It was a 1998 thing. Right between '95 and M.E.

5points

Marta Dyrgała 5 years ago

Basic PC cases are so cheap or you could just get used one for free probably so why doing it like this? I didn't even know it can work like this... Also, why Win98? O_o

0points

M O'Connell 5 years ago

Windows 98 was the last version of windows that also included a true DOS mode (MS DOS 6.22). It is frequently the OS of choice for the vintage PC gaming crowd.

2points

#60

I Found Out Why Internet Has Been Spotty (Yes, I Have A Rabbit)

Final score:

24points

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09Robdog07 5 years ago

Will kinda make a teeny little fire that will probably burn the house down

10points

M O'Connell 5 years ago

Ethernet is only +/- 2V, so no fire.

5points

Ivana 5 years ago

Our IT team at work had a office rabbit when they were developing, the resulting program was named bad rabbit...this was unfair because he was a good rabbit.

2points

Kristof De Smet 5 years ago

His name is Spotty?

1point

Falcon 5 years ago

The voltage in a data cable is not strong enough to cause any damage. That being said, it's annoying af to fix a working copper cable, you still get a small jolt if you touch the ends.

1point

Cip IESAN 5 years ago

You have or you HAD a rabbit?

1point

Pat Reagan 5 years ago

Had. Had a rabbit.

0points

ThePandaManCan 5 years ago

Not probably: maybe

0points

kevin 5 years ago

Bunbun just wanted to nom on some noodles

0points

Luther von Wolfen 5 years ago

The last restaurant I worked at had a similar problem when mice moved into the office computer.

0points

JustAnother Soul 5 years ago

Rabbits will do this.

0points

#61

My Laptop Won't Close And My WiFi Isn't Working

Final score:

23points

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Lil~Griffin 5 years ago

I;m shocked it is still working

3points

cinderelly 0f sPiRiTlAnD 5 years ago

🤦🏻‍♀️

1point

Doob 4 years ago

Have you tried turning it off and back on again?

0points

09Robdog07 5 years ago

I wonder why?

0points

Ken Polley 5 years ago

Where are my vise grips? I’ll get it closed.

0points

#62

I Remember, Why I Had So Many Bad Memory's About 2000' Era Pcs

Final score:

23points

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Corey Smith 5 years ago

*Memories. An apostrophe does not make a word plural. Sorry, this just irritates me.

22points

Jane Doe 5 years ago

@stopostrophe

2points

Dorothy Parker 5 years ago

Autocorrect most of the time.

0points

Bacony Cakes 5 years ago

It makes greengrocer's cry.

0points

WilvanderHeijden 5 years ago

There was one manufacturer who produced very bad capacitors that would leak and explode within the year. Un fortunately he supplied all major brands. In our firm computers that died because of this got the mark AEC. (Amazing Exploding Capacitors.)

2points

Robert Thornburrow 5 years ago

I had an old electrolytic capacitor like that blow up in my face. Massive hiss and a burst of steam and I jumped back like I'd been shot! LOL

1point

Chris 5 years ago

"I Remember, Why I Had So Many Bad Memory's About 2000' Era Pcs"?????? MEMORY'S????? Really hope you're not paying people to write.

-2points

#63

"Geez I Lost My Charger, Welp I Guess It's Time To Take The Danger Wire Out Of The Drawer"

Final score:

22points

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Jihana 5 years ago

Danger wire? 😂

24points

Davor Jelacic 5 years ago

Apple cables with more than 1 year of normal use

17points

Becca Gizmo the Squirrel 5 years ago

Dollar tree carries phone/tablet Chargers. They last about a week but if you need one until pay day it is ok. Never buy the cords that light up from there, though. I've messed two tablet batteries up like that. Just the plain purple or whatever will work fine for a bit.

4points

Monika Lachova 5 years ago

and I thought that my charging cable is bad (someone accidentally shut it into sandwich maker that melted isolation and exposed wires)...

1point

#64

Dj, Spin That [crap]!

Final score:

22points

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Francis 5 years ago

aaahhh it hurts!

6points

M O'Connell 5 years ago

Ahhh, for once a 'drive crash' that was actually a drive crash!

1point

Louise Stange-Wahl 5 years ago

VERY painful $$$

0points

Joseph OReilly 5 years ago

OH DEAR GOD OW

0points

Mishte Tine 5 years ago

I just can’t.

0points

Kristof De Smet 5 years ago

krrrrrr

0points

#65

Found Out Why My Monitor Stoped Working

Final score:

22points

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Cip IESAN 5 years ago

But the bug seems fixed!

27points

Radek Suski 5 years ago

The term "bug" in computer software and hardware comes actually from a moth that caused a malfunction of a computer

3points

Kathryn Baylis 5 years ago

Yuck. Back in the day, I remember hearing stories of people opting to get cable boxes that were returns instead of new ones, to save a few bucks on cable hookup, and ending up with cable boxes full of roaches. Obviously the cable company never looked at them, much less cleaned them up, before giving them out to unsuspecting new customers. (Yeah, cable companies have always been evil mofos.)

2points

I'm a makeup addict 5 years ago

blech

1point

Doob 4 years ago

Have you tried turning it off and back on again?

0points

Dave Chapman 5 years ago

What this word "stoped" mean???

-1point

#66

You Guys Probably Get This All The Time But Here Is Mine

Final score:

21points

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I'm a makeup addict 5 years ago (edited)

It must've melted to be that wavy. SO I WAVE GOODBYE TO THAT!!!

7points

I_am_not_human 5 years ago

I thought it was a peice of paper at first

0points

#67

Some Genius Who Closed Last Night, Thought It Would Be A Good Idea To Put Notebook Paper In Our Printer

Final score:

21points

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Banjo Peppers 5 years ago

Ha, I did that in school. The trick is figuring out the line spacing and margins to get it to line up right.

10points

Charlotte A. 5 years ago

and maybe leave out the frayed edge?

9points

Vikram Bedi 5 years ago

Did it have a “jam “ last night...

0points

#68

Our Server Room At Work Is A Closed Metal Cabinet With No Ventilation. If This Picture Had Sound Those Fans Would Be Deafening

Final score:

21points

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M O'Connell 5 years ago

I am so amused by the US Robotics fax modem next to the electrical tape :D

2points

Robert Thornburrow 5 years ago

There's one of those knocking around in my cables box somewhere....

1point

WilvanderHeijden 5 years ago

It's not that hard to cut a few holes in it and install some fans power by a 12V adapter.

0points

#69

As Soon As The Expanded Battery Was Replaced, The Hard Drive Started Working Again! It’s A Ipod Classic 1st Generation (10gb Model)

Final score:

21points

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Banjo Peppers 5 years ago

A 10 gb iPod Classic 1st gen?? How much are those worth nowadays? I remember them going for a TON when I was trying to replace my very sad Nano a while ago. How much did it cost to replace the battery??

5points

Ian Koch 5 years ago

The pricetag issssssssss: yes customer: what?

0points

#70

Well It Still Plays Music

Final score:

20points

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Cip IESAN 5 years ago

The latest flip-iPad?

7points

Bored Shrimpy 5 years ago

iPod

1point

Sander 5 years ago

This is how they manufactured the original iPod shuffle

1point

Banjo Peppers 5 years ago

I have the same model, not broken like that. They’re indestructible.

1point

#71

Just Keep Yankin' Pal

Final score:

20points

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Kristof De Smet 5 years ago

he did get it out

3points

Doob 4 years ago

Have you tried turning it off and back on again?

0points

Davor Jelacic 5 years ago

That DP cable is kaput

0points

Guy MacGregor 5 years ago

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#72

Ticket Saying Label Printer Has Stopped Printing

Final score:

20points

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Mojones 5 years ago

I've seen public toilet seats that were more clean. Bah!

18points

BlackestDawn 5 years ago

To be fair, most people consider toilets to be something that needs to be cleaned occationally.

5points

M O'Connell 5 years ago

Welcome to the warehouse. Everything is covered in 'warehouse dust,' a lovely mixture of forklift exhaust, cardboard fibers, and airborne grease.

2points

I'm a makeup addict 5 years ago

same

1point

Aleksandra Elias 5 years ago

I wouldn't touch any of it

1point

#73

Lightning + HDMI = bad

Final score:

19points

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I'm a makeup addict 5 years ago

looks like bacteria... but cooler

8points

Ian Koch 5 years ago

yeah, it does! I thought it was a joke and just something under a microscope with nothing wrong with it for a bit.

0points

Louise Stange-Wahl 5 years ago

We had lightning hit our farmhouse in Ohio 4 times. We were smart and had really good EXTRA insurance on our computers. Hit to the chimney fried our computers and our very expensive big screen TV (Kloss Novabeam). Because of the extra insurance we paid for, didn't cost us a dime!

0points

Banjo Peppers 5 years ago

Looks pretty rad, though

0points

#74

F You Are A Smoker, Do Not Buy A White Case

Final score:

19points

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Martha Meyer 5 years ago

And now inagine what the inside of your lung looks like.

36points

Ian Koch 5 years ago (edited)

b l a c k (NO IT'S NOT A RACIST COMMENT I'M JUST SAYING WHAT THE COLOR OF THEIR LUNGS WOULD BE!)

1point

Becca Gizmo the Squirrel 5 years ago

I can't stand that. My boys go to stay at their dad's some weekends and his mom smokes. He moved in to help since his dad died last year. She is now on oxygen, smokes 2 packs a day and the walls literally drip with tar from smoking. In a nice house (if walls were cleaned). Her own mother at age 85 a few years ago caught her hair and lungs on fire from smoking with oxygen on. And it will happen to her too. The kids dad usually takes them to one of his friends that has kids house and him and kids hang out there because I complain about the smoke. I really hate too, they are good people, but when there is tar literally dripping down walls, imagine their lungs. If you spend 5 minutes there your hair and your clothes smell like it.

5points

I'm a makeup addict 5 years ago

that has to be so gross to deal with...

1point

Pixie 5 years ago

Nasty

2points

Dre Mosley 5 years ago

Been here before. Opened up a PC that had been sitting in the office of a smoker. All kinds of black buildup inside.

0points

#75

Me: What Happened?!? Customer: I Don’t Know

Final score:

17points

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I'm a makeup addict 5 years ago

*intensified facepalming intensifies*

10points

Ian Koch 5 years ago

what actually happened.

0points

#76

Does This Count?

Final score:

16points

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Banjo Peppers 5 years ago

The scanner feed on my printer does that. Beyond annoying.

4points

KC Lancaster 5 years ago

Maybe flip the paper over so the curl goes the other way?

0points

cinderelly 0f sPiRiTlAnD 5 years ago

what in the woods

0points

#77

Why Is My Wireless Mouse Not Working?

Final score:

15points

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HappyPig1723 5 years ago

All I'm seeing I wires, and how-

2points

Soodney 5 years ago

They plugged the mouse reciever into the wall

5points

Bruce Ferrier 2 years ago

They must assume any USB port is the right one (maybe they think the power from the socket will come to the computer and work)

1point

#78

Gym Teacher Made $2,000 Mistake

Final score:

13points

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Jon S. 5 years ago

What was the mistake?

11points

Martin Burley 5 years ago

"Gym teacher was using this $5k projector in the gym yesterday and 'didn't want to blind the kids when they stood up' so they sat down their gradebook in front of the lens.... the gradebook caught on fire and the lense was damaged, as you can see here."

25points

Banjo Peppers 5 years ago

Becoming a gym teacher *ba dum bum* But seriously I have no idea.

14points

ML 5 years ago

Maybe touched it with a finger and burned on the lens.

4points

Saint Thomas 5 years ago

My guess is that he left the cover on the lens. The old models, like this one, can get pretty warm.

2points

Evil Little Thing 5 years ago

This comment has been deleted.

0points

WilvanderHeijden 5 years ago

The beamer is on top so I think this is some speakersystem which he literally blew up. Probably music turned up too loud.

0points

Pixie 5 years ago

What happened?

1point

Stephanie 5 years ago

He dropped it?!

0points

Robert Thornburrow 5 years ago

I lugged one of those on a plane once - along with a laptop and a small case - as handbaggage only! I could hardly walk down the aisle. Those were the days!

0points

#79

A Computer Tower Needing An External Power Supply. There Is Nothing Behind The Power Supply "Cutout". Basically A Laptop Motherboard In A Case. Also, The Card Slots Aren't Removable

Final score:

10points

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Rodrigo “centoventicinque” Boschi 5 years ago

hp crap, i've one as pi-hole in my house, is good because is silent and requires a really low power, god as pi-hole and nas as i use it , otherwise it's a terrible desktop pc ( has a dual core fanless amd cpu )

2points

Robert Thornburrow 5 years ago

Why not use a Raspberry Pi? They take up an awful lot less room.

1point

#80

Customer Said They Opened It To Unplug Battery? This Image Is Cursed

Final score:

8points

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Becca Gizmo the Squirrel 5 years ago

No idea what is happening here.

11points

M O'Connell 5 years ago

What you see wrinkled in the middle of the picture are "heat pipes" for carrying heat away from the CPU to a heatsink mounted underneath the fan. Clearly whoever opened the case didn't understand that those aren't flexible...

9points

Doob 4 years ago

Have you tried turning it off and back on again?

0points

Radek Suski 5 years ago

I bet the cpu was grilled

0points

WilvanderHeijden 5 years ago

Perhaps they wanted to reset the bios by unplugging the internal battery, like you can easily do in a desktop or tower. Some manufacturers secure the bios with a password to keep endusers from changing settings or overclocking the device.

0points

M O'Connell 5 years ago

None of that would be reset by removing the system battery. All it powers is the real-time clock function.

0points