By has an old monitor - 05/12/2014 14:00 - Germany - Berlin

Today, the family computer's 15-year-old CRT monitor which gives me headaches finally stopped working. My dad quickly found a replacement: an even older CRT monitor that gives me worse headaches. FML
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Welshite 39

Time for some sabotage. Eventually you'll be reading off of stone tablets and cave drawings.

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amandathecreator 22

Sounds like you need to buy your own computer

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emile_heskey 11

Yeah this is a hardcore 1st world problem

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ghosthuggers 4

No **** you, you are saying shit because he felt sorry? I don't care what the pseudo-rules are here! Down voting is supposed to used for hateful or overly vulgar comments, not "rule breakers". You and most everyone else on here ******* disgusts me.

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Welshite 39

Time for some sabotage. Eventually you'll be reading off of stone tablets and cave drawings.

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doctorhook86 24

#5: Yeah, but the 4000-year lag time sucks for GO.

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EJSwank 14

That is an unlucky break! I'd break the new one until he gets a better comp.

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PleasantDino 22

breaking it isn't cool, technology isn't cheap

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Guatican 6

#42 Not if it is over 15 years old. Now if it was an antique then yes, but otherwise not really.

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PleasantDino 22

to buy a brand new fancy monitor is not exactly the cheapest expense. I completely understand the older technology price and how it can be miserable to use, but breaking it isn't the most mature response

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thesmeagol 22

Can get monitors for like 50$. Not to expensive vs the cost of op needing ibuprofen whenever they use the computer.

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PleasantDino 22

While that is true, they may not have the funds for the expense. it isn't OPs property so breaking it is rather immature and rude

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PleasantDino 22

If it really bothers OP that much they should talk to their parents about it. Better solution than breaking someone else's property. That is just my opinion though

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onlychildFTW 33

My parents used to have one of those old CRT monitors to. When I was 13 I decided screw it, went out and bought them a new LCD monitor that didn't have the annoying high pitched sound. And those things used to be like $200. Now you can get LED ones for as low as $30 that I've seen. Hell, go on Craigslist and you can find LCD screens in the "free" listings even.

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cypherwars 15

or OP can talk to them instead of breaking stuff.

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amandathecreator 22

Sounds like you need to buy your own computer

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norotors 16

Yep, hop on Craigslist, shouldn't have a problem finding a nice used lcd for 50 bucks.

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Dlzq 22

Sucks to be you, but maybe you could all gather some money for a new monitor?

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granCanyon 12

I doubt it's about the money. You can buy a brand new LCD for less than a 100 euros if you don't care too much about quality. Sometimes yo ucan even get them for free if you do some research. Some people are just throwing away their old hardware. They'd be happy to give an old LCD to someone. It's probably just an unhealthy mix of IT ignorance and stubbornness.

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thatguynamedsky 32

I got one for 10 bucks at goodwill, just need to know where to shop

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doctorhook86 24

#66: A fake plastic one from Dollar Tree?

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granCanyon 12

Put a strong magnet inside. It will deflect the electron beam which will distort the image. You could also glue it to the screen but then your father would probably find it.

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theLonelyInn 5

Alternatively, if you are able to increase the refresh rate, the headaches will cease.

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False_Stupidity 41

If it's older than the 15years old one then it might not support a higher refresh.

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Ki11erC 18

30: Can bypass anything like that anyway. Windows hides the options so you don't break anything but they are there, Linux you can set it yourself via config file so supported or not it will push it out.

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False_Stupidity 41

Sure, you can bypass the windows options but I'm talking about an actual limitation where if you set it too high the ancient hardware can't cope and the display just gets all messed up.

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Im2Shy 16

Maybe you can ask "Santa" for your own computer?

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ncparry 18

If the dad is too cheap to buy a new monitor probably not going to spring for a computer...

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it__happens 17

If your so concerned you can always buy them a Christmas present!(:

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Arcanel 18

okay you need to find a way to get rid of it in a way it can't be traced back to you. My sister had a recorder one time and she sucked at it. So what I did was hide it in her closet which is an absolute mess. Technically still in her possession and can't be traced back to me, fyi she hasn't found it in months. Try something like that !

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Mauskau 35

My brother just hid mine behind the fridge :(

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Arcanel 18

thank you kindly sir, I like to plan things out. If you had heard her play, you wouldn't think it's messed up though lol

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Hidebehindarock 19

That's a terrible thing to do...especially to your sister. You can't become good at something without sucking at first..feel bad for her and you should be a better brother and support her..

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countryb_cth 38

@68 have you ever heard a recorder being played? There is no getting good at it, you go from exploding ears to if you're lucky bleeding ears. But with a recorder there is no good.

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Arcanel 18

mind you're damn business #68 I'm a great brother, me and my sister are best friends. That's just the one thing I can't stand her doing so I did something about it.

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