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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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I arrived at work, only to find my computer's massive CRT monitor had been smashed up beyond belief. Everyone else has flat-screen monitors, and I'd made no secret of how unfair it is to me. According to my boss, this makes me the obvious culprit, and now I'm suspended. FML
Today, my 81-year-old mother threw out the packaging for a 3-day-old $1,700 monitor I was going to return due to a defect. I live in my own home, but she randomly visits to "clean up" without asking me. Now I'm stuck with an expensive, defective monitor. FML
Today, I cleaned my computer screen for the first time in ages. When I turned it on a few hours later, I spent an embarrassing amount of time trying to figure out why the brightness was suddenly so painfully high. FML
Today, the family computer kept overheating. My four-year-old son thought the solution was to pour a nice, cold cup of water on it. FML
Today, our work computers are down so I've been trying to fix it via my home computer for 3 days. My 12-year-old son took one look at the screen, changed 2 settings on a drop down menu, and the problem was fixed. My 12-year-old is better at my job than I am. FML
Today, my doctor told me that the reason I'm losing my eyesight is because I'm straining my eyes, and that the best thing for me to do is to limit my time in front of computers. I spent years in college to get my current job which involves sitting in front of computers. FML
Today, my aged mother continued to complain about her computer issues to me. A relative, who is good at tech support, won't bother servicing her computer because whatever she does ends up bogging it down the next day, so I have to hear about it on the phone. FML
Today, as I was using my mom's computer, a spider crawled onto the screen. So as per my usual reaction to seeing a spider, I smashed it as fast as I could. I missed the spider, but now I have to buy my mom a new monitor. FML
Today, I found out my mom is getting rid of cable TV. My dad and I bought her a 700 dollar plasma screen TV for Christmas. FML
Today, I returned home to find out that my new and very expensive computer had overheated. I confronted my mom, and she told me that she had covered up the fan because she didn't like the noise. FML
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Welshite 40
Time for some sabotage. Eventually you'll be reading off of stone tablets and cave drawings.
amandathecreator 22
Sounds like you need to buy your own computer
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Comments (91)
BI4ze 17
Well that sucks hard
saba_ajira 29
You must be new to this
emile_heskey 11
Yeah this is a hardcore 1st world problem
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.
Welshite 40
Time for some sabotage. Eventually you'll be reading off of stone tablets and cave drawings.
ComoEsJuan 24
Cuneiform works well.
doctorhook86 25
#5: Yeah, but the 4000-year lag time sucks for GO.
EJSwank 14
That is an unlucky break! I'd break the new one until he gets a better comp.
PleasantDino 22
breaking it isn't cool, technology isn't cheap
Guatican 6
#42 Not if it is over 15 years old. Now if it was an antique then yes, but otherwise not really.
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
thesmeagol 22
Can get monitors for like 50$. Not to expensive vs the cost of op needing ibuprofen whenever they use the computer.
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
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
onlychildFTW 34
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.
cypherwars 15
or OP can talk to them instead of breaking stuff.
val_is_lame97 12
thats unfortunate
quickit 24
Really? I thought I was a gift from the heavens.
MrSassypants 34
You are a gift from the heavens. Hallelujah!
amandathecreator 22
Sounds like you need to buy your own computer
Classy_Sassy_15 15
I strongly agree.
norotors 16
Yep, hop on Craigslist, shouldn't have a problem finding a nice used lcd for 50 bucks.
Dlzq 22
Sucks to be you, but maybe you could all gather some money for a new monitor?
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.
thatguynamedsky 32
I got one for 10 bucks at goodwill, just need to know where to shop
Hidebehindarock 19
Give this guy a medal
doctorhook86 25
#66: A fake plastic one from Dollar Tree?
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.
theLonelyInn 5
Alternatively, if you are able to increase the refresh rate, the headaches will cease.
False_Stupidity 42
If it's older than the 15years old one then it might not support a higher refresh.
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.
False_Stupidity 42
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.
Compgeek1996 5
64 Either way it's a win for OP.
Im2Shy 16
Maybe you can ask "Santa" for your own computer?
ncparry 18
If the dad is too cheap to buy a new monitor probably not going to spring for a computer...
it__happens 17
If your so concerned you can always buy them a Christmas present!(:
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 !
thatguynamedsky 32
nice strategy, kinda messed up, but nice
Mauskau 36
My brother just hid mine behind the fridge :(
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
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..
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.
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.