I watched a kid rip apart his laptop

[tribdog]

Actually if you want the whole story, I put it in poetry form and posted it in Evo's twas the night before christmas post.

 

[vsage]

I found that finding a gamer girl will keep you from getting yelled at for spending too much time on the computer.

 

[Smurf]

Yeah, gamer girls are the best. And if they do get mad at you they won't take it out on your electronics.

 

[BobG]

You've obviously not met the right girlfriend yet...
1) The right girlfriend wouldn't drop-kick a laptop
2) The right girlfriend would understand your need for your daily PF fix
3) The right girlfriend would hold your attention without resorting to violence on laptops (you'd find her far too distracting to need to spend as much time online).

I think drop-kicking a laptop is cause for divorce in most states. Surely it's good reason for drop-kicking a girlfriend out the door. There's just no excuse for laptop abuse.

Well, duh! If he'd met the right girlfriend, he wouldn't have a problem. He would sit on one side of the room with his laptop, she would sit on the other with her laptop, and they could post to each other on PF.
:!)

 

[Moonbear]

Well, duh! If he'd met the right girlfriend, he wouldn't have a problem. He would sit on one side of the room with his laptop, she would sit on the other with her laptop, and they could post to each other on PF.
:!)

I have friends who do this. It's quite funny, they'll message each other when it's time for dinner, or to ask a question when they are too lazy to walk to another room. The funniest part is they only live in an apt, so it's not like a two floor house where it's actually an effort to go to the other room. They could just holler the old fashioned way, but I doubt they'd notice since they get so absorbed into the computers.

 

[tribdog]

Doesn't matter how big the home is, I could ignore my ex if we lived in a phone booth. All it takes is concentration and will power.

 

[franznietzsche]

Doesn't matter how big the home is, I could ignore my ex if we lived in a phone booth. All it takes is concentration and will power.

I really want to see you try that. For pure entertainment value.

 

[Moonbear]

I really want to see you try that. For pure entertainment value.

Somehow I think the entertainment value would be in seeing them try to live together in a phone booth more than him trying to ignore her in a phone booth! FOX reality series season premiere: The Phone Booth.

 

[tribdog]

Somehow I think the entertainment value would be in seeing them try to live together in a phone booth more than him trying to ignore her in a phone booth! FOX reality series season premiere: The Phone Booth.

The Phone Booth: Season 1
tribdog's Video Diary: Well, we moved into what will be our home for the next 6 months. The show's producers gave us a couple hours just to look around and get comfortable, divide the booth into "his/hers" she divided the booth in half, I chose which half I wanted. Only after I'd made my choice did I realize the mistake I'd made, I hadn't noticed that there was a phone on her side. I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do next...

 

[Evo]

The Phone Booth: Season 1
tribdog's Video Diary: Well, we moved into what will be our home for the next 6 months. The show's producers gave us a couple hours just to look around and get comfortable, divide the booth into "his/hers" she divided the booth in half, I chose which half I wanted. Only after I'd made my choice did I realize the mistake I'd made, I hadn't noticed that there was a phone on her side. I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do next...

You are such a riot!

I still don't understand your ex girlfriend's psycho behavior. Sounds like she was very emotionally needy. No normal person is going to get upset if you do something that excludes them for awhile, especially if you live together. Most people have interests of their own and don't require constant attention from another person. I couldn't live with someone like that, I would go insane.

 

[tribdog]

insaner.

lol you think I attract normal girlfriends?

 

[Dagenais]

I vote for "moron" too. Damn, I love that word.

I do too, but apparently, it's outlawed here at PF. I was assessed a warning for calling Chroot one.

Just thought I'd inform you that the use of "moron" is discouraged before you get 'warned.'

 

[Moonbear]

I do too, but apparently, it's outlawed here at PF. I was assessed a warning for calling Chroot one.

Just thought I'd inform you that the use of "moron" is discouraged before you get 'warned.'

There's nothing wrong with the word, you're just not supposed to name call others on this board using it, and most especially mentors and admins. Bad call there.

insaner.

lol you think I attract normal girlfriends?

Um, apparently not? But they do say opposites attract, so there's always hope.

 

[Smurf]

I do too, but apparently, it's outlawed here at PF. I was assessed a warning for calling Chroot one.

Just thought I'd inform you that the use of "moron" is discouraged before you get 'warned.'

There's nothing wrong with the word, you're just not supposed to name call others on this board using it, and most especially mentors and admins. Bad call there.

Yeah Moron!
Geeze, get it right.

 

[loseyourname]

You live in B.C., right?

There are plenty of rich, spoiled kids there. Don't claim that this is exclusive to America.

It's not like you need to be rich and spoiled to destroy property, anyway. At least this kid was destroying his own property, although if his parents paid for it, what he did was pretty despicable. Otherwise, I think he's an idiot, but he had every right to do whatever he wanted to his computer.

 

[Chrono]

You've obviously not met the right girlfriend yet...
1) The right girlfriend wouldn't drop-kick a laptop
2) The right girlfriend would understand your need for your daily PF fix
3) The right girlfriend would hold your attention without resorting to violence on laptops (you'd find her far too distracting to need to spend as much time online).

All I have to do is just find a girl like that. Easier said than done!

 

[Smurf]

especially in south carolina

 

[Chrono]

How'd you know?

 

[franznietzsche]

How'd you know?

He just knows these things. Nothing you can do about it.

 

[Smurf]

It's part of being the top evil genius.

 

[franznietzsche]

It's part of being the top evil genius.

Top Evil, not Top Genius, we've established this already. Get it right.

 

[Smurf]

It hasn't been established at all, you just can't admit that I'm more genius as well as more evil than you.

 

[franznietzsche]

It hasn't been established at all, you just can't admit that I'm more genius as well as more evil than you.

I'm more genius, and better looking, so don't even try it, bucko!

 

[Smurf]

I'm more genius, and better looking, so don't even try it, bucko!

I'm eviler and more cunning than you, and looks are relative.

 

[franznietzsche]

I'm eviler and more cunning than you, and looks are relative.

Relative to me sleeping with your wife and mistress, yeah.

 

[Smurf]

I don't mind, I have 100 women lining up to be my mistriss.

 

[franznietzsche]

I don't mind, I have 100 women lining up to be my mistriss.

Yeah about those. It was a crazy orgy. You should have seen it.

 

[BobG]

So here's the setup: I'm walking out of taco bell in my college's union which exits through the gameroom. I sit down at a seat and watch some people play DDR and this kid comes up next to me (he was at least 18 but you'll see why I call him a kid in a moment) and thinks it would be fashionable to listen to music on his laptop while waiting to play on the machine. He flips the screen open and I notice he's silent next to me and proclaims "What the hell?! My screen is cracked!"

I didn't really know what to think but I was sure that he was about to do something stupid. He gets up and chucks the laptop in the trashcan. That's right: Because of a slightly cracked screen he throws his entire laptop away. He comes back 5 minutes later and proclaims he wanted to save the HDD so he proceeds to rip apart the laptop with his hands, damaging every single component inside (including ultimately the HDD which is now wet from the contents of the trash can).

At this point I was fairly pissed off that someone could just throw away a $1000 item but kept quiet. I glanced over and noticed there was a port that allowed for a monitor to be attached to the laptop and instantly became a little more angry at his wastefulness. I'm not hardcore into technology but I know for a fact that you can transplant LCD screens over with a little knowhow or just asking a computer repair technician. I didn't bother to tell him that though because it appeared to me it wasn't going to make him any less angry so I just walked out.

What are your thoughts on this kid? I still can't believe I saw that just yesterday.

Unfortunately, malicious violence against computers and computer components is becoming an ugly trend. Some sickos even have hate websites showing graphical pictures of computer abuse. Hopefully, these are all off-shore websites. It's hard to imagine anyone in America could actually take pleasure in viewing the sick and violent dismemberment of a helpless computer.

One example of the extreme hate sites exploiting computer technology is shown below:
http://members.aol.com/spoons1000/break/index.html

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