Dad Destroyed My $1300 PC (Almost)

[u/Akrinnnnnnnnnn]

As the title says, my father almost destroyed my $1,300 PC. Now what?

Here’s the backstory: On Saturday, I worked a 10.5 hours shift and stayed up until 3:30 AM, so I slept in until noon the next day. My father and stepmother returned from Costco while I was showering; he called out a few times for me to come help carry the groceries inside. I said OK to him. While I was brushing my teeth after my shower, he shouted from outside the door that he’d been waiting 50 minutes and told me to hurry up. I thought to myself that the groceries could have been moved in the time he spent waiting for me, but I quickly rinsed my mouth and got ready to go out. However, by the time I opened the door, he had already grabbed my PC and smashed it against the floor and the desk several times.

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I, (17M, Senior), bought this PC with money I earned from my part-time job and had been using it for about ten months. After examine, found out the case badly deformed in several places, my desk was warped and tilted to one side, and there were dents in the floor.

Fortunately, the computer still works fine; it runs FurMark (stress GPU), AIDA64 (stress FPU), and 3DMark (Time Spy Extreme) without problems for now.

Replacing the desk and case would cost around $400. However, he likely won't pay for it because he has done this kind of stuff a few years ago when he destroyed my phone and a Dell laptop (i5 11300H), and then just said, "That's what you get for playing on the computer all day."

In the end, I just hope everyone has good parents.

[u/Kemerd]

I moved out when I was 15.. I remember turning 18 was so great because I could finally do shit legally. Just move out ASAP honestly everything else is just self justifications, pick the hard route and haul ass out!

[u/AlwaysChewy → u/Kemerd]

IDK how old you are now, but at 17 in 2026 I can't imagine being able to move out and be able to afford a place by yourself while finishing school. I moved out at 19 but had 4 roommates and a full time job and it was still rough. That was 17 years ago.

[u/PVolckerDoge → u/AlwaysChewy]

This - it's hard enough to study for classes while working

[u/Arkaign → u/AlwaysChewy]

I moved out at 15 as well (almost 16) in the 90s. The best answer is that I couldn't afford it, I left with the clothes on my back and maybe $20. It was a mix of being homeless, odd jobs at diners/truck stops, kindness of strangers, and friends along the way that got me through it.

The hardest parts were the institutional barriers. Stuff like getting birth certificates, IDs, drivers license, social security card, etc. Starting from nothing is like being a ghost with no voice. Only with monumental effort and a bit of luck did I climb up from a much worse fate.

It's one thing I think is overlooked with homeless situation, we need programs for outreach to supply free ID/papers for these people that are well funded and easy to access. But I guess blowing up kids on the other side of the planet has priority, sadly.

[u/Flint___Ironstag → u/Arkaign]

Those two go hand-in-hand actually. I moved out at 17 in 2006 to escape, it was really hard financially, joined the army as soon as I could. Bootcamp was the easiest thing I'd done in years. I watched it break big tough guys, they cried on the phone to their moms about wanting to come home. I'd have cried if they tried to send me home.

edit: poverty and broken homes feed the military.

[u/mudgeforce → u/AlwaysChewy]

You don't try to afford a place by yourself, you find roommates and do whatever it takes to get by.

[u/Flint___Ironstag → u/AlwaysChewy]

I did it at 17 in 2006, it was rough even with cheap rents. Joined the army as soon as I could.

[u/stoatwblr → u/AlwaysChewy]

It was rough ~40 years ago when I moved out at 19 and I had a full-time job.

[u/Particular-Key-8941 → u/AlwaysChewy]

This kid isn't moving out lol, this is fiction. He's got everything provided for him.
And he def can't afford to move out anyways lol.

[u/SneakyBadAss → u/AlwaysChewy]

What's the point of finishing school if you are not alive?

You move out to survive. Literally.

[u/solid_x1 → u/AlwaysChewy]

I moved when I was 18, shared a room with another guy in a flat with other 2 people in the next room. Sometimes you have to get out of your ways, but in the end I learned a lot and this move was the best "learning" experience I could have had.

[u/Bacongrease83 → u/Kemerd]

I had to do the same at 17. I’m 42 now and it made my life significantly more difficult than average. Or at least it felt that way. There still isn’t a better option.

[u/Kemerd → u/Bacongrease83]

100%

[u/Exotic_Clerk_8701 → u/Kemerd]

Sounds like you made a tough choice early on, but it seems like it paid off for you. Definitely can’t blame anyone for wanting to get out and have their independence!