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Ah, parents. Sometimes they understand, sometimes they can't help but hate the shiny new radio you've acquired. 

 

What do your parents think of your beast PCs? 

My father thinks that dual monitors are the most useless thing to ever come across the youth of today. He thinks they're unnecessary, and do absolutely nothing. 

(The fact I'm in a skype call with people who are all editing a google document, typing on one screen and calling on the other, means nothing)

 

And yet, he hasn't seen my friend's gaming rig with a total of 5 monitors....

 

 

Well? What do they think?

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my parents love mine, for the fact that i was able to do it all by myself (lol they think thats impressive)

they hate it, because i never want to turn away from it :P

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They like how awesome it looks, and how much time and effort I put into this expensive work of art.

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When I told my mom I was going to build a computer she thought I was talking about changing my major. My dad thinks I wasted 1500 bucks. Although he thinks that the heat it produces is going to reduce the heating costs during the winter.

 

Come to think of it, my family is pretty depressing.

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Overkill, a waste of money, and "a waste of a lot of great talent"

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my parents love mine, for the fact that i was able to do it all by myself (lol they think thats impressive)

they hate it, because i never want to turn away from it :P

My mom loves it because whenever she needs me to research something, I have several sources open at once. She also finds it cool how I can put netflix or a livestream on one screen and still do things on the other. 

I've pretty much began teaching her about them recently.

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"What's that? Your drive is dead? Alright, fine, here's $60 to get a new WD Blue. Now stay in your room glued to your screen as you seem to stay out of trouble that way." -Mom.

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They scapegoat it for FUCKING EVERYTHING.  "Oh, you got a B- in ART?  It must be that computer, you spend too much time on it and not on your schoolwork!"

 

a)I literally NEVER go on it except friday evenings and weekends

b)I can't draw.

 

EDIT:  BTW after that ordeal they actually ended up taking it away, the fucktards.  I took the gpu out so they wouldn't fuck up my pride and joy though.

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They scapegoat it for FUCKING EVERYTHING.  "Oh, you got a B- in ART?  It must be that computer, you spend too much time on it and not on your schoolwork!"

 

a)I literally NEVER go on it except friday evenings and weekends

b)I can't draw.

I get it easy because I'm in 'internet school'. K12 FTW.

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They scapegoat it for FUCKING EVERYTHING.  "Oh, you got a B- in ART?  It must be that computer, you spend too much time on it and not on your schoolwork!"

 

a)I literally NEVER go on it except friday evenings and weekends

b)I can't draw.

 

EDIT:  BTW after that ordeal they actually ended up taking it away, the fucktards.  I took the gpu out so they wouldn't fuck up my pride and joy though.

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Not sure what they think of it, probably impressed that I built it myself and such, though I've also got plenty of computer certifications too.. (Built it before getting em)

 

Though I'd guess they also think I spend too much time on it, even though they are on their computers around the same amount if not more than I am...

 

I just need to get a way of locking it down to my desk, that way they can't take it even if they wanted to, and I've got plenty of replacement cables and such in case they decide to take the power cable, or if they took my monitor I can just use teamviewer from my tablet to use that as a temp monitor lol

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They wanna throw it in the garbage.

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They scapegoat it for FUCKING EVERYTHING.  "Oh, you got a B- in ART?  It must be that computer, you spend too much time on it and not on your schoolwork!"

 

a)I literally NEVER go on it except friday evenings and weekends

b)I can't draw.

 

EDIT:  BTW after that ordeal they actually ended up taking it away, the fucktards.  I took the gpu out so they wouldn't fuck up my pride and joy though.

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no but for real, that first line, literally puts my first year of high school into perspective, to them "its always that damn computer"

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They wanna throw it in the garbage.

Did you buy it or did they help cover it?

My life is consumed by CS:GO, even though I'm not exceptionally good at it.

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I get it easy because I'm in 'internet school'. K12 FTW.

I'm also in k12
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EDIT:  BTW after that ordeal they actually ended up taking it away, the fucktards.  I took the gpu out so they wouldn't fuck up my pride and joy though.

Your parents are ASSHOLES.

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I'm also in k12

Is k12 like online homeschool or something?  The only k12 I've known is k-12 as in the years of school before college/grad

My life is consumed by CS:GO, even though I'm not exceptionally good at it.

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My dad doesn't understand why they had to spend $800 on my youngest brother's PC, if they can "buy one off the shelf for $600." My mom understands the importance of good strong hardware. If I need some financial help, she's hesitant but she knows enough to understand an explanation. "My old Seagate driving is clicking and grinding. It's six years old and has all of my games on it. I need it replaced." She understood and helped me out. My mom can even build PCs herself now, and plans to. :)

 

My dad has a Galaxy S4, yet he hates technology. Not that he's a hypocrite, I just wish he'd try to appreciate it more. You should have seen his face when he learned how to work his GPS. It made getting to new jobsites a tonne easier for him. (He works Construction.)

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Your parents are ASSHOLES.

I really do love and respect them, it's just they can be such dicks sometimes(more often than not)

My life is consumed by CS:GO, even though I'm not exceptionally good at it.

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I'm also in k12

i tried k12.

i tried about four other programs.

finally, a personal math turo (he's hot.....)

and another personal math tutor (just a close friend. :D we talk about how hot my other tutor is x'D ) 

and chemistry and geography every monday at a private school is what works the best for me. 

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They scapegoat it for FUCKING EVERYTHING.  "Oh, you got a B- in ART?  It must be that computer, you spend too much time on it and not on your schoolwork!"

 

a)I literally NEVER go on it except friday evenings and weekends

b)I can't draw.

 

EDIT:  BTW after that ordeal they actually ended up taking it away, the fucktards.  I took the gpu out so they wouldn't fuck up my pride and joy though.

Lol you get a STD your parents " It must be the damn computer giving you a disease "

An Asteroid comes crashing towards earth " Must be your damn computer giving away GPS signals towards earth. "

NEVER GIVE UP. NEVER STOP LEARNING. DONT LET THE PAST HURT YOU. YOU CAN DOOOOO IT

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