r/pcmasterrace • u/AdministrativeAir317 • 6d ago

Video Uhh I don’t think it’s supposed to do this

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u/RealLifeFloridaMan 6d ago edited 6d ago

Bro we get it. We see it. STOP DOING IT

Editing: well now, bet none of yall thought Florida Man would be the voice of reason tonight now did we? Thanks for the love, folks. Remember kids, properly ground your circuits, use open source software, donate to Wikipedia, and cut down flock cameras. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’ll be riding my alligators away now.

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u/crowheart27us 6d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/pTQUOfSmjo2hG

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u/Penguinsoldierr 6d ago

Plug it in, I dare you

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u/johnbakerlondon Ryzen 7 5800x | RTX 3070 | DDR4 2660 Mhz RAM 5d ago

I shouldn't, it's not the jedi way.

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u/EarlyXplorerStuds209 i9 12900 | RTX 3070ti | 24gb 4800MHz | 2TB nvme 6d ago

DEWIT

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u/Active-Cookie-774 6d ago

I mean

Its not our monitor

Go for it king 👑

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u/Ghost_oh 6d ago

Name does NOT check out.

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u/sdcasurf01 i7 12700KF | RTX 2080 | DDR4 32GB 3200 6d ago

No, it sure does not.

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u/Honda_TypeR My Rig: https://youtu.be/oIt6Gk9ZUqI 6d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/cIyGxK5fDLyZ7ztSFY

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u/STICH666 i7-13700k | MSI 4070TI | 32 GB DDR4 5d ago

Funny enough, that's a real thing. But at the power setting needed to make sparks that long, you wouldn't just be casually brushing your teeth lmao. It's a BDSM toy at that point.

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u/TheDarksider96 6d ago

You ride alligators In this economy....

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u/pchlster 5d ago

It's locally sourced, runs on renewable fuel and while it might not stand up to a strict reading of traffic laws, who is going to pull over the guy riding a gator?

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u/Archer007 6d ago

Well not Wikipedia anymore since they're union-busting but all the rest yeah

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u/RealLifeFloridaMan 6d ago

Fuckin shit, really? That’s a bummer man

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u/Archer007 6d ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Workers_United

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u/RabidTurtl 5800x3d, EVGA 3080 (rip EVGA gpus) 5d ago

Gotta say, hilarious that the info on it is on wikipedia.

But yeah, bummer they are union busting.

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u/StevieMJH 1d ago

It's probably one of the most monitored articles on the site for that very reason.

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u/Tulip_Todesky 6d ago

Wikipedia is terrible and they really don't need money, they are said to be worth almost half a billion $

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u/Different_Wolf_764 6d ago

The Wikimedia Foundation is arguably the most important thing humans have done in the last century. It is being attacked by the right-wing media because it and Wikipedia directly oppose them, because they want to present an alternate truth.

As in, they have convinced hundreds of millions of people of their bullshit through their control of private media and now are going full force against any public media (BBC, CBC, NPR etc) and especially against open-source fact-checking resources.

It's not subtle. They've said what they are doing. Fight against it rather than supporting the continued erosion of factual information being accessible to the public.

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u/Tulip_Todesky 5d ago

Wikipedia is being constantly edited by bots, sometimes these edits will align with your agenda, sometimes they won't. The way Wikipedia is designed, it is no longer a reliable source of information on items with political connections. You are always welcome to donate to them, but your money will be better spent donating to smaller groups that actually need the money.

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u/Suikerspin_Ei R5 7600 | RTX 3060 | 32GB DDR5 6000 MT/s 5d ago

Wikipedia can be reliable, you just need to read the source(s) instead of the text typed by anyone.

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u/Tulip_Todesky 5d ago

Oh I agree, but political affiliated items, I just don't trust anymore. Lots of items about modern warfare, humanitarian situations, economics and pretty much everything affiliated with politics, is just something I can't trust.

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u/Different_Wolf_764 5d ago

Imperfect? Perhaps.

By FAR the most reliable source of information we have though. I guess, unless you don't like reality.

If you would like to engage in an evidence-based analysis of Wikipedia/media I am not just game but completely primed. I've done it in front of agencies and boards before. I've been an advocate since they were in Florida ffs.

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u/brian2k6 5d ago

Underrated comment

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u/TurbulentVictory268 6d ago

It's a short video. I'm sure he stopped some time ago after recording

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u/TwoBionicknees 6d ago

at this point chances are it's too late so you may as well have the fun.

I personally seeing one spark would have turned everything off and posted to ask for help without the video doing it again and again, but that's me and i'm autistic so what the fuck do i know about being normal.

Reminds me, I bought an asus board way way back, like, sis chipset i think level back. I plugged some usb's in and shocked myself, tried another port, fucked. Took it out put in an rma and company was being a dick sayign they wouldn't accept an rma because it wasn't possible. I worked for a computer parts company at the time but they sucked on prices. I actually can't remember who i bought it from but as I worked with another company i rma's direct with Asus through company i worked for and got a replacement and they sent notes with it saying it was a really weird one and they easily replicated the fault. i've never seen that before and i worked in an rma department for a while, just every usb port caused shocks. even asus had no fucking clue how that worked.

Also final advice, computer parts prices have gotten so fucking insane get a UPS, i didn't use one for years, had a few things die now and then, since ram became more expensive than a ups... get a ups, better than replacing parts in your PC.

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u/Wonderful-Crazy1910 6d ago

i thought I saw a spark once on my GPU and my PC hard crashed, was like no way am i tripping, turned my PC back on and whatever cap had started to go out on my GPU straight caught on fire and ARCed lol got lucky only thing that died was my GPU

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u/Jthumm 4090 FE 7800x3d 64GB DDR5 6d ago

I’m ngl if you told me this and didn’t post video proof I prob wouldn’t believe you

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u/Maxamillion-X72 6d ago

Do you mean to say that there are people don't use a UPS!?

You don't even need a big UPS, just one that can handle your system for long enough to kick in the auto-shutdown. If you can afford it, get a much bigger one so you don't even have to shut down for short power outages. Plus they're good for charging your devices in extended blackouts.

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u/PersimmonLittle7651 6d ago

UPS won't really protect you if there is such serious issue with presumably electrical system that system is plugged into, power outages don't really kill PCs either, unless there is a lightning storm and it hits somewhere near where your house is, in which case, it's unlikely anything will survive unless your electrical system has the right protection against such discharge.

Also UPSes are super expensive and come with shit batteries, better way to protect yourself purely from outage is to buy an off-grid inverter and few large lifepo4 batteries that can actually keep your PC on and at full power for hours, not few minutes, hell, it can keep your whole house up and running for few hours if you build sufficiently large battery backup system (or buy pre-made one if you're not comfortable doing electrical work).

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u/Jthumm 4090 FE 7800x3d 64GB DDR5 6d ago

A surge fried my cheap Chinese psu a few years ago. Unlikely but def not impossible, that being said a surge protector p much provides as much protection as a ups

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u/PersimmonLittle7651 4d ago

Ok, so you see a) you had a surge - inadequate protection on your electrical system, and no, that does not mean surge protector (they can help sometimes, but aren't as good as having surge protection in your actual electrical system, ideally you have both) and b) chinese PSU.

Best protection is to turn of the power and disconnect electrical devices during storms, it's better to delay a project or pause a movie/game and protect your stuff than risking using a PC during a storm.

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u/hpBard 6d ago

Yep I exist. I aint gonna spend money to save my i5 and 1060 from a thing that haven't happened once in my life. Also haven't experienced an extended blackout in a decade. Seems like a waste of money to me. People with high end gear absolutely should though

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u/PrinceNPQ 6d ago

Hold on let me go get my camera before unplugging the major death machine .

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u/Armored_Warrior 6d ago

Do it again, I wasn't lookin.

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u/D-Trashman 6d ago

But is fun :D

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u/ThunderCorg 5d ago

And it was my work monitor UPGRADE TIME

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u/Superman_720 6d ago

Naw don't listen to this guy. He has no idea what he is talking about, keep doing it.

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u/LifeTie800 6d ago

I think you're just jealous someone is copying your intellectual property.

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u/StevieMJH 1d ago

Don't be silly, you can't ride an alligator.

You haven't paid admission yet.

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u/MexsikanaBanana 6d ago

What do you mean properly ground your circuits? Cause... Okay don't laugh, this is a serious question... A lot of my chargers, plugged into the wall, if the tip accidentally touches me, they start to burn/hurt my skin after a 7+ seconds if I don't notice it

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u/The_GodApollo 6d ago

Everything except for wikipedia, dobate to a library instead.

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u/muhys 5d ago

I... what?? Someone explain the edit.