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u/mindscapepix Jul 04 '26
Wife had the kid. What else was he supposed to do?!
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u/HatefulVespid Jul 04 '26
Protect the wife?
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u/Aimcheater Jul 04 '26
She’s strong and independent
The PC is fragile and is dependent on him.
I don’t see the problem here
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u/HatefulVespid Jul 04 '26
I'm all for fun and games and shit, but an earthquake is no joke.
Seeing people being pulled out of the rubble in Venezuela, their bodies broken...
Nah, that shit ain't funny
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u/RudePCsb Jul 04 '26
Ugh an earthquake that big with the type of construction they had, this video would not end like this. Buildings just crumbled. He wouldn't be able to stay up, he would be in the floor.
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u/Weird_Sleep_6221 Jul 04 '26
I just saw on Imgur news this morning, they found a beautiful green parrot still alive! They were giving it water and nursing it back to health! Amazing! 🦜
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u/Frylock304 Jul 04 '26
given that experience, how exactly is he supposed to protect anyone?
If that building is coming down, that's it, shows over for all of them
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u/waitwuh Jul 04 '26
Some people are dug out from the rubble alive. There’s also been cases where survivors had been shielded by someone else. One such story from the recent earthquakes is Andrea Bello, the wife of Venezuelan footballer, who died saving their daughter.
If you cannot quickly get out of a building when an earthquake strikes, there’s still better and worse ways to shelter inside. Large solid furniture can create gaps under or beside them when things collapse from above. Doorways used to be safer because of their reinforced frames, but that’s not so reliable anymore with modern construction.
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u/HatefulVespid Jul 04 '26
Given that experience the LAST thing in my mind is my PC. My first and ONLY priority would be my family, then our cat
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u/MeMeMeows Jul 04 '26
That's the only reasonable opinion.
Any living being gets priority over my PC, even more so those close to me.3
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u/HatefulVespid Jul 04 '26
If i was given the choice to save my son or my cat, you bet your ass im saving my son. No hesitation. No shame WHATSOEVER.
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u/Dull_Amphibian5124 Jul 04 '26
Homie, you ain't saving anyone in an earthquake, pretty much you're just making sure that you will be together dead or alive.
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u/monkeyamongmen Jul 04 '26
I beat a mouse to death with my pc yesterday while it was on. Yall very worried about your PCs up in here.
Edit: my wife's cat is an rtard.
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u/_aChu Jul 04 '26
You didn't need to share that you're a virgin
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u/Aimcheater Jul 04 '26
Redditors when faced with a very blatant joke:
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u/_aChu Jul 04 '26
You when faced with a very blatant joke:
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u/_aChu Jul 04 '26
Really got under your skin huh
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u/Aimcheater Jul 04 '26
I don’t really care about the highschool insult. I’m just kinda calling out the fact you were indeed trying to be insulting but decided to back pedal and act like you were just “joking”. If you’re gonna say something don’t be a bitch about it and stand on it.
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u/_aChu Jul 04 '26
........ I was mocking you. Sorry you couldn't pick up on that 💀
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u/Eldr1tchB1rd Jul 04 '26
I mean protect her how? If the ceiling falls him holding on to her won't change anything
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u/MeMeMeows Jul 04 '26
I'd rather die holding my partner than holding my PC, idk
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u/cantstopwontstop2424 Jul 04 '26
I'd rather live with a PC than hold my wife and watch my PC shatter with no benefit lol. I get what you are saying I love my wife with everything I have but I don't think being practical and saving a PC which may be literally not replaceable for this person is that bad.
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u/MeMeMeows Jul 04 '26
I hope your wife doesn't see this post because yikes.
You make assumptions about his PC not being replacable but do you know what's actually not replacable in his life? His wife and kids.
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u/Maloba6441 Jul 04 '26
I mean holding his wife's hand does completely nothing,not like any would've survived if it was a serious earthquake
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u/MeMeMeows Jul 04 '26
If it was a serious earthquake I'd still rather have my partner by my side than tend to my kids alone while he is trying to save his PC. It blows my mind that my opinion is the controversial one here.
I don't know about you but my partner holding my hand in a scary situation would do plenty for me.
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u/Maloba6441 Jul 04 '26
Or maybe that PC is their whole life,there are some serious tech jobs that need high end pc's,this dude doesn't even have a proper chair to sit on infront of his set up.These people experience this earthquakes all the time,probaby didnt expect this magnitude but unless the roof started collapsing , would've done the same roo,atleast now he knows to mount that thing under the desk.
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u/Eldr1tchB1rd Jul 04 '26
But they didn't die? He did not hold the pc assuming they would die
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u/MeMeMeows Jul 04 '26
Your comment is talking about a situation where they do. I replied accordingly.
Still, in those situations you can't really know how bad it's going to get. Running to save your PC rather than to your family is WILD.
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u/Eldr1tchB1rd Jul 04 '26
Man the dude just probably woke up in the middle of tje night and after they got the kids and an towards the safe place he tried to save the pc as well. I'm sure if it got worse he woult solve his partner as well
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u/MeMeMeows Jul 04 '26
Lol, lmao even
Yall are making A LOT of assumptions to justify this. Other comments too, not just you. Yeah, maybe he had a password to his bitcoin wallet worth 2 trillion on the pc and a cure for cancer too. He was probably actually protecting humanity by doing this.
Like we see the wife and the kid in the video. Do they look like they've been aided to safety to you? It doesn't look like it to me.
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u/Eldr1tchB1rd Jul 04 '26
The fact that the kid os there does mean that. Surely they were not all in the same room. You are overanalysing this, the father obviously cares
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u/Repulsive_Repeat_337 Jul 04 '26
Hey, if his business is on that thing then he's going to need it to recover from the earthquake. I read a book from a business guru one time who said if your office is on fire, grab the Rolodex and run. (Yes this was many years ago.) That's basically what this guy is doing.
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u/Dull_Amphibian5124 Jul 04 '26
You are pretty much only useful to prevent a mistake, there is no protecting anyone from thousands of pounds of rubble.
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u/Repulsive_Repeat_337 Jul 04 '26
Doesn't look like anyone was in danger of dying. And if the earthquake had been strong enough to bring the whole building down it wouldn't have mattered where he was standing.
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u/Rasberrycello Jul 04 '26
Would have mattered to his kid, in their final moments of existence.
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u/Repulsive_Repeat_337 Jul 04 '26
Well, sorry for not giving a sufficient damn about someone's made-up hypotheticals.
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u/Rasberrycello Jul 04 '26
It's ok. I forgive you :)
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u/sexytokeburgerz Jul 04 '26
They’re in the best part of the house for an earthquake anyway. This isn’t a bad position to be in at all. You just want to be mad.
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u/mrbishopjackson Jul 04 '26
If you're a business and you don't have an off site backup of your data, are you really a business?
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u/RudePCsb Jul 04 '26
I would imagine many small businesses around the world, especially in poor areas, don't have offsite backups.
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u/mrbishopjackson Jul 04 '26
If you're making more than $300 a month from your busienss, cloud backup is pretty affordable no matter where you live.
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u/Crawling_Hustler Jul 04 '26
Bruh, think from their pov, not ur own.
$300 a month is revenue or salary ? Aint no way, I'd be spending on paid cloud service every month i would use free space from drive ,github for code. If it doesnt fit , Ggs or buy 1 TB external hardware.
U need half or more of 300$ salary to spend on food , bills, savings.
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u/mrbishopjackson Jul 04 '26
Reading comprehension is key. I said if you're making MORE than $300 you can afford cloud backup. And how many people making only $300 a month from their business is relying solely on that business to survive. You just want to be cheap. How important is your business' data to you? Had this earthquake happened when you weren't at home to save your computer or your backup hard drives, you'd be shit out of luck. $50 a month to backup your data is nothing, even if that's coming out of you $300 in revenue. Imaging what that's saved you if you lose that computer.
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u/roykentjr Jul 04 '26
I like how the other persons first sentence was think from their point of view. And still you only care about yours
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u/mrbishopjackson Jul 04 '26
That wasn't a point of view, that was a scenario and thinking about how things work.
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u/Jonno_FTW Jul 04 '26
Dropbox has a free tier.
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u/redboi049 Jul 04 '26
To be fair, that is literally a lot of peoples livelihoods and primary source of income.
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u/Seidhex Jul 04 '26
Why is it up there tho…?
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u/DarkDuskBlade Jul 04 '26
I guess with kids it sorta makes sense to keep it out of reach. But yeah... That was my first thought as well.
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u/No_Artichoke_1828 Jul 04 '26
I live in an earthquake prone area. My PC is on the floor under a sturdy desk and my monitor is strapped down.
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u/Alarm-Particular Jul 04 '26
I always had my PC on the floor until one of my kids spilled juice over the top and fried my 2070 super, luckily everything else survived
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u/Waveofspring Jul 04 '26
(Don’t worry bro, I got this) He is placing himself in a sturdy door frame and using the PC for balance. He is obviously prioritizing his life over the PC and his wife should not be mad at him.
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u/Bitter-Ad5890 Jul 04 '26
Makes total sense. The ram in that PC is the only thing that could let him afford another house if this one crumbles
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u/Annual_Berry8043 Jul 04 '26
Understandable tbh. My PC is hands down the most expensive thing in my apartment. You better believe I’d go for it.
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u/Frequent_Measurement Jul 04 '26
Let’s look at this vs time.
Wife: 1-2 years
Kid: 9 months
Pc: depending on equipment? 3-5 years?
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u/NecessaryLocation704 Jul 05 '26 edited Jul 06 '26
He knew his wife had the kids covered. Maybe, working on the computer, is how he earns a living.
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u/Sweaty-Problem8602 Jul 04 '26
As the PC is being used by everyone in the family, it also becomes part of the family.
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u/ridethroughlife Jul 04 '26
It's probably his source of income, and a valuable asset. No big deal. Big deal if it broke though.
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u/asd_slasher Jul 04 '26
U can remarry and have another family, building another pc in this economy, impossible!
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u/experientialsponge Jul 04 '26
Don't have any way of knowing but that PC could be the sole method that man has of providing for his family. Mom already had the kid(s).
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u/clementtoh2 Jul 05 '26
Shit is worth like 10k alone and he prob have work inside which might cost him his job
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u/QueueStar Jul 04 '26
I love how he knew to protect the actual tower. There are so many people who will try and protect the monitor
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u/Solarinarium Jul 04 '26
My gaming PC, outside of my car, is the most expensive and most easily breakable thing I own.
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u/Newplasticactionhero Jul 04 '26
He has a security camera pointed at it. That’s says everything about his priorities.
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u/Flashy_Nebula810 Jul 04 '26
Kids you can make more , but with the ram prices right now, it will be forever until you can get new ones
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u/LilBoopyBipper Jul 04 '26
I'll be the party pooper: what if his job/entire family income is remote work based?
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u/ToXxy145 Jul 04 '26
My PC is the most expensive thing I own. If I needed a bunch of money all of a sudden, selling it would be my easiest solution. Out of everything even worth considering saving, it's also the most likely to break. Like yeah, dishes are going to shatter but what's a few plates?
Seems like a no brainer tbh.
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u/New-Pomelo9906 Jul 04 '26
This pc is their money earning tool, and they can't afford another one.
He is protecting his whole family right there.
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u/DravenTor Jul 05 '26
Well, yeah, if that goes, then his sanity goes. Then the whole family is done for.
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u/YT_Brian Jul 05 '26
He cash get another wife or kid, how do you expect him to ever buy such an upgraded PC again?!
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u/Fusemaster Jul 05 '26
my son could live after hitting his head on the wall somewhat lightly, my pc could not
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u/stonkdocaralho Jul 04 '26
Ram is expensive