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  • Flaky
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    01 year ago

    I’ll be honest, when I was looking for places to get a PC built, Reddit was of little help either. Constantly telling me to build it myself when I couldn’t even if I wanted to.

    (Eventually did get a PC built, paid more mainly due to UK VAT)

    • wr4th4
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      11 year ago

      build it yourself, bro. lol - j/k. my one friend went to Origin, my other friend went to CyberPowerPC. Both had good experiences.

    • Ashley
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      11 year ago

      Redditors love giving unsolicited and shitty advice! “Hey what should I wear to my friend’s wedding?” And they’d be like “Honestly you shouldn’t even go. Weddings are materialistic and you get no return in your outfit investment.”

      • talizorah
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        11 year ago

        By and large, this was my experience. People wouldn’t answer the question, they’d state their ideals.

        • clegko
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          21 year ago

          As an old on the internet, I can tell you that this absolutely isn’t exclusive to Reddit.

          • beefcat
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            11 year ago

            It even happens here on kbin. The discourse over on /m/gaming is only marginally better than its Reddit equivalent.

            It existed before Reddit, and it will exist long after Reddit is gone.

            The antidote is smaller more focused communities with well enforced guidelines. It’s why /r/Games was so much better than /r/gaming (and still is to an extent), but there will always be a big popular place where people can shitpost and huff their own farts. It’s not for me, but for many it’s cathartic, relaxing, or simply the only thing they want to do while sitting on the toilet.

    • assbutt
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      01 year ago

      It’s extremely common for people to go on forums/subs and claim they cannot build a PC. In the overwhelming majority of those cases, there is no reason the person couldn’t build a PC on their own. Usually they’ve just decided for whatever reason that it’s beyond them, which is ridiculous.

      I don’t know your situation, just pointing out that that particular scenario is extremely common in PC-building forums.

      • 50gp
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        01 year ago

        you do know that pc parts are very expensive and many people dont want to risk potentially damaging them

        • assbutt
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          01 year ago

          Nah I had no idea, thanks for educating me ಠ_ಠ

          Yes, I am aware that PC parts are expensive. I am also aware that anyone with functional hands and eyes is physically capable of assembling those PC parts into a working computer. I know these things because I’ve built PCs before. It really is just as simple as we keep saying it is lol

          • Flaky
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            11 year ago

            I see the Lego comparison and I admit, when I built computers when I was younger I did that exact comparison.

            Nowadays I would say it’s more akin to building Ikea furniture than Lego. It can be daunting, especially the more expensive you go, and depending on one’s situation it might even be better to have someone else do it, but if you do build it, it’s very rewarding. IIRC the CEO of AMD made that Ikea comparison and it’s a lot more apt IMO.

            • assbutt
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              21 year ago

              I’ve never really agreed with the Lego comparison, it’s…not like Lego at all.

              Here’s another perspective though, I trust myself a hell of a lot more than I trust shipping companies. If my main concern is protecting my investment, those parts have a much better chance of reaching me intact if they are each in their individual packaging.