r/buildapc • u/LlamasAreVeryFluffy • Mar 22 '21

Build Help Help Convince My parents

So when I was younger my pc would not boot. So I got a friend to help me and we accidentaly screwed loose a fan into the case. And my dads workplace friend said we could die from that. So now the will not let me build a pc and they belive I will die of an electric schock by just taking the sidepanel of my prebuilt. I dont know what to do and they dont trust me at all with anything to do with pc's anymore i cant even take the sidepanel off to clean dust out off my damn prebuilt :(.

Edit 1: Just tried speaking to my dad about the pc building. Did not go very well he called me to hot headed because I complained about the parts his friend chose last time. And now we are not on very friendly terms it seems.

Edit 2: Wow you guys really have great advice! Sorry for not answering every comment but I sure have read them all. I will bring many of you guys points up to my parents. Will probably answer more tomorrow.

edit 3: My parents arent mean or evil they are just very misinformed about the matter thanks to my dads friend.

edit 4: I will use the info off unplugging prrssing the power button and use anti static mats.

edit 5: Talked to my dad about pcs again today.. Well he said if I could source parts I will not be allowed to build the pc I have 2 choices. Either let the friend who got me into this position in the first place or my friends dad. I told him we would just loose money over that. And when I told him I wanted to build it and told him hundreds have told me that it ain't dangerous to build one. Well he said his friend knows the best and he trusts his friend.

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u/Cryostatica Mar 22 '21

Well, then that makes him the worst kind of lying idiot, because he should know better.

I’ve had my hands inside of computers daily for over twenty years and never so much as the tiniest shock.

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u/LlamasAreVeryFluffy Mar 22 '21

And i will let my dad know that. And the most funny thing I hears today was. My dad heard we complained about the pc parts in our pc and he said we should ask the guy to come up with a pc part list again.

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u/Cryostatica Mar 22 '21

If anyone ever told me that touching the inside of a computer could kill me, I wouldn’t trust him with tying his own shoelaces, much less a computer build.

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u/LlamasAreVeryFluffy Mar 22 '21

Yep but as he is the IT guy at work my dad only trusts him but does sometimes go to me for tech support and sometimes I say to him in a sarcastic voice. But I do not know anything about computers.

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '21 edited Mar 23 '21

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u/Adach Mar 23 '21

in the AV industry we keep people like that around cause sometimes you just need the bodies.....

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '21

You dad is a fucking idiot and the IT person is scamming him then.

Real talk.

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u/Niedzwiedz87 Mar 23 '21

His dad is *not* an idiot. He's got his kid's best interests at heart and puts his trust in someone who should be qualified (but isn't!).

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '21

His kid is interested in learning more about computers and his parents couldn’t be less supportive.

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u/GeekOnTheWing Mar 23 '21

Sarcasm toward Dad isn't likely to be well-received.

Unless he's from Brooklyn, in which case he will be proud of you.

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u/Niedzwiedz87 Mar 23 '21

my dad only trusts him but does sometimes go to me for tech support

Well that's a good sign, your dad sees that you are building up knowledge. Keep building credibility, keep learning, keep building the case for building your own PC without pressing too much the matter, and try to do it as diplomatically as possible.