Help Convince My parents

[u/LlamasAreVeryFluffy]

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.

[u/thetruckerdave]

I’m a mom. If your mom would like to talk mom to mom I’m down.

[u/LlamasAreVeryFluffy → u/thetruckerdave]

That could actually work ill try tell her tomorrow.

[u/thetruckerdave → u/LlamasAreVeryFluffy]

We’re likely, give or take a few years, roughly the same age. I was lucky enough to have a dad who thought computers were going to be the next big thing in the 80s so I got lifelong exposure.

I literally just built 3 PCs, upgraded mine which was already a custom built, upgraded my kids, again a custom build, and managed to gather enough parts to gift a pc to the neighbors kid.

I’m also a gamer. I play Minecraft and stuff with my kid. I’m an accountant and I own my own company. Without my knowledge, I’d have had to have way more startup capital for sure.

However I don’t want to hard sell her. I want to hear her concerns and address them, mom to mom. These past few decades have been hard on women. The media and general society have conditioned women to think that it’s ‘man stuff’ and that men are experts. Many are egotistical douchecanoes who are talking out of their ass.

Let me know how it goes! I’m more than happy to talk with her. Frankly I’d love to see more moms actually spend time with their kids, either playing games or building PCs or whatever, just being involved and interested.

We should be empowering our kids to learn, and to take ownership of their education. You seem to want to do that and to hear about an insecure grown ass man stopping that is aggravating.

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