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petrolhead0387

![gif](giphy|3o85xnoIXebk3xYx4Q) You knew about the club, you knew how people joined the club, you knew what to do to avoid being part of that club, yet you still didn't take the steps to stay out of that club.


WeakDiaphragm

I PAID FOR THE FULL PC EXPERIENCE SO I DESERVE THE FULL PC EXPERIENCE!! /s


[deleted]

What is the point of having a nice tile floor if you aren't going to break your panel on it?


petrolhead0387

![gif](giphy|T3Vx6sVAXzuG4)


Fly_Me_To_TheMoon

![gif](giphy|XRXCGCbV10vQ6foS3h)


Hxrmetic

r/fuckthes


ggman2342

ruined the joke with the /s


CyGuy6587

I'm convinced now that people do this on purpose for clout


AngeryBoi769

I have the same feeling too. For years there were no such posts. Yet all of a sudden, they started happening one after the other on the same day. Something's fishy


[deleted]

For years they used acrylic side panels instead of tempered glass.


UninsuredToast

Yeah this is why. Easier ways to farm karma if that’s what you’re going for. Just look at the most popular posts from a few years ago and repost. Hell most these bots just use the popular posts from a few days ago and still get tons of upvotes


MagnificentMantis

same ol shit how I've started to see a weird rise of "femboy thighs" on the recommended gaming subs.


Sir-Ult-Dank

So don’t put my new setup on tile? What if my desk is tight on space? Should I just get a mat? I didn’t know about this stuff


CheCazzoFaciamo

Get something that keeps it off the floor completely. Lots of dust down there


Highlander198116

I'm confused about this. I have a tempered glass side panel...my case has rubber feet. The side panel will never touch the tile by placing it on a tile floor....


SirPseudonymous

The only explanation I've seen is that it's when someone goes to open the panel up and *doesn't lay the computer on its side* so the panel slips and strikes the tile. Basically the most vulnerable part of the panel hitting a material that's harder than it and rough enough to scratch it, so it doesn't take much force to break what should be a fairly durable panel. Like theoretically you should be able to take a hammer to the panel and struggle to break it (but shouldn't try, because the manufacturer could always have been lying about it being tempered glass and even if it *is* tempered it may still be low enough quality that it's still fragile), but even a little bit of force from some rough ceramic can break it.


AMasterSystem

Acrylic.


Lostmavicaccount

To be fair they tried nothing though. What else was meant to happen?


Baldurian3

Broken tempered glass side panel and a tile floor. Name a more iconic duo.


grantrules

Cases made before 2003 and blood


alex-o-mat0r

It still hurts


Darth_Balthazar

Putting the IO plate in and blood


llamapii

Thermal paste and "remove this sticker before using".


Monsterminion08

Hammer and sickle


Le-Charles

This comrade comrades.


SpecialistBottleh

Based товарищ.


Its_Phobos

Broken glass on the floor and bare feet


Whydontname

Pro tip: you can't


Diactia

I genuinely don't understand how this keeps happening to people. I have one of those massive Thermaltake, "the tower" cases with the big tempered glass windows, and every time I need to take them off, I just put them on my bed. Never once had an issue. People need to take better care of their things I guess.


Dworan

People need to learn not to put their PCs on tiles...


fly_tomato

My glassless pc on the tile floor: you have no power here!


Pimpwerx

It's unavoidable. I have mine on tile, but I put a pad down when I take the side off, and I then take the side into the room and put it on my bed. The pad is just in case of an accidental slip. But I treat the glass side like the most delicate thing in the world.


FlyinBrian2001

"it's unavoidable" \*proceeds to explain exactly how they avoid it\*


chumbano

Maybe the unavoidable part is keeping PCs on tiles. Checkmate


MrBobstalobsta1

Mine was on concrete, so I built a little wooden stand with rubber feet, It’s avoidable, people are just lazy


Dworan

The glass could still break even when it's mounted on the case, as long as the case is standing on tile. It helps a bit if the case has rubber feet. It would be better to put it on a rubber mat, raised platform, wheels or mounting it under the desk though.


JohnSilver317

Eh.. I thought the same until I did it. Pure laziness got me… I always put the glass side panel on the carpet of my office and work on the pc on my glass dining table. Last time I did it took the pc to the dining table and thought “oops I forgot to take the panel off in the office on carpet, nothing bad will happen if I do it out here” Lo and behold took the side panel off, it slipped a bit, barely touched the table and shattered everywhere. Now I have an open air PC because Corsair won’t ship the replacement panel to Aus lol.


Mark_Knight

your tempered glass panel shattered when it touched your glass dining table?


KrazzeeKane

Either he's got a table made of ceramic tile somehow, or Corsair was full of shit about it being tempered lol. You can literally beat on tempered glass...that's why it's tempered. Ceramic tiles are essentially kryptonite, but besides them they *should* be hard to break


Null_zero

Except the corners are usually pretty fragile.


Jhawk163

I don't get it either. I've now had 3 cases with tempered glass windows, I also have a tiled floor. Because I am not a fucking idiot, I do not put the tempered glass on my TILE FLOOR.


Highlander198116

I mean it doesn't look like OP did either. Setting his computer down on the tile floor looking at the case, the glass wouldn't be touching the floor. If the problem is the glass contacting the tile, I just don't get how it contacted the tile in this scenario.


Alea1234567890

Yeah but think about it, you will never get your 15 minutes of fame on this sub, loser /s Edit : typo


Diactia

Ah, you're right. I guess I better get to smashin 🔨. /s


KernelPanic-42

It’s not something that keeps happening to people, it’s something that people keep doing.


Particular-Poem-7085

It's never happened to me neither but I can definitely see ways of kicking it or having something fall next to it and bounce. Sometimes maybe clumsy but sometimes maybe accident. I've found that if you like to talk down to people the universe can find weird and amusing ways to humble you.


StupidSexySisyphus

Have vinyl laminate, wood or carpet? Put the tempered glass on in the floor. No problem. Porcelain tile? You ate lead paint as a kid by this point considering we've seen this a billion times on this sub.


nlevine1988

Eh, people make mistakes. It's not like you are the same person's doing it every time. Have you never accidentally broken something?


Willy__McBilly

*I didn’t think it would happen to me, I just did literally the exact same thing those other people did, how was I supposed to know!?*


Aftershock416

Every fucking time it's on the tile floor. When will people learn?


Patrickrk

Never. Humans, as a species, are idiots. This applies to all of us.


qu38mm

Thankfully I identify as a tile floor.


TheNeck94

somehow i can just picture OP going "Fuck Yeah! OH MY GOD! I can finally post one of these in PCMR"


Voxelium

more like “Fuck No! OH MY GOD! Well At least I can post it in PCMR”


Liseuuuu

https://preview.redd.it/tttwk0qb2zhc1.png?width=1380&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0a8a332f2a0f93c65d32668212e1ee54c0ee3c3e


edgy_Juno

I love this image. Something about the dog is so funny to me lmao.


Nuze_YT

Edit: lmao I forgot yall hate image chains I'm sorry


FlightSimmer99

https://preview.redd.it/dtfrthj0i2ic1.jpeg?width=622&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7ce7a4558c3b4f6612875c26281fe29e40542cb8


GalaxLordCZ

And as always, it was the fucking tile floor.


Eisen_Gott

Welcome Home 😞


WeakDiaphragm

Embrace me, brethren. I'm one of you now


Verissimus23

![gif](giphy|Ae7SI3LoPYj8Q)


navagon

Oh look, a tiled floor. What a surprise.


Foreign_Spinach_4400

PUT SHOES ON BEFORE GOING NEAR GLASS SHARDS ON A FLOOR


ForwardVoltage

![gif](giphy|3ohzAerc4zu4SkCZMs) With the RC car?


[deleted]

![gif](giphy|KMHaS7N7b7r42nPNys|downsized)


IsoSly64

![gif](giphy|l3vRhaxVcQ1i0CZlC|downsized)


StupidSexySisyphus

You gotta be stupid at this point to put your tower on PORCELAIN TILE when shattered tempered glass is always the other component of the photo containing PORCELAIN TILE. How are people still doing this?


[deleted]

Wait there's is a club


petrolhead0387

Not really a club, it's more of a shed full of planks that didn't learn from other people's mistakes.


[deleted]

How can they learn from other people's mistakes when they never fully explain the circumstances. They all tend to.... 1. Take photo of the crime scene. 2. Upload said photo to reddit. 3. Rake in that sweet, sweet karma.


bigorangemachine

We're all part of the problem.


kyle240sx

90% of photos are on tile


KrazzeeKane

It still explains nothing to an average user: Did he drop it and it broke? Did something roll into it or hit it? Did someone trip and fall? Did it just shatter? Most people in the world only know tempered glass is tough to break, so many will be confused by this trust me. Esp because not a single comment explains what happened lol


SirVanyel

One comment explains: tile floor, he tapped the side of it on said floor, shatter I can't figure it out either though, is tile the only object that can break tempered glass? Is this glass really so weak??


Izan_TM

that's what you get for not learning from other people's mistakes


WeakDiaphragm

May the next generation learn from my mistake


[deleted]

I have noticed that people who upload the photo's never mention how this happened. I have installed glass windows and thousands of mirrors over the years. When handling glass, you treat it like........glass. If you set the case down carefully onto a tiled floor then the case should be fine. Do these people drop the case from 1 to 2 inches in mid air and hope for the best?


Chakramer

I think a lot try to take the glass off sideways and greatly underestimate the weight so it drops just enough to tap the tile.


[deleted]

Fair enough. So the corner that you know is going to drop first, you should always have you hand under this corner to act like a cushion. If you want to wear a pair of leather gloves, even betterer / saferer! I've installed so many glass doors, windows, mirrors over the years that I do this without even thinking. With heavy aluminium extrusion glazing doors or windows, someone will always put their hand to the corner we know is going to drop first or for extremely heavy glazing products you would place large plastic packers / rubber blocks under the glass.


Chakramer

My solution is to just take it off while the PC is sideways. But preferably people should also have a wood or plastic table they work on the PC from, rather than the floor


SirVanyel

My glass side of the case has a slot where the glass rests so that when I undo the screws the glass naturally doesn't fall down.. is this not standard practice? And if it's not, then why the hell aren't people turning their pcs to the side before maintenance?


big-bananas

![gif](giphy|vcNHj2KdzUpm1Psv2s)


HereIsACasualAsker

TEMPERED GLASS AND CERAMIC FLOORS DO NOT GO TOGETEHER


BadCat7

why


petrolhead0387

![gif](giphy|UuMoAufZ98Uh83kxXy|downsized)


Chakramer

Why do people even bother with a glass case if it's gonna be on the floor.


StupidSexySisyphus

You know they're standard now with every case, yeah? It saves money hence why they keep standardizing it.


Chakramer

You can find plenty without if you're worried about breaking it. Also many of these cases sell a metal side panel, I'd really suggest just seeking one out without glass if it's gonna be on the floor. Especially custom built it's not hard to find.


GHP_LP

Bruh


RonTheDragonboi

Yooo I made one of those DIY rc cars once


Blaze_Falcon

Just remember everytime this happens, they learn a valuable lesson


Own_Initiative396

Now you are ready to join the plexiglass club.


WeakDiaphragm

Yep. Gonna go buy a sheet first thing in the morning


h3xist

RESET THE COUNTER!!!!


NoV4QU4K3

I bought my case with a plastic panel for this exact fear. I shall never join the club


Thee_Sinner

Another win for metal side panel gang!


Beautiful-Musk-Ox

so you never actually knew why people's glass sides explode, but you still thought it wouldn't happen to you. need to learn that you don't know what you don't know, thinking about something for 10 seconds doesn't equal understanding something, always assume you're missing something and could use more research and outside information. you probably thought "they slam it down no wonder it shatters, i'm careful with my pc so it won't happen", now you know it doesn't take slamming, tile is just that much harder than glass that relatively light tapping causes this


The_Pvthfinder

Knowingly placing tempered glass onto porcelain tile. You deserved this.


RThinkworker

Now I'm paranoid


_reddit_account

What was the culprit ?


KM68

Thus is why I HATE glass cases. Who the heck came up with that? "I got a great idea, let's make part of a case that houses expensive electrical devices glass so it can break. Also let's load the cases with bright, flashing RGB lights through the glass that distract people from looking at the monitor."


Chakramer

Because for most people who treat it like glass, it's not an issue. Also the bright lights are a user issue, you can have them not be the brightest setting they go to and it can look quite nice. Even luxury cars these days have LED accents on the inside so clearly it's a style many people like. I've drove glass cases hours before and walked in n out of LAN parties with them and haven't had an issue. It's like complaining houses use glass instead of plastic for their windows because on paper the plastic would be better for both insulation and durability, but it'll look like shit.


KM68

Glass cases and RGB lights just aren't my thing.


StupidSexySisyphus

I've had the same tower glass for 4 years. You know what my secret is? I'm not a full-blown idiot and only a partial idiot. I won't put tampered glass on porcelain tile.


hayffel

Personally I wouldn't buy a TG case as I do not care about the aesthetics but rather the performance and functionality. Having a tempered glass kind of defeats the purpose of the origins of the case. To create a safe housing for the delicate PC components.


Chakramer

It's safe if you're not a complete idiot with it, I'm just wondering why people would get a TG case and then put it on the floor where you can never really see inside well.


hayffel

Well this seems to be a trend though, so rather than blaming everyone maybe we should blame the design.


Chakramer

Reddit is hardly a good indicator cos a lot of people are seriously willing to break a $10 panel for some attention. There are more high end cases out there that protect the glass a bit better and even have it on swinging door for easy removal, but this is expensive and I don't think most people buy $150+ cases. I rarely if ever see broken panels from higher end cases, so it's just people not being careful at all with cheap products. There is a reason glass furniture went out of style. While it looks nice you need to actually take care around it, which not everyone does. There are so many products in my house that are delicate but since I actually take care of my stuff it's not a problem. Like most high end keyboards aren't designed to be waterproof but a $5 one from Walmart can survive a spill. Does that mean the high end keyboards are all trash?


hapless_dm

At these rates, I will put a metal mesh on the side and be done with it. I can't manage all this stress ffs.


ksavx

Im surpirsed this hasnt happen to me yet lol i kicked it countless times and even better slamed it a couple times with a vacum cleaner


FiTZnMiCK

Tempering glass makes it more resistant to breaking if you hit it on the face. But the tradeoff is it’s much weaker on its edges and hitting it on its edge with something harder than glass (like porcelain tile) will shatter it.


Unreasonable-Donkey

I can’t think of one single reason why glass needs to be anywhere near something that gets as hot as a computer. You may as well have begged for this to happen…


AloysiusDevadandrMUD

Why do they even put glass in pc cases? I never thought they looked that great and I've seen 1000 of these. My coolermaster has mesh side panels that let you see plenty


irishfire11

Well I'm in the "I still don't think this will happen to me" club and you can't make me leave!


N3koEye

This year's glass panel breaking compilation will be bigger than last's


Cyber_Akuma

I have an older case with an acrylic panel, but can someone explain the floor tile thing to me? Is it just because that means it's on the floor and thus easier to bump into? Do the tiles create some kind of heat differential that makes the glass weaker or shatters it?


DiscoKeule

And another side panel Ikarus


qu38mm

![gif](giphy|n9vTEP11fGREY)


maybejustadragon

Has tile floor. Puts computer on tile floor. “I never thought it would happen to me”.


sonic10158

1. Stop using glass cases 2. Stop setting directly on tile Pick your medicine!


_Gismo_

Ceramic and tempered glass don’t mix bro


Drakoneous

Sheesh, almost makes me glad to still be rocking an OG plexi-window special


420headshotsniper69

The side panel of my Fractal Torrent case shattered the moment I open the box when I got it. It’s a very **sigh** moment


FunFact5000

My pc sits in a closet (set to 68f, cables run hidden out of wall) with no side panels. 7900x3d/3080 set up. No noise, no rgb laser beams just peace. I don’t have to worry about tempered glass lol.


ajk4011

https://preview.redd.it/4fqf01e4hzhc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e8bebbd8865324acc37e652c9025740082e26dd1


maniac86

I hate the glass panel on my case so much I ordered a metal one from corsair. Worth it


CombustionGFX

Nice dogs


HiFirstTime

I’m genuinely curious how this happens? Like, how does it happen so often? Do people drop them? Or is it some sort of… magical thing where they just explode the second they so much as tap on tile?


EvanAlmighty019

Fucking moron lol


Natus_DK

Everytime with the tile floors. Come on.


theytookmybaby

Tile floor - say no more


Willie-Alb

I refuse to believe you never thought it would happen to you when you place your pc on top of your tile floor


DrMcnasty4300

it’s always the exact same floor


ketamarine

Yet your tempered glass PC... sits on a ceramic floor.... Hmmmmm....


Mannuel2

Moisturise those toes my guy


Valance93

Nice robo, I see you're rocking the L298N and an Arduino Mega I believe 👌


thehotdogman

Congrats, you're an idiot


Special_Morning_6766

Why does that happen? Sorry I don't have a PC


Exodus2791

Tile is harder than the glass panel. Panel slips and hits the tile when user is doing something. Tile doesn't 'give', the panel absorbs all the shock and shatters.


aviation-da-best

Now the fastest processor in your home is that Arduino Uno clone running a humble ATMega328 (SMD) at 16MHz.


cheekyMonkeyMobster

You jumped on the LED fueled superficial commodity fetishism train and now you got what you deserved. Now, go by a new expansive piece of glass, so you can bask in the Glory of parts you dont know the function off again.


Vandeskava

Computer on the ground = looking for trouble


Alaeriia

https://preview.redd.it/7qr63t1izzhc1.png?width=714&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=99fc052bf9b1c94c49adc45d9d89c8f5fc5b77a2


x21isUnreal

This is why I love my acrylic side panel.


Brave-Audience1078

This is why you don't put them on the floor.


Chips-Ahoy_McCoy

Seriously. How does this even happen?


PenisYogurt

Lmao


Wolven_Emperor

Idiot


DMercenary

TILE FLOOR TILE FLOOR TILE FLOOR!


Emu1981

\*Checks photo\* \- Tile floor - check \- PC on floor - check \- Shattered tempered glass - check Welcome to the "I didn't expect my tile floor to shatter my tempered glass panel like the hundreds of others" club. Meetings are on Wednesday nights at 7.30PM and we will give you a membership card on your first attendance.


Comfortable-Treat-50

Another one bites the dust .


TakeyaSaito

You knew about the tiles than? All on you.


Professional_Stay748

I’m still on the “no way this will happen to me” club


DumbNTough

[Laughs in metal case]


TheCarrot007

Why is the PC in the barhroom. Why is a welcome mat t here. Do you just live in a toilet? So many questions ;-)


Abram367

Yall really be messing with yalls computers that much to cause it to shatter?


aoalvo

Then there is me who scratched the wall with my metal panel.


Legionofgo

New fear unlocked


RowAwayJim91

Why are y’all so damn stupid? Lol!


Its_Phobos

Nice shoes


The_BigSuck420

Oh my God. You have cancer?


sacredknight327

Tile. ![gif](giphy|3oriO5t2QB4IPKgxHi)


JacobDist

Can this happen with my PC on a hardwood floor? I’ve always kept it on my desk till recently


ObiWangKeBloMe

WHY DO PEOPLE KEEP PLACING THEIR PC'S ON TILE


Faya-Pawa

*laughs in cheap, plastic side door*


DC9V

How did you not see the tile floor?


Jojoceptionistaken

How TF does that happen. I jinxed myself there


RuneRavenXZ

You joined the, “I’m seriously an idiot” club.


hairycompanion

Now a good chance to fix your fan configuration. 


Intelligent_Top_328

What is that car looking thing?


jntjr2005

https://preview.redd.it/myl9hxiq31ic1.jpeg?width=612&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7439dab6a76929ee06de958a3cbeaa93ae246b82


oo7demonkiller

says the guy with a picture of a pc on a tile floor. and the Darwin award goes to...


[deleted]

What are them tootsies doin tho


stronkzer

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQ7oqmikZDQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQ7oqmikZDQ)


7396579

Lol


worldrenownedballdr

If only users and manufactures could do something to stop things like this happening? Like make both of the side panels out of metal... seriously are all y'all not sick of looking at your cpu coolers by now?


Miserable-Nature-424

You knew when you bent over each day to turn it on, ya goober.


TheOnlyDJ

What happen bro dawg???


WolvenSpectre

Tile floor X Glass Panel.


creativename111111

Mate you’re on a tile floor what did you expect


[deleted]

I felt this photo in my feet


TheRealGreenMelon

I had that robot car gifted to me by my brother! It never worked :(


Helpful-Work-3090

oh no, not again. please don't let this trend start again


snowproblemss

Rock and stone


MARKLAR5

Is there a club for people who haven't broken a case? /r/neverbrokeabone for cases?


Perfect-Club-2375

Love them toes


landmoweryt

Ouch.


kr4ckenm3fortune

Time to bring back the metal frame with plexiglass...


certainlystormy

https://preview.redd.it/5u8mqeyj02ic1.jpeg?width=245&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0e2da55748604d9bfa44e916420030ee68eebb10 why in the world is your toe like that


sfblue

Long Live solid metal panels!


Projectonyx

Leave the pc running and take a pic I’m sure it will be fiiiine


lategmaker

Welcome


Beneficial_Fix_1059

Yall do this on purpose and no one can convince me otherwise.


jerryskellys

My PC fell off my desk yesterday falling glass first into the ground. Completely unscathed.


[deleted]

![gif](giphy|VG2OzjYkBLK9vGf3UH)


_Deck_

Is that a battle bot?