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[–] mecen@lemmy.ca 7 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

RAM was damage how will she afford second one. She should use her body to shield RAM.

But how do Americans live with cardboard walls.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 4 hours ago

its useful as a body armor now.

[–] TimothyOilypants@lemmy.ca 8 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

"The only thing that can stop a bad dog with a gun is a good dog with a gun."

[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 3 points 13 hours ago

"Or a gaming pc, apparently."

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 7 points 15 hours ago

Lol. This loser graduated from "the dog ate my homework" to "the dog shot my gun and almost murdered my neighbor".

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 11 points 18 hours ago

Angelbabyzz now has the much more pleasant problem of shopping for a replacement PC with a $3,500 budget

So she'll be able to get some low budget 16GB machine, probably without a video card because 3500 dollars will only get you so far these days

[–] nieceandtows@programming.dev 8 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Saved the owner's life, but at what cost??

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 3 points 14 hours ago

RAM, especially... Very high for sure

[–] eleitl@lemmy.zip 8 points 18 hours ago

Tell me you're american without telling me you're american.

[–] Wispy2891@lemmy.world 13 points 22 hours ago

Am I wrong or this article looks completely written by a LLM? The way it always repeats the redditor username is so weird.

Articles like this are a valid reason to choose an username like 'igargleexpiredcum'

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 24 points 1 day ago (2 children)

This is happened twice now. What an utterly stupid country.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 22 hours ago

Twice recently.

The other time was not the first time

[–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 4 points 23 hours ago

Anything that happens or is done more than once is tradition.

[–] Loce@lemmy.world 52 points 1 day ago (5 children)

They shot his ram... In this economy? Fuck man

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[–] plz1@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 day ago (2 children)

But was the GPU OK? That's gold right there.

[–] modus@lemmy.world 5 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

It looks like it's just some of the RAM and the mobo. The obviously-AI article says they got $3500. The Insurance probably views the whole unit as one item and pays for it all. Unless the owner is a dumbass and says "oh, just pay me for the parts that were damaged and I'll salvage the rest."

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

I would sue the hell out of that neighbor, not just for the PC and the the hole in the wall. And he should be made to turn in all weapons, as there is this incident is proof that he is not up to the responsibility of gun ownership.

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[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 3 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

Please! Think of the GPU!

And oh... The RAM.. that poor fucking RAM never had a chance... Did it have a family?

[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 32 points 1 day ago (9 children)

Where I live, anyone who owns a firearm is required to keep it in a locked gun safe when not in use, and there are strict rules around transporting a firearm as well.

They cannot be left unattended in a vehicle, and they absolutely cannot, under any circumstances, be left loaded.

The fact that Americans have loaded firearms just kicking around in their house is utterly insane.

[–] zerofk@lemmy.zip 10 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

But it was in use. By the dog.

[–] TwodogsFighting@lemdro.id 5 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Presumably a good boy, so who was he trying to stop?

[–] OR3X@lemmy.world 4 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Probably a bad boy... With a gun.

[–] TwodogsFighting@lemdro.id 3 points 16 hours ago

This is the worst news ever.

[–] Schmuppes@lemmy.today 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Where I live, walls are not made of cardboard and would prbably have stopped (at least) anything up to and including a 5.56 mm round.

[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

5.56 will punch through even thin steel plate, hitting a stud may stop it, but unless you have concrete walls, I'm calling bullshit on that.

[–] Schmuppes@lemmy.today 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Of course they're concrete, unless the house was built before WW 2.

[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 hours ago

That sounds incredibly expensive.

[–] eleitl@lemmy.zip 1 points 18 hours ago

Where I live, you need artillery to shoot through a house wall. Plus, the part about gun safes, not storing loaded, and ammo stored and locked separately.

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[–] Etterra@discuss.online 25 points 1 day ago

They're gonna have to sure that idiot neighbor for the $10,000 that RAM costs.

[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Well yea, the motherboard clearly says “military grade”

[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 3 points 21 hours ago

So that's what that means. I always wondered.

[–] Rachelhazideas@lemmy.world 36 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Anyone who is picking up their pitch forks at the offender needs to read this thread first. Before you unload your rage, consider taking what the victim did as a learning opportunity.

It was 3:30am in the morning when the shot happened. The neighbor who discharged the firearms rushed downstairs to check on the woman who's PC was shot, thankfully finding that she was not hurt. She was distraught, frantic, and told the PC owner that she will never own a firearm again and pay for all damages. They talked, and the PC owner learned that her daughter just passed away. A police report was still filed, but the PC owner isn't pressing charges. They're getting margaritas later together.

Let me be clear that this absolutely does not excuse what this woman did. However, what the PC owner did likely saved her neighbor's life. You see, at 3:30am in morning, there is only typically one thing people would do with a fire arm, to themselves.

Anyone would be in their right to be angry at this woman after what she did. But the PC owner extended her compassion and became this woman's friend at a time when she had every reason not to.

What the headline could have been was 'woman commits suicide after negligent discharge', but it was not. Imagine if the PC owner was the last person who spoke to her in anger, and imagine if she had to live with that for the rest of their life knowing that she could have done something about it.

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[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 162 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (17 children)

RIP, random battlestation, you served the prime directive:

For a gamer to game, they must actually be alive, above all else.

o7

May Theseus grant you new life.

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[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 44 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I feel like that's not a valid thing to say. "My dog shot the gun".

I'm sure it won't hold up in court, but it also doesn't hold up anywhere else. Don't keep your guns loaded with the safety off where they are accessible.

You might as well just shoot your family and neighbors yourself if you're doing that shit.

[–] socsa@piefed.social 2 points 23 hours ago

America is fucking broken when it comes to guns. Like I get that they are emotional support toys for some people, but keeping it locked and loaded is absolute idiocy that way too many people defend.

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"I will never financially recover from this"

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 54 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (8 children)

OMG!

I hope it missed the RAM, Graphics Card and SSDs.

PS: Update - judging by the pictures somebody posted, the bullet hit a DIMM module. TRAGEDY!!!

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[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 27 points 1 day ago

... the much more pleasant problem of shopping for a replacement PC with a $3,500 budget.

Uhhhh how much PC does that get a person these days? 2 Gigs of ddr3 ram?

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