Poll: My mom's trying to take away MY computer
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Do you pay bills? cause if you don't, and you live off her in her house, then it's fair enough I suppose.
Even if you relinquish the ownership of it?crudus said:
Because if that's the case then I can go back and demand every single birthday present I've given.
But about your mother... I would do this.
I would give her the computer, yes! I would.
But then I would fill it up with pterodactyl porn, put passwords everywere and when she opens her facebook, then make the computer go into auto lock.
So that you can in the future just unlock the comp, write tons of crazy shit on her facebook, because hey mums are like that (some think that they need hardcore gamer rigs to play freaking farmville)Or go the easy route.
Tell her to fuck off, because the moment you show dominence and if you're under 18, then she can't throw you out according to the law ( or atleast in my country).
Plus, tell her that she should respect you as a equal member of the family and that she has no right in swifting your rights away.
P.s.Going apeshit crazy on her will just damage the image of gamers and I think it's quite shocking that some people here have suggested violence, really? Be more creative.
Destroy her.
Something else worth considering: did the OP keep the old parts? If so, just stick 'em back in the case and keep his own parts, buy a new case, and away he goes.Frozen Donkey Wheel2 said:
However, I too suspect we're only hearing a small portion of the story. Why does Mom want the computer back?
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Is the OS yours? Its fairly expensive. Also, if she is paying for the internet, she is entitled to take that, as well as denying you power unless you contribute.
As for the hardware. Whats yours is yours.....A case it £5 Go buy one. a DVD drive is like £15. If you can afford to shell out £150 for a decent GPU then you can afford £20 to remove any argument of possession.
WOPR said:
Is the OS yours? Its fairly expensive. Also, if she is paying for the internet, she is entitled to take that, as well as denying you power unless you contribute.
As for the hardware. Whats yours is yours.....A case it £5 Go buy one. a DVD drive is like £15. If you can afford to shell out £150 for a decent GPU then you can afford £20 to remove any argument of possession.
Replace the few parts she paid for, give them to her and say "here's your computer!" and laugh.
did you pay for the parts via pocket money or something she gave you? if so my views is that its hers still
if you paid for them out of your own pocket and have the old parts put them back in and (of course put the virus back on) give it to her, since infact she did purchase the computer and gave it to you.
did she give it to you as a gift, if so gifts are non refundable.
regardless, if you dont give it back, expect to be kicked out, or be forced to pay rent electricity bill and food costs and other miscellaneous bills, its her house after all.
if you paid for them out of your own pocket and have the old parts put them back in and (of course put the virus back on) give it to her, since infact she did purchase the computer and gave it to you.
did she give it to you as a gift, if so gifts are non refundable.
regardless, if you dont give it back, expect to be kicked out, or be forced to pay rent electricity bill and food costs and other miscellaneous bills, its her house after all.
I was just about to say the same.milkkart said:
If she doesnt even know how the Virus scan works and broke the computer herself. If you really rebuilt it from scratch it is your computer you dont give a guy your broken car so he can fix it up and built all kinds of new better parts in so you can claim its yours.
It just doesnt make sense and you shouldn never ever allow her to take it away from you. Such hard work shouldnt go to waste because of stupid parents.
And as quoted above just buy a new case and move everything in there. If you build this from scratch that shouldnt be too hard for you to do and would solve all the problems.
Bad taste? This coming from the magazine that publishes Yachtzee's videos. I thought there'd actually be a bit of a dark sense of humour on this board. Especially with the advent of Courage Wolf taking over the internet.
Personally, I'd do a Mel Gibson and 'threaten to bury her in the rose garden. the ****.'
This reminds me of the fairly famous quote. 'Teenagers, Tired of being harassed by your parents? Act Now!! Move out, get a job, pay your own way, while you still know everything!'
All the passive aggressive crap in this thread is sickeningly amusing. She has the right to believe that it's a family resource (which SHE would have ultimate control over), rather then something that explicitly belongs to YOU. As I see it, it's being used as a pawn in some sort of power struggle. You never once mentioned WHY she is threatening to take it away, and you're so caught up on the 'she's trying to take away something that belongs to me' argument that you're not even LOOKING at what she is trying to say.
As a few people here have noted, she would be perfectly within her rights (unless you have an actual agreement to pay rent, at which point it becomes stickier) to dump you on the street with just the shirt on your back. It may be a ***** thing to do perhaps... but it's still within her rights.
Yes, you may be 18 now, which can give you the legal right to own property. However, from the impression I get, the upgrade process on the computer took place over a relatively extended period of time... over a couple years. Before you were 18, anything you bought became property of the family, not to you personally.
Somehow, as I see it, usage of the computer is being utilized in a way similar to... say, usage of the family car. The parents own it, though you as part of the conditions of you using, you may be required to pay for portions (the details of which varies according to the family) of the maintenance. If you fuck up something or other (which it sounds like there's a very good chance you may be doing), they would be within their rights to take away driving privileges.
Now, to the rest of you. The vast majority of the comments seem to involve 'take out what's hers, and give her the rest.' I'm sure it doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that whole line of action is counterproductive, and will only make whatever is causing this situation worse.
All the passive aggressive crap in this thread is sickeningly amusing. She has the right to believe that it's a family resource (which SHE would have ultimate control over), rather then something that explicitly belongs to YOU. As I see it, it's being used as a pawn in some sort of power struggle. You never once mentioned WHY she is threatening to take it away, and you're so caught up on the 'she's trying to take away something that belongs to me' argument that you're not even LOOKING at what she is trying to say.
As a few people here have noted, she would be perfectly within her rights (unless you have an actual agreement to pay rent, at which point it becomes stickier) to dump you on the street with just the shirt on your back. It may be a ***** thing to do perhaps... but it's still within her rights.
Yes, you may be 18 now, which can give you the legal right to own property. However, from the impression I get, the upgrade process on the computer took place over a relatively extended period of time... over a couple years. Before you were 18, anything you bought became property of the family, not to you personally.
Somehow, as I see it, usage of the computer is being utilized in a way similar to... say, usage of the family car. The parents own it, though you as part of the conditions of you using, you may be required to pay for portions (the details of which varies according to the family) of the maintenance. If you fuck up something or other (which it sounds like there's a very good chance you may be doing), they would be within their rights to take away driving privileges.
Now, to the rest of you. The vast majority of the comments seem to involve 'take out what's hers, and give her the rest.' I'm sure it doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that whole line of action is counterproductive, and will only make whatever is causing this situation worse.
It's the case that's probably throwing her off.
Since "Your" processor and RAM live under "Her" computer case, they follow her rules.
If you still have the old parts, then buy your own case and put her old parts back in her case. (as other people have mentioned). Then give it back to her. It may throw her off-guard.
Since "Your" processor and RAM live under "Her" computer case, they follow her rules.
If you still have the old parts, then buy your own case and put her old parts back in her case. (as other people have mentioned). Then give it back to her. It may throw her off-guard.
Ah you gotta love some good old Springer fightsBrownGaijin said:
OT: Why don't you just have serious talk about bounderies with her and maybey explain what you did with the computer.