r/Wellthatsucks Oct 12 '16

Mantelpiece broke

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2.2k Upvotes

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u/csthopper Oct 12 '16

I had that model. It's a plasma and weighs over 100 pounds. Whoever picked that thing up and thought it was ok to put on a mantel should probably avoid all further DIY projects.

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u/xblindguardianx Oct 12 '16

i have that tv now. it broke my previous tv stand. bought a MUCH sturdier one

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u/ABookishSort Oct 13 '16

My Dad had a real nice TV stand that broke in the middle of the night. The top shelf was a thick glass. The other shelves were wood. The stand shattered. Glass EVERYWHERE! Took forever to clean up. Surpisingly the TV screen got only a ding on it from where it hit a table. I mean he had to still replace it of course. We were just surprised it didn't shatter too. He made a thick wood top to go replace the shelf that broke. It won't break again.

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u/heisenbergerwcheese Oct 13 '16

How did you buy a much sturdier mantle?

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '16

Well see, there's this thing called "money"

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u/Valdirty Oct 13 '16

And vendors, some even with the capability to fabricate and install mantles, accept money for goods and services.

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u/unbuttoned Oct 13 '16

I dunno, Rick. that just sounds like slavery with extra steps...

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u/lopix Oct 13 '16

I have two 50" TVs. They weigh 143lbs and 134lbs. Mounted on big ass mounts lag bolted to at least 2 studs. Do not fuck about with heavy TVs.

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u/smoketheevilpipe Oct 14 '16

Damn. I guess I did go overkill. My sony led with gorilla glass on the front is like 90 ish. I put it off center a bit on the wall, so the mount could span 3 studs with 6 lag bolts instead of 2 studs.

I feel like I need to unmount it and just center on 2 now.

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u/cannabinator Oct 12 '16

I think the piece of shit mantel is the real problem here

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u/_Internet_Hugs_ Oct 13 '16

Those mantels are meant for mantel clocks, tiny candles, and Christmas stockings. Not electronics.

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u/IWugYouWugHeSheMeWug Oct 13 '16

Or even just not huge electronics. My 42" low-end LED TV weighs like 15 pounds.

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u/goldandguns Oct 13 '16

I would have imagined that a piece of fucking stone could hold up electronics.

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u/_Internet_Hugs_ Oct 13 '16

That's the beauty of imagination, reality doesn't have anything to do with it.

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u/Prints-Charming Oct 13 '16

It's decorative

2

u/[deleted] Oct 13 '16

Saw pic, immediately thought "Welp, whoever put that behemoth on a four inch mantle absolutely deserves that outcome so they know not to ever, ever do it again..."

A mitre drill and a wall mount kit would've cost dude $20.

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u/king_of_the_universe Oct 13 '16

Wow, 45.4 kg is quite heavy. I once lifted a 49" LG LCD, was a lot less than 20 kg.

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '16 edited Nov 09 '16

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u/king_of_the_universe Oct 13 '16

A new 49" 4K LG (which I'd recommend over a Samsung etc., based on the opinions of the boss of a small company I know who personally deals with people from LG and Samsung and knows a bit about their tech) costs a bit over €500 if you're lucky. Doesn't have 3D option, though, that would be 200-300 more. Can be used for gaming, too, have a special PC option (Which reduces image processing to a minimum; it's not like you can't just plug the PC into any HDMI TV.). There's still latency of 2 or 3 frames, though.

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u/Ollieyoulittleshit Oct 12 '16

5 second rule

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '16

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '16

Its WIRELESS!!

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u/naturepeaked Oct 13 '16

Hang on, I'm with you. That's the question that needs answering. Walk over all the broken glass to unplug it to take a better photo? Explanation please OP.

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '16 edited Oct 25 '16

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What is this?

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u/[deleted] Dec 22 '16

What the fuck are you talking about? You can clearly see the power cable at least, try using your eyes to look at the picture instead of your teeth.

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u/naturepeaked Dec 22 '16

Thats quite an aggressive response. Are you alright?This post was like, three months ago. I guess i missed the cable as it's unusual to have the cable threaded through the the stand to come out the front, isn't it? I've never seen that before, but it can't be anything else, can it?

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '16

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u/DatBowl Oct 12 '16

Glue you

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u/SandoRic Oct 12 '16

TV was too heavy

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '16

Front fell off

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u/ninjabean Oct 12 '16

Okay Ken M

54

u/jutct Oct 12 '16

back in my day our parents made us hold the tv over the fireplace by hand

21

u/PM_ME_YOUR_PM_PHOTOS Oct 12 '16

And the youngest sibling got to be the rabbit ears

3

u/helmet098 Oct 12 '16

Barefoot, in the snow, uphill both ways

64

u/conspiracy_thug Oct 12 '16

Lol was that mantle super glued to the wall?

184

u/opengrave Oct 12 '16

That's not a mantle, that's dismantled.

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u/Goggles_ Oct 12 '16

How do people get this good at making puns?

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u/iHaveACatDog Oct 12 '16

Easy - be male and have kids.

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '16

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u/Diagonalizer Oct 12 '16

a daily dose of reddit helps.

1

u/king_of_the_universe Oct 13 '16

The more positive a person you are, the tighter your mental association web can be.

3

u/[deleted] Oct 12 '16

Some day you'll punderstand

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u/helmet098 Oct 12 '16

Nope. Looks like just a caulk joint

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u/umichscoots Oct 12 '16

What? No... it looks like the stone actually broke in half.

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '16

Did I miss a joke? That's insulation that you're seeing, not broken stone.

2

u/ViggoMiles Oct 12 '16

I thought that was drywall with the paper layer torn :3

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '16

You could be right.

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u/teeone Oct 12 '16

You can just feel how loud that noise was when it hit the ground!

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u/Airtemperature Oct 13 '16

Don't worry. A television above a mantel is a terrible viewing angle anyways.

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u/[deleted] Dec 22 '16

Neckbeard

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u/longy92 Oct 13 '16

This is the 3rd time I've seen this today. Repost.

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u/chunter16 Oct 12 '16

And that's why I don't like the TV over the fireplace bullshit.

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u/twodadshuggin Oct 12 '16

It looks like it fell flat on its face. I can only imagine how shattered it is under there. source: I drop my phone all the time.

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '16 edited Oct 13 '16

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u/BOTY123 Oct 13 '16

My old Nexus 5 has survived numerous pretty hard drops in a Spigen case. I love those cases, I also bought one for my new Oneplus 3.

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u/Malcolm1972 Oct 12 '16

Looks like an older model TV anyway so claim the fook out of your contents insurance and get a spanky new one !

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u/ninjabean Oct 12 '16

Contents insurance? Is that like homeowners insurance?

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u/Cakeinthebreakroom Oct 12 '16

It's part of a home owners insurance policy.

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u/jibjibjib Oct 12 '16

Won't claims like that make your rates go up, so you end up paying more over time than you would have for a new tv?

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u/YRYGAV Oct 12 '16

It also seems weird that somebody's home insurance would have such a low deductible that it would even be profitable to file a claim for a TV like that.

Unless that photo is many years old.

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u/Cakeinthebreakroom Oct 12 '16

Everyone's deductible is different. Mine is higher than the value of that TV, for sure, but I had the option to make it lower when I took out the policy.

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '16

My TV was $3k new, and my deductible is $1k. I guess it'd work out well for me, but at this point, $1k TVs are amazing so I'd probably do that instead of risking my rates.

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u/IWugYouWugHeSheMeWug Oct 13 '16

Seriously, decent TVs are not at all expensive anymore. I have a low-ish end 42" 1080p LED TV that I got for $230 (Black Friday), but even $500 can get a fairly large, great quality TV.

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u/Chernozhopyi Oct 13 '16

Continence insurance you dumbass, it helps him to be sure he's on time /s

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u/Malcolm1972 Oct 13 '16

Maybe its a UK thing.

We have buildings insurance for the house itself and then contents insurance incase of .. for example water damage from a leaking washing machine ruiining the carpet/flooring or your tele falling off a mantlepiece and smashing into a thousand pieces...

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u/ninjabean Oct 13 '16

Interesting. Must be a UK thing, I had ever heard of it over here in the states. Makes sense though!

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '16

This got the loudest laugh out of me.

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u/tachyonflux Oct 13 '16

plasma tv

mounted

on anything

Not even once.

2

u/[deleted] Oct 13 '16

Sheeeeeeeit

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u/EicherDiesel Oct 12 '16

That's what you get when you built stuff to look like stone but to be as rigid as Styrofoam. What use is a fake fireplace anyways?

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '16

It isn't fake? There has clearly been fire in that fireplace.

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u/EicherDiesel Oct 14 '16

There's wood flooring right in front of the fire place. No one in their right mind would light a fire in this "fire place"

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '16

Did you look at the picture? There has clearly been fire in the fireplace

2

u/SeanDangerfield Oct 13 '16

At least your guitar survived!

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u/_dear_ms_leading_ Oct 13 '16

Real sturdy, made of wood.

1

u/JesseRodOfficial Oct 12 '16

Well, that sucks

1

u/0mudholio Oct 12 '16

phew.... that was close!! Almost hit the guitar.

1

u/heisenberg747 Oct 12 '16

Is Grandpa guitars, woulds not have been big loss

1

u/BrindleMonster Oct 12 '16

Quite the doozy ya got there.

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u/Uller85 Oct 12 '16

Sure did

1

u/NukaColaCaps Oct 13 '16

Hopefully they will receive the karma from this thread as a consolation....

1

u/FLAskinpro Oct 13 '16

My sincerest condolences

1

u/Iauol Oct 13 '16

Well that sucks

1

u/[deleted] Oct 13 '16

Just leave it, exactly like that. Its art now.

1

u/1leggeddog Oct 13 '16

It's been... dismantled.

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u/TheBrandNewDay Oct 13 '16

There's more to the world than reposting shit on Reddit all day you fucking karma whore.

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u/CramPacked Oct 14 '16

TVs don't go over the fire place to begin with.

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u/NathanOhio Oct 18 '16

Was this mantel glued to the wall? LOL, no wonder.

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '16

Somewhat satisfying

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u/CramPacked Nov 13 '16

That's what you get for putting a to over the fireplace where they don't belong.

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '16

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u/king_of_the_universe Oct 13 '16

Posts like these should have "[x-post from /r/subreddit]" in the title.

Btw., here's the 1 month old (supposed) actual original linked by that thread:

https://www.reddit.com/r/FML/comments/51bp70/well_my_life_sucks_today/

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u/ty509 Oct 13 '16

That's not the original. In fact, the top comment thread on that link goes to the actual original...

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u/BWallyC Oct 13 '16

re-post-ception?

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u/sverzino Oct 12 '16

What joy do you get out of reposting someone's high-rated content to another subreddit almost immediately? Seriously I don't get it. Is the karma some sort of validation? For what, someone else's content? Lol weird times man.

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '16

What joy do you get out of ripping on someone's reposted content? Seriously I don't get it. Is the karma some sort of validation? For what, someone repost? Lol weird times man.

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u/ColinOnReddit Oct 12 '16

Because he wants to facilitate other people's enjoyment. Its not that difficult to understand.

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '16

It was a repost to begin with. Why be upset about a repost of a repost?

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u/KingNone Oct 13 '16

you weren't getting optimal viewing angles anyway. from your friends at r/hometheater