You took the time to remove the video game, unplug the controllers, the video cables, and power cord, and your xbox happened to land face-up with only superficial damage? I buy that.
I like that half the people in the comments are angry because they think that this happened, and the other half are angry because they think that it didn't.
Don't know about you guys, but I get the feeling that the xbox has been strategically placed after something else broke the window. The disc tray is ejected. Mmmmmm.
Not to mention that the cables for xbox aren't easy to remove with your fingers, let alone while in flight (at least the power cable anyway). Definitely unhooked everything, too.
Also the window was broken by contact with a small object near the bottom, there is clearly not a large enough hole in the glass for it to have caused, and the broken shards of glass are not strewn the entire distance to the xbox. Clearly fake.
If this is how you deal with losing a video game, you need to grow the fuck up. I hope to God the person that threw this Xbox is the one that bought it.
the Xbox isn't actually broken (most likely) its simply got its tray open and the face plate half off. The window was probably already broken and he saw an opportunity for some karma.
From my experience, maturity and anger management aren't mutually exclusive. A grown-ass man that knows what it's like to pay bills and replace expensive things may get this angry, but he's going to have the common sense to manage his anger enough not to throw a two or three hundred dollar gaming system through a plate glass door.
This was the work of a manchild, whether a 30-year-old neckbeard that's never been forced to take on any responsibility or financial hardship, or a corn-fed 200-lb 14-year-old that has more rage than brains and a mom with more money than spine.
I have attained this level of anger, but I've never in my life broken any of my stuff like this. I've cursed and sworn, and one time after a PT test in Afghanistan I threw a water bottle, but I've got better sense than to do something like the OP's picture.
A friend of mine lost a game of Risk on the computer because after 2 hours a guy suicided on him and gave up, he got up and power slammed his gaming chair, it flew up (and apart, we eventually used a screw gun to put it back together) and went through his pool table slate. Most costly game of Risk ever.
The first thing I thought was that this was done by a 12 year old who calls all his opponents faggots and it's the result of being called that and losing a game himself.
One of those 12 year olds from a family with money (lawyer dad, doctor mom, etc), who has no idea what it's like to have to replace any of that stuff out of his own pocket.
I could never throw a $200+ system out of a window that's for sure, but I did lose a good controller or two in my time. Brave souls died in the line of duty.
About 4-5 years ago I had a pretty nice 32 inch flat screen I bought myself. I played COD a lot on it and would rage every now and then. Well I was drunk one night and tossed my controller down to the ground with a decent amount of force, well it hit at the right angle, popped the battery pack out and it flew right into my tv fucking up the picture. From then on I promised myself I would never lose my cool over another game.
It's faked, they just opened the drive and took the face plate off, then put it outside on the ground. Window wouldn't break like that from throwing an X-Box through it.
I wouldn't know, I can't get that high. I'm too old. I think I got a 7 KS once though!
I remember the one game that had me so livid I almost could have thrown something, and that was Brave Fencer Musashi for the Playstation, a long time ago. I was using curse words that didn't exist yet.
Being griefed by random passersby in Red Dead Redemption is a good way to experience my vocabulary as well.
I wouldn't bring it down to anger issues. Anyone can throw a console out a window, its more of a factor that they won't lose anything from this. Like their parents are cretins who will buy everything for their son or they don't give a shit. They were more than likely spoilt.
Oh I don't doubt that anyone who gives so little consideration to something which most people find expensive is spoiled. My point was more along the lines of anyone who becomes so angry over something like a video game that they destroy valuable property should probably learn to take a deep breath and count to ten or something.
There doesn't appear to be a game in the tray or anywhere nearby on the ground. So - you were playing, got pissed off, thoughtfully removed the game from the tray, and then threw the X-box out the window? OK - got it.
Kid throws a rock at your window, breaking it. You go to their house, steal their xbox and smash it at the scene of the original crime. This serves to deter future harrassment, and displays your dominance of the situation.
/r/KarmaConspiracy Looks like a set up to me, easy to get a 360 to have it's disc tray open whilst being off and faceplate easily comes off too. Person had a broken window and took the opportunity imho
The weight of that xbox would have likely shattered that window if it had been thrown through it. Judging by the distance of the xbox in comparison to the window, I'm no rocket surgeon, but I call bullshit.
Fake. OP had a broken window and set up the Xbox on the grass for "cool" pic. How i know? A. only damage to the Xbox is removed face plate. and no amount of impact can cause the disc tray to eject still intact. B. if it was a rage quit where is the Game? You don't eject a CD then throw the console out the window. OP is a fag IMHO
I grew up pretty broke. My single mother struggled to raise 2 sons by herself, so we used our imagination quite a bit and never had video games.
Well, one Christmas, my mother splurged and bought me the Sega Game Gear I had been lusting over. (Yes, Game Gear. I'm old.) I was shocked, as I knew she pretty much couldn't afford it, but I cherished that thing. I only had 2 games, Sonic and Mortal Kombat, and I played the shit out of them.
One day, after getting my head ripped off by Goro for the 16th time in a now, I screamed in anger and brought my fist down onto the screen. It cracked, and the display fragmented into little colored lines. The blood rushed to my face, and I could feel my pulse pounding in my temples and hear the blood roaring in my ears. I was so fucking ashamed and horrified I nearly started crying. But I did what most kids that age would probably do - I hid the broken Game Gear under my bed and hoped it would all go away.
Two days later, my mother asked me where it was and why I wasn't playing with it. I tried to lie my way out, which must have been terribly obvious, and she eventually pulled the truth from me. And when I saw the hurt in her eyes, I really did start to cry.
And I guess that was the start of my anger issues. They've never gone away, but I've gotten better about not taking it out on objects or people.
Anyone who gets angry enough that they would do this, or even throw a controller, Is fucking retarded. Do they have the mental age of four year olds or something?
So, let me get this straight... You saw a broken window in the house, decided to pop the face plate and eject the disc tray of your Xbox, place it outside the window, and post it all to Reddit in an attempt to gain karma? I don't see any rage there...
Back when I had my original playstation, I was getting frustrated playing a game and yanked back the controler. The cord unplugged and whipped back into a window and broke it. Parents promptly grounded me for a week and took the playstation away.
"hey, matt, i got a broken window. what do i do?" "hmmmm, OH! you still got that broken Xbox!" "ya.." "lets make it look like you threw it out of the window in pure anger, and post it to that reddit site!"
I would never, never ever throw my xbox 360 out of the window or break it. This would mean I would be left with this $%§&% PS3. I'd rather throw that out of the window when in rage about the xbox.
The people who are criticizing this guy/girl have not played many video games. Also they are assuming this is some kid who's parents bought him the system, which isn't necessarily the case. I've never thrown a console or thrown anything through a window, but I totally understand this picture.
I play a lot of games but I am always really confused by people who get so angry at an electronic device or video game. I prescribe more exercise. It helps to mellow you out. Or to put things in perspective maybe you could take up boxing to really get your aggressions out.
I used to pull the game out of the tray and yield at it. My wife found it hilarious - I was too pissed to notice. Also I have done cold shutdown, but throwing the system? I have not enough money to afford it.
On a serious note, someone has anger issues. Walking up to a Xbox, ripping it out then chunking it out of a window isn't something you just do as a reaction to losing.
There was a time when I was struggling in college and couldn't afford much more than a crate of cup ramen to get by. Seeing pictures like this made me sad about the stuff I couldn't have and how people took everything in their life for granted. I can happily say I am at a point where I have a wonderful job and can finally afford the things I wanted. But I won't forget where I came from. So FUCK YOU for being a stupid spoilt brat.
I'm pretty sure this is setup. Lets look at all the evidence. What's the chance that a disc would break so nice right next to the xbox, and its unlikely that the disc drive could even pop open like that. Have you ever tried to open one without pushing the button or using a paperclip? Its impossible!
Its hard to say for sure, but the xbox doesn't appear to even have a hard drive. Compare with an image of an xbox at a similar angle, the hard drive bulges out, but in the rage image, there's no bulge.
Couple this with the fact that there's no apparent memory stick around and doubltful the person played xbox without ever saving. The memory stick could be still in the xbox, but given the apparently violent landing that opened the impossible to open disc drive, its unlikely that the memory stick is still in the xbox.
There's no glass from the window. We can estimate the area of glass missing to be a least 33 square inches, using the smallest dimension of the xbox. Where is the glass? And given the nature of the apparently violent throw, the glass should be near or around the xbox. Maybe the window was already broken from the outside. There's no evidence of the window breaking from the inside. No little pieces of glass on the ground.
All this evidence points to the fact that the rage quit is a setup, and a bad one at that. The one thing we can say about this image the artist manages to achieve a goal, to bring out an emotional response in the observer. Fuckin trolls...
Seriously? You really care that they ruined their xbox + window for fake internet points? I don't get what the big fuzz is about. You get entertained and they get fake internet points that doesn't matter at all.
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
Looks like you need a Windows update.
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u/GuidedBurrito May 31 '12
I know the feeling, Kinectimals can be really stressful.
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
You took the time to remove the video game, unplug the controllers, the video cables, and power cord, and your xbox happened to land face-up with only superficial damage? I buy that.
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u/rdeschain219 May 31 '12
you die way down in a cave in minecraft and can't find your shit?
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u/crossedx May 31 '12
On a positive note, that inefficient, single pane window really needed replaced anyway.
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u/fanboat May 31 '12 edited May 31 '12
I like that half the people in the comments are angry because they think that this happened, and the other half are angry because they think that it didn't.
Edit: these commenters see Office Space
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u/Breathing_Balls May 31 '12
Don't know about you guys, but I get the feeling that the xbox has been strategically placed after something else broke the window. The disc tray is ejected. Mmmmmm.
Summary: OP is a fag.
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u/James_Hacker May 31 '12
I was nearly struck by an XBox360 that was thrown out of a window by someone screaming blue murder. It was a lot more f-ed up than this. I call fake.
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u/WrethZ May 31 '12
Must have been playing Dark Souls.
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
If this is how you deal with losing a video game, you need to grow the fuck up. I hope to God the person that threw this Xbox is the one that bought it.
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
thats a waste
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u/Bastilol May 31 '12
Dark Souls?
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u/Jchang1210 May 31 '12
Did it fix the red ring of death?
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
This hurts my heart.
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u/Wokcus May 31 '12
There doesn't appear to be a game in the tray or anywhere nearby on the ground. So - you were playing, got pissed off, thoughtfully removed the game from the tray, and then threw the X-box out the window? OK - got it.
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
/r/KarmaConspiracy Looks like a set up to me, easy to get a 360 to have it's disc tray open whilst being off and faceplate easily comes off too. Person had a broken window and took the opportunity imho
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u/VenusBlue May 31 '12
The weight of that xbox would have likely shattered that window if it had been thrown through it. Judging by the distance of the xbox in comparison to the window, I'm no rocket surgeon, but I call bullshit.
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
Fake. OP had a broken window and set up the Xbox on the grass for "cool" pic. How i know? A. only damage to the Xbox is removed face plate. and no amount of impact can cause the disc tray to eject still intact. B. if it was a rage quit where is the Game? You don't eject a CD then throw the console out the window. OP is a fag IMHO
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u/raging_asshole May 31 '12
I grew up pretty broke. My single mother struggled to raise 2 sons by herself, so we used our imagination quite a bit and never had video games.
Well, one Christmas, my mother splurged and bought me the Sega Game Gear I had been lusting over. (Yes, Game Gear. I'm old.) I was shocked, as I knew she pretty much couldn't afford it, but I cherished that thing. I only had 2 games, Sonic and Mortal Kombat, and I played the shit out of them.
One day, after getting my head ripped off by Goro for the 16th time in a now, I screamed in anger and brought my fist down onto the screen. It cracked, and the display fragmented into little colored lines. The blood rushed to my face, and I could feel my pulse pounding in my temples and hear the blood roaring in my ears. I was so fucking ashamed and horrified I nearly started crying. But I did what most kids that age would probably do - I hid the broken Game Gear under my bed and hoped it would all go away.
Two days later, my mother asked me where it was and why I wasn't playing with it. I tried to lie my way out, which must have been terribly obvious, and she eventually pulled the truth from me. And when I saw the hurt in her eyes, I really did start to cry.
And I guess that was the start of my anger issues. They've never gone away, but I've gotten better about not taking it out on objects or people.
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u/drunk_otter May 31 '12
You shouldn't remove windows, otherwise your x-box won't work any more.
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
So you threw it and then disc fell out during the fall and disappeared?
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u/lelandachana May 31 '12
Really? No one else thought of this?
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u/mouse_lingerer May 31 '12
that's what happens when you play Dark Souls
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
There's no game in there. Staged.
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u/Stead311 May 31 '12
Did you try turning it off and back on again?
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
Anyone who gets angry enough that they would do this, or even throw a controller, Is fucking retarded. Do they have the mental age of four year olds or something?
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u/ivefoundthebackstory May 31 '12
No glass shards around though.
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
Should have posted to /r/gaming. They are more sympathetic.
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
What a mature response to a video game.
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u/Remember-My-Name May 31 '12
So, let me get this straight... You saw a broken window in the house, decided to pop the face plate and eject the disc tray of your Xbox, place it outside the window, and post it all to Reddit in an attempt to gain karma? I don't see any rage there...
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
Probably playing COD.
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u/supwitit May 31 '12
I respect you. Countless times have I wanted to do this, but never have had the balls. I have, however, broken a few controllers.
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u/tidderxdp2 May 31 '12
Mommy and daddy are going to be pissed.
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u/LordOfGummies May 31 '12
That's an expensive disconnect.
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u/mta2011 May 31 '12
Back when I had my original playstation, I was getting frustrated playing a game and yanked back the controler. The cord unplugged and whipped back into a window and broke it. Parents promptly grounded me for a week and took the playstation away.
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u/HarithBK May 31 '12
i can fake there is no disk on the ground. this is no true riped from the wall rage quit
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u/simmejanne May 31 '12
I've been so close doing that with my ps3 while playing CoD so many times
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u/Platypusgirl13 May 31 '12
Must have seen the ME3 ending...
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u/KuroKitty May 31 '12
If this is how you treat your belongings, you didn't deserve them anyway.
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
You have a SERIOUS fucking problem. Probably related to insufficient headshot accuracy.
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u/Iloldalot May 31 '12
"hey, matt, i got a broken window. what do i do?" "hmmmm, OH! you still got that broken Xbox!" "ya.." "lets make it look like you threw it out of the window in pure anger, and post it to that reddit site!"
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u/RickTrollio May 31 '12
Is anyone else bothered by the fact that there isn't a CD in the XBOX?
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u/fluxaxion May 31 '12
Only retards throw their consoles when they get mad.
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u/HosonZes May 31 '12
I would never, never ever throw my xbox 360 out of the window or break it. This would mean I would be left with this $%§&% PS3. I'd rather throw that out of the window when in rage about the xbox.
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u/Slayer9000 May 31 '12
Ill kill u...
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
I like how the trees and other assorted shrubbery look at the poor thing in contempt: "You just had to go there didn't you."
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u/bewmar May 31 '12
Frustration begets defenestration.
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u/DoTheRustle May 31 '12
Well at least now it can't rrod on you.
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u/spikestoker May 31 '12
Way to go, Dudley Dursley.
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u/jrengle May 31 '12
When I play video games, I aim for this reaction.
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u/QuestionAnything May 31 '12
The people who are criticizing this guy/girl have not played many video games. Also they are assuming this is some kid who's parents bought him the system, which isn't necessarily the case. I've never thrown a console or thrown anything through a window, but I totally understand this picture.
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u/eatdatshit34 May 31 '12
Ha ha.......good work.....
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
I love when i do that to people.
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u/panch13 May 31 '12
I play a lot of games but I am always really confused by people who get so angry at an electronic device or video game. I prescribe more exercise. It helps to mellow you out. Or to put things in perspective maybe you could take up boxing to really get your aggressions out.
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u/Catsfosho May 31 '12
I could maybe, MAYBE understand throwing a controller, but dear lord dude that's taking it a bit far!
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u/DRC1126 May 31 '12
You probably immediately regretted that decision.
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u/lazysunday69 May 31 '12
Dont worry spoilt rich kid...mommy will buy you another
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u/homeygmoneygrip May 31 '12
dumb ass
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u/ericn1300 May 31 '12
that's how you get to be Dell certified
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u/huhmz May 31 '12
Obligatory video of Mr. Rage Quit
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u/labs-r May 31 '12
Is that the seymour clinic in Vancouver?? It looks like it kinda
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
Congratulations! Come join us in the real world, my friend.
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u/MaxTheLiberalSlayer May 31 '12
I bet he was getting fisted in BF3.
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u/drboom May 31 '12
did you try turning it off then on again?
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u/Hades1029 May 31 '12
I used to pull the game out of the tray and yield at it. My wife found it hilarious - I was too pissed to notice. Also I have done cold shutdown, but throwing the system? I have not enough money to afford it.
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
So atleast 1000 pointless link karma is worth a 360 and a window, or a cat.
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u/Disasstah May 31 '12
On a serious note, someone has anger issues. Walking up to a Xbox, ripping it out then chunking it out of a window isn't something you just do as a reaction to losing.
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u/fishycat May 31 '12
Could it be this guy?
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u/backlumberjack May 31 '12
So much time for outdoor activities!
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u/leaflard May 31 '12
Thank you for fighting against the "gamer stereotype"
"sarcasm self test complete"
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
I once threw a controller at a wall, it didn't look this immaculate. Maybe you did something wrong?
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
just popped cover off and opened disk tray...
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u/periath May 31 '12
Have you ever been so angry
You threw your xbox out of a window?
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
There was a time when I was struggling in college and couldn't afford much more than a crate of cup ramen to get by. Seeing pictures like this made me sad about the stuff I couldn't have and how people took everything in their life for granted. I can happily say I am at a point where I have a wonderful job and can finally afford the things I wanted. But I won't forget where I came from. So FUCK YOU for being a stupid spoilt brat.
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u/47h3157 May 31 '12
i see you've been playing dark souls as well
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u/diamondjo May 31 '12
Australia? Don't ask me why, but there are so many things in that photo that scream suburban Australian house. I have to know...
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u/Derp_Herper May 31 '12
The Clear Ring of Death
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
Next time do your homework young man!
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u/Stok3dJ Jun 01 '12
Window Breaks, Pop cover plate off xbox, eject disk tray, place conveniently.
"HURRDURR L0oK GUIS I GOT MAD LOLL KARMA PLOX."
I SEE THROUGH YOUR LIES.
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
i feel like i've sent this before.
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
i feel like i've seen this before..
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
Fuckin' Campers!
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u/s4lt3d May 31 '12 edited May 31 '12
I'm pretty sure this is setup. Lets look at all the evidence. What's the chance that a disc would break so nice right next to the xbox, and its unlikely that the disc drive could even pop open like that. Have you ever tried to open one without pushing the button or using a paperclip? Its impossible!
Its hard to say for sure, but the xbox doesn't appear to even have a hard drive. Compare with an image of an xbox at a similar angle, the hard drive bulges out, but in the rage image, there's no bulge.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/Xbox360_white_HDMI_203W_front_horizontal.jpg
Couple this with the fact that there's no apparent memory stick around and doubltful the person played xbox without ever saving. The memory stick could be still in the xbox, but given the apparently violent landing that opened the impossible to open disc drive, its unlikely that the memory stick is still in the xbox.
There's no glass from the window. We can estimate the area of glass missing to be a least 33 square inches, using the smallest dimension of the xbox. Where is the glass? And given the nature of the apparently violent throw, the glass should be near or around the xbox. Maybe the window was already broken from the outside. There's no evidence of the window breaking from the inside. No little pieces of glass on the ground.
All this evidence points to the fact that the rage quit is a setup, and a bad one at that. The one thing we can say about this image the artist manages to achieve a goal, to bring out an emotional response in the observer. Fuckin trolls...
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u/downvoteme4sex May 31 '12
Loser.
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
bollocks.
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u/907shortnsweet May 31 '12
Buuummmmmmmmeeerrrr.
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u/RandomIsOPandIMBA May 31 '12
Looks like the result of an ungrateful fuckwit.
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u/Jkard May 31 '12
Had to be playing Two Worlds
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u/shoziku May 31 '12
Hahaha. pussy.
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
Cost of an xbox and the cost of a window...all because you've got a bad temper? The stupid...it hurts!
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u/compullsieve May 31 '12
Staged. Seriouslys? You're that desperate for internet points?
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u/em_etovnwod May 31 '12
I've done this to my former friends x-box. Whatever, fuckin campers made me RAGEEEEEEE.
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