Anyone who refers to their possessions by the corporate trademark and coddles it like a newborn really will believe they've ruined it. It's not a PC, it's a Mac. It's not a car, it's an Alfa. It's not a vacuum, it's a Dyson. It's not a smoker, it's a Traeger. And so on. Talking to these people is like talking to someone with a mental illness.

The answer to both is: "No, not really."

Had to look twice because at first glance it looked like an ancient egyptian tomb.

Linux user here. My daily driver:

This is the difference between the guy driving the old rusted out Camaro with a V8 vs the guy with the brand new Honda civic with a bumper scratch.

I had near both feelings with the exact trouble in my life. The third panel is missing: Linux users with a thinkpad from the trash... "This will be a fine addition to my setup"

I dropped an 05 Macbook on the steps, had a mark about like that. Figured it was fine, I could barely open it, racked the whole case in some way i never expected.

One of my old roommates was a heavy smoker and dear God the inside of his computer was a nightmare.

Bottom pic was my experience when I brought an old family laptop back from the dead. It had a broken hinge that made the built in keyboard and main body peel apart. It would take forever to do anything, especially after it "upgraded" to Windows 11.

Wiped the os to put Linux Mint on it, plugged in a usb keyboard and it's been doing great since!

Not even, more like - if it still works, fuck it.

idk i was pretty upset when i accidentally threw my $6000 macbook at the very corner of a concrete surface and it got scuffed up but id have been far more worried about a non-macbook… the gash in the aluminium would have been completely fucked plastic and internals

Yup.

And they probably did ruin their Macbook, since Macs are designed to be irreparable on purpose and a ding like that may have affected screen functionality significantly.