# I bought a computer once....it tried to kill me.

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 11, 2005, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-a-computer-once-it-tried-to-kill-me/325686 "2005-10-11T01:59:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![mrrealtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@mrrealtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrrealtime)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2005, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-a-computer-once-it-tried-to-kill-me/325686/1 "2005-10-11T01:59:25Z")

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**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2005, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-a-computer-once-it-tried-to-kill-me/325686/2 "2005-10-11T02:48:43Z")

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I bought a TV stand today. It broke when I tried to put it together.

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**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2005, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-a-computer-once-it-tried-to-kill-me/325686/3 "2005-10-11T06:15:15Z")

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An AT&T WGS 6300 retains the dubious honor of being the only computer I’ve worked on so far to injure me so severely that I was at the “Hey, do you think this needs stitches?” level.