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What's the most expensive thing you broke as a kid and what's the story behind it? (leminal.space)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Mine was our CRT TV. I would rapidly push the power button on and off because I thought the picture coming and going looked cool but eventually it fell inside of the TV. I think I later stuck a magnet on the TV.

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[–] [email protected] 67 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

I set the majority of my mother's finest dresses on fire. I was very young. We had a powercut one night so we were using candles. It came back soon after, but i was still a curious boy with a candle in my hand. I wanted to go somewhere dark again so i went inside my closet and closed the door. My mom ran out of space in her room for her dresses so she put them on my closet. Only the stuff she didn't use often so it had the worst and the best. They were wrapped plastic and i was fascinated by how the plastic shrunk when the flame got close. But eventually I got too close and actually set it on fire. How did i react? Got out, shut the closet doors and went to watch tv. It's a miracle i didn't torch my whole house

[–] [email protected] 30 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

That's such a great reaction to starting a fire in a closet full of priceless and flammable stuff! "Oops! I think I'll just close the door on that problem and hope no one notices."

I'm tempted to call it such a child's reaction to a problem they don't know how to solve. But I know I'm guilty of doing the same thing as an adult, just not with a potentially fatal raging closet fire fueled by a plastic coated wedding dress.

The more I think about it, the more in awe I become of what you managed to achieve.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago

Lol yeah as an adult I feel like I've done similar things. Not with a house fire or immediately life threatening scenario. But definitely like "well I don't really want to deal with that problem...I'm just going to walk away and hope it goes away" lol!!

[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago

How did i react? Got out, shut the closet doors and went to watch tv. It’s a miracle i didn’t torch my whole house

Lmao - reminds me of when I was in my early twenties and couldn't handle my beer. We had a few people around, and the toilet was occupied, so I threw up in a bucket and hid it in a closet and went back to the party. Cue to next morning, "Lads... why is there a bucket of-"