Begging For Help...

[FireNexus]

I'm a bit of a moron. I happened to accidently break a very expensive monitor. I'm in college, and don't have the money to replace it (to the tune of $400) It doesn't belong to me, so I have to replace it with one of equal value. If I don't, I will suffer greatly at the hands of my kind and generous father (who does own it). I'm using my paypal account to basically beg for spare change from people over the internet in order to replace it. If anybody could donate, even if it's only like $0.50, I would be very thankful.

Plus, this allows you to laugh at my stupidity: I was messing around with an airsoft gun i didn't hink was loaded, inside. It happened to be facing the monitor from about 5 feet away. I fired, and the LCD was all fucked up, basically beyond repair.

I know this is probably impolite or bad form or something, but I'm fairly desperate. Thank you everyone and anyone for your help.

Save FireNexus!

[Joe]

If your father is kind and generous, he'll understand. Just ask him to replace it as sincerely as possible and offer to repay him when you have the wherewithal to do so.

[FireNexus]

My hope is to have him never hear about it. I fear my death if he does.

Edit: Kudos on the buddy icon. Bulldogs are teh shizzy.

[weemadando]

Oh my dear god. YOU DID WHAT? You know if I had a credit card I would have sent you at least something for bringing amusement into my day.

[Darth Wong]

You were fucking around with an Airsoft gun and you didn't know whether it was loaded? Do you have any idea how many different kinds of stupidity are inherent in that act?

[FireNexus]

I'm quite well aware. I don't always make the best decisions.

[weemadando]

You were fucking around with an Airsoft gun and you didn't know whether it was loaded? Do you have any idea how many different kinds of stupidity are inherent in that act?

Three?

[Hotfoot]

Plus, this allows you to laugh at my stupidity: I was messing around with an airsoft gun i didn't hink was loaded, inside.

Your gun is ALWAYS loaded. Treat it as such at all times.
Shit like this is why my Dad nearly got his head blown off by some dumbass in Vietnam. You're lucky, a $400 monitor can be replaced. Lives can't.

Easiest solution? Sorry if this sounds heartless, but get a job and work it off over Christmas Break. Retail stores are always looking for people to help around Christmas time, so you can probably get some part time work stocking shelves and such.

I would also suggest that you tell your father about this incident (though maybe not exactly what happened, just say it got busted because you were screwing around or something), and at the same time try to come up with possible solutions, such as getting a job to help pay to replace the monitor. If you're lucky, he'll offer to meet you partway because he'll be impressed by your maturity in problem solving and your willingness to take responsibility for your actions.

[FireNexus]

Yeah. Well, I have a job. the problem is that I pay my tuition. But you're right. And as far as the gun is always loaded thing: it's a lesson i definitely learned quite permanently.

I'm gonna have to go do the responsible thing. Man, i never thought I'd hear myself saying that...

[TrailerParkJawa]

Welcome to adult life, you break something you have to pay for it. I once let a friend stick a floppy in my dad's computer before scanning it for virus'. It trashed his system and I had to tell him about after he got out of the hopsital for spine surgery. I was not in a good way. Unless your dad is an unreasonable monster this will pass in time, but the adult thing to do is replace it with your own funds even if it means using a student credit card.

[Spanky The Dolphin]

Plus, this allows you to laugh at my stupidity: I was messing around with an airsoft gun i didn't hink was loaded, inside.

Your gun is ALWAYS loaded. Treat it as such at all times.

Damn fucking straight.

On another note: Never ever walk in front of someone using a live gun, even if their hand is off the trigger.

Last weekend I walked in front of Utsanomiko while he was reloading his Winchester bolt-action rifle (a REAL rifle, mind you) to film him firing four shots from different angles. Our dad chastised me for it, and I really should have known better. Like you, I just wasn't thinking, and I recognise my stupidity.

Let's hope that you just learned a very expensive lession.

[muse]

It could be worse, my younger brother once threw a baseball through our bedroom window by accident...from the inside. Granted he was only about 4 years old at most and I don't think he understood the concept of windows yet.

[Spanky The Dolphin]

Wait a minute, I hope that you're in an apartment or something and not in the dorms, bacause at least according to the regulations of the U of I, firearms of any kind (be they real, BBs, airsoft, or paintball) are not allowed in the dormatories or on campus in any way.

[Joe]

Your gun is ALWAYS loaded. Treat it as such at all times.

Don't simply treat it as it was loaded; have absolutely, positively, no doubt in your mind that your gun is loaded no less than 110 percent of the time.

Also, I must confess that that I didn't fully read your post, FireNexus, before I posted my first response. Your dad is probably going to kill you no matter how kind and generous he is. Firing a gun at an expensive piece of equipment is just not good thinking.