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patricia_bennett26•22h ago

Spent 45 minutes on hold with my ISP last week before I found the real problem under my desk

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johnson.lee•2d ago

Just realized the 'cheap' HDMI cable advice from my brother in law cost me 3 hours and a $180 receiver repair

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uma_reed26•5d ago

Can we talk about how my HDMI cable worked fine for 2 years then died the day I had 4 friends over for movie night?

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hugo_ellis•5d ago

Braided nylon sleeve beat my heat shrink tubing on a 6 foot HDMI run

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noahs82•6d ago

Guy at the repair shop in Boise swore heat shrink tubing would outlast electrical tape on my laptop charger, and he was right

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ivan_perez•8d ago

Rant: I was yanking my HDMI cords out by the plug end for like a decade and one finally split

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margaretf40•12d ago

TIL a 50 cent rubber band stopped my laptop charger from dying every 3 months

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james672•13d ago

Serious question, a guy at Best Buy in Dallas told me to just buy a new HDMI every 6 months instead of fixing the bent pin

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amy858•15d ago

Pro tip: the white cable on my treadmill died mid run at 6.2 mph

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shane_ross•15d ago

Used the same HDMI cable for 4 years before I noticed the little arrows on the connectors

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verab28•16d ago

Guy at the repair shop in Akron told me to quit yanking cords by the cable, here is what I changed

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ivan_hayes29•17d ago

PSA: check your laptop charger brick after 8 months, mine cooked itself at the airport in Denver and I had no backup

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jamesmason•18d ago

I finally stopped blaming my kid for the broken lightning cables, and the real cause was way dumber

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shane_ross•21d ago

My $90 HDMI cable died mid playoff game, a $7 fix from the hardware store saved me

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dakotawells•22d ago

Just realized everyone blaming the cable for their HDMI issues should try flipping it first

Broken Cable Guys

c/broken-cable-guys

A place to share stories, fixes, and jokes about messed up HDMI, USB, and power cords that always break at the worst time.

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