So... the belt on my DVD drive's tray opener broke.

[user151]

Do you believe that? The computer is only a couple of years old. I've barely used the DVD drive!

WE MUST NUKE THE EVER-LOVING DOGSHIT OUT OF CHINA IMMEDIATELY!!!

[Mister Obvious]

Oh come on bro you can fix that!

[user151]

Yeah, but that ain't the point. A brand new belt shouldn't break after two years.

ALL CHINESE PEOPLE MUST DIE!!!

[Mister Obvious]

DAS RACISS.

[user151]

I'll tell you what's raciss, sweetheart. Raciss is making a bunch of cheap, worthless crap and dumping it on ol' roundeye.

FUCK CHAIRMAN MAO IN HIS ASS!!!!!!!1

[zenba]

who's at fault, the slave workers in china making shit with shoddy materials, or the jackass westerner buying it from them?

:p

[user151]

I'm supposed to know what's inside a computer I ordered online?

It's a fucking rubber belt. If you can't get that right, what else are you gonna do in life? I mean you literally had one job.

NAPALM SHENZHEN!!!!!

[Mister Obvious]

who's at fault, the slave workers in china making shit with shoddy materials, or the jackass westerner buying it from them?

:p

The voice of reason speaks again!

*bows to service the phallus*

[user151]

Yeah, I should've e-mailed Best Buy and asked them where the belt on the DVD drive was made before I ordered. That would've been the reasonable thing to do. Silly me.

[Mister Obvious]

Yeah, just you remember that next time bucko!

[user151]

I will. And if he says, "Oh, that belt was made in China," I'll ask him, "Got one with a belt made in the USA?" And when he says no, I'll say, "Well, I guess I'll just have to do without a computer then."

And the moral of this story is: it's easy to moralize about being picky about where your shit was made, but good luck finding one made anywhere else.

[zenba]

[insert smarmy post about buying cheap prebuilt crap and getting what you pay for]

[anecdote about still having every single cdrom/dvdrom/dvdcdrw/bluray MODISC rewriter i've ever had in perfect working order]

[user151]

[Send me one of your spare belts then.]

[user151]

I'm gonna order my replacement belt from Fred Marrs, the tape recorder belt guy. He'll charge me $25 for that little black rubber band, but, by gum, it'll outlast the entire data center!

[Mister Obvious]

I LOVE IT WHEN A PLAN COMES TOGETHER.

[user151]

I love it when your panties slide off.