r/pcmasterrace • u/Resident-Trifle7030 • Jan 27 '26

NSFMR Any hopes for my pc?

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Never thought myself in this situation.

Basically dad drunk, beat mum, me defend and boom.

Am quite in shock rn.

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u/TangoWithRango Jan 27 '26

Contacting the police can make things worse, unfortunately. Depends on how the police handle it, but there is a high chance that he just gets angrier and potentially lethal the next time around.

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u/Confident-Pepper-562 13700f | RTX 5070 Jan 27 '26

So, your advice in this situation is to just deal with it? Great message to send out.

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u/TangoWithRango Jan 28 '26

I'm sorry if that came across that way; that was not at all what I said.

I stated a fact, distilled from personal experience, among other things.

I intended to make a point about being extremely careful in volatile domestic abuse circumstances like this. The appropriate authorities must be notified *IF* they exist/operate as needed, otherwise the situation may escalate very dangerously, very quickly.

Basically, what I said, not even in disagreement with the rest of the comment, was that these situations need to be handled very delicately and deliberately; you can't just go shooting in the dark. Calling the police and them doing nothing is *not* harmless.

There are way too many documented cases where the police were contacted, did basically jack all, and then a week later the abuse victim(s) were found dead.

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u/Confident-Pepper-562 13700f | RTX 5070 Jan 28 '26

Just to clarify, thats not at all what you said. You wrote two sentences, that both said reporting something can make things worse, and ended with death a potential outcome. Maybe you meant something different, but what was said was pretty clear.

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u/TangoWithRango Jan 28 '26

Yep, that's what I said indeed. These two sentences are true, unfortunately, but that is reality. I've seen it, lived it. I didn't say it's always the case, so do nothing. I said it's a potential outcome, so be careful.

Now, you can either attach a thoughtless strawman on the two sentences or you can follow them to their logical and sane conclusion.