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PSA: Keep social media trends away from your laptops, unless you want broken hinges

Listen, I've not always been a paragon of common sense; I once managed to bend pins on not one but two CPUs when upgrading my then-partner's PC and my own—a two-for-one in sheer-faced idiocy, all within the space of an hour.

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A Reddit user broke the hinge on their gaming laptop after standing the device upside down, following a trend seen on Instagram reels and other social‑media videos. The incident was highlighted by Wccftech and prompted the author, who admits past mishaps like bending CPU pins while upgrading PCs, to warn readers against copying such online stunts. The piece emphasizes that not every social‑media challenge is safe to try, especially with delicate laptop hardware.

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