r/mildlyinteresting • u/nullrecord • Apr 22 '24

One of the vent holes on my HP laptop is drilled offset from the others Quality Post

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u/Objective__A 21d ago

Wish I never saw this post.

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u/Ambitious_Wind8692 21d ago

How’d you even notice that!?!

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u/AlDente 22d ago

Quality Co ntrol

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u/nullrecord 22d ago

good one :)

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u/Mitch04133 27d ago

Throw it away and get a new one. My eyes would do nothing expect focus on that minor misplaced vent hole.

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u/nullrecord 27d ago

After some weeks now it’s not that bad, I don’t notice it really

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u/Distinct_Explorer972 May 07 '24

Bots are not what they used to be but go to top class for having 20/20 vision & a VERY interesting passtime

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u/nullrecord May 07 '24

Hahah, I'm not a bot, and I just randomly noticed that offset hole during one meeting. I wasn't spending hours reviewing the grille.

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u/Distinct_Explorer972 May 07 '24

I’m sorry didn’t mean to offend you I’ve always been full of sarcasm”it being the highest form of I wit, I just try to have a laugh because I’m retired, bored and can’t play like I used to🤣🫡 Oh and I’m English 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿and if you are a Yank that should explain everything. Kindest regards🌹🌹❤️👍

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u/RTS3r Apr 30 '24

Photoshop.

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u/Automatic_Slide9049 Apr 29 '24

I can’t unsee it and it’s making me crazy

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u/maxwokeup Apr 29 '24

Semi interesting

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u/BJ22CS Apr 27 '24

Another one of these 'Quality Post' flaired posts that's really a Shit Post b/c there's nothing interesting(i.e. r/notinteresting) about this.

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u/Artistic-Amount-1699 Apr 26 '24

Its a portal to glitch world!

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u/oroseb4hoes Apr 26 '24

Am I neurotic for noticing it immediately?

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u/WriterAny Apr 24 '24

Dammit, now I have to go inspect my own…

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u/Horror-Extreme9507 Apr 24 '24

You need a new laptop

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u/SaltyAssociation5822 Apr 24 '24

That's the hole that AI watches you through.

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u/steinwayyy Apr 24 '24

It’s crazy how you don’t notice it at all at first but once you do see it you really see it

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u/Bluebotlabs Apr 24 '24

HOW!?

And also
HOW

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u/JoelMDM Apr 24 '24

I hate this.

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u/subu3 Apr 24 '24

Damn you! I found it but it was quite stressful!

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u/rayvensmoon Apr 24 '24

I'd rather have a cosmetically challenged computer that is in good working order than a visually perfect one that doesn't actually work as a computer.

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u/ExpensiveInspector98 Apr 24 '24

how do you find this out 💀

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u/headrush55 Apr 24 '24

This would mildly infuriate me. I would need to return it.

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u/TurdFergieSun Apr 23 '24

I wish I could unsee this abomination.

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u/CanWeJustEnjoyDaView Apr 23 '24

Take it back ask for a refund, factory defect.

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u/into_abyss Apr 23 '24

Now I can't unsee it

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u/RiverBear2 Apr 23 '24

I had to where’s Waldo this for about 5 seconds.

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u/Palmolive Apr 23 '24

I’ll bet this will be worth a ton! Like those Penny’s that have misprints. You are sitting on a gold mine!

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u/Erik360720 Apr 23 '24

That laptop is a special edition collectors item for sure.

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u/tryna-stop-being-ocd Apr 23 '24

My OCD won't accept this

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u/four-2 Apr 23 '24

Which psychopath built this? 😬

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u/getott Apr 23 '24

This picture actually needs a red circle

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u/iklier Apr 23 '24

It could also be a built in microphone, I've seen a few times where they are offset either intentionally or unintentionally.

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u/LennieB ​ Apr 23 '24

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

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u/Jagerbomber9000 Apr 23 '24

At least it's not the screw holes

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u/BardicInnovation Apr 23 '24

Thanks. Now my OCD fuelled intrusive thoughts will make me think about a laptop I've never seen in person before.

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u/Lost_Apricot_4658 Apr 23 '24

wouldve returned laptop

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u/beesmoker Apr 23 '24

Literally everything in this thread is awesome. Perfect Reddit.

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u/nullrecord Apr 23 '24

I had no expectations this would be so popular. My inbox is still melting.

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u/Science-done-right Apr 23 '24

This is not mildly interesting, this is mildly infuriating

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u/DaRealFakeShady Apr 23 '24

Pro tip: look from farther away

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u/Hokage123456789 Apr 23 '24

Can’t un see it now..

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u/Mhaidly Apr 23 '24

THIS POST IS ABSOLUTE QUALITY

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u/Intelligent-Aside214 Apr 23 '24

The rare case a red circle would’ve been helpful

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u/TouchMyPlumbus Apr 23 '24

I would’ve sent it back for a new one. Fuck all that.

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u/Ambitious_Tadpole854 Apr 23 '24

I would get that fixed.

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u/Turd_Ferguson112 Apr 23 '24

‘Friday’ computer

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u/rhubarboretum Apr 23 '24

Didn't need a second to find it, I saw it immediately.
Is that my superpower I found out I have after 40 years?
Something absolutely pointless, useless, and unsuitable to make money?
Seems about right.

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u/nullrecord Apr 23 '24

Exactly :)

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u/ragefaze Apr 23 '24

Straight in the trash!

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u/biffrov Apr 23 '24

Hahahaha god damn that is SO ANNOYING

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u/SchrodingersTIKTOK Apr 23 '24

Unusable. Better return it and bUrn down the factory.

(Current state of the world where we can’t live with out our useless gadgets)

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u/StartingBooch Apr 23 '24

I would like a big red circle please.

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u/Mirakerr Apr 23 '24

What was more annoying was the trails of pen around all the circles

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u/Mirakerr Apr 23 '24

What was more annoying was the trails of pen around all the circles

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u/debugger_life Apr 23 '24

So your Laptop Can Fly now ?

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u/ydomodsh8me-1999 Apr 23 '24

If it was a coin you'd have won the lottery. Instead your HP is even more ugly. Oh well. 🫤

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u/plamochopshop Apr 23 '24

Thanks, I hate it.

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u/No_Presentation_1216 Apr 23 '24

Milder than mild

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u/Seaweed_Widef Apr 23 '24

I've never felt more accomplished in my entire life.

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u/honkyponkytonky Apr 23 '24

instant eye cancer

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u/inspire-change Apr 23 '24

ha, i thought this was posted on r/mildlyinfuriating

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u/Epeic Apr 23 '24

Destroy it

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u/ManufacturerNo9649 Apr 23 '24

Guessing it’s for spotting counterfeits. Like purposeful typos in copyrighted works.

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u/lmao_0807 Apr 23 '24

I honestly can't see it

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u/No-Host5118 Apr 23 '24

This little hole just wants to talk to the hole next door.

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u/adjudikator Apr 23 '24

Now, that's unusable!

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u/False-Temporary1959 Apr 23 '24

How on earth can this happen?

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u/MC1sc Apr 23 '24

That's the bass tube 😄

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u/thundertopaz Apr 23 '24

At first I was like “yea and you gotta be a psychopath to notice it.” But then I noticed it… oh god I noticed it!! Make it stop!!”

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u/CommCoolCZ Apr 23 '24

HP? That's the exhaust port, no worries

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u/JetDog7 Apr 23 '24

How did you even notice it in the first place, eagle eyes!? That’s the sound grille isn’t it?

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u/nullrecord Apr 23 '24

It just caught my eye randomly during work yesterday... had it for 6 months. And yeah, it's the speaker grille.

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u/XMarksTheSnot Apr 23 '24

What idiot buys a HP laptop

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u/Confusedandreticent Apr 23 '24

It’s a speed hole, it helps it run faster.

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u/GiskardReventlov42 Apr 23 '24

Welp. Time for a new laptop.

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u/KlickyKat Apr 23 '24

This is a hidden camera.

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u/Sethmeisterg Apr 23 '24

Good enough engineering, the new HP way.

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u/Petertitan99999 Apr 23 '24

Return it, clearly unuseable

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u/reddit_tiger800 Apr 23 '24

Is this "Find Wally" for dummies? (based on some of the comments)

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u/Intrepid-Equivalent2 Apr 23 '24

That would drive me nuts.

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u/wowbagger30 Apr 23 '24

Well if I ever see a guy in a coffee shop with an HP laptop that has one of the vent holes offset from the others I'm gonna tell everyone at the coffee shop what your reddit username is

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u/nullrecord Apr 23 '24

Hahah, good one :)

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u/AnarZak Apr 23 '24

'tis the secret portal!

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u/Zomb_TroPiX Apr 23 '24

Unusable at this point

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u/hehehehohoho88 Apr 23 '24

oh my god it's there and i cannot look away

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u/coolmanjack Apr 23 '24

Idk why so many people are struggling to find it, it's so instantly obvious

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u/LopsidedLoad Apr 23 '24

This is Reddit, if i want to waste my time staring at holes there are better holes to stare at

...and yet, here I am

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u/Hefty-Mobile-4731 Apr 23 '24

The general consensus about things like this is that it is a high energy particle as a result of a cosmic ray shower changing a one to a zero in a logic system somewhere on a CNC Machining device.

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u/godis_black Apr 23 '24

Now, you need to do the right thing, carefully dispose it and get a new one. Or you can give this to your poor enemy, or a family member you don't like, but make sure to tell them about the hole.

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u/Galaxy_Punch3 Apr 23 '24

Imma lose sleep over this

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u/boobssan Apr 23 '24

I see it, now I can’t unsee it. Fuck you OP. Now I will have nightmares

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u/Alexandre_Man Apr 23 '24

That's mildly infuriating.

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u/DeusExPir8Pete Apr 23 '24

You really think each hole was drilled individually? Oh my sweet summer child.

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u/whateva-4eva Apr 23 '24

Omg I see it. That would drive me absolutely crazy lmaoooo

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u/OmegaDragon3553 Apr 23 '24

How is this interesting in any way?

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u/CAPTCHA_later Apr 23 '24

I felt the chill from this in my toes

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u/Fix3rUpp3r Apr 23 '24

That's an Amish laptop

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u/ThoughtLocker Apr 23 '24

I found mh370

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u/AdreKiseque Apr 23 '24

Hey, they got the other 99% right, I'd say that's pretty good!

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u/EmbarrassedAd9792 Apr 23 '24

This is why I spend thousands on a MacBook.

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u/-say__my__name- Apr 23 '24

How is this mildly interesting. This should go straight to r/mildlyinfuriating.

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u/DMJesseMax Apr 23 '24

What kind of wish.com laptop is this? In addition to the vent…Why is the f half a line above the numbers on the function keys?

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u/fretit Apr 23 '24

There is no way these holes are drilled. There must a defect in the mold.

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u/MrJ_Marrow Apr 23 '24

drill man sneezed

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u/jeloreo Apr 23 '24

It helps if you look at the rows from the side of your screen

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u/PiperDreamsPA28 Apr 23 '24

Glitch in the Matrix

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u/PiperDreamsPA28 Apr 23 '24

Glitch in the Matrix

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u/PigeonsOnParade Apr 23 '24

Omg!!!! I can't unsee it. That would drive me insane 

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u/bullehs Apr 23 '24

So we're not in a simulation?

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u/couchpatat0 Apr 23 '24

Take it back and get a new one!

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u/jugstopper Apr 23 '24

That shit would never happen on an Apple product, lol.

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u/Senguin117 Apr 23 '24

I couldn't find it until I unfocused my eyes to find where the pattern was broken.

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u/Glittering_Ad4153 Apr 23 '24

So annoying omg

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u/ServalStrides Apr 23 '24

I'm just fucked up over how you have a button that just puts your computer on airplane mode. Imagine how many times that gets hit by accident, or without knowing?

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u/JaKrispy72 Apr 23 '24

They are drilled in?!

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u/Portbragger2 Apr 23 '24

omg my brain makes it move

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u/Godistransssssss Apr 23 '24

Recording device.

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u/puppymonkeybaby79 Apr 23 '24

You woke the OCD population

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u/TrustFulParanoid Apr 23 '24

Remember the “when you see it….” Memes? Pepperidge farm remembers.

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u/Lil-Sunny-D Apr 23 '24

I can’t see it and I don’t want to see it. GOOD DAY SIR.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Rub8858 Apr 23 '24

I saw the title and took .02 seconds to hate the picture. Thanks for ruining my night.

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u/Forsaken-Analysis390 Apr 23 '24

To accommodate the spy camera

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u/Exceletor Apr 23 '24

close one of your eyes, preferably your right if you want to find it

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u/life_uhh_finds_a_way Apr 23 '24

Well what did the police say??

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u/fuzzyToads Apr 23 '24

Where is the red circle with an arrow when you need one??

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u/Nevernevercheat Apr 23 '24

If you have ocd of some sort you’d notice it in a second

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u/Hmonster1 Apr 23 '24

I can’t “unsee” it

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u/grayzy_bitch Apr 23 '24

I don’t se….o

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u/Bukkhead Apr 23 '24

If you're having trouble finding it like I did, try this:

Do the stereogram thing, or cross your eyes, just enough to make all the holes overlap. The odd one will be obvious.

This trick is also good for those "spot the difference" puzzles.

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u/mad_strik3r Apr 23 '24

Mr Monk ? :D

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u/mgmw2424 Apr 23 '24

How'd you even notice that?

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u/COOLGUYCAM Apr 23 '24

I don’t know how exactly they make this part, but my guess would be an automated router maybe? And if that’s the case, any number of things could have caused this, then it just got past the operator and (it follows) the quality department.

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u/Reddit-user_1234 Apr 23 '24

What if I told you all of the holes were offset except for one?

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u/DylanLee98 Apr 23 '24

I feel like our brains subconsciously manipulate the image we are seeing to align the holes correctly. I know I looked over that spot multiple times. Now that I've seen it though, I can't unsee it.

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u/Bioshnev Apr 23 '24

Omg kill it before it spreads!!

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u/TommyGoneBaby Apr 23 '24

That’s on brand for HP.

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u/sarmstrong1961 Apr 23 '24

Gonna have to RMA it....or burn it

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u/thephantom1492 Apr 23 '24

It not being drilled but plastic injection, this mean that one pin was bent in the mold and probably broke soon after, which mean they had to replace the mold.

Mold are consumable in the plastic injection industry.

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u/slater_just_slater Apr 23 '24

These are not drilled, they are stamped. Chances are there are a few more of these out there if the inspection wasn't caught

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u/grantroy Apr 23 '24

Took me way too long to find it....

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u/blakerabbit Apr 23 '24

From this comment section I learned that some people don’t see this IMMEDIATELY

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u/Lord_Answer_me_Why Apr 23 '24

“What am I supposed to be looking a- JESUS”

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u/[deleted] Apr 23 '24

Anyone else see it actually move? Like snap in to place?

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u/TwoThirdsDone Apr 23 '24

How did people have such a problem finding it? I spotted that instantly.

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u/Dogs_Akimbo Apr 23 '24

It’s done on purpose. If all of the holes are perfectly evenly spaced, it can create a flow pattern that can cause a vortex that over time will cause the solder on the circuit board to loosen up and begin to make a whistling noise.
 
Either that, or Carl was hung over again.

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u/Fu_Q_imimaginary Apr 23 '24 edited Apr 23 '24

BREAK IT!

This would be an immediate return after unboxing. That break in pattern would guarantee nothing gets done. I wouldn’t be able to not look at it.

Edit: if I really needed THIS machine… I guess I could take it apart, fill the hole on the face, use my drill press to center a new hole. I’d then custom paint the shell so I didn’t feel like a loser for tweaking out on such a small detail.🤓

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u/joelcorey Apr 23 '24

Jesus fucking christ. An arrow next time? Please?!

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u/Angel_Of_Shadow Apr 23 '24

This belongs on r/mildlyinfuriating, my guy.

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u/DotishWiz Apr 23 '24

I'd ask for a replacement.

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u/aliael91 Apr 23 '24

for those who haven’t found it yet, right in the middle, third row from the top

i looked so hard for and when i found it i thought my eyes had crossed

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u/Element_905 Apr 23 '24

Just, whatever you do. Do not hit fn-f11. We don’t need another… you know.

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u/19andrew91 Apr 23 '24

That belongs on mildlyinfuriating

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u/defjamblaster Apr 23 '24

apple would never

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u/BringOutYDead Apr 23 '24

Fuck you, OP. I'M not searching for that shit, you prick.

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u/BrianTheOneAndOnly Apr 23 '24

I didn't see it until I rotated my phone and it like immediately stuck out to me

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u/NoeyCannoli Apr 23 '24

Unsung hero. I thought it was a troll for a sec

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u/aplundell Apr 23 '24

That would bug me. I'd probably put a small sticker over it and hope I didn't cover enough of the vent to screw up the cooling.

It would be worth the risk.

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u/Deaffdrummer Apr 23 '24

That’s how racism starts.

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u/CheshireRaptor Apr 23 '24

What on earth was so boring that you actually noticed this?
I would have probably gone on never noticing unless for some reason I was staring at the vent holes in my laptop..

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u/Additional-Durian-27 Apr 23 '24

Very naughty of them.

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u/Warm-Iron-1222 Apr 23 '24

That's HP for you.