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[โ€“] LVLN@lemmy.world 19 points 7 months ago (3 children)

What if the "rat rod" look was a thing in computers. Like instead of super clean design this was the goal ๐Ÿค”

[โ€“] northendtrooper@lemmy.ca 12 points 7 months ago

Yes! Over the rgb puke in everything. Be nice to brung back those crazy case mods again.

[โ€“] Ptsf@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

That would work if rust didn't beget conductive dust that'll short out your shit in short order...

[โ€“] AndyMFK@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 7 months ago

I legitimately had that case on the right and modded it to give a rat rod aesthetic. It didn't look too far off from this pic

[โ€“] rem26_art@fedia.io 13 points 7 months ago (1 children)

i feel like you could build a cool sleeper PC in those, assuming your tetanus shots are up to date

[โ€“] Obi@sopuli.xyz 7 points 7 months ago

Make a mad max theme with it, sell it for 15k.

[โ€“] KISSmyOSFeddit@lemmy.world 12 points 7 months ago

When your firmware is written in Rust

They looks like Star Wars props

[โ€“] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

Post apocalyptic

[โ€“] mvirts@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

a bit of wd40 and theyll be good as new!

[โ€“] ScruffyDucky@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

Rust in peace

[โ€“] Aermis@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

Lol. Oh man I have that same exact case on the right.

[โ€“] molten@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] Hacksaw@lemmy.ca 3 points 7 months ago

I immediately heard this in my mind https://imgur.com/a/vn9iZy4

[โ€“] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 2 points 7 months ago