MNByChoice

"Sign Kid" is trying to run a Paradox of Tolerance.
"Punching Kid" is right on. Though one should not do such things at school, nor on camera.
I have the feeling "Sign Kid" is going to change schools soon.

Ah fuck, you are right.

I parsed it differently and changed the meaning of "dates" mid-sentence, which one shouldn't do when reading.

I think they were implying you don't have to pay for dates...

OP needs a new therapist using a different therapy style. Keep trying folks. (I have my favorites, but so does everyone.)

From "the monitor goes dark", it would be helpful to split monitor issues from computer issues. When the computer becomes unresponsive, do any "non-monitor" functions still work? Does the DVD-drive tray eject or does audio continue to play? Any other details? Do any other lights on the computer stay on, like keyboard and mouse lights?

If the issue is primarily the monitor, then splitting between the physical monitor and the video card would also be helpful.

How old is the hardware?

When you say "nothing is logged", is the hard shutdown logged or anything after the time of the event? Or does "nothing is logged" mean the normal items are logged, but nothing of interest is logged? Some issues, especially hardware ones, stop the computer from logging.

Story: I once had a 15+ year old computer do something similar. The screen would go dark, but the lights on the keyboard stayed on. I had to hard power the system off and sometimes on boot the monitor wouldn't work. A monitor swap didn't fix the issue, but a USB video card did. The video card had failed. (Looking up what I think the interconnect was, the system may be 20 years old at this point.) NOTE: The system was not functional long term with a USB video card due to how the BIOS in the system handled the two video cards.

Likewise, I burned a Debian install DVD about 6 months ago. A FreeBSD install disk about 9 months ago.

theres so many things to do with a pc that i dont know where to start

Pick the first project that you think of and chase it down. If it sucks, then reformat the drive and do something else. Video game systems and file servers are great. So is installing a different OS on each, just to experience the differences side by side.

Do NOT continue "analysis paralysis".

Teslas are now asking minors for nudes.

Fuck

I understand the failure rates for the GPUs is huge. The duty cycles tend to be high, with power and cooling issues.

(Actually the power issues are wild and can destroy power distribution and generation equipment. "Power Stabilization for AI Training Datacenters" 21 Aug 2025 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2508.14318)

Another advantage of cookbooks. (There are good ones, but a lot are junk.)

What is one more felony? Perhaps someone can be found guilty and sentenced to no punishment.

No advantage to using social media tied to your name or identity.

Be a hermit crab. Start new accounts periodically. Be certain they are not tied to your meat space persona.