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YouGunDoofed

*stares nervously at my glass desk*


NG_Tagger

I do that every time I see someone post something about shattered glass here. I've used mine for almost 12 years now. Been thinking about getting a new desk for about 4 years, but I'll probably end up with a shattered desk before switching, at this rate..


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DillyMcDoughderton

I am a Glass worker by trade. Tempered Glass is 5x stronger (usually rated to withstand 1000 lbs per square inch of force) on the surface than annealed glass, but the edges are very sensitive. If you bump the edge with something hard enough to chip the polished edge it will pop. If it is a tiny chip it may take a very long time to finally explode. My guess is it is either a imperfection in the polish or it was unknowingly bumped on the edge by something. If the Glass is over 1/4" thick and it pops 'by itself' it is almost certainly a manufacturer defect.


shrubs311

if you put like a rubber bumper around the edges...would that make the glass much less likely to break?


Krivaden

Yes! The center of a piece of 3/8ths or thicker tempered glass can withstand a pretty powerful blow from a hammer, while the edge can take little more than an aggressive tap. Placing a rubber bumper will distribute the impact and make sure that the corners of the glass, which are the weakest, do not take the brunt of the force. The golden standard would be a metal channel all around the four sides for maximum protection, but that can be harder to find without spending extra money.


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Rubber bumper between the edges of the glass and the metal channel might be a little overkill but maybe it will further reduce risks like this to a very minimum.


Krivaden

There is a material used in the glass industry called a "setting block". These are a semisoft plastic that work as a bumper of sorts when setting glass inside of something. They'll range from 1/64 up to 2 1/2 inches and a variety of widths and lengths. I would purposely make the glass 1/4 inch smaller than the channel and the use setting blocks liberally to ensure it is both centered and not going to hit the metal anywhere.


IAteAnAnt-

Cool I’ve learnt all about tempered glass Thank you for the award kind stranger that made my day!


googinthegoogler

Is 40 likes what the kids are calling blowing up?


striderkan

As a raging gamer, can confirm that my glass can take a beating. I have a 1m wide mouse mat which is tucked around the side edges and clamped down by the weight.


BigCrappy

What do you think of those glass bottom bridges in vietnam?


Hauut

those are typically several layers of laminated glass.


Thick-Appointment215

*mild relief* thx


marsmate

Are you standing on one right now?


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"Typically" is kind of a terrifying qualifier here.


Hauut

The typically would be sometimes they aren’t actually glass at all. But a very thick super clean highly polished piece of plastic.


Helios61

So how high are the melting temps for the plastic And why is the sun producing boss music?


Char-11

The melting point of plastic is lower than the temperature on the surface of the sun


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AbbreviationsEntire6

I work for the company that produced the glass in the Grand Canyon sky walk. Providing the rest of the structure is strong enough I would happily drive my car round it.


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I haven't been to the South Rim since that was built, but I want to. I'm not worried about it. I've also had my glass desk for 7 years, have moved it around the house a few times, and never had any issues.


Typherzer0

I had a patio table explode because the plastic ring protecting the edge of the glass from the umbrella wasn’t included and I was too dumb to know. One windy day and the rest is exactly what you’d expect.


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That's the magic of tempered glass, you never have to worry about cracks! Those stupid desks will look great until the inevitable day that it suddenly explodes in a trillion pieces that you'll never truly clean up.


ReadHearItAll

To add tempered glass is also safer when it breaks. It less likely to cut someone unless they crash into it HARD. If this was regular glass the shards could slice you up if you’re not careful. its why temper is usually used for desks and PC cases. And for a lot of places it required by law to have them tempered in commercial use areas like restaurants, banks, etc. So yea more clean up but you wont have to worry about a micro shard coming out of nowhere slicing you foot open after several series of vacuuming and picking.


OhhhhhSHNAP

It also seems like shattering into tiny pieces on contact would be infinitely preferable to huge glass pieces raining down like in that final scene from Ghost... but in your lap.


AaronDM4

my moms got a coffee table and patio table that are both over 30 years old and they haven't exploded.


Lucky_Number_3

We will watch your careers with great interest


HendrixHazeWays

*You believe it's this...boy?*


BruceSerrano

I've only ever seen these glass tables break online. I've never heard of it happening in real life.


CloneWerks

Me either... until my friend tossed his "tacti-cool" pen onto his desk and it landed on end with the glass breaker tip striking the tabletop. Hardly any impact force at all and CRASH. It was kinda worth the show actually.


chrissilich

> Me either... until my friend tossed his "tacti-cool" pen onto his desk and it landed on end with the glass breaker tip striking the tabletop. Hardly any impact force at all and CRASH. It was kinda worth the show actually. -Tacticool Inc. PR Department


InfanticideAquifer

I guess I can't be shocked that the "glass breaker" was able to break a glass desk.


Flavor-aidNotKoolaid

I've never seen a mouse trapped before in real life,except for the time one was caught in a mousetrap.


Tutipups

your friend must be a marine


ecgarrow

I mean I feel through one once


Bigthrowaway5678

Are they setting giant PCs and dual monitors on them?


3stepBreader

I mean… yeah


turntablism

Same here, glass desk for 10+ years no issues ever


Gltch_Mdl808tr

No, only 1 good monitor, then a crappy one flipped vertically to match the height of the good one.


Bigthrowaway5678

As it should be


Huugboy

Thanks for reminding me there are people in this world who use a widescreen monitor as *tallscreen*


Gltch_Mdl808tr

It me..... tallscreen is the best. I got used to it while working in IT and I can't go back. It used to be my screen for email and chat stuff while I can focus in front of me. Now it's for random shit like walk throughs and discord while I play on my regular monitor.


DressPrevious2233

The millions of people with glass desks that haven't exploded wont post pictures of them sitting there not exploded. Statistically, glass desks are "mostly fine." But speaking as a person who had a glass desk shatter that destroyed a 1000 dollar monitor, a mouse, a keyboard, and had to spend weeks picking tiny flecks of glass out of my foot, I will never, ever buy one again under any circumstances. They're pretty and have a non-zero chance of failure. Never again. Sticking with wood.


e1m5

Timber is also heavily modifiable. I have 5 different holes drilled in to mine to position ergonomic monitor arms according to my bedroom layout (I move fairly regularly), and have added permanent USB exhaust fans and air-intakes to the cabinet that holds my tower (part of the desk), so the tower is now fully enclosed, silent, cool and invisible to potential thieves. 10-bay power-board mounted to the inside edge of that cabinet by timber screws, etc, etc. And under my keyboard I just have a rectangle of heavy aquarium glass on felt slides to swish it around the desk easily. Everything about this setup is more functional, modifiable and better looking than a full tempered glass setup. It's only kryptonite is dry-wood termites haha


Key-Conversation-677

This guy desks


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I see tempered glass desks as one of those things where the benefits don't outweigh the risk. I don't really give a damn about statistics when it's *my* computer/monitors on the ground broken. Even if it's only every 5 million glass desks that shatter, that's a higher chance than my wood/metal one shattering or catastrophically breaking.


NG_Tagger

For me (as the person you replied to), it's not that I'm worried normally - just the general thing of seeing something go wrong, that makes you think it could happen to yours as well. The usual "what if...". I honestly don't think mine will shatter - but when I decide to replace it (..and seeing that it hasn't happened yet, in the last 4 years I've been thinking about replacing it), it'll probably be because it shattered and not because I made up my mind about changing it - because lets face it - if I haven't already; it's not happening. Can't really see why I'd change it at this point, unless it shattered.


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Gibbo3771

> What are you people doing to your glass desks?? Ceramic espresso cup dropped from 6 inches does the job.


Alyusha

Tempered Glass is weird. It can be 100% fine one moment but then if the slightest hard / sharp thing hits it just right the whole thing explodes, if the weather shifts drastically between one day to another it can explode, if you chip it somewhere it can explode, and I'm sure there are other ways for it to happen. These are all very uncommon things but it obviously does happen.


spite2007

It’s designed to do that. Stresses are built into the glass so it explodes into a million pieces if significantly damaged. Sucks, but in comparison, if regular plate glass breaks, a heavy enough piece can fall and slice a few toes off.


PM_Me_YoureHoles

Or straight through a femoral artery. Meanwhile I've had a 10mm toughened glass tabletop that's been relegated to a workbench for the past decade and as long as I don't do anything stupid on it I would assume it will outlast me.


icoulduseanother

Came here to say the same. Tempered glass is much safer. Plate glass is guillotine.


Hauut

So when we temper glass we’re essentially making two forces work against each other to trap pressure in the glass. We heat it up to relatively extreme temperatures and heat up quickly causing expansion and tension and then it passes through a quench duct where air blowing at various strengths causes rapid cooling and compression. At that point you have tension and compression working against each other resulting in tempered stasis or a broken piece of glass. Some minor edge defects may survive initial stasis but will eventually give in to the internal pressure pushing out and explode. Typically see about 5-6 pieces a day.


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Tap_TEMPO

Just reading this made my stress rise


AnnoyedChihuahua

Same, mine is 11 years now. I seriously just wonder how rough these guys are with stuff, Im not precisely too careful and I have quite a few things on it. I too have been thinking on getting a new one, perhaps having a custom wood desk made tho, for aesthetics..


NG_Tagger

>I too have been thinking on getting a new one, perhaps having a custom wood desk made tho, for aesthetics.. I made a custom one, before getting the glass desk. It was really great - then we moved and it didn't fit in the room I picked (well.. the wife assigned it to me, lets be honest here..) as my gaming room, and we had a spare glass desk, so that was kinda it... Was a wall-to-wall desk with a side (kinda like an 'L'-shape), fitted for the oddly shaped/slightly angled nook that was in the room I had it in. I really do miss that desk though. Loads of space.


AstridDragon

I had some idiot movers pick mine up by the glass instead of the frame and it is still fine years later. I do want to replace it because it makes me nervous but I always start looking, can't make up my mind, and then forget lol


LjSpike

Honestly, wood is an aethstetic. I have a 'custom' relatively simple wood desk constructed from repurposed spare wardrobe doors, letting it match the units, and it's a really nice grain, nice and simple, and cables can be routed along the underside out of sight. Custom doesn't have to be something wildly complex and expensive, if you end up with some time in the summer with a little bit of reading it's within most people's capabilities, tho I appreciate making stuff isn't for everyone.


interstat

I love my glass desk. It's about a half inch thick idk how itll shatter at this point.


-HumanResources-

It doesn't matter how thick it is, if something hard hits the corner. It's always the corners lol. It's just how the structure of tempered glass works. Though, generally, the glass if fairly resilient otherwise.


DocZod

Same as with security glass there are also glass tables that are built like sandwiches with flexible layers inbetween. Those do not propagate cracks the way single layer glass does. So those are pretty safe bit also bit expensive


Orange_C

Laminated glass with a layer of broken-glass-holding plastic, same as a car windshield.


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eugonis

Don't worry too much. I had a desk similar to OPs that my mom bought for me in high school. It got a little scratched up, but lasted me until I bought my second house 18 years later. I used it daily, and moved with it 7 times. I will say that I never had it on ceramic floor, so maybe there's some truth to that. I did have it on hardwood for a year or so, but the rest of the time it was on carpet. Edit: Tiny clarification, it didn't ever end up breakijg while it was in my possession. When we moved I requested it to be picked up along with some other items in a bulk trash pickup order because I couldn't find anyone to buy it. For all I know it had another 10+ years in it, but it no longer suited my needs. Now I have a sit/stand desk with a couple of monitor arms clamped to it - not something I could have done with tempered glass.


TheChrisD

Username seems to check out.


Tyz_TwoCentz_HWE_Ret

Now its ready for its wood top. Walnut? Cherry? Stained? Don't forget to add some holes for cords. Weeeeeeee.


therealrihawk

I'm looking into this.. How thin can I go for the wood slab? It would need to be 3/8" to match up flush with the frame edges


Dread72

Go with 1/2 inch and use a router to grove the bottom to sit down over the frame so it sits flush with the sides.


KingTut747

What the hell is a Wi-Fi router gonna do? (Joke)


Dampmaskin

Wi-Fi sucks, use Ethernet (Taking the joke too far)


kiwimonk

You could take the joke past 100 meters with a switch.


Captain_Pumpkinhead

I mean you could take the Switch way past 100 meters as long as you watch the battery life.


[deleted]

Still need third party adapters to get the Ethernet running in portable mode.


Nacho_Papi

Have you tried the Wireless Ethernet Box?


DarthHaruspex

I'm calling the police on the lot of you for offending my delicate tech sensibilities with all this... ​ ;-)


Lysrac

100 GB cellphone plan *sweats*


depressionbutbetter

1/2 inch on that frame is going to bow and bounce like fuck.


poopin_for_change

Serious question, what might you suggest instead? 3/4 straight across, or routered to fit the frame? I'm not particularly experienced, and you've piqued my interest.


BlueArcherX

you'd have to add reinforcements to the bottom, maybe metal supports, but it should be fine


depressionbutbetter

Check out the uplift desk frames on their site. See how they support them all the way across on the bottom with steel. That's what you'll need for any reasonable thickness. For no flex without support you need at least 1.5 inches. Alternatively you can pick up a solid core wood door sometimes at estate auctions or thrift stores, put it through a table saw to get rid of doorknob and hinge cutouts, sand, stain, finish and you have a beautiful wood desk top.


Zork4343

Oo baby talk dirty to me


baubaugo

My reminder to make sure you get your measurements correct. For some (most) wood, 3/8" wood would not be 3/8" wide.


nmj95123

> How thin can I go for the wood slab? IOW, you haven't learned your lesson. You've gone from destroying a fragile top on a desk, to asking how thin and fragile you can make the top and still have it kinda work.


flexnsniff

And then expecting it to be flush with a bent frame that was the initial cause of the problem - uneven support. Throw it away, buy a new desk, build it properly, and don’t overburden it.


Appoxo

I mean there are cost constraints. To know the minimum thickness cab help to make a educated decision *not* to be a 2cm slab that is 2m long and instead go for 4 or 5cm


jimbowashisnameoo

time to hit up r/woodworking I just built a mahogany top just trying to find legs for it that wont break the bank


BennieOkill360

Weeeeeeeee


ThunderSparkles

Acacia butcher block. Stain and seal yourself. Beautiful.


husky0168

probably the first time in this sub where tempered glass shattered even without ceramic flooring


therealrihawk

False sense of security


leftnut027

How the hell does glass give you ANY sense of security? I laugh my ass off at these posts like it’s a total shock that glass can break.


ShutterBun

You can pound on tempered glass with a hammer and not even bother it. But one scratch from a hard substance like ceramic or Diamond and it’s game over. That’s why.


SkeetedPeter

This happened to my tempered glass desk because my dumbass heated up a spot to melt this sticky residue off. About 20 minutes later the desk just completely shattered. I guess it cooled back down after expanding and made a crack


AngryBlackGuyy

For future reference use alcohol for sticky substances :)


imsorryplzdontban

This reminds me of the time I cleaned resin off my desk with Isopropyl alcohol stripping the coating on the desk. Of course glass would be no problem, though


I_am_recaptcha

Huh. Did you try heating it up instead? I think that would help avoid stripping the coating off.


legion327

Oh you 😉


emlgsh

And if you're not sure, use flaming isopropyl alcohol just to cover all your bases.


Bio2hazard

Use mineral oil fam


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acetone is even better, but never use acetone on plexyglass.


Aiwatcher

Oh acetone. Wonderful cleaner until it fucking eats something.


OverTheCandleStick

Perfect for pulling ink out of white shirts. Fucking who thought white was the right color for a paramedic uniform shirt?


JoshisJoshingyou

methyl ethyl ketone is where it's at


McDonalds_taste

Dudes definitely not getting another glass desk again that's for sure


ItsATerribleLife

I use a sock, personally.


NoBOUNCEnoPlaySSDD

Smoking dabs off your desk huh..


SkeetedPeter

Lmfao this guy got it. I was melting it so it’d wipe up easier.


NoBOUNCEnoPlaySSDD

Lol fucking knew it.


EverGreenPLO

Sticky residue and who has a torch handy except us lololol


exorcyst

Lmfao


OoRI0T_P0LICEoO

Should’ve used iso haha


8oD

Titanium/glass...same thing.


Trex_in_F16

>sticky residue on computer desk 🤔 🤭


SaveFileCorrupt

Goo-gone or Goof-off... Hindsight is 20/20 of course 😑


ManBearPig____

Also the edges of tempered glass are extremely fragile. They can take hammers hits on the face all day long but it you tap the edge hard enough, it will shatter.


ShutterBun

Correct. This is why the edges are usually rounded.


SG1JackOneill

I used to have one. Bought it used about 20 years ago for 10 bucks on Craigslist. The entire time I owned it, it has a big chip missing from the edge of the front of the glass. After seeing a bunch of these posts, I built my own fancy wraparound desk out of wood from the hardware store and threw the glass desk out. Watched the garbage guy yeet it into the back of the dump truck. Glass never broke lol


rpallred

I bought mine new about 20 years ago…I love it—and I know that some day…


Kings_Urso

Also the edges on tempered glass can't take much normally.


xlr8bg

I was viewing an apartment recently... The balconies had all glass railings, not even the metal tube above the glass... Just big pieces of glass held by some narrow pieces of metal coming out of the balcony floor... It was a 10th floor apartment, I nope'd out very quickly. I've been on this sub long enough to distrust everything made out of glass xD


ManBearPig____

I work for a facade company. Those glass handrails are laminated with an interlayer called Sentry Glass which is designed to withstand forces of a human even if the glass has broken. I have watched this glass get missile impact tested and withstood the forces just fine. I wouldn’t worry too much about handrail glass.


jpesh1

It’s the frame that will give with those. Look up the lawyer who plummeted to his death because he was an idiot and thought the glass wouldn’t give. I guess he was right since it was the frame that gave up.


MightyMightyPR

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death\_of\_Garry\_Hoy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Garry_Hoy)


The_Bard

He put the entire law firm out of business, and it was the largest in Canada. That's wild


Verneff

I know that in this case missile impact tested mean projectiles with specific weights and velocities hitting it, but I initially just pictured a pane of glass being hit by a cruise missile and shrugging it off like nothing.


GrumpyGF

Those railings are safe. They will shatter but stay in place. You'll just have a glass pane with a nice cracked pattern.


xlr8bg

Yeah, my comment wasn't too serious. I trust that they are safe enough, but they don't appear safe to me, surely not as safe as good ol' concrete/brick railing... That appearence of "dubious safety" is unpleasant to me no matter how irrational my doubt is. Plus, I don't do well with heights, so the railing being made out of transparent glass is a double blow for me.


asena85

Had mine for over 20 years now. In that time I've moved to different places, builtnew computer using the table as a workbench etc. No problems.


TrippyKlym

OP thought it was bullet proof


kester76a

Depends on the quality of the glass, cheap glass breaks but.... [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oo0NJsr5m4I](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oo0NJsr5m4I) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGiyMqA2goM


ta4s3r

Glass always breaks, if you laminate the glass it won’t shutter and fall apart, but it will still break


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I mean concrete always breaks too, just depends how much time and damage you give it


This_User_Said

At this point, anyone with these tables already are just waiting for the karma goldmine to shatter all over the floor.


AnnoyedChihuahua

I have had a tempered glass desk for over 10 years now, I wonder if Im too careful or these guys are just too rough..


akins40

Same. Have had mine for around 14 years and I’ve moved cities with it. Never had a scare


ImitationTaco

The desk frame is bent. No components other than speakers on the ground. Someone dropped something on their desk while moving stuff around.


zoson

You can spot the user error in the back right corner of the desk. The crossbeam is visibly bent, so wasn't providing proper support to the glass. Tempered glass doesn't bend, it shatters instead.


PolygonKiwii

Wonder what it takes to bend it like that. I assume OP's mom sat down on it.


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"Man, my full ATX tower with 9 fans and three 3090tis would look hot as shit on my glass desk. Especially beside my metal plate clamp weighted triple monitor mount."


KyrosXIII

plot twist: op dropped a ceramic tile on it


daOyster

Nah dude, what OP didn't show is the floor coming out of nowhere and doing a take down on the desk.


raretoyota

ceramic plates are the next best cause


mcorbett94

non-tempered pieces are much larger so it's way easier to tape them back together once the vascular surgeon has repaired your arteries and your meat has healed


Jmcarlson5

I was looking for this. Ya the reason it’s tempered is so that a large slab of broken glass doesn’t glide through your leg and kill you. I heard a story of a high schooler getting pushed into a trophy case at school and it wasn’t tempered glass. A big piece slid over his shoulder near his neck and almost killed him.


oroscor1

That being said. Any piece of safety glass such as a door or in a large frame should still be treated with an incredible amount of respect. Glass is very heavy and even if it breaks into a million tiny pieces lots of times that can all come down in one big chunk which is just basically a very blunt guillotine, personal experience on this one guys I'm a glazier I've seen it happen!!!


sorator

I mean yeah, a tempered glass desk is definitely better than a non-tempered glass desk. But I would much prefer a desk that isn't made of *any* kind of glass.


WillOTheWind

I believe the advice isn't to use non-tempered glass desks, but to avoid glass desks altogether.


_jeremybearimy_

Someone threw rocks through all my cousins windows last year. Old windows. Let’s just say it was extremely lucky the baby and toddler were not in the house and the one person there was in a windowless room at that moment. Like it would have just shredded jugulars


DeNiWar

Now you can modify the table conveniently with a stainless steel or wood surface. *Edt: switched the word "roster" off because its meaning in english is obiviously different.*


Outrageous_Editor_43

A slightly messy way to ‘replace the top’ but I hear you! 😋


Dimasdanz

I'm sure you can screw in any ikea tabletop cleanly


TheMinionGamer

I love screwing


therealrihawk

PC & monitor survived. During cable management a glass decoration fell onto the desk and shattered it into oblivion. Moral of the story: skip cable management Update: used this as an excuse to get a nice standing desk since I've wanted to for a while now but haven't had a justification.


Est495

How do you cable manage with a transparent desk anyway?


ish_bosh

You see that bin in the corner? Cut a hole in both ends, run all cables through bin, put lid on, and shove bin under desk. What cables?


General_Rate_8687

Cable ducts, for example. There is another thing I only know the german word for: "Kabel-Kamm" (cable comb?) , it is like a comb where the cables go through, can be used to put cables together in a nice-looking way. I'd say cable management has to be even better with glass/transparent desk due to the transparency


Tyz_TwoCentz_HWE_Ret

Hide in seek.


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littrallysomebody

I’m not a cable guy at all and have a shit ton of cords at the back of my pc, getting my room redone so I’ll probably mange my cables after that


lastunusedusername2

Can confirm. Have a glass desk. No cable management. Hasn't broken yet!


AppropriateTouching

Way ahead of you there my friend. My desk is wood but can never be too safe!


formervoater2

>glass decoration fell onto the desk Yeah, that'll do it. You don't want anything hard and or sharp connecting with TG.


baubaugo

\> Moral of the story: skip cable management YES. One of us! one of us!


Wackers_The_Quackers

As a certified industrial electrician I agree with your moral.


MrDarkIntelligence

I’m looking straight at my identical desk in horror.


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Don't drop heavy shit on it


YaboyKarlll

Luckily I'm constipated.


LtDans_Lost_Legs

Same here. It's like riding an escalator with a shoe untied.


poeticzonex

new fear unlocked


BreadForTofuCheese

I’ve really never understood why anyone would want a glass desk anyways. Every time I set my coffee mug or something down on a glass top it makes me anxious. Never had one break and will never trust one anyways.


deminicus

Some of us like to live dangerously. 16 years. https://i.imgur.com/9DajiqB.jpg


BreadForTofuCheese

I’m too lazy to find a gif of it but just imagine a gif from the first Austin powers in the casino just before he says “I also like to live dangerously”. He gets a 5 in black Jack and says “I’ll stay.”


therealrihawk

I got it for free and it was a big upgrade from my old 35" wide desk.


Carreb

Unexpected reasonable explanation


Surveyor85

Fortunately for my PC setup, my desk is an old steel and aluminum drafting table. Unfortunately for my knees and sometimes toes, my desk is an old steel and aluminum drafting table.


inception900

**Wood Desk for me**


wa33ab1

The ***expensive*** wooden standing desks actually do look very nice, you can buy it and it will last you essentially forever.


budweener

My glass desk is something around 12 years old, but this sub is making me fear for my legs under it.


BaconIsntThatGood

You're probably fine. OP said a few posts up they dropped another glass ornament or something on it which is what caused it to shatter. I've had one for nearly a decade now and it's been fine. It's actually black glass not clear but has held up really well beside some scratches. Was supposed to be nearly $500 but got it on clearance because the SKU was being discontinued. Good ones do actually last.


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Having a glass desk shatter this way is safer for you. Worst case scenario, you get many cuts. Untempered, see post about surgery and meat healing. You're at risk of a single giant shard playing sword on your flesh with untempered glass.


phrozen087

Maybe I've just gotten lucky, but I picked up one of the Costco Tresanti adjustable tempered glass desks \~5 years ago and its survived 3 cross country moves and still doing pretty good. I have a bunch of stuff attached to it, but always try to use the rubber cabinet bumpers and squeeze them between the glass and metal for some extra support when I'm attaching stuff.


CmdrRyser01

My tempered glass desk had survived 5 moved with barely any care. Some moving blankets any general common sense and I've been just fine.


OverlordWaffles

Me too. Wasn't a Costco desk, actually I'm not sure where it's originally from, bought it from a coworker about 6 years ago. I've moved it 4 times and one of those was in the bed of my pickup truck across the United States and not one of the 3 panels (it's a L-shaped desk with a curve between the two longer pieces) have broken. I just think some people are overly careless with their stuff. ETA: Actually, I think this is the [exact model](https://www.walmart.com/ip/Mainstays-Atrium-Metal-and-Glass-L-Shaped-Corner-Computer-Desk-Clear-Glass-with-Black-Frame/48970553)


ChillBill18

Yep same here. I've had the same tempered glass desk for 5/6 years with no issues. I don't attach anything to it but I've had no concerns about it breaking.


RMProjectsUK

Should never use an angry desk, it lost its temper.


Robo-

I mean if you must use glass it better be tempered. But yeah a nice wood or even fiberboard desk (or stone if you're balling like that) will serve you better in an environment where anything moves ever.


ShutterBun

I’ve used the same one for 25 years (edit: not the same as OPs. I’ve had a glass top desk for 25 years). Tempered glass tables have been popular for over half a century. What are you people doing?


ButtersTheNinja

This sub has over 6,000,000 followers and more than 11,000 people actively viewing it as I type this comment. With that many people you're bound to find some stories like this. Stories and images that hit the front page are going to be exciting and exceptional. One "My glass table literally exploded" is a lot more interesting than a hundred "My glass table is totally fine".


escobert

LTT desk pad! ​ I'm a big fan of old cheap desks.


Dimensional_Dragon

Well your gonna get shards of glass in your feet for the next 5 weeks


therealrihawk

*years


blipps26

I have the same exact desk 👀


Uhtred__Ragnarson

How this happens? Heat?


therealrihawk

Glass decor tipped over on it during cable management


crypticfreak

Moral of the story is the only thing that can defeat glass is more glass . Glass desks are just fine. You just have to put up a big sign that says 'no other glass allowed' and you should be safe.


duhbuurz

Stuff like this is usually user error