Paul Haddad 
I accidentally another mini.
Speaking of Minis, I saw this one listed on eBay and am dying to know how it gets this way. Thrown out of a car? Used as a scratching toy for a tiger? Did a dremel get possessed by an evil spirit and decided to attack?
Everyday Cyborg@paul Knowing how solid they are, I'm thinking it might've been unprotected re-entry
DJDarren@digitalraven @paul Could be the machine that was controlling the Titan submersible.
Charlie Stross@digitalraven @paul Batman borrowed it for use as a field-expedient batarang that one time he'd used all his belt contents on an army of clockwork penguins?
Paul McGrane@digitalraven @paul that one *is* Space Gray!
Paul Stockton@paul the tiniest scuff or scratch on ANY of my tech devices and I can't sleep for a week!
Ben Pye
Andy Carolan 
Chris Ross@paul can we talk about the power cable a bit? That's fucking anxiety inducing.
Sebastian Peitsch@paul I would guess this was someone's travel companion
I once bought a Samsung laptop and took it with me to London - was in my backpack the whole time. Took it out it looked like someone had thrown it off a roof
DavidNelsonNM@paul There’s rack mounted, then there’s being put on the rack.
The GenX Hippie@paul Those gouges suggest a drop.
Mœllus ⁂
tako bell@paul went in a washing machine with some nails
David Crooks 🏳️🌈@paul and thus began the legend of the Road Mini, roaming from town to town solving medium-scale server problem wherever they went
Uli Kusterer (Not a kitteh)@paul I wonder if people still mount Mac minis in their cars? That used to be a thing for a while. If it was in an open spot, I could imagine gravel or so doing that to a case.
Jason Terhorst@uliwitness @paul … or all of the metal around the DIN mounts inside the dashboard? I recall scratching my arms up while replacing the radio in my old Civic.
nebulabc 
@paul Someone carried it in their pocket clearly.
Srinivas@paul condition “Like New”. Few scratches and dents
Romain Heuillard@paul Intel Mac minis are (still) often used in the events and AV industry, often as small Windows boxes, because they are tough and because they integrate the power supply.
Jonathan Polley@paul pushed into a shelf/cubby that was slightly too small for it?
keefer@paul “fell off a truck”
Philip Brechler@paul The only excuse I would have: Teenagers
Andrew Yates@paul Lightly used as an inefficient football.
Brendan Thompson@paul back when going into offices were the norm I used to work with a bloke who would bring a Mac mini into the office every day instead of a laptop… interesting choice but it worked for him seemingly haha
SENTINELITE@BrendanThompson @paul Wow. That's an interesting one... Depending on the setup, that might be me, too!
@SENTINELITE @paul but if you take the Mac Mini everywhere it means you’re so reliant on actually having an external screen and KBM haha
@BrendanThompson @paul Yeah! A really interesting use case for sure. Almost feels like those tour people who carry a tray of Minis to controller FX & such… 😂
Steven Woolgar@paul band touring mini?
DetroitBORG@paul I find this happens quite often if the Mac was sold to a recycling center by a business or institution. Basically they are tossed into bins with other Macs and get quite trashed. Usually they are missing the original power cables.
columbus_@paul The owner threw it at something when he was angry.
JC Mann@paul That must be the Millennium Falcon special edition Mac Mini.
Paul Williams@paul Owned by a teenager - seeing the state of my teenagers MacBook this isn’t far from the same state. 😳
Kelly Guimont@paul the answer is "no." As in, "No, it will NOT blend."
Dave Camp@paul I’m going to blame Xcode.
michealtheratz 
@paul it’s an apple product what did you expect
Dan Andrus@paul used as a car key tray?
Gerty Steinblatt@paul
It was one of several tied with streamers behind a car with "Just Married" painted on it.
It was one of several tied with streamers behind a car with "Just Married" painted on it.
Christian 
mattcomi@paul my money says an 18 month old picked it up by its cable and dragged around the house.
elle mundy@paul one time i dropped my steel water bottle on a mac mini and dented it pretty badly. it immediately shut down, but booted fine and continued working after that 🤷🏻♀️
Todd Rowell@paul it doesn’t look like much but that mini made the Kessel Run in 12 parsecs