"Honey, is it just me, or does the new TV kinda smell like sh@t?"

[sl8]

(pic from Redditor ImUnemployedLMAO, who says the install was done by the Geek Squad)

[bucolic_frolic]

1. I just don't know, how did they hit the sewage drain pipe dead center?

faulty stud finders?

[sl8]

2. Stud finder would be my guess.

Apparently, some stud finders can detect PVC pipe. It would make sense that the center of the pipe would give the strongest reading.

Of course, if they had verified it was a stud by checking 16" to the left and to the right, this probably wouldn't have happened.

[Wounded Bear]

3. Stud finders detect density, not the material behind the drywall...

In any event, what kind of an idiot would screw into a pipe of any kind like that?

I always suspect that most of the pics/vids people post are fakes anyway, so I figure this was one of those "Hey, let's do this and take a pic for laughs and clicks."

[sl8]

4. It's possible it's fake.

As far as screwing into a pipe, presumably they didn't realize that while they were doing it. I'm guessing it's the owner or a third party that cut away the drywall, later.

Some stud finders detect density, but not all. I imagine that was the type that these folks used.