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Zelder
Jan 4, 2012

DemoneeHo posted:

Drunk in Public - Morro Bay Police Department - Legally Disabled


Comments got locked on this one.

Thanks for the insanely sad story of a disabled man being abused by the police

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Pinecone Sample
Oct 12, 2010

THIS ACCOUNT HAS BEEN SEIZED
by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation in accordance with a seizure warrant issued pursuant to 69 U.S.C Sec. 420
AITA for giving my dad’s girlfriend a glue stick for a gift?

quote:

It was recently my dad’s girlfriend’s birthday and she was coming over for a birthday dinner with all of us. Now, my brother and I absolutely hate her. She’s so controlling, always trying to tell both our dad and us what to do, but our dad is so head over heels for her that he just goes along with it. Now, we’re fine with our dad telling us what to do, he’s our dad, he has that right, but she has no right to tell us what time to be home, what chores to do, who we’re allowed to date, she’s not our mom, she doesn’t have that right. But she’s always throwing out her opinions and gets offended if we don’t listen.

Anyway, for her birthday, my brother and I thought it would be funny to give her a glue stick and tell her we thought she could use it as lipstick (so she would finally shut up). Our dad did not think it was so funny and got really mad at us, sent us to our rooms without dinner and then grounded us. I’m pretty sure he got the idea from his girlfriend. AITA for this?

Blade Runner
Aug 14, 2015

Pinecone Sample posted:

AITA for giving my dad’s girlfriend a glue stick for a gift?

Imagine being so brutally owned by what I have to assume are 14 year olds

Hellblazer187
Oct 12, 2003

No guitar GF is bad. Naked photog 30 man is bad.

chitoryu12
Apr 24, 2014

Hellblazer187 posted:

Naked photog 30 man

I read this in the TMNT way.

sephiRoth IRA
Jun 13, 2007

"Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality."

-Carl Sagan

chitoryu12 posted:

My [21 M] girlfriend [19 F] has made up her mind that she wants to do a nude photoshoot with a 30 year old she met at the bar

Break up with your girlfriend for catastrophic terminal naivety

i vomit kittens
Apr 25, 2019


chitoryu12 posted:

My [29F] mom [58F] is insisting on bring guitars to my baby shower and I can't get her to understand that I do not want them there.

me: mom I just want to make it through my baby shower please don't start singing dragula
mom: dead I am the one
me, sobbing: please please i just want pleasant conversation
my dad with his gibson les paul: conquering the worm

Hellblazer187
Oct 12, 2003

chitoryu12 posted:

I read this in the TMNT way.

I see you also visit the PYF meme thread. I was howling this morning.

Sagebrush
Feb 26, 2012

ERM... Actually I have stellar scores on the surveys, and every year students tell me that my classes are the best ones they’ve ever taken.

Sunswipe posted:

The only way to make this remotely fair would be to give the older daughter an amount of money equal to the price difference between the crappy dorm she lived in and the nice one favourite daughter will be living in. Even then, the mother's a loving rear end in a top hat.

I lived in a ~crappy dorm~ my first year of college, with terrible gulag-style conveniences like "bathrooms down the hall" and "laundry in the basement", while my younger sister lived in a nice one with ensuite laundry, but for some reason I didn't and don't give a poo poo about the difference? I'm at a loss to explain it

Rubellavator
Aug 16, 2007

chitoryu12 posted:

My [21 M] girlfriend [19 F] has made up her mind that she wants to do a nude photoshoot with a 30 year old she met at the bar

I know she's 19 but this is loving textbook. Scouted at a bar, nude photo shoot, paying in exposure (lol), promising her she'll be a world famous model.

Blade Runner
Aug 14, 2015

Sagebrush posted:

I lived in a ~crappy dorm~ my first year of college, with terrible gulag-style conveniences like "bathrooms down the hall" and "laundry in the basement", while my younger sister lived in a nice one with ensuite laundry, but for some reason I didn't and don't give a poo poo about the difference? I'm at a loss to explain it

Did your parents do it because they just straight up blatantly like your sister more and were willing to spend more money on her in the exact same situation or what

Pinecone Sample
Oct 12, 2010

THIS ACCOUNT HAS BEEN SEIZED
by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation in accordance with a seizure warrant issued pursuant to 69 U.S.C Sec. 420
ME(24M) saw my crush(20F) sextape on her phone and Im devastated and hearbroken

quote:

I invaded her privacy and i got what i deserved. Long story short, I had crush on this girl for awhile now. Shes sweet, attractive, smart, everything she does makes me fall in love with her even more. We are close and she knows im really into her and she rejected me awhile back when i asked to date me but she still saves sit for me in class(we go to same class, same college) and go to places together. I texted her saying that if we keep being this close i will only fall in love with her even more and told her i want to cut off our contact but told her i would help help if she needs help with her assignments. She agrees and we stop talking for 2 weeks and she texts me after that 2 weeks. "i miss you" "i dont wanna bother you but...will u go to this place with me" and i was happy and convinced she liked me and we go back to being close and i continue to spend time with her, she seems happy and i am happy. So because we have this close relationship she told me her phone password and used to show me her pictures with friends and what not. So awhile back when we were sitting together at the lab, she goes to bathroom, leaving her phone on the desk. I was curious and decided to look at her pics on her phone. Yep as title says i saw something thats worst than my nightmare. I saw couple of her pics sucking this guy's dick presumably taken by the guy and 7 sec video of her moaning and being penetrated recorded by the said guy. I quickly closed the phone app and locked her phone and put it where it was. She came back in about 5 minutes later i saw the pictures. I put on poker face and made up an excuse and left to my house. On the way back i felt deceived, disgusted, devastated and heartbroken my heart was beating so fast i wanted to cry and i was breathing heavy and my throat was choking. Now im at my place, really dont know what to do. We take same class and i pretty much see her everyday and i just dont know how im gonna deal with this for the whole summer and next 2 years. As i mentioned i have the biggest crush on this girl and seeing her moaning to another man felt like she took my heart and smashed on the ground and kept stepping on it. This feeling is horrible. What should i do? should i mention i saw this and confront her or should i change my school. There is no way i can pretend like nothing happened. I just feel like my life has no meaning now and i dont think i can trust girls ever again. I need someone to talk to.

Anne Whateley
Feb 11, 2007
:unsmith: i like nice words
Is tfcd* still a thing? In my day that was a sure sign it was bullshit and probably creepy

* trade for CD, i.e., you model for me, a creepy old guy with a camera, and I'll give you a copy of the pics

Gone Fashing
Aug 4, 2004

KEEP POSTIN
I'M STILL LAFFIN

chitoryu12 posted:

I read this in the TMNT way.

its one syllable short.

chitoryu12
Apr 24, 2014

Hellblazer187 posted:

I see you also visit the PYF meme thread. I was howling this morning.

I actually don’t!

Gone Fashing posted:

its one syllable short.

You can stretch out “man”.

Hellblazer187
Oct 12, 2003

Pinecone Sample posted:

ME(24M) saw my crush(20F) sextape on her phone and Im devastated and hearbroken

This kid is a sad rear end in a top hat. Imagine having "a crush" at 24. You ask out, she says no, you get over it.

She's kind of dumb for being like "oh you are a weird creeper who falls in love with crushes at 24 and had the decency to tell me? Cool I'm going to continue to spend time around you."

Aramoro
Jun 1, 2012




MarcusSA posted:

I looked up the UK laws and they are a lot stricter. The person could definitely get into hot water there but I’d still keep it and keep my mouth shut.

I blame monopoly for people believing otherwise. Basically in the UK if you find a tenner in the street and pick it up you're stealing it because you know it's not yours. If the bank accidentally transfers 10 grand into your bank account, you don't get to just keep it. There's no such thing as 'Bank error in your favour'. This has happened a few times and people spend the money as fast as possible not thinking the bank will just take the money back and plunge them into massive debt.

A vacuum cleaner stuffed with cash though? It's sit on it for a bit, if no one seems to care that much just keep it.

Sagebrush
Feb 26, 2012

ERM... Actually I have stellar scores on the surveys, and every year students tell me that my classes are the best ones they’ve ever taken.

Blade Runner posted:

Did your parents do it because they just straight up blatantly like your sister more and were willing to spend more money on her in the exact same situation or what

i read the story as "older sister didn't care where she lived, while younger sister has a specific roommate she wants to stay with and the roommate only wants the fancy room" which is a little different from what you're proposing imo

it's spoiling the younger sibling, sure, but i don't think it means the older one got screwed over. living in an old dorm with messy idiots for a year and having to walk downstairs to do the laundry isn't some kind of cruel and unusual treatment; it's just college.

welcome to hell
Jun 9, 2006

chitoryu12 posted:

My [21 M] girlfriend [19 F] has made up her mind that she wants to do a nude photoshoot with a 30 year old she met at the bar
The update is Real True Events That Actually Happened:

quote:

Hey everyone, I made a post a few days ago about my gf wanting to meet up with a creep she met at the bar for a nude photoshoot and just wanted to update you guys on what’s happened.

I knew that there was no chance I was going to let her meet this guy but after reading everyone’s comments I extra extra knew that there was no chance she was meeting this guy. I took my gf to a coffee shop and tried once again to explain how hosed up this all was, how he could be a rapist, involved in sex trafficking, etc. I also said I didn’t want some random guy seeing my girl naked. She told me she appreciated my concern but she found his online portfolio and it was legit. She pulled out her phone to show me and I was surprised. This guy had very professional, nice pictures. Some of the girls were models that now have thousands of followers on Instagram. She also said that I can drive her, go in with her and watch the whole time so there was really nothing to be concerned about. Let me say that I don’t really ever have to have these talks with the gf because she has otherwise good judgment. When I do have these talks with her I find it hard to properly get all my thoughts out and we end up agreeing on what she wants. We left the coffee shop with her still adamant on wanting to go. Let me also clarify that I love my gf and trust her to wear what she wants, to make her own decisions, etc. But not today baby.

I talked to my buddies and we came up with a plan. We all met up and did research on this guy and his company, and found so many ways to debunk his credibility. We went through his “online portfolio” then traced back the pictures to the actual photographers and modelling agencies to prove to her that he’s a big fat liar. We found a government website for our area talking about modelling scams, the red flags, the dangers, and so on, most of which matched this exact situation. We also compiled the best comments from my original thread and included screenshots of those. On my original post, someone mentioned Rodney Alcala, who lured young women into his apartment for the same thing and these girls were never heard from again. We found the sad sad stories of women who have partaken in this type of deal and how terribly it ended. We compiled all our research into a PowerPoint, I borrowed my buddies projector, and it was showtime baby. Got the gf her favourite snacks, put my best suit on, and sat her down for the premier of “107 reasons why modelling with _____ agency is absolutely bonkers”. We went through the presentation and there were so many emotions. We went from her laughing at how I made a PowerPoint, to her crying when I was talking about the women who died in the scam, and her sitting in awe when I was done. She said she was so grateful for me and said she will never ever get herself into something so ridiculous. She hugged me, and when she pulled back I could see she had tears in her eyes. I kissed her forehead and she said “I’m gonna marry you”. That’s my baby.

TLDR; Made a PowerPoint presentation on why she absolutely shouldn’t see this guy and she has no plans of seeing him anymore.

welcome to hell fucked around with this message at 17:15 on Jun 17, 2019

i vomit kittens
Apr 25, 2019


In my experience the "classy" dorms were often worse because the majority of the inhabitants were the richer, sheltered kids who never had a taste of freedom before college and so they had no idea how to take care of themselves or their living spaces.

Hellblazer187
Oct 12, 2003

chitoryu12 posted:

I actually don’t!


You can stretch out “man”.

Go check out the thread right now, there's a whole bot that does this work wiki articles. I'd link but I'm on mobile atm.

tactlessbastard
Feb 4, 2001

Godspeed, post
Fun Shoe

welcome to hell posted:

The update is Real True Events That Actually Happened:

Lmbo


Anyway work trip lady hosed up because she's a woman by not taking advantage of their competition for her own financial benefit.

FormerPoster
Aug 5, 2004

Hair Elf

tactlessbastard posted:

Lmbo


Anyway work trip lady hosed up because she's a woman by not taking advantage of their competition for her own financial benefit.

She should have made them fight to the death for her love, then dragged the weakened victor into HR

Bananaquiter
Aug 20, 2008

Ron's not here.


Motherfucker posted:

Is there a reddit exclusively for workplace bullshit because that'd almost be worth a whole other thread... almost.

https://www.askamanager.org/2019/06/update-tubs-of-butter-are-taking-up-all-the-room-in-our-tiny-fridge.html

This was on ask a manager recently and it makes me know unreasonably angry. Please consider allowing me to periodically clean and organise the office fridge. I will happily throw out the excess fridge butter.

Rubellavator
Aug 16, 2007

welcome to hell posted:

The update is Real True Events That Actually Happened:

My girlfriend is trying to get herself killed or raped but won't listen to me. I know what to do! Make a goofy PowerPoint presentation explaining the obvious dangers and inconsistencies - No One Ever

BlackStar
Aug 21, 2004

Rubellavator posted:

My girlfriend is trying to get herself killed or raped but won't listen to me. I know what to do! Make a goofy PowerPoint presentation explaining the obvious dangers and inconsistencies - No One Ever

Nothing highlights the difference in the way men and women communicate more than this.

Cacator
Aug 6, 2005

You're quite good at turning me on.

More romcoms need to end with the guy winning over the girl with an heroic PowerPoint presentation.

PHIZ KALIFA
Dec 21, 2011

#mood

Leon Einstein posted:

Your risk assessment is a little off. Honestly, how many people do you know that have had their careers or families ruined over nude pictures?

I know zero. It's your prerogative obviously.

in college 6-8 years ago i absolutely had multiple friends break down because their ex circulated nudes. the term "revenge porn" hadn't even been coined yet, this was back when most nudes still had to be transferred off a camera via USB cable. One friend was a prominent east coast cosplayer whose hardline Jehova's Witness family basically put her under house arrest for drat near a decade.
The risk, individually, might be fairly low, but the consequences can be extremely severe.

The solution here isn't "don't send nudes" it's "punish the dudes who do this and teach guys not to jerk off to stolen photos."

Like, nudes should be understood to be an absolutely inviolate aspect of the relationship, and should be deleted when the relationship ends. That's the understanding we need to come to, socially, in order to handle this tech maturely. Guys need to understand the gravity of what they're asking for, and treat it as seriously as it deserves.

Pvt.Scott
Feb 16, 2007

What God wants, God gets, God help us all

Pirate Radar posted:

My old boss used to get durian delivered to his desk.

That is an amazing power move. Let the heady musk of rotting flesh remind the underlings of the fate awaiting any who challenge the entrenched hierarchy.

Megillah Gorilla
Sep 22, 2003

If only all of life's problems could be solved by smoking a professor of ancient evil texts.



Bread Liar

Cacator posted:

More romcoms need to end with the guy winning over the girl with an heroic PowerPoint presentation.

You could get the military to fund it, no problem

Xaris
Jul 25, 2006

Lucky there's a family guy
Lucky there's a man who positively can do
All the things that make us
Laugh and cry

welcome to hell posted:

The update is Real True Events That Actually Happened:
lmao. a literal 'then they all cheered and clapped' ending

new boot goofin
Jul 23, 2007

like school in july

PHIZ KALIFA posted:

in college 6-8 years ago i absolutely had multiple friends break down because their ex circulated nudes. the term "revenge porn" hadn't even been coined yet, this was back when most nudes still had to be transferred off a camera via USB cable. One friend was a prominent east coast cosplayer whose hardline Jehova's Witness family basically put her under house arrest for drat near a decade.
The risk, individually, might be fairly low, but the consequences can be extremely severe.

The solution here isn't "don't send nudes" it's "punish the dudes who do this and teach guys not to jerk off to stolen photos."

Like, nudes should be understood to be an absolutely inviolate aspect of the relationship, and should be deleted when the relationship ends. That's the understanding we need to come to, socially, in order to handle this tech maturely. Guys need to understand the gravity of what they're asking for, and treat it as seriously as it deserves.

You are unequivocally correct about this, but we also live in a world where the bad behavior of adult men is handwaved away with a "boys will be boys!", so, welp,

Ignis
Mar 31, 2011

I take it you don't want my autograph, then.


AITA for spoiling Avengers Endgame for my roommate because they stole my onions?

quote:

I have some nice onions on display and one of my roommates stole them all in order to make them into a stew.

Naturally, I was pretty pissed about this as up until that point I was pretty friendly with that roommate. Anyway, I saw Endgame opening night and promptly spoiled it for that rear end in a top hat roommate who stole my onions because I knew they weren't going to see it until a couple of days after opening night.

This caused an unforeseen amount of drama among my roommates and friend-group. Last week my roommate got into a big shouting match with one of my friends which ruined the party and now my roommate blames me for ruining the party by spoiling Endgame for him because he stole my onions which is what made my friend mad.

Anyway, I've been having trouble sleeping at nights and finally decided to have this sub weigh in on who they really thought was the rear end in a top hat here.

yes, literal onions

quote:

Is "onions" a codeword for something that isn't a dirt-cheap piece of produce?

OP posted:

No. Plain old onions. EDIT: Well, plain old onions that had a lot of sentimental value to me :(

OP posted:

I pick out one or two onions once in awhile that look extra special and put them on display

Pvt.Scott
Feb 16, 2007

What God wants, God gets, God help us all

kimbo305 posted:

That's what makes it feel like it's not Americans who're doing it. Eating fish multiple times a week is a lot.

It depends on how much they’re into weightlifting.

iustorum_anime
Apr 4, 2016



AITA for getting a family thrown out of a restaurant for underage drinking?

quote:

Throwaway account. We were at a local restaurant last Saturday evening. This is a locally owned establishment, not a chain. There was a 30-45 minute wait for tables. There was another family waiting in the wait area, and the "mom" went to the bar and came back with three drinks. A beer for "dad" and a margarita for her and one of the young women. There was another young woman there who looked of college age, and had on a college sorority t-shirt, but no drink was brought for her.

But as I watched I noticed that the mom was sharing her margarita with the 4th girl, who I assumed was under 21 as she had no drink of her own. In fact, I'd guess the 4th girl consumed MOST of the mom's margarita. I mentioned this to my husband and he said so what, forget it. Full disclosure that I'm a non drinker myself and certainly don't approve of underage drinking, not to mention that this behavior might put the restaurant at risk. So I mentioned it to the hostess. A short time later a manager (I assume) came and asked to see the girls' ID's. The girl with her own drink produced one. The second girl who had been drinking from Mom's drink did not. I did not hear the exchange, but the family left thereafter. I assume they were asked to do so.

My husband said that it was a crappy thing for me to do. I feel like I was protecting the restaurant. Was I the rear end in a top hat?

ScentOfAnOtaku
Aug 25, 2006

I have no control, I just keep eating, and eating.

Ignis posted:

AITA for spoiling Avengers Endgame for my roommate because they stole my onions?


yes, literal onions

I want to live in a world where ANY of this matters. It's got to be better than the shitworld we live in now.

EDIT: Like onions on display? You mean you had onions growing in a planter that you were going to harvest later or you just like having grown onions in a planter for decoration?

PHIZ KALIFA
Dec 21, 2011

#mood

HOT BREAD! posted:

You are unequivocally correct about this, but we also live in a world where the bad behavior of adult men is handwaved away with a "boys will be boys!", so, welp,

I know, and I'm trying to change that. Everyone ITT, please consider treating leaked nudes with respect and only j/oing it to porn released willingly by paid professionals.

okay thanks. also hold sex criminals accountable too but like, y'know one step at a time.

Djeser
Mar 22, 2013


it's crow time again

Pinecone Sample posted:

ME(24M) saw my crush(20F) sextape on her phone and Im devastated and hearbroken

absolutely loving betrayed by the love of my life who i'm explicitly not dating and has told me we're just friends having sex with another person. how could she do this

Vim Fuego
Jun 1, 2000



Ultra Carp

i vomit kittens posted:

me: mom I just want to make it through my baby shower please don't start singing dragula
mom: dead I am the one
me, sobbing: please please i just want pleasant conversation
my dad with his gibson les paul: conquering the worm

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Xaris
Jul 25, 2006

Lucky there's a family guy
Lucky there's a man who positively can do
All the things that make us
Laugh and cry

chemtrail huffer posted:

AITA for getting a family thrown out of a restaurant for underage drinking?
guillotine is too good for this person. we need like, a really slow guillotine to reflect upon the err of their ways

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