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SHY NUDIST GRRL
Feb 15, 2011

Communism will help more white people than anyone else. Any equal measures unfairly provide less to minority populations just because there's less of them. Democracy is truly the tyranny of the mob.

tactlessbastard posted:

Which kind of Asians are those? Asking for a friend.

They're kitsune you loving philistine!

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Johnny Truant
Jul 22, 2008





great username potential, here

LadyPictureShow
Nov 18, 2005

Success!



StrangersInTheNight posted:

also they disdainfully say you want to nap after masturbating, as if that's a bad thing? there is no sleep more tender than a post-fap nap

How can you nap after it though?

That sound of coins clinking is really disruptive!

Sjs00
Jun 29, 2013

Yeah Baby Yeah !
Working hard or hardly working am I right guys

Smirking_Serpent
Aug 27, 2009

AITA for refusing to call my mom’s new boyfriend “Doctor Billy?”

His name isn’t actually Billy but it’s the funniest name I could think of for this question.

I’m a 16 year old girl. My mom and dad divorced when I was 8 and I live mostly with my mom. My mom has introduced me to a couple of her boyfriends before and I’ve never been anything but polite to them. I guess you’ll just have to take my word for it but I’m not a bratty person.

Anyway my mom wanted me to meet her new boyfriend tonight. My mom said that his name is Billy and that he’s a doctor who works with kids who have cancer. She seems to like him and I’m honestly happy for her.

So he comes over and he goes out to shake my hand and says, “Hi, i’m doctor billy. So nice to meet you heard such nice things blahblahblah”I say “its nice to meet you billy.” He then “corrects” me and says, “Its doctor billy.” I can’t lie, he said it politely and not snobbishy at all. I laughed and asked if he was kidding and if he really wants me to call him that. I don’t know any doctors but it just seemed ridiculous.

He didn’t say anything. My mom got so mad though. Her exact words were calling me a “disrespectful brat.” I was really surprised because she doesn’t ever talk to me that way, ESPECIALLY not in front of other people. She told me that I needed to learn some manners and then they went out. They’re not back yet and I’m kind of dreading the return tbh.

I think Billy was ridiculous but maybe I’m wrong. Is that a thing doctors do? And my mom is normally a pretty chill person so her reaction makes me think I’m really wrong. Idk am i the rear end in a top hat here?

UPDATE: thanks everyone for commenting and for mostly agreeing with me that I wasn’t the rear end in a top hat. Ten minutes ago, I heard my mom get back in but I was already in my room with the lights out so we haven’t spoken. I guess we’ll talk tomorrow. Im going to start by apologizing and hopefully the whole thing blows over pretty quickly. I mean if she wants me to refer to the guy as doctor billy, it’s not gonna kill me to do that. It’s not worth making her angry. Thanks again for all your help and I’m sorry this update wasn’t very exciting.

Smirking_Serpent
Aug 27, 2009

My (32F) husband (31M) wants to watch me having oral sex.

Me and my husband were playing at swapping fantasies a few days ago; I came out with some fairly normal stuff, I talked to him about my spanking thing, but really he already knew about that even if I hadn't described to him in so much detail before. Anyway, he completely took me by surprise by saying he has a cuckold fantasy and imagines watching me have sex with another man. The thing is now that he's brought it up we keep talking about, even inventing ground rules, the dude eats me out but there is not penetrative sex and so on, and in a way I am really into it, I get quite excited thinking about and it isn't because I want to have sex with someone else, it's because I like the idea of him watching and acting as a sort of connoisseur of my pleasure, watching it and watching me from a distance and really appreciating what he sees and getting off on that.

The thing is though that I am also really nervous about it; I can imagine it being fun and a kind of shared secret, a shared perversion that brings us even closer together. On the other hand it seems like such a big risk; what if he reacts differently to how he expects and feels jealous or angry, or what if I am bothered by the sub side to him this might bring out.

I know the answer is to talk it out and make sure it is something we are both comfortable with and believe me we do talk, but it doesn't seem that simple; it feels like a really big thing that, if it doesn't work out as we expected, will still be something that has happened and we might find hard to get over. On the other hand, it could be blast, a real adventure, that brings us closer together and, frankly, it could be really hot.

TL;DR: my husband wants to watch me being eaten out by another guy, I'm in to it but really nervous it'll damage our relationship.

LethalGeek
Nov 4, 2009

I'm really glad I'm not the only one who thinks anyone buying into nofap is a thunderous moron. It's like watching high school sex rumors come to life.

Edit lol gently caress doctor bully

LethalGeek fucked around with this message at 19:22 on Nov 14, 2019

Anne Whateley
Feb 11, 2007
:unsmith: i like nice words
The only thing she can do is up the ante and refer to him as Dr. Smith (or whatever) for the rest of their lives. He goes on to marry her mom? Dr. Smith it is. Twenty years later? Dr. Smith.

Kitchner
Nov 9, 2012

IT CAN'T BE BARGAINED WITH.
IT CAN'T BE REASONED WITH.
IT DOESN'T FEEL PITY, OR REMORSE, OR FEAR.
AND IT ABSOLUTELY WILL NOT STOP, EVER, UNTIL YOU ADMIT YOU'RE WRONG ABOUT WARHAMMER
Clapping Larry
Nah just ask him what his doctorate is in and regardless of what he says insist it's not a real doctor. Even if he's a medical doctor say its more of an honorific and mostly doctors just give people pain killers and tell them to rest. It's not a real doctor like someone who wrote a thesis on mineral history of the mid West.

StrangersInTheNight
Dec 31, 2007
ABSOLUTE FUCKING GUDGEON
Over-formalize it as Dr [lastname], because Dr [firstname] is probably what he does with his pediatric patients and is some treating you like a kid horseshit

QuarkJets
Sep 8, 2008

Ghost Leviathan posted:

Even then I'm pretty sure at least 80% of cases of porn addiction are just people who have nothing else going on in their lives.

All evidence is that regular jacking off is good for you. The dick and balls are organs like any other and benefit from regular exercise.

I can't wait for Destroy Dick December.

Wait, what? Please tell me more about this organ exercise thing. How do I exercise my organs?

Can I say that I'm just getting a good workout while drinking my second glass of wine?

Mr. Fall Down Terror
Jan 24, 2018

by Fluffdaddy

Smirking_Serpent posted:

AITA for refusing to call my mom’s new boyfriend “Doctor Billy?”

His name isn’t actually Billy but it’s the funniest name I could think of for this question.

I’m a 16 year old girl. My mom and dad divorced when I was 8 and I live mostly with my mom. My mom has introduced me to a couple of her boyfriends before and I’ve never been anything but polite to them. I guess you’ll just have to take my word for it but I’m not a bratty person.

Anyway my mom wanted me to meet her new boyfriend tonight. My mom said that his name is Billy and that he’s a doctor who works with kids who have cancer. She seems to like him and I’m honestly happy for her.

So he comes over and he goes out to shake my hand and says, “Hi, i’m doctor billy. So nice to meet you heard such nice things blahblahblah”I say “its nice to meet you billy.” He then “corrects” me and says, “Its doctor billy.” I can’t lie, he said it politely and not snobbishy at all. I laughed and asked if he was kidding and if he really wants me to call him that. I don’t know any doctors but it just seemed ridiculous.

He didn’t say anything. My mom got so mad though. Her exact words were calling me a “disrespectful brat.” I was really surprised because she doesn’t ever talk to me that way, ESPECIALLY not in front of other people. She told me that I needed to learn some manners and then they went out. They’re not back yet and I’m kind of dreading the return tbh.

I think Billy was ridiculous but maybe I’m wrong. Is that a thing doctors do? And my mom is normally a pretty chill person so her reaction makes me think I’m really wrong. Idk am i the rear end in a top hat here?

UPDATE: thanks everyone for commenting and for mostly agreeing with me that I wasn’t the rear end in a top hat. Ten minutes ago, I heard my mom get back in but I was already in my room with the lights out so we haven’t spoken. I guess we’ll talk tomorrow. Im going to start by apologizing and hopefully the whole thing blows over pretty quickly. I mean if she wants me to refer to the guy as doctor billy, it’s not gonna kill me to do that. It’s not worth making her angry. Thanks again for all your help and I’m sorry this update wasn’t very exciting.

the holy poopacy
May 16, 2009

hey! check this out
Fun Shoe

"Uncle Baby Billy" is a legitimate and noble appellation, unlike the pretentious affectation of Dr. Billy

Mr. Fall Down Terror
Jan 24, 2018

by Fluffdaddy
if baby billy freeman went and got a doctorate from a theological diploma mill you know he would insist on being called doctor uncle baby billy

i couldn't find the clip of uncle baby billy pressuring the adult gemstone children into calling his younger sidepiece aunt tiffany but that's the first thing that popped to mind

Traxis
Jul 2, 2006

Anyone who insists people call them Dr. outside of a professional setting is a douchebag.

Smirking_Serpent
Aug 27, 2009

My [22f] boyfriend's [24m] "beach bum" lifestyle is getting old and I'm not sure he'll ever give it up.


Hi everyone,

I'm getting worried about my relationship with my boyfriend "John" over his lifestyle and just would like some advice, please.

John is a surfer. Surfing has been a huge part of his life since high school.

I really loved that at first. In the three years we have been together we spent most of our free time at the beach. We had campfires, singing, beer, and of course, lots of surfing.

But after all this time, I'm getting tired of going to the beach all the time. I love the beach, but some times I want to go for a nice night in town, or have a nice dinner. John always fights wanting to go with me because he wants to go to the beach instead.

I understand he loves the beach, but we already spend most of our time there, and sometimes I would just like to do something else as a couple. And even when I can pry him away from the water for a couple hours, the mood usually gets ruined anyway because he sulks the whole time and it feels disappointing when I dress up for a dinner with him while he wants to go in swimming trunks and flip flops.

I really started having problems a couple weeks ago. I got accepted at a college a couple hours inland and told John about it. He seemed unimpressed and asked if I really wanted to go there. I asked why he seemed upset and he said he has been wanting to move in together but doesnt want to live that far inland.

We argued a bit but didnt come to a solution.

The other big issue I have is his career prospects. He has mostly gotten by working in resorts or shops near the beach. But he job hops all the time after getting in trouble for stuff like calling in sick when he thinks the surf will be good. This means I wind up helping him on gas or food alot. I have urged him to try and keep a decent job, he tells me he doesnt want that kind of life, which frustrates me to no end.

We finally had a really bad fight about it today. We were hanging out, he asked if I really wanted to leave the area. I was happy for a second thinming maybe he was ready to move inland where my college is.

Instead, he asked how I would feel about moving to Hawaii. I stuttered just because that was so out of left field, but he started rolling about how I can go to the University there and we'll get some small place by the beach (of course). I told him I didnt think Hawaii was affordable for us and it lead to a big shouting fight in a parking lot before he got in his car and left me there (he was my ride). He came back after I called him 20 times and gave me a silent, angry ride home.

What to do now? I love him and how laid back he is, but is there no way to synchronize surfing and having some sort of normal life? I dont want to him to give up what he loves, I just want him to hold a job and maybe have a night away from the beach here and there. Is there any solving this?

TL;DR: Boyfriend is a hardcore surfer and beach bum. He never wants to do anything else though and I'm tired of it. Is there hope for us?

Kitchner
Nov 9, 2012

IT CAN'T BE BARGAINED WITH.
IT CAN'T BE REASONED WITH.
IT DOESN'T FEEL PITY, OR REMORSE, OR FEAR.
AND IT ABSOLUTELY WILL NOT STOP, EVER, UNTIL YOU ADMIT YOU'RE WRONG ABOUT WARHAMMER
Clapping Larry

Smirking_Serpent posted:

My [22f] boyfriend's [24m] "beach bum" lifestyle is getting old and I'm not sure he'll ever give it up.


She met him at 19.

She needs to look back at the time when she spent 3 drinks drinking and surfing and loving on the beach before she found someone who wasn't a human cliche.

Meme Poker Party
Sep 1, 2006

by Azathoth
That man only has one true love.


And her name is "The Sea".

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
I didn't go to The Melting Pot for four years to be called Stepdad Billy

Anne Whateley
Feb 11, 2007
:unsmith: i like nice words
Lifestyle dirtbags of any flavor (climbing, surfing, skiing, etc.) are great for sex (after showers and with condoms) but why would you try to date one?!

zakharov
Nov 30, 2002

:kimchi: Tater Love :kimchi:
Surfer BF should be forcibly relocated to North Dakota.

Ugly In The Morning
Jul 1, 2010
Pillbug

Smirking_Serpent posted:

My [22f] boyfriend's [24m] "beach bum" lifestyle is getting old and I'm not sure he'll ever give it up.


Hi everyone,

I'm getting worried about my relationship with my boyfriend "John" over his lifestyle and just would like some advice, please.

John is a surfer. Surfing has been a huge part of his life since high school.

I really loved that at first. In the three years we have been together we spent most of our free time at the beach. We had campfires, singing, beer, and of course, lots of surfing.

But after all this time, I'm getting tired of going to the beach all the time. I love the beach, but some times I want to go for a nice night in town, or have a nice dinner. John always fights wanting to go with me because he wants to go to the beach instead.

I understand he loves the beach, but we already spend most of our time there, and sometimes I would just like to do something else as a couple. And even when I can pry him away from the water for a couple hours, the mood usually gets ruined anyway because he sulks the whole time and it feels disappointing when I dress up for a dinner with him while he wants to go in swimming trunks and flip flops.

I really started having problems a couple weeks ago. I got accepted at a college a couple hours inland and told John about it. He seemed unimpressed and asked if I really wanted to go there. I asked why he seemed upset and he said he has been wanting to move in together but doesnt want to live that far inland.

We argued a bit but didnt come to a solution.

The other big issue I have is his career prospects. He has mostly gotten by working in resorts or shops near the beach. But he job hops all the time after getting in trouble for stuff like calling in sick when he thinks the surf will be good. This means I wind up helping him on gas or food alot. I have urged him to try and keep a decent job, he tells me he doesnt want that kind of life, which frustrates me to no end.

We finally had a really bad fight about it today. We were hanging out, he asked if I really wanted to leave the area. I was happy for a second thinming maybe he was ready to move inland where my college is.

Instead, he asked how I would feel about moving to Hawaii. I stuttered just because that was so out of left field, but he started rolling about how I can go to the University there and we'll get some small place by the beach (of course). I told him I didnt think Hawaii was affordable for us and it lead to a big shouting fight in a parking lot before he got in his car and left me there (he was my ride). He came back after I called him 20 times and gave me a silent, angry ride home.

What to do now? I love him and how laid back he is, but is there no way to synchronize surfing and having some sort of normal life? I dont want to him to give up what he loves, I just want him to hold a job and maybe have a night away from the beach here and there. Is there any solving this?

TL;DR: Boyfriend is a hardcore surfer and beach bum. He never wants to do anything else though and I'm tired of it. Is there hope for us?

If he can't afford to live wherever it is he's living now, there is no way in hell he can afford to live in Hawaii. That place is expensive.

Clitch
Feb 26, 2002

I lived through
Donald Trump's presidency
and all I got was
this lousy virus

Smirking_Serpent posted:

My (32F) husband (31M) wants to watch me having oral sex.

America really needs a public awareness campaign:

"It's OK to let fantasies stay fantasies."

DragQueenofAngmar
Dec 29, 2009

You shall not pass!
AITA for telling my daughter and niece that Santa isn't real?

quote:

So obviously the title is bad, and taken out of context clearly it's an rear end in a top hat move, and I agree on principal with that. I believe I'm justified for what I said. I'm tired of being called an rear end in a top hat by my family though, and I'd like some unbiased opinions.

My family has struggled a little bit the last couple of years financially. We've had bills paid, thank god, but not a ton of extra money to do things I wish I was able to do with my kids.

My wife and I have a 6 year old daughter and 3 year old son together.

Holidays have been rough the past couple of years, I can't even lie. Money isn't what's most important, but there's a real pain of looking at your daughter see others who get more and are better off.

That being said we tried to do the best we could to make the holidays as special as possible. Our daughter got a ton of little gifts that when wrapped made the presents under the tree look like a ton. She was happy of course, she has such a positive attitude all the time, but when she receives something she's extremely grateful and I couldn't be more proud of how she handles herself. Last year Santa brought her a bike as the big present.

My wife has 2 brothers and a sister. The sister is married and has 3 kids with her husband. One in particular is awful, let's call her Sid. Hell raiser classic type. Ruins every family outing or tries too anyways, is rude to the other kids in the family, talks back and doesn't listen.

She's a little older than my daughter but around the same age so they are around each other quite a bit.

The other day all 3 of the kids are at our house. I'm in the kitchen cooking. My daughter and Sid are at the table in the dining room. The conversation is Christmas and what they are expecting and would like to get.

Sid won't stop bragging about the presents she got last year. I didn't catch all of it or know what they all were but obviously expensive and glamorous enough to make my daughter envious. My daughter questioned out loud, "I wonder why Santa brings you more than me." To which Sid replied basically with her being better than my daughter. She wasn't good enough to get the gifts Sid gets. I could see my daughter processing this and believing something about how she is wasn't good enough compared to this spoiled brat. So I couldn't take it. I told Sid in front of my daughter Santa wasn't real. It was her parents that supply the gifts. She definitely should never think getting material things makes her better than anybody.

This was news to Sid and my little girl. Neither knew how to react, tho once explaining everything to my daughter I'm proud of the lesson that came out thru all this. My wife's sister is pissed at me for telling her daughter this. Said they were talking like normal kids and I ruined something for her. I say she was getting the wrong message anyways and I wasn't going to stand by her relaying her point of view on my daughter. AITA?

this why belief in santa must be stomped out

Smirking_Serpent
Aug 27, 2009

AITA for “brake checking” a tailgater causing them to crash?

So I was driving to work on the highway going about 60mph, and this woman comes right up my rear end super close. I’m talking within 5 feet of me. I’ve parallel parked and had more space between cars before. I really don’t like it and feel nervous, and after a while it seems she has no intention of giving me any space.

So, without taking my right off the gas or slowing down at all, with my left I gently press my brake, just so my brake lights go on. She freaks and slams on her brakes, fishtails, goes off the road and flips into a ditch. I pull over and go up to help, she’s ok but obviously a lot of damage to her SUV. She goes off on me for brake checking her, but I just flashed my brakes as a way to tell her to back off. AITA?

edit: I was in a two lane two direction highway, I was in the only lane I could legally be in.

StrangersInTheNight
Dec 31, 2007
ABSOLUTE FUCKING GUDGEON
.....I had my believe in Santa ruined by a spiteful relative who just wanted to see my face deflate, which was not a great experience, and even I am like, yeah that kid can get hosed.

chitoryu12
Apr 24, 2014

Smirking_Serpent posted:

AITA for “brake checking” a tailgater causing them to crash?

So I was driving to work on the highway going about 60mph, and this woman comes right up my rear end super close. I’m talking within 5 feet of me. I’ve parallel parked and had more space between cars before. I really don’t like it and feel nervous, and after a while it seems she has no intention of giving me any space.

So, without taking my right off the gas or slowing down at all, with my left I gently press my brake, just so my brake lights go on. She freaks and slams on her brakes, fishtails, goes off the road and flips into a ditch. I pull over and go up to help, she’s ok but obviously a lot of damage to her SUV. She goes off on me for brake checking her, but I just flashed my brakes as a way to tell her to back off. AITA?

edit: I was in a two lane two direction highway, I was in the only lane I could legally be in.

Too bad she survived.

Dazerbeams
Jul 8, 2009

Smirking_Serpent posted:

AITA for “brake checking” a tailgater causing them to crash?

So I was driving to work on the highway going about 60mph, and this woman comes right up my rear end super close. I’m talking within 5 feet of me. I’ve parallel parked and had more space between cars before. I really don’t like it and feel nervous, and after a while it seems she has no intention of giving me any space.

So, without taking my right off the gas or slowing down at all, with my left I gently press my brake, just so my brake lights go on. She freaks and slams on her brakes, fishtails, goes off the road and flips into a ditch. I pull over and go up to help, she’s ok but obviously a lot of damage to her SUV. She goes off on me for brake checking her, but I just flashed my brakes as a way to tell her to back off. AITA?

edit: I was in a two lane two direction highway, I was in the only lane I could legally be in.

If you can't control your car in unexpected situations, you need to keep more distance between yourself and vehicles. Tailgating is an art that requires acute awareness and the ability to react at a moment's notice.

Meme Poker Party
Sep 1, 2006

by Azathoth
It's either a NTA or both are the rear end in a top hat. I'm ok with either truth.

chitoryu12
Apr 24, 2014

Dazerbeams posted:

If you can't control your car in unexpected situations, you need to keep more distance between yourself and vehicles. Tailgating is an art that requires acute awareness and the ability to react at a moment's notice.

I've actually forced my driver to stop tailgating before. I don't want a nice night out to be ruined because she smashed into a truck that she was following 10 feet behind for no good reason. I don't get what even gives people that impulse. It's not like you're getting to your destination faster somehow without a 2-second gap between vehicles.

I read one suggestion for "safe" brake checking in the daytime being to flip on your headlights, because it'll flash your taillights and trick the tailgater into slowing down.

house of the dad
Jul 4, 2005

Tailgaters are the loving worst but causing somebody to get into a violent wreck thanks to their own idiocy is still kind of a dick move.

DandyLion
Jun 24, 2010
disrespectul Deciever

chitoryu12 posted:

I've actually forced my driver to stop tailgating before...

Yeah OK Daddy Warbucks but the rest of us are in a hurry and don't have a personal chauffeur....

chitoryu12
Apr 24, 2014

DandyLion posted:

Yeah OK Daddy Warbucks but the rest of us are in a hurry and don't have a personal chauffeur....

How are you going to gently caress in a car after a date if you're both in separate cars?

Ugly In The Morning
Jul 1, 2010
Pillbug
gently caress tailgaters. Every time I work a day shift I get tailgated on a windy mountain road by someone who's pissed off I'm doing the speed limit. They usually pass me on a double yellow with a blind turn. Plus, they usually are in a pickup truck and turn their brights on so that they're blasting my mirror and I can't see. Why do you think blinding me is going to make me drive faster?

Mozi
Apr 4, 2004

Forms change so fast
Time is moving past
Memory is smoke
Gonna get wider when I die
Nap Ghost

house of the dad posted:

Tailgaters are the loving worst but causing somebody to get into a violent wreck thanks to their own idiocy is still kind of a dick move.


There are any number of reasons I might touch the brakes while driving; am I not supposed to be able to brake if there's a car driving unsafely behind me? Actually stomping on the brakes would indeed be a super dick and probably illegal move, but just turning on the brake lights? If this happened to me I'd still feel guilty about it, though.

DragQueenofAngmar
Dec 29, 2009

You shall not pass!

StrangersInTheNight posted:

.....I had my believe in Santa ruined by a spiteful relative who just wanted to see my face deflate, which was not a great experience, and even I am like, yeah that kid can get hosed.

I think there is an interesting discussion to be had about telling kids about santa. from everyone I’ve talked to there’s about an even split between people who were happy to have believed in the magic when they were little, and people who felt lied to and felt mistrustful of their parents afterwards. its a choice a parent makes that cannot be made with good information about whether the child would want that, but it is a positive experience a good amount of the time. but not all of the time! it’s a conundrum.

zakharov
Nov 30, 2002

:kimchi: Tater Love :kimchi:
Cars are bad

Mr. Fall Down Terror
Jan 24, 2018

by Fluffdaddy

house of the dad posted:

Tailgaters are the loving worst but causing somebody to get into a violent wreck thanks to their own idiocy is still kind of a dick move.

yeah, imagine how bad the OP would feel if the reckless tailgater ended up hitting another car

definitely the tailgater was the worst rear end in a top hat in this story but brake checking is itself a minor rear end in a top hat move

Mr. Fall Down Terror
Jan 24, 2018

by Fluffdaddy

DragQueenofAngmar posted:

I think there is an interesting discussion to be had about telling kids about santa. from everyone I’ve talked to there’s about an even split between people who were happy to have believed in the magic when they were little, and people who felt lied to and felt mistrustful of their parents afterwards. its a choice a parent makes that cannot be made with good information about whether the child would want that, but it is a positive experience a good amount of the time. but not all of the time! it’s a conundrum.

in the ideal situation the child figures out santa is not real through their own reason and logic, so they can then apply this lesson to other deities like the easter bunny, jesus christ, and the responsible gun owner who accurately defends themselves and others in an active shooting situation

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Clitch
Feb 26, 2002

I lived through
Donald Trump's presidency
and all I got was
this lousy virus

Smirking_Serpent posted:

AITA for “brake checking” a tailgater causing them to crash?

So I was driving to work on the highway going about 60mph, and this woman comes right up my rear end super close. I’m talking within 5 feet of me. I’ve parallel parked and had more space between cars before. I really don’t like it and feel nervous, and after a while it seems she has no intention of giving me any space.

So, without taking my right off the gas or slowing down at all, with my left I gently press my brake, just so my brake lights go on. She freaks and slams on her brakes, fishtails, goes off the road and flips into a ditch. I pull over and go up to help, she’s ok but obviously a lot of damage to her SUV. She goes off on me for brake checking her, but I just flashed my brakes as a way to tell her to back off. AITA?

edit: I was in a two lane two direction highway, I was in the only lane I could legally be in.

If this guy's telling the truth about how gently he blipped his brakes, then NTA.

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