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Ugly In The Morning: Jul 1, 2010; Pillbug

DACK FAYDEN posted:

As long as they warn venue staff, possibly pay extra for a wedding planner that knows how to handle specifically this situation (evidently it's a lot more common than I believed?) it should be fine.

Usually venues have extra security you can ask for and you can give them a photo of the person in question and they'll be escorted off the premises before they get out of the parking lot, but I'm not sure how that works for a church service.

# ? Dec 30, 2019 22:20

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# ? Jun 4, 2024 05:20

razorrozar: Feb 21, 2012; by Cyrano4747

shut up about the goddamn 135k already jesus christ

AITA for losing my patience with a friend when she's OTT upset over a movie character?

quote:

I'm 29F and she's 32F. My friend is a huge fan of a big budget movie you might all have heard of, especially a guy character. She's spent years buying merchandise of him, writing fanfiction, posting fanart and memes, you name it. It's all she will talk about sometimes. She has a shrine to him at home and jokes that he's her ideal husband (she hasn't dated since she was 28 and her last boyfriend left her for someone else).

She went to the premier of the new movie this month and I went with her. Annnnd... the guy dies. She stormed out of the theater and I followed her. I thought she'd gotten an urgent text. Nope. She was having a breakdown outside, absolutely hysterical and in tears, balling her eyes out and screaming because the guy dies (people looked at us funny). I did my best to comfort her (that's what friends are for right?) and commiserated even if I didn't like the character all that much. She was furious that the guy's costar didn't step in and protest the director's script and cussed the costar's name out right outside the theater. Later that evening I saw her tweet the costar many hateful insults and even wishes for her to "get run over in the traffic, you whore"

The next day she called in sick (we're coworkers) and the next day after. I texted to ask if she was all right and she said she wasn't, she was totally traumatized and couldn't see how she would go on, she was burning all the merchandise and toys as protest to this movie taking the turn it did, she said his death violated her so much and was the worst thing to ever have happened in her life. She loved the character, saw him as her dark prince, a fellow victim of difficult childhood (as far as I know her childhood difficulty was only that her dad walked out on her mom), bla bla. I tried to be understanding but lost it at her comparison to much darker events, he's just a movie character, she's too old to act like this and that I didn't appreciate the comparison to my real trauma (she knows about it). Where I might have crossed the line is I told her that if shed ever had a day of real sadness in her life, she might not be taking this so hard and acting so ridiculous because only sheltered crybabies would react like this to a fake death on a fake screen. It's not like the actor died. I called her a child and that she couldn't possibly function in real life.

We've cut contact. I saw her posting status after status how heartbroken she is by this movie and how she feels everyone has betrayed her and this movie put her in a dark place so much she feels she wants to harm herself and stop eating. That's before she blocked me. AITA?

i haven't seen Rise of Skywalker yet but i still have a pretty good idea what this is about

# ? Dec 30, 2019 22:21

Sagebrush: Feb 26, 2012; ERM.... I'm actually NOT bothered by this avatar

rip chewbacca, my dark prince

# ? Dec 30, 2019 22:23

mind the walrus: Sep 22, 2006

That woman is mentally ill and was failed by the system long before any movie. The friend snapping is dumb af though, lmao jesus you may be right but if you think someone is emotionally stunted and can't function in real life what do you think admonishing them for that is going to accomplish?

# ? Dec 30, 2019 22:24

Meme Poker Party: Sep 1, 2006; by Azathoth

Dang she really upset about Kylo Ren.

# ? Dec 30, 2019 22:27

razorrozar: Feb 21, 2012; by Cyrano4747

AITA for telling my brother he stinks?

quote:

I'm 20F, my brother is 20M. We're both in college and generally only come home for the holidays, or the odd weekend here and there.

This Christmas there was a family dinner at our parents house, with about 28ish people attending. When I arrived most people where already there, and I noticed a bad smell. Like, BO and mold. (Have you ever forgotten wet clothes in the washing machine for a week? That's what it smelled like, but worse.) The whole living room smelt bad.

When making my rounds giving hugs it was obviously coming from my brother. I ignored it for the moment and helped my mom cook. When I came back to the living room I heard my uncle and aunt joking about my brothers smell, and no one was sitting anywhere near him.

I joined my brother and we chatted for a bit. When he mentioned no one sitting near him I suggest it might be because he 'doesn't smell so fresh'. I asked him if he wanted to freshen up or borrow my boyfriends deodorant.

He stayed for dinner but left immediately after. My parents where upset that I told him, but I felt letting the rest of the family joke about it behind his back was worse.

I'm not sure what social etiquette says, I don't know if I made the right call. I felt like he deserved to know.

According to my mom almost everyone mentioned it to her, either to complain or because they where worried, and the smell lingered for several days after Christmas.

Was I an rear end in a top hat for telling him?

# ? Dec 30, 2019 22:28

Mozi: Apr 4, 2004; Forms change so fast
Time is moving past
Memory is smoke
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mind the walrus posted:

That woman is mentally ill and was failed by the system long before any movie. The friend snapping is dumb af though, lmao jesus you may be right but if you think someone is emotionally stunted and can't function in real life what do you think admonishing them for that is going to accomplish?

When you're in the middle of a heated argument that's not always the primary consideration.

# ? Dec 30, 2019 22:28

mind the walrus: Sep 22, 2006

No poo poo but it's still such a dumb response. It really speaks to the OP's myopia that her friend can spend years accumulating a husbando and still be surprised enough at the depth of the illness that her anger comes out concentrated and destructive.

# ? Dec 30, 2019 22:30

razorrozar: Feb 21, 2012; by Cyrano4747

AITA for having my cats massage my mom?

quote:

Strange title, not a shitpost, not super serious just was curious.

My mom works a physical labor intensive job and she has back soreness. She'll ask me to massage her back, I always have said yes cause I love my mom and she works so hard its the least I could do. Lately, its been taking a long time because she needs a lot of care. I want to get her to a professional or a chiropractor one day as a treat but I'm saving up. Its a little tiring and I know she goes through more tiring things than me but my arms still hurt.

Theres also this blanket my two cats go crazy over. They knead on it like crazy. I thought itd be a funny test to see if they'd knead my mom's back. I told my mom when she asked for a massage that I wanted to try something. I put the blanket on her back and brought my cats over. They immediately went apeshit and kneaded the poo poo out of my mom's back. She said its one the best massages she has gotten.

My older brother was like "wtf is going on." and I explained it to him. He goes: "Really? Youre too lazy to massage your moms back so you do this weird stuff?" I agreed with the weirdness but I don't think its bad to do this considering the cats love it and my mom said its better than my massages so...

# ? Dec 30, 2019 22:31

xtal: Jan 9, 2011; by Fluffdaddy

Chomp8645 posted:

Dang she really upset about Kylo Ren.

That character didn't even exist until 2015, how can someone become attached to a fictional character so fast?

# ? Dec 30, 2019 22:31

Mr. Lobe: Feb 23, 2007; ... Dry bones...

razorrozar posted:

AITA for telling my brother he stinks?

as someone who grew up with a sister, I never heard the end of it when I didn't use enough deodorant .

good thing, too. it trained me to use enough. I guess maybe that's not a universal brother-sister dynamic.

# ? Dec 30, 2019 22:31

Motherfucker: Jul 16, 2011; I certainly dont have deep-seated issues involving birthdays.

razorrozar posted:

shut up about the goddamn 135k already jesus christ

AITA for losing my patience with a friend when she's OTT upset over a movie character?

i haven't seen Rise of Skywalker yet but i still have a pretty good idea what this is about

Is this even a parasocial relationship? People going fuckin' ape-poo poo over fictional characters is an epidemic recently.

# ? Dec 30, 2019 22:31

the holy poopacy: May 16, 2009; hey! check this out; Fun Shoe

Admiralty Flag posted:

...currently haunting...

No one is going Pick mode and saying that $135K is only good as toilet paper, just that over the span of your remaining life, and all the future expenses you�ll have (they�ll be higher in both absolute and relative terms, unless you�re already beset by medical issues), it�s not enough money to make a difference outside of (primarily) getting a second chance re: debt.

$135k will buy you a hell of a lot of peace of mind if you're struggling to get by. The biggest difference between working class and middle class isn't so much the takehome pay, it's financial reserves. Your life with or without $135k will look largely the same right up until you get laid off or have a serious injury and then it's the difference between having a roof over your head until you bounce back or not.

# ? Dec 30, 2019 22:33

Meme Poker Party: Sep 1, 2006; by Azathoth

xtal posted:

That character didn't even exist until 2015, how can someone become attached to a fictional character so fast?

Well you see, her brain doesn't work right.

That's how.

# ? Dec 30, 2019 22:33

razorrozar: Feb 21, 2012; by Cyrano4747

AITA for “demanding” I get the XBOX my mom’s BF’s sons Stole back

quote:

This Christmas both he and my mom bought an XBOX One X. It was a joint gift for both my moms bfs’s sons (18 and 23) and I. This by the fact that all three of our names were on the present. I’m not much of video game player but friends had been asking me to buy an XBOx so we could “hangout”

Despite this and Because it was expected that the XBOX was going to be at our house (my mom’ BFs Sons live with their mom and come over to their dads occasionally) my mom paid for half the gift instead of 1/3 even though she knew I probably wouldn’t play it All that Much.I went out and bought a few games for me to play.

Later that night I went into our Theater room to play one of my new games. The New XBOX and all the games (both the ones my mom’s BF’s kids had gotten and the had gotten) we’re gone and replaced with an older XBOx (I think it’s the 360) and older games.

I went to talk to my mom and her BF about it. at first her BF accused me of lying about it. he then said it wasn’t that big of a deal and at least at had someone sort of gaming system to play. I told him that that’s not the lint and that the gaming system half mine and the games i had gotten were mine and his sons had no right to take them. He then offered to pay for the half of the XBOX and games. I said that wasn’t the point either and I expected that the gaming system and games his sons had taken (that were mine) be returned. He called me spoiled and ungrateful

My mom tried to talk to her but he played the victim and said that he’s afraid that if he asks for the system and the games back his sons will be mad at him.

This morning I told him that he can either get the system and at least my games back or replace the system and games in full. He said I have no right to make demands. Am I the rear end in a top hat?

# ? Dec 30, 2019 22:33

Motherfucker: Jul 16, 2011; I certainly dont have deep-seated issues involving birthdays.

razorrozar posted:

AITA for telling my brother he stinks?

no lmao. hes twenty and smells like poo poo. loving blast him with a hose like a dog till he learns to wash he goddamn rear end in a top hat.

# ? Dec 30, 2019 22:35

Eediot Jedi: Dec 25, 2007; This is where I begin to speculate what being a
man of my word costs me

Sagebrush posted:

rip chewbacca, my dark prince

# ? Dec 30, 2019 22:35

chitoryu12: Apr 24, 2014

xtal posted:

That character didn't even exist until 2015, how can someone become attached to a fictional character so fast?

Adam Driver has unusual appeal.

https://twitter.com/jennyenicholson/status/1110213841609056256?s=21

# ? Dec 30, 2019 22:36

Meme Poker Party: Sep 1, 2006; by Azathoth

chitoryu12 posted:

Adam Driver has unusual appeal.

Wide appeal.

# ? Dec 30, 2019 22:36

Biplane: Jul 18, 2005

Motherfucker posted:

thirty thousand take it or leave it.

Thirty thousand dollars would absolutely still be lifechanging for me, get ahead on rent, pay down the most egregious of outstanding bills etc. I�ll take it

# ? Dec 30, 2019 22:37

Mr. Lobe: Feb 23, 2007; ... Dry bones...

Biplane posted:

Thirty thousand dollars would absolutely still be lifechanging for me, get ahead on rent, pay down the most egregious of outstanding bills etc. I�ll take it

same, it would be nice not to be on the knife's edge of debt and financial ruin please

# ? Dec 30, 2019 22:38

razorrozar: Feb 21, 2012; by Cyrano4747

AITA for calling someone the 'CEO of white girls'?

quote:

So if y'all don't know, a common joke nowadays (I think it came from tiktok first) is calling someone who's good at or known for something the 'CEO' of that thing (for example, calling someone who dresses well 'the CEO of fashion', or calling someone who is Indian and talks about it a lot the 'CEO of Indians'). You get the idea.

Anyways, my friend group and I like to hype each other up. The group is mostly Indian guys, including me. One of the guys in the group, Rahul, is only into white girls, and generally speaking, he pulls hard. Yesterday he posted a picture on instagram of him at a party with 4 girls (who were white) surrounding him. In the comments, everyone was joking around, so I commented 'the ceo of white girls'. Almost everyone thought it was funny and liked the post, but one girl got hella triggered and said it was a 'douchey' comment to make.

I don't see what I even did wrong here. I was just making a joke lol. Aita?

# ? Dec 30, 2019 22:39

Evil Willow: Apr 26, 2007; Bored now...

teen witch posted:

When I say I love you
You say, Yul Brenner

Yul Brenner, Yul Brenner, Yul Bet

# ? Dec 30, 2019 22:42

Motherfucker: Jul 16, 2011; I certainly dont have deep-seated issues involving birthdays.

razorrozar posted:

AITA for calling someone the 'CEO of white girls'?

calling anyone a CEO is an insult of the highest order.

# ? Dec 30, 2019 22:43

mind the walrus: Sep 22, 2006

razorrozar posted:

AITA for calling someone the 'CEO of white girls'?

It is a douchey, banal drone worker kind-of joke but like... you have to pick your battles before getting in front of some cubicle jockey and picking a fight over it

# ? Dec 30, 2019 22:44

Motherfucker: Jul 16, 2011; I certainly dont have deep-seated issues involving birthdays.

mind the walrus posted:

It is a douchey, banal drone worker kind-of joke but like... you have to pick your battles before getting in front of some cubicle jockey and picking a fight over it

You'd think that'd be an easy fight but they've got nothing to lose and they fight like it.

# ? Dec 30, 2019 22:45

Sagebrush: Feb 26, 2012; ERM.... I'm actually NOT bothered by this avatar

Motherfucker posted:

no lmao. hes twenty and smells like poo poo. loving blast him with a hose like a dog till he learns to wash he goddamn rear end in a top hat.

i remember once when i was a kid i went over to a friend's house with my dad. they had an older son, maybe about 22, who had been into heroin and a bunch of other bad stuff and was living at home as they tried to get him back on track. he was getting into "filmmaking" (had a camcorder) so he wanted to show us his movie on his vcr.

after we left his room, i recall asking my father
"dad? why does his room smell like...like...um..."
"like a large animal?"
"yeah! like a...like a barn with cows"
"i'd say more like a barn with pigs."

and that particular description of extremely dirty human smell as "like a large animal" was so befitting that it's stuck with me ever since

# ? Dec 30, 2019 22:45

razorrozar: Feb 21, 2012; by Cyrano4747

Sagebrush posted:

and that particular description of extremely dirty human smell as "like a large animal" was so befitting that it's stuck with me ever since

humans are large animals. an unwashed large animal smells like an unwashed large animal. this is not news.

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AITA for stating a hilarious opinion?

quote:

Earlier today, there was a post about a dude who decided to change his surname and his son's surname. His mother was a bit upset, so he wondered if he was the rear end in a top hat.

Some other dude suggested to the OP to take on the wife's surname. Here's the rear end in a top hat bit: I said that that would be looked on as a cuck move, you know...to be the man of the house and have your child take on the wife's surname. Let's make this bit clear; looked on. As in, it's not a cuck move, but people would see it as such. I then suggested some really cool alternative surnames. I believe they were Powerman, Ironside and Van Kang. Since we're here, I may as well add Dragonov and Fury into the mix.

Anyway, lots of people got very upset by this and started downvoting me like mad. AITA?

# ? Dec 30, 2019 22:48

Meme Poker Party: Sep 1, 2006; by Azathoth

I then suggested some really cool alternative surnames. I believe they were Powerman, Ironside and Van Kang

# ? Dec 30, 2019 22:49

Motherfucker: Jul 16, 2011; I certainly dont have deep-seated issues involving birthdays.

Sagebrush posted:

i remember once when i was a kid i went over to a friend's house with my dad. they had an older son, maybe about 22, who had been into heroin and a bunch of other bad stuff and was living at home as they tried to get him back on track. he was getting into "filmmaking" (had a camcorder) so he wanted to show us his movie on his vcr.

after we left his room, i recall asking my father
"dad? why does his room smell like...like...um..."
"like a large animal?"
"yeah! like a...like a barn with cows"
"i'd say more like a barn with pigs."

and that particular description of extremely dirty human smell as "like a large animal" was so befitting that it's stuck with me ever since

I knew two smelly people, one always had a weird scent I'd describe as 'unwashed chlorine', smoking and hippie poo poo made him smell vaguely chemical the other was a fat moron who smelled just like that story, part man, part mold. One is now an an-cap and the other became a Q-anon.

The moral of this story is don't make friends with people who play D&D

# ? Dec 30, 2019 22:50

BONGHITZ: Jan 1, 1970

are we all polyamorous here? Is this a meetup?

# ? Dec 30, 2019 22:53

Sagebrush: Feb 26, 2012; ERM.... I'm actually NOT bothered by this avatar

razorrozar posted:

humans are large animals. an unwashed large animal smells like an unwashed large animal. this is not news.

yes, that is the point. it's hard to convey tone on the internet but the way my dad said it was basically that -- "son, you're asking me why does the room where a large, unwashed animal lives smell like a large, unwashed animal?" :crossarms:

# ? Dec 30, 2019 22:54

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

Straight White Shark posted:

$135k will buy you a hell of a lot of peace of mind if you're struggling to get by. The biggest difference between working class and middle class isn't so much the takehome pay, it's financial reserves. Your life with or without $135k will look largely the same right up until you get laid off or have a serious injury and then it's the difference between having a roof over your head until you bounce back or not.

When I was a child I dreamed about changing the world. When I was in college I dreamed about controlling the chaos around me. Now I just dream about being able to breathe for half an hour without guilt.

# ? Dec 30, 2019 22:58

razorrozar: Feb 21, 2012; by Cyrano4747

Aita for staying in the same city than my ex after breaking up?

quote:

Am I (22f) the rear end in a top hat for staying in the same city than my bf 31m?

Hello everyone, I really need some input here. So my exbf and me came to a foreign country together, have been travelling for quite a while and about two weeks ago found jobs in two different restaurants, but have the same owner.

About 6 days ago I left him, because I need to learn to be less dependent. Now he would like me to leave the city, since he says it is too hard for him to find closure while I am here especially since we might meet at work parties and since he hears all the gossip about me. He for example heard that I was sleeping with one of my colleagues (we have very good chemistry, but haven't had sex).

He tonight came and told me that he would really want me to leave and put some distance between us, so he does not have to constantly hear and think about me. He also said it would be better since maybe I am not dependent on him anymore but my colleagues/friends now. This is very true, but I plan on staying just a month, because I really missed all this spontaneous social interactions whilst with him.

Am I the rear end in a top hat for staying?

# ? Dec 30, 2019 23:02

Leon Einstein: Feb 6, 2012; I must win every thread in GBS. I don't care how much banal semantic quibbling and shitty posts it takes.

She's the rear end in a top hat for writing than instead of as.

# ? Dec 30, 2019 23:04

Ugly In The Morning: Jul 1, 2010; Pillbug

Straight White Shark posted:

$135k will buy you a hell of a lot of peace of mind if you're struggling to get by. The biggest difference between working class and middle class isn't so much the takehome pay, it's financial reserves. Your life with or without $135k will look largely the same right up until you get laid off or have a serious injury and then it's the difference between having a roof over your head until you bounce back or not.

I changed careers last winter and went from making 12 an hour to... well, a fair bit more than 12 an hour. It was the weirdest goddamn thing for me when my car poo poo itself to death over the summer and instead of panicking I just went to the car dealership and put a down payment on a decent used car. A year ago I would have been turbofucked if that happened. Hell, two years ago I was playing whack-a-mole trying to get my older car to pass inspection, every time I had enough money to get something fixed something else would break.

And it's expensive to be poor, having that money in reserve for expenses saves you a bunch of money on interest or late fees when you have to reach outside of what you can afford to get something necessary taken care of.

# ? Dec 30, 2019 23:04

thatguy: Feb 5, 2003

Kitchner posted:

This is fake as poo poo. It's an incel's fan fiction about what he would have done if he could go back in time and take control of his younger self in school

I got 3 days in middle school for a kid I punched for the same poo poo, but that was in like 1991 or something. He never cowered in fear after I mean that's lol but we did sort of become awkward acquaintances afterwards. My parents also didn't shower me with adulation but they never gave me poo poo about the suspension

# ? Dec 30, 2019 23:06

Agrikk: Oct 17, 2003; Take care with that! We have not fully ascertained its function, and the ticking is accelerating.

Edit: beaten

Agrikk fucked around with this message at 23:34 on Dec 30, 2019

# ? Dec 30, 2019 23:13

Evil Willow: Apr 26, 2007; Bored now...

Agrikk posted:

Edit: beaten

I saw your original post and I'm just glad that someone else got the reference and posted it

# ? Dec 30, 2019 23:45

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# ? Jun 4, 2024 05:20

razorrozar: Feb 21, 2012; by Cyrano4747

AITA for using an inside joke?

quote:

Before I start, please excuse my English.

My friend (Host) wanted to throw a new years eve sleepover and made a group chat to invite us all, seeing who was coming.

I asked about another friend (Girl) and if she was coming. My friend (Boy) said she wasn’t because she was with him at the beach.

I said “okay, have fun with your date.”

This is an inside joke because they both spend a lot of time together whilst being a boy and girl.

Boy then got mad at me, saying I was being ‘cringy’ and ‘heteronormative’.

Because I was confused, I looked up both the words and only got more confused.

Boy is F to M transgender and I treat him like he has always been a boy because I didn’t know him as a girl.

I got a lot more confused with ‘heteronormative’ because neither of them are attracted to the same gender? Girl because she has had many boyfriends and Boy because he is F to M transgender.

I responded saying, “You told no one you were going out together, that makes it a date.” As a joke.

He responds saying, “I told [my best friend] where we were going.”

He said again, “Even then, just because you don’t know about something doesn’t mean no one else does. The world doesn’t revolve around you u/_Lullabye_x!”

I tried to tell him I was confused but he didn’t listen, instead calling me mean and cringy.

My best friend then came and tried to calm us down? This only made me more confused because I did not know how I was wrong and still do not.

I am posting this here to get help on what I did wrong or if I did not do anything wrong.

Reddit, AITA?

i am really not entirely sure what's going on here but "[boy] can't be gay because he's trans" is a hell of a hot take

# ? Dec 30, 2019 23:49

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