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DreadUnknown posted:I feel in my bones that a manacured lawn is a sure sign of a deeply troubled mind. Lawn having in general is a sign of mental illness. Even more insane than the HOA drama here: a story about city code enforcement. This guy in south Austin recently had code enforcement show up with a warrant to mow his lawn (this is a real thing they do, mostly to prevent snakes and other possibly hazardous wildlife from overrunning a lawn, to keep vegetation away from power lines, etc) and when they started mowing, which they had already done several times in the past at his house, he opened fire on them and they called the police and it ended up in a swat standoff where he set fire to the house and eventually got killed by swat. https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/man-shot-by-police-in-southwest-austin-swat-standoff-last-week-identified/ Google maps (it looks a little ragged here but not “call the city” put of control, I have no idea if it was worse when they started mowing): Now: Don’t have a lawn, folks. If the HOA doesn’t make you maintain the lawn, the city lawn mowing team will. No lawns ever.
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EIDE Van Hagar posted:Lawn having in general is a sign of mental illness.
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"Television and the internet will be replaced by one thing worse than both."
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Given the dad’s infidelity and the crappy son’s constant use of ‘naggy’ about her for perfectly reasonable parenting stuff I’m betting he learned those attitudes towards his poor mom at home.
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teen witch posted:Strict parents raise sneaky kids. It’s better for you to be open and honest as to what social media does, and teach them responsibility, not withhold it. Having a strict father that liked to use his fists to make a point just made me into a fantastic liar really good at hiding things when I was a kid.
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EIDE Van Hagar posted:Lawn having in general is a sign of mental illness. we killed our lawn and let the woods grow in on the quarter-acre we do have, the city lawn police rolled up last month and fined us for having weeds. now we're trying to figure out a raspberry bush and poison ivy hedgerow to slow down the inevitable SWAT team teen witch posted:Strict parents raise sneaky kids. It’s better for you to be open and honest as to what social media does, and teach them responsibility, not withhold it. yeah parents going into an over-the-top freakout about something mostly harmless just indicates that whatever it is is worth the trouble, just show your kid how loving corny 99% of Facebook is and they won't bother like everyone else under 60 A Wizard of Goatse fucked around with this message at 17:20 on Nov 4, 2021 |
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teen witch posted:Strict parents raise sneaky kids. *raises paw* Of course I didn't trust my parents either but still
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Dik Hz posted:Would you say that the SWAT team mowed him down?
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# ? Nov 4, 2021 17:31 |
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My mom loved to disconnect the router and hide the key to the cabinet it was in I loved to find it in seconds like the worst-designed game of Riven
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Brawnfire posted:My mom loved to disconnect the router and hide the key to the cabinet it was in I appreciate the throwback to Riven. AITA for kicking my BIL and his pregnant wife out of mine and my husband's house? quote:My husband and I are both 34. Couple of months ago my BIL (husband's brother) and his wife moved in with us temporarily until their new house is ready and because their previous lease was up. They're planning to stay with us for around 6 months. My BIL's wife is 7 months pregnant in a critical condition and it's her first kid. By the way BIL is 28 and his wife is 25. quote:My parents are the owners of the house they just don't live in the state anymore and we're just renting it with my husband.
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Soylent Pudding posted:I appreciate the throwback to Riven. Kick out your trash husband too, Jesus.
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Uncle ShortyB posted:AITA for yelling at my mom about replacing me with her new kid? Maybe this guy's mom really was an overbearing monster when he was growing up, but he's sure not doing a good job selling that. His examples are that she pestered him to do his homework and made school lunches that he didn't like eating. Uh. Yeah. My mom did those things to and we get along fine.
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Blastedhellscape posted:Maybe this guy's mom really was an overbearing monster when he was growing up, but he's sure not doing a good job selling that. His examples are that she pestered him to do his homework and made school lunches that he didn't like eating. Uh. Yeah. My mom did those things to and we get along fine. It's probably what that other goon said, that the dad poisoned the OP against his mom.
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Batterypowered7 posted:It's probably what that other goon said, that the dad poisoned the OP against his mom. the dude's 27 and carrying a lifelong blood vendetta because mommy packed him too fancy a lunch and made one for his friend too, he's plenty poisonous all on his own
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Soylent Pudding posted:
Op posted the comments posted:My parents are the owners of the house they just don't live in the state anymore and we're just renting it with my husband. Kick out your husband and his kin and change all the locks.
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AITA "sassed" my MILquote:My husband and I (27F, 30M) just had our first baby, yay! The pregnancy and delivery were incredibly hard on me, I ended up being induced early, and then had a nightmarish labour and delivery that ended in an emergency C section.
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Soylent Pudding posted:I appreciate the throwback to Riven. quote:My parents are the owners of the house they just don't live in the state anymore and we're just renting it with my husband. It took me a few moments but this is actually the best bit because the house isn't a marital asset.
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Brawnfire posted:My mom loved to disconnect the router and hide the key to the cabinet it was in I informed my mom a good way to punish me (for something I absolutely deserved most likely) was to take the CAT5 cable and hide it, so I could use the computer for schoolwork and non internet things, but I’m still punished. She went for it, thought it was rational. Meanwhile, in the basement, there were dozens of other CAT5 cables and I was a latchkey kid who ran circles around her, technology wise. I love my mom dearly but even I’m like, why would you take advice from your adversary? Furthermore, when I hit puberty my voice was and still is a dead ringer for my mom’s. Many teachers informed “my mom” of my absences via landline, as cellphones were kind of ubiquitous, but not seen as the go to. Shame that the answering machine was so trigger happy when it came to saving messages. I still have progress reports hidden in the catacombs of my mom’s basement! E: for the record mom witch is and was a really great mom to me. Not perfect, no, but in hindsight, I was incredibly lucky to have her.
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Brawnfire posted:They're mandatory now Critical Taco Theory
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I know the title just changed but r/relationships: It wasn't about the pretzels and mozarella sticks. It was about her CONSTANT NAGGING
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Soylent Pudding posted:AITA for kicking my BIL and his pregnant wife out of mine and my husband's house? quote:NTA. Wtf does BIL do all day. Why can make his wife a hecking breakfast. Why doesn't your husband cook for his SIL? Does he have the same commute time as you? I'm so sorry OP you're living with 3 gaping assholes. I'd quit helping any if them all together and probably consider quitting that marriage too. Your husband sounds worthless is this scenario. quote:He works from home remotely for a management company.
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Kick the husband out tooAlchenar posted:It took me a few moments but this is actually the best bit because the house isn't a marital asset. Oh, yes, that's excellent.
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Something I've never seen in r/AITA: The mods actually posted a note at the head of the comments on the "my mom is bad because no fluffernutter" post saying OP had heavily edited the post.
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Haschel Cedricson posted:I know the title just changed but r/relationships: It wasn't about the pretzels and mozarella sticks. It was about her CONSTANT NAGGING agreed quote:Not a throwaway, screw it I've done worse. I was at Starbucks pounding iced coffees down because it's midterms at the moment and I am a studious guy. Need to pee, go to the toilet and sit down. I live in Singapore so the toilets are nice and clean (good cheap slave labor) I'm looking down and notice I haven't shaved in a while, midterms remember. So I think it's a good idea to take out my lighter and start trimming. Everything is going smoothly until suddenly I here a small soft voice saying something to me in mandarin. I can't understand I ask him, in English what he said, no answer. Go back to pooping and lighting my pubes on fire. Suddenly the door swings open, tall security guard stares at me lighter in hand I let out a violent shriek the lighter slips the hot metal touches my sack prompting me to stand up little pee drips on him. He yells at me and accuses me of attempted arson, I nope out of there as fast as possible running back into Starbucks grabbing my stuff and leaving as fast as possible.
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Soylent Pudding posted:AITA "sassed" my MIL God drat too bad the thread title got changed because r/relationships: Slip n' slide vaginas and super rich boob juice is a killer one
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If ten thousand people shouting "NTA, by the way you need to get a divorce" gets this woman to realize she's being abused and actually do something about it... well, I don't like reddit but that would be a good thing.
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I didn’t change the title so I’m kinda game? Idk I’m painting rn
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Hellblazer187 posted:If ten thousand people shouting "NTA, by the way you need to get a divorce" gets this woman to realize she's being abused and actually do something about it... well, I don't like reddit but that would be a good thing. Some of these AITA threads seem oddly level headed for, you know...reddit?
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kntfkr posted:Do you see any success with parents blocking social media? My religion is wanting Mark Zuckerberg to be violently killed but I don't want my kids (0 & 3) to be alienated from their peers. I know I can't block anything because the 3 year old can already remember unlock codes for different devices to sate his youtube addiction, I just want them to grow up being too cool to have or need Facebook, Instagram, Twitter or Snapchat. If you want to block something from the internet in your house, do it on the router or a dedicated appliance. Trying to manage that on the endpoints is just going to fail like you're already seeing. But in general have to agree with what others said. It's more important to be aware of your kids' browsing habits (and let's be honest, small children have no expectation of privacy) and contextualize it. Better to have a kid that understands why putting everything on social media is a poor choice than one who has it blocked and doesn't know better.
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sean10mm posted:Some of these AITA threads seem oddly level headed for, you know...reddit? Whenever I check comments they seem to line up with this thread. When there's a hot topic like anime or bitcoin sometimes it gets brigaded by weirdos with really hot takes.
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cumshitter posted:He works from home remotely for a management company I'm sure this sentence is missing a word, but I'm laughing at the idea of a company that provides managers on contract to other businesses.
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Brawnfire posted:My mom loved to disconnect the router and hide the key to the cabinet it was in My parents loved to take the wireless adapter (back when they plugged into the back of the tower via USB). Not necessarily because it was deserved, but my dad had anger issues and would get pissed off at xyz, end up pissed at me, then punished me. I just bought my own and kept it hidden when I wasn't using it.
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A Wizard of Goatse posted:we killed our lawn and let the woods grow in on the quarter-acre we do have, the city lawn police rolled up last month and fined us for having weeds. now we're trying to figure out a raspberry bush and poison ivy hedgerow to slow down the inevitable SWAT team Look at the city ordinances and see if they have an option for a "natural" lawn. My city does, but you have to actually let it grow wild (no cutting/hedging/etc at all) though.
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Uncle ShortyB posted:AITA for yelling at my mom about replacing me with her new kid? If I’m reading it correctly he also moved and changed his number so she wouldn’t have had a way to contact him anyway, AND he made it clear that he didn’t give a poo poo about her and her life. OP is the rear end in a top hat and so is his cheating dad, mom is the only okay person in this story.
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Arsenic Lupin posted:AITA I briefly moved back home to help my mom after my dad passed away, even though My wife wasn’t on fully on board with it. Amazing. Making a QUARTER, maybe less , and believing your finances are fine after leaving your wife and child. He has to take care of his mom since everyone else has families to take care of he says to his wife and child which are somehow not his family? loving beautiful. I think the best buried lede though is quote:As for work - Im an electrician, and I asked if I could maybe take leave for 8 or so months. loving lol that he thought that was in any way reasonable. I'm assuming he saw it like maternity leave and expected to be paid all those months. Its a mystery why his job said no... Either way it sounds like he is with his actual family now and the wife should divorce him since I guarenfuckingtee he will come up with any excuse to stay with his mom even when the younger brother graduates. Probably with some excuse how his brother has a wife now and can't possibly leave his family. What kind of sorry excuse for a man would do that....
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My [38M] wife [35F] and I have been going through a divorce. She's trying to guilt me into agreeing to withdrawal.quote:Grace and I have been married for 14 years. Grace was emotionally distant for about three years before we filed. We weren't having sex, she'd roll her eyes at me every time I opened my mouth and snap at me, everything was a fight, so eventually I just shut up. Whenever I brought up the tension between us she would insist she was fine and that I was annoying her by always asking her.
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Reddit is more of a platform that hosts a bunch of different communities than a community itself. Some of them are really toxic (and the people who run the site don't do nearly enough to address that), but lots of them are plenty chill.
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spouse posted:peanut butter and marshmallow sandwich Is that a real thing?
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fish and chips and dip posted:Is that a real thing? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluffernutter
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Propaniac posted:My [38M] wife [35F] and I have been going through a divorce. She's trying to guilt me into agreeing to withdrawal. the loving audacity to sneak back into the house using the children, holy gently caress that restraining order should've been initiated that loving night
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