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a podcast for cats
Jun 22, 2005

Dogs reading from an artifact buried in the ruins of our civilization, "We were assholes- " and writing solemnly, "They were assholes."
Soiled Meat
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a podcast for cats fucked around with this message at 18:18 on Jan 10, 2022

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Brawnfire
Jul 13, 2004

🎧Listen to Cylindricule!🎵
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Hughlander posted:

CONTENT!

AITA for telling my boyfriend to go yell at his mother instead?


In the comments!
he’s currently packing his stuff and leaving, he’s breaking up with me (woe is me) because I can’t respect him as an elder and as an adult?

Love the progression of this story:

He yelled at me and I told him it was dumb, gently caress off

Then he got all huffy and packed and I told him it was dumb, gently caress off

Then he demanded an apology and I told him no, that's dumb, gently caress off

Then he said I should respect him because he's a few years older than me and now I'm wracked with doubt, maybe I've been going about this all wrong...?!

Boba Pearl
Dec 27, 2019

by Athanatos
I feel like if I argue about the safety point, even if i convinced you, I will only accomplish making you feel less safe. I'm gonna drop it because I can't think of a good outcome from wearing your sense of safety down. Not going out at night is like those drink socks if it makes you feel better awesome but it's not as helpful as you think.

Zulily Zoetrope
Jun 1, 2011

Muldoon
I've witnessed exactly one assault in my life, and it happened in broad daylight, in the middle of a crowded street.

Please tell me what street wisdom I've earned by this.

Sinbad's Sex Tape
Mar 21, 2004
Stuck in a giant clam
It’s not really a big deal to accidentally be seen naked. It’s more of an embarrassment thing than a violation of trust thing. But that also assumes the person who saw you is normal and not some revenge porn freak

Hellblazer187
Oct 12, 2003

Boba Pearl posted:

I feel like if I argue about the safety point, even if i convinced you, I will only accomplish making you feel less safe. I'm gonna drop it because I can't think of a good outcome from wearing your sense of safety down. Not going out at night is like those drink socks if it makes you feel better awesome but it's not as helpful as you think.

That's fine. I don't really care about being "wrong" about this I just wanted to make sure it was clear I was not and I am not saying the traumas are the same thing. It was a point about personal protection, and even if that point is incorrect, that's the point I was trying to make.

B-Rock452
Jan 6, 2005
:justflu:
I mean, I legit got no poo poo attacked a year and a half ago and the guy later admitted he was trying to kill me and I ended up hurting him pretty badly and obviously survived and was completely fine afterwards. Called my wife, told her I would be late and slept like a baby afterwards.

So again judging people's trauma is stupid and counter productive. If I had nudes get leaked out that would probably gently caress me up mentally pretty bad and I can picture it being something I would need therapy for.

OPAONI
Jul 23, 2021
Mugging chat is boring as hell, unlike being mugged/doing a mugging, which just gets the blood pumping like nothing else.

Doctor Butts
May 21, 2002

If you prick is, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If we step outside, are we not mugged? If we porn do we not revenge?

haveblue
Aug 15, 2005



Toilet Rascal

spacetoaster posted:

I mug in the nude every day.

if I take your picture while being mugged, can I post it on the internet?

Dik Hz
Feb 22, 2004

Fun with Science

My mugger sent me nudes. How much do I tip the cops when I show them the nudes?

Batterypowered7
Aug 8, 2009

The mist that chills you keeps me warm.

Dik Hz posted:

My mugger sent me nudes. How much do I tip the cops when I show them the nudes?

What if your mugger sent you your own nudes before factory resetting the device they mugged from you?

value-brand cereal
May 2, 2008

Zulily Zoetrope posted:

I've witnessed exactly one assault in my life, and it happened in broad daylight, in the middle of a crowded street.

Please tell me what street wisdom I've earned by this.

That Spider hyphen Man really does not exist or he would've fwipped the muggers pee poo gender parts clean off?

Dewgy
Nov 10, 2005

~🚚special delivery~📦

value-brand cereal posted:

That Spider hyphen Man really does not exist or he would've fwipped the muggers pee poo gender parts clean off?

SpiderHyphenMan got perma'd a while back but he does exist.

Zulily Zoetrope
Jun 1, 2011

Muldoon

Dik Hz posted:

My mugger sent me nudes. How much do I tip the cops when I show them the nudes?

If there's a penis, you tip equivalent to the amount of visible foreskin. I'm not sure if there's a similar rule of thumb for other nudes, but broadly I trend towards tipping more based on visible skin, and haven't gotten any complaints.

Boba Pearl
Dec 27, 2019

by Athanatos
e: This is probably not as funny as I think it is.

Hughlander
May 11, 2005

AITA For snitching on my (ex) best friend?

quote:

I (18M) have a been close with my best friend J (18M) for over a decade now and I love him more than anything. And over a year ago, he got a girlfriend (18F) who we’ll call M. M is the sweetest woman i have ever met - she cares for J so much, and I have found a close friend in her. A few months ago J moved into M’s apartment. J doesn’t have a job and M has a well paying one. She is the breadwinner.

Now onto the story. I was having lunch with J when his phone beeped. He looked at it and smiled saying, “M sent me nudes!” While I thought that he didn’t need to say it out loud, I still replied with,“Congrats.” That’s when he dropped this; “You wanna see?”

To say I was horrified would be an understatement. 1, I had a boyfriend (18M) and he was aware of this. 2, I saw M as a sister and he was also aware of this. I blew up on him, saying how disgusting it was that he would even ask, and he backed down immediately, apologising.

Here’s where I may be the AH. I, as a feminist, could not just brush this incident off. My mums (38F) (39F) taught me all about r*pe culture and I knew that this could lead to much worse. I told M, and she was furious. She thanked me and then called J. They had a screaming match that ended with M breaking up with J and him kicked out of her flat. After he moved back in with his parents, he texted me and I told him the truth. He exploded, calling me names, insults, and even at one point slurs. I kept my cool and explained my it was duty as a decent human being to tell M, and I then said, “What if you had shown that to other people; have you shown them to other people?” And he replied with, “Yes, but that’s not the point.” I screenshot it and sent to M. She was angry, and according to my friends has now threatened legal action.

Turns out he’s told our friends, and majority have sided with him. They say while what he did was wrong, it wasn’t my place to to tell her. A few of my friends, M, my boyfriend and my parents side with me, but I’m staring to doubt myself. They were a very happy couple and they loved each other a lot, and they pointed out that I’m the reason they broke up.

Halloween Jack
Sep 12, 2003
I WILL CUT OFF BOTH OF MY ARMS BEFORE I VOTE FOR ANYONE THAT IS MORE POPULAR THAN BERNIE!!!!!
When she dies, that "sentimental" poo poo is going on eBay or in the garbage.

Evil Willow posted:

AITA for calling out a sexist tradition at my work when everyone thought I was overreacting?
I'm trying to figure out the industry where it's normal to only date people at work. Medicine? Porn?

olylifter posted:

My (22m) brother (16m) stole my gf's (23f) nudes out of my phone while he was using it

I don't trust him anymore and kinda despise him rn. I'm not sure what I can do and my gf is still upset. I want him to face consequences.
You can beat the poo poo out of him, OP

StrangersInTheNight posted:

Blaming the folks who got their pictures stolen without consent that they deserve it is the new 'look how she was dressed'. The rear end in a top hat is always the thief, as they made a conscious choice to take and distribute the photos, not the person who was having a little fun being human and risque.
I'm aghast that it took like two pages of debate before someone pointed this out. If the lovely little brother had borrowed girlfriend's phone instead of big brother's, I doubt everyone would be so comfortable rushing to call her a fool who was asking for it.

Halloween Jack
Sep 12, 2003
I WILL CUT OFF BOTH OF MY ARMS BEFORE I VOTE FOR ANYONE THAT IS MORE POPULAR THAN BERNIE!!!!!

Soylent Pudding posted:

AITA for recording instead of reminding my wife when a bird was eating her toast?
SHARE CLAP YOUR CLAP TOAST CLAP WITH CLAP BIRDS CLAP

Halloween Jack fucked around with this message at 19:54 on Dec 20, 2021

Halloween Jack
Sep 12, 2003
I WILL CUT OFF BOTH OF MY ARMS BEFORE I VOTE FOR ANYONE THAT IS MORE POPULAR THAN BERNIE!!!!!
For the "who could possibly care about this" file:

AITA for ordering meals for my children when we go out with friends?

quote:

My husband and I have two children (19 and 17). We go out with our friends (two other couples) every other week and then on the weeks we do not go out with them, we have a date night and then a family dinner out. We always get separate checks, so each couple pays for their own food/drinks, we find it is just easier to do it that way.

On the weeks that we do not take the kids (or ask if they can come in the 19 y/o case since they work), we always have them look at the menu to see if they want us to order them something and bring it home. We have been doing this for the last five years since the kids were old enough to not need a baby sitter, and it has never been an issue, until now. The only time we do not order them anything is when we have plans after dinner, such as a concert or movie.

A new couple joined our group for dinner, they are friends of another couple we go out with, and we had never met them prior to Saturday night. We decided on sushi for dinner, so we showed both kids the menu online and asked if they wanted us to pick them up something to bring home. They each decided on two rolls. At the end of our meal, my husband ordered the rolls for the kids and let the server know that they were for takeout and to put them on our check. The wife of the new couple got a little huffy and told us that it was rude of us to order more food when everyone was getting ready to leave, and basically said it was trashy of us to get doggie bags for our kids when none of the other couples had.

My husband told her that we do this all the time, and that if they wanted to leave, nothing is stopping them from doing that. The next day I got a text from my friends saying that this new couple did not enjoy going out with us, and that we embarrassed them (the new couple, not our friends) at the restaurant by ordering takeout food for our children.

I asked my friend if she had a problem with us doing that as they had never said anything to us before, and she said no, but she does not want fighting within the group so she asked that we not order takeout anymore for the kids if this other couple was going to be dining with us. I told my friend that it was rude to ask us not to do this, especially considering that we have always done it without issue, and that maybe we just did not need to go with them when they dined with this other couple since they did not like being around us.

AITA for ordering takeout food for our kids when we dine out with our friends?

Halloween Jack fucked around with this message at 20:07 on Dec 20, 2021

Splicer
Oct 16, 2006

from hell's heart I cast at thee
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Dik Hz posted:

My mugger sent me nudes. How much do I tip the cops when I show them the nudes?
If it's just the tip does it really count as nudes?

thotsky
Jun 7, 2005

hot to trot

Boba Pearl posted:

Like be real how many of you have NOT been mugged robbed or threatened with overwhelming violence.

Never. I've had some shady people approach me or call after me on the street, but I just keep walking.

Foo Diddley
Oct 29, 2011

cat

Boba Pearl posted:

I'm saying it getting robbed is a normal part of life and if it's traumatic for you you've probably walked a very sheltered path. Most people will be robbed 2 or 3 times by the time they hit 18.

what the gently caress

Foo Diddley
Oct 29, 2011

cat
i guess i just exude an aura of poverty 'cuz i've wandered around some extremely lovely neighborhoods, at all hours of night, in all kinds of illegal states of mind, and no one ever tried to rob me

StrangersInTheNight
Dec 31, 2007
ABSOLUTE FUCKING GUDGEON

StrangersInTheNight posted:

trying to compare traumas in this manner never works out well

it's like i'm some sort of fuckin' clairvoyant

Doctor Butts
May 21, 2002

thotsky posted:

Never. I've had some shady people approach me or call after me on the street, but I just keep walking.

Some people just always get suckered by the GTA/RDR mugging events.

Halloween Jack
Sep 12, 2003
I WILL CUT OFF BOTH OF MY ARMS BEFORE I VOTE FOR ANYONE THAT IS MORE POPULAR THAN BERNIE!!!!!

Dazerbeams posted:

You say this like there's not a good chance boomers will salt the earth completely before giving up the ghost.
They're already doing that because they can't cope with their own mortality. But they're all gonna die anyway! Honk honk!

Dewgy posted:

I got threatened with a boat oar and a pickaxe at Walmart once but that's about it.
That's a hell of a dual-wield spec; the slow attack speed probably drags the DPS way down.

Zulily Zoetrope
Jun 1, 2011

Muldoon
Sorry but I'm gonna keep well away from strangers in the night regardless of how insightful they may claim to be.

Hughlander
May 11, 2005

AITA for taking my daughter shopping when she was supposed to be punished?

quote:

My 14 year old daughter "Katie" is very talented at maths. She's already the best at it in her school despite not being in the older years. She entered her exams early and scored full marks. She's now studying higher level maths stuff and her teachers have given her university-level material to get her teeth into. It's probably her biggest passion in life.

Katie also attends a maths club which she enjoys, and she's already the most talented member.

A couple of months ago this new boy joined the club. I'll call him "Tommy" and she talks about him a lot. She obviously has a crush on him.

A few weeks back the trainer at the maths club told me that she'd gotten complaints from parents, because some of the other girls has received texts from Katie, demanding they stay away from Tommy and containing a lot of abuse. As soon as I found this out I made clear that it was to stop. I even confiscated her phone.

Unfortunately the texts continued as soon as she got her phone back. In fact they got even more extreme, and as a result the club decided to exclude Katie today.

Katie was sobbing in the car, not just because maths is her passion, but also because she thinks she loves this boy and and doesn't want to be away from him (he's blocked her on everything due to what's happened).

While she obviously hasn't behaved well, it hurt seeing her so upset. She loves clothes so I thought I'd treat her to a girly day to cheer her up. We did some shopping and bought her some new dresses, and then I took her to a salon to get her hair done.

Katie is still pretty down but she enjoyed the day and said it's cheered her up. I told my husband what happened and he was livid. He said shopping was the last thing we should have been doing and that I should have brought her home immediately, confiscated her phone and put her in her room to think about what she's done.

Look, as awful as what she's done is, she's a teenage girl who's both had her heart broken and had her biggest passion taken away on the same day. We can think about punishments later on.

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Jul 13, 2004

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Okay, but she had her heart broken because she apparently stalked a dude and threatened her classmates to the point of expulsion from extracurriculars so that should be taken into consideration probs

Boba Pearl
Dec 27, 2019

by Athanatos
This can't be her first big problem like this right? I doubt people go nuts like that overnight. Mom needs to nip that poo poo in the bud right now.

Baronjutter
Dec 31, 2007

"Tiny Trains"

My insane stalker daughter is already sad enough that she'll never be with her victim, why do anything else about this dangerous and unhinged new behavior?

Cerepol
Dec 2, 2011



Halloween Jack posted:

For the "who could possibly care about this" file:

AITA for ordering meals for my children when we go out with friends?


is this some wanna be class thing?
The only way I can see this as YTA is if they literally waited till the bill was on the table and then ordered. Otherwise not the rear end in a top hat for ordering food to go from a restaurant while at the restaurant

sugar free jazz
Mar 5, 2008

Hughlander posted:

AITA for taking my daughter shopping when she was supposed to be punished?


huh, so that's how theyre made

Zulily Zoetrope
Jun 1, 2011

Muldoon
I wonder if the mother has a history of rationalizing away her daughter's previous displays of an absolute lack of regard for boundaries or otherwise alarming behavior.

(I do not actually wonder)

Boba Pearl
Dec 27, 2019

by Athanatos
You take the money you were gonna spend on shopping and put it into therapy.

sugar free jazz posted:

huh, so that's how theyre made

This is my initial reaction as well.

Uncle Enzo
Apr 28, 2008

I always wanted to be a Wizard

Hughlander posted:

AITA for taking my daughter shopping when she was supposed to be punished?


Should I help my daughter learn that actions have consequences? That stalking and harassing and threatening people is unacceptable, and she's getting off easy compared to what she'll get later in life if she continues this kind of behavior?


Or should I take her shopping to cheer her up? Help me reddit



5 years later:
Am I am rear end in a top hat for telling the judge my daughter wasn't really at fault with her DUI?

Splicer
Oct 16, 2006

from hell's heart I cast at thee
🧙🐀🧹🌙🪄🐸

Hughlander posted:

AITA for taking my daughter shopping when she was supposed to be punished?

AITA for breaking my husband's legs following his latest escape attempt?

kntfkr
Feb 11, 2019

GOOSE FUCKER
My son is bad at maths but good at Englishes.

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Uncle Enzo
Apr 28, 2008

I always wanted to be a Wizard
Somewhat related:

My friend Saul lived out in the country with two good-size dogs that liked to roam, despite Saul's efforts to keep them contained. One day Saul's neighbor came over and related that the two dogs were threatening his cattle and informed Saul if the dogs came near his animals again, he would shoot them.

Saul's response? He thanked the rancher for giving him the warning and last chance to restrain the dogs. The rancher could have just shot them outright. Instead he went out of his way to locate their owner and warn Saul.

Saul then completely changed his strategy to restrain the dogs, knowing that if they got loose again that would probably be it for them.


Moral: be grateful for warnings.

That OP has an extremely narrow window to try and keep her daughter out of legal trouble, she should be grateful to have the chance before the cops and courts get involved.

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