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value-brand cereal posted:AITA for serving turtle soup at a dinner? The only other argument over turtle soup I know about resulted in a country singer shooting a man in the head while at a bar. Turtle soup is serious business.
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value-brand cereal posted:Oh yeah that's absolutely trafficking attempt or something real bad. Turtle soup is good, those people are giant babies
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Turtles also fall on the odd animal spectrum where they are both pets and food. If the dude offered horse burgers, I'm sure people would still freak out. AITA for refusing to babysit my niece and nephew so my husband and his sister and her spouse could go day-drink quote:My husband’s family lived in a state 3,000 away from us. His mother and brother would only come to see us if we purchased their plane tickets, his sister never came to see us, we were always expected to go to her. I finally put my foot down, and refused to go visit her until she made the effort to come see us.
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AITA for Refusing to Enable my Husband?quote:I (41F) have come to realize that my husband had been enabled his whole life. He had girls do his homework for him, his step mom had to fight with schools to get him to graduate, his good friends who were girls would take his money and buy clothes for him. I mean the list goes on and on. We have been together for 15 years and I was part of the enablement cause I didn't even realize it was happening. He thinks I should be responsible for remembering his passwords, setting up his new phones, basically anything electronic. Doesn't know how to Google to research things, but is able to download games and tic tok.. this dude is totally capable but no one in his life has ever forced him to do things himself. That stranger things screencap of the lil white boy yelling 'abort!' except replace 'abort!' with 'WHY THE gently caress DID YOU MARRY THIS SAD WASTE OF OXYGEN!?'.
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Mar 6, 2022 20:11
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mediaphage posted:lol turtle soup has been widely eaten in america over the years, it's just fallen out of favour outside of sportsman/hillbilly circles That's exactly my point that the vast majority of Americans nowadays don't eat turtles and probably don't know anybody who does either. In America most people think of turtles as either cartoon ninjas or pets, it's not very thoughtful to expect people to eat meat from a "pet" animal. Regardless, maybe the guests were assholes about it too I don't know I wasn't there but it sounds like this guy got pretty emotional so he was being pretty uncool about it too.
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value-brand cereal posted:Oh yeah that's absolutely trafficking attempt or something real bad. This is not to say that human trafficking is not a serious issue throughout the world/america but the idea that random people are getting kidnapped and sold like that is very very stupid and many of the groups that push this idea have ties to Quanon conspiracy poo poo.
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Funktastic posted:AITA turning away a woman knocking at my door in the middle of the night looking for help? Mental health crisis or she’s scoping it out (from comments OP emphasized that she was insistent on coming inside) either way not some one you want inside your house.
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Human Tornada posted:That's exactly my point that the vast majority of Americans nowadays don't eat turtles and probably don't know anybody who does either. In America most people think of turtles as either cartoon ninjas or pets, it's not very thoughtful to expect people to eat meat from a "pet" animal. i don't think for a second that most people think of turtles as pets any more than other wild animals. i think they're probably conflating the "cute sweet sea turtles" we see videos of on the internet versus a (shockingly fast) snapper that'll take off your hand those people are children
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value-brand cereal posted:AITA for Refusing to Enable my Husband? Sometimes I worry about these people who are just in a 15-year committed relationship with someone who has no apparent redeeming qualities
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B-Rock452 posted:This is not to say that human trafficking is not a serious issue throughout the world/america but the idea that random people are getting kidnapped and sold like that is very very stupid and many of the groups that push this idea have ties to Quanon conspiracy poo poo. Yeah I'll admit I've picked this up in passing from rare, random youtubes about whoa, scary things around the word caught on camera door bells, so the trafficking bit might be full of poo poo, for the clicks. Do you have any article links or info about the qanon stuff you mentioned? I don't doubt you, but I'm interested in knowing this better so I'm not repeating hateful conspiracy poo poo like flat earth antisemitism. Thank you, if you do. Also perhaps people aren't enthused about the turtle soup because they assume it's from animal hunting, and who knows what heavy metals or such the animal has picked up over its lifespan. But there are turtle meat farms, and I assume the OP had purchased meat from there. I don't know what they live, but for example. quote:Turtle Meat - Boneless 2 lb https://www.cajungrocer.com/turtle-meat-boneless Sucks those people didn't care for gourmet meals.
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value-brand cereal posted:Yeah I'll admit I've picked this up in passing from rare, random youtubes about whoa, scary things around the word caught on camera door bells, so the trafficking bit might be full of poo poo, for the clicks. Do you have any article links or info about the qanon stuff you mentioned? I don't doubt you, but I'm interested in knowing this better so I'm not repeating hateful conspiracy poo poo like flat earth antisemitism. Thank you, if you do. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bl...adcast-mma-news Don't judge the fact that it's from an MMA site, the article is very well researched and this is a charity that gets a lot of push in the MMA/Joe Rogan influence sphere And one thing that is always a huge red flag is whenever "news sites" push headlines about a US Marshal run operation that uncovers trafficked children. Usually if you actually research what the operation is it turns out to be a warrant sweep. The Marshals deputize local law enforcement into task forces that handle warrants for county/state courts and they will regularly run warrant sweeps that will include stuff like delinquent child support payments or what have you. Because it's family court stuff you usually have kids involved and they will count kids that just get turned over to other family members as kids that were rescued. B-Rock452 fucked around with this message at 20:38 on Mar 6, 2022 |
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B-Rock452 posted:https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bl...adcast-mma-news Oh. Ok it's an extension of 'global elites' aka Jewish people kidnapping children for blood libel and other poo poo. And more charities being full of poo poo about what they do. Jesus christ. What you said makes more sense than 'ding dong ditchers are going to steal your kidneys'. Thank you for correcting me, I feel awful for spreading that conspiracy poo poo, and appreciate the link.
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If you've been socially conditioned for two plus decades to not think of a certain animal (or even reptiles as a whole) as food, it doesn't make you a child or a baby to not want to eat that animal. Would you call someone a baby who doesn't want to eat monkey or cat or hamster meat?
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Human Tornada posted:hamster meat whoah whoah whoah whoah whoah please do not tell me there are people who are so hungry they eat little buddies 
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I've heard that in America, if a car flashes its high beams twice, that is a trafficker signaling his fellow traffickers that he has found a mark, which means that logically, there are so many traffickers on the road that any time you are in a car, you are within sight of at least two of them. It's a wonder census data doesn't represent the thousands of people that are kidnapped every day, I guess they must be in on it too. It sounds like a terrifying place to live.
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Human Tornada posted:If you've been socially conditioned for two plus decades to not think of a certain animal (or even reptiles as a whole) as food, it doesn't make you a child or a baby to not want to eat that animal. Would you call someone a baby who doesn't want to eat monkey or cat or hamster meat? yes, because of how they responded. obviously these posts only get one side of an argument, but this is pretty specific: "argument to which I was told I was "a fool if I thought anybody likes turtle soup"." which i brought up before. that's just being an rear end in a top hat to be an rear end in a top hat. there's definitely a way to be like, "i'm sorry you clearly put a lot of work into this but i don't think i can be comfortable eating this," or somesuch. the fool line is very telling. so yeah, everyone was children about this. op was an rear end, too, but not as bad as the others. again, turtle is still eaten in nontrivial of the US and just because you feel like you've been "socially conditioned" doesn't mean it's an inappropriate choice
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precision posted:whoah whoah whoah whoah whoah please do not tell me there are people who are so hungry they eat little buddies what are hamsters if not the Cornish game hen to the guinea pig's cuy?
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value-brand cereal posted:
INFO: were all of your guests wearing floor-length trench coats, and did they all happened to be named after Renaissance painters?
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AITA for letting my mother die?quote:First a little background info. My family is extremely religious (Mormon). Like purity ring religious but luckily me (27f) and my siblings went to a public school. Where I met my now husband (28m) when we were around 13/14. To my parents extreme dismay he was raised by two gay dads and is Asian. They tried to keep me from seeing him and forbid me to talk to him but we became friends immediately and later started dating. no, i can't go on dialysis until your sister can donate to me, do you really think i'd steal an organ from the child i like?
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Breetai posted:INFO: were all of your guests wearing floor-length trench coats, and did they all happened to be named after Renaissance painters? excuse me, my son's name is also donatello
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Foo Diddley posted:AITA for letting my mother die? haha SUCK IT good on op just hanging up
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Foo Diddley posted:AITA for letting my mother die? Good on OP, but also purestrain misleading title
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Foo Diddley posted:AITA for letting my mother die? Have we had the Give Me Your Organs yet?
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Foo Diddley posted:AITA for letting my mother die? NTA. in fact I think she has the privilege of going full Dr. evil "you had your chance.... you blew it"
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We have. It is from this thread I learned that there allegedly is a standard procedure when being tested for compatibility, that you can tell the doctor you are being coerced and they will report that you are not a match or otherwise incapable of donating. Dunno how that'd apply when you have an identical twin who is deemed a match, but OP there needs a restraining order more than she does a doctor's note.
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mediaphage posted:yes, because of how they responded. obviously these posts only get one side of an argument, but this is pretty specific: From the OP's telling of it, it sounds like everybody politely declined, the OP pushed and they stood their ground, he was "really mad" and stewed about it for the rest of dinner, OP brought it up again, an argument ensued, and then he was called a fool. People are only going to be decorous for so long before they tell you to shut up about your stupid turtle soup. And turtle soup is absolutely an inappropriate choice to spring on a group of your average twenty-something Americans for a dinner party.
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Arsenic Lupin posted:Leaving aside the whole "age disproportion Whining about "bad foods" when the problem looks a fuckload more like mental health is so 22y dumb. The 41y dating a 22y can't be surprised she's a child though. It's such a firm ESH it's impressive.
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this instant" you cannot fix somebody else's weight. Boyfriend has decided that he's not going to obey his doctor's advice, time to drop it. And him.
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Arsenic Lupin posted:It doesn't look like mental health, it looks like "I know I need to do stuff, but effort, so you make me do it but I'll blame you for nagging." Which is a common enough pattern. That kind of bouncing around? That ain't right. It needs a doctor to manage it, not someone 22y and well out of their depth. Especially not with ideas that misguided about weight loss and health. And the 22y stressing out that badly over someone else's health and making long term plans like they have speaks volumes, but it's entirely in semaphore.
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Arsenic Lupin posted:It doesn't look like mental health, it looks like "I know I need to do stuff, but effort, so you make me do it but I'll blame you for nagging." Which is a common enough pattern. lol
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I couldn't decide between these two, so here are both of them! AITA for helping my girlfriend's bully get home safe? quote:I (24M) went on a night out with my new girlfriend Hannah (27F) and a few of her friends. When we were at our table we noticed some loud women a few tables down. Hannah and her friends were worried because they were the girls who picked on them at school. We decided to stick around for the moment as long as they didn't notice us, and leave if there was any trouble. AITA for telling my mom "my child isn't your do over baby!"? (added paragraphs) quote:I (26f) and my mom(50f) have been fighting over whose role is what when it comes to raising my son. A little context when I was 3, DHS came and took me and my older brother away from her and she didn't get custody back till I was 15. She also had a third child that she gave up for adoption before the child was even born. Fast forward to now, my son(5) is in the middle of a tug of war between me and my mom.
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Zulily Zoetrope posted:I've heard that in America, if a car flashes its high beams twice, that is a trafficker signaling his fellow traffickers that he has found a mark, which means that logically, there are so many traffickers on the road that any time you are in a car, you are within sight of at least two of them. It's a wonder census data doesn't represent the thousands of people that are kidnapped every day, I guess they must be in on it too. It sounds like a terrifying place to live. that's hilarious, Dad taught me when I was like seven that it means "a cop has set up a speed trap ahead, fair warning." (this was before white conservatives decided cops were friends inexplicably)
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Midnight Voyager posted:that's hilarious, Dad taught me when I was like seven that it means "a cop has set up a speed trap ahead, fair warning." (this was before white conservatives decided cops were friends inexplicably) same, i've never heard of it as anything else i still see it done occasionally
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in the Midwest and Northeast i see people flash their lights to indicate "cop ahead" all the time in the South i never saw it ever
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I've eaten a lot of weird poo poo but I'm not sure I'd eat turtle soup. Turtles are kinda cute.
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mediaphage posted:same, i've never heard of it as anything else That's what I always heard too and yeah, I've seen it a few times in practice. In my experience it's still okay for a healthy conservative to get angry at cops for speed traps. Because, y'know, any talk of widespread corruption or racial bias would just be unamerican to even consider, but the instant they come after my money.... 
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MarcusSA posted:I've eaten a lot of weird poo poo but I'm not sure I'd eat turtle soup. Honestly I would probably assume they were endangered.
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MarcusSA posted:I've eaten a lot of weird poo poo but I'm not sure I'd eat turtle soup. I saw on QI once that all attempts to bring a live Galapagos tortoise back to Britian failed because they were famously tasty.
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