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Invisible Clergy posted:AITA for not eating the breakfast my father prepared? quote:And, well, since my father is my father, I don't think it's unreasonable to assume he'd know that. Some people take their parents for granted and you can really loving tell.
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Ziv Zulander posted:The ancient Romans used to put lead into their wine to make it sweeter. Humanity in general just friggin loves the stuff Now I'm wondering if the walls at my grandmas house taste sweet
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Mar 14, 2022 01:34
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Cowslips Warren posted:AITA for not remembering birthdays? I'm terrible at poo poo like this, so I keep reminders on my phone, the calendar on my computer, email alerts and even a physical calendar at work. Just don't ask me "What day is my birthday?" because I will have no loving idea. It's not that I don't care, my brain just doesn't generic people stuff well. So I set all the reminders in the world. Because that stuff is important to people. And if they're important to you, then you make drat sure to keep track of those dates.
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Mar 14, 2022 01:35
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no_tears posted:Now I'm wondering if the walls at my grandmas house taste sweet It's one reason toddlers are at risk for eating paint chips. This might not be true.
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Mar 14, 2022 01:44
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Megillah Gorilla posted:I'm terrible at poo poo like this, so I keep reminders on my phone, the calendar on my computer, email alerts and even a physical calendar at work. Just don't ask me "What day is my birthday?" because I will have no loving idea. Are you me? This is basically my setup. I'm also terrible with what day of the week the day currently is and frequently get that wrong. Years of shift work completely broke my ability to keep track of a calendar in my head.
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Mar 14, 2022 01:46
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Megillah Gorilla posted:Because that stuff is important to people. And if they're important to you, then you make drat sure to keep track of those dates. It's this, 100%. I do not remember dates. Instead of becoming a NEET and pissing off everyone that means anything to me I decided to deal with it and simply keep a calendar. That used to be an actual paper calendar and has obviously been a phone thing since that's been an option. This goes under the category of weaponizing self-diagnosed disorders as a means to not have to do poo poo.
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Mar 14, 2022 01:47
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Inceltown posted:Are you me? I sure am, getting a smartphone after relying on flip phones all my life was a game-changer.
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Mar 14, 2022 01:51
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no_tears posted:Now I'm wondering if the walls at my grandmas house taste sweet You'd remember if you hadn't eaten so much of the paint there.
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Mar 14, 2022 01:57
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AITA for refusing to give up my study for my stepdaughter?quote:I [41F] have been living with my boyfriend Matt [40M] for two years, together for four. Matt has a daughter, Phoebe [F7], who lives with her mum, literally around the corner. It's maybe a three minute walk between our houses, so Phoebe spends a lot of time at ours but always sleeps at her mum's.
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Mar 14, 2022 02:15
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Evil Willow posted:AITA for refusing to give up my study for my stepdaughter? NTA and breakup.
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Mar 14, 2022 02:24
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Evil Willow posted:AITA for refusing to give up my study for my stepdaughter? "This hand tastes so delicious I can't believe I never thought about biting it before?"
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Mar 14, 2022 02:46
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Bonster posted:It's one reason toddlers are at risk for eating paint chips. No, it is. Lead tastes sweet, that's why some people eat paint chips. Mx. posted:AITA for flipping out on my husband for selling my antique clock while I was at the hospital? Hey now, aren't you being a little hard on OP? With all the income her husband makes charging a toll on the bridge he just bought with this clock money, he'll be able to buy an even better clock. He said the check was in the mail, and it's impossible to lie about that.
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Mar 14, 2022 02:55
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Invisible Clergy posted:AITA for not eating the breakfast my father prepared? I'm willing to bet her father dumps a bucket of salt on everything.
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Mar 14, 2022 03:06
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limp_cheese posted:I'm willing to bet her father dumps a bucket of salt on everything. That or it's mostly a power move of the "respect me authority/person" thing. Ordering your adult children around in minor ways is like oxygen to these people.
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Mar 14, 2022 03:21
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Invisible Clergy posted:No, it is. Lead tastes sweet
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Mar 14, 2022 03:26
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mind the walrus posted:Some people take their parents for granted and you can really loving tell. You are clearly not someone whose father could not figure out what they liked or didn't like for motherfucking decades despite being reminded over and over again because he was often responsible for dinner! But at least my dad has the grace to apologize when he fucks it up yet again. She hasn't done this for years and instead of going "Oh poo poo, sorry, you're right," he screamed until she cried. The dad is the rear end in a top hat here. I wouldn't take that dad for anything, much less granted.
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Mar 14, 2022 03:27
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pentyne posted:That or it's mostly a power move of the "respect me authority/person" thing. Ordering your adult children around in minor ways is like oxygen to these people. It's your weekend and you want to sleep? No, I've cooked breakfast, so get out of bed and eat. Now!
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Mar 14, 2022 03:35
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Midnight Voyager posted:You are clearly not someone whose father could not figure out what they liked or didn't like for motherfucking decades despite being reminded over and over again because he was often responsible for dinner! But at least my dad has the grace to apologize when he fucks it up yet again. I think I'd have had to have a father, or mother, that made food to know what that's like. It's also totally normal and not immature at all to assume that everyone around you understands your dietary preferences. The dad was a douchebag, but he did apologize, which indicates some superficial recognition of wrongdoing. All I'm saying is that the kid doesn't seem like much of a prize, and that maybe (just maybe) there are in fact tiers of lovely parenting below "they made me a breakfast I couldn't eat and acted badly about that."
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Mar 14, 2022 03:40
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AITA for telling my RA I pay to go to school here and she can go ahead and try to stop me from spending time in my apartment?quote:My (18F) school, like basically every college, requires freshmen to live on campus. However, at my school, like 99% of people live on campus all four years. It’s considered extremely weird to live off-campus. It’s not even thought of by most students, and the only people who ever do are usually veteran students in their thirties. And there aren’t very many veterans. The gently caress kind of rich people uni is this
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Mar 14, 2022 03:50
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Mx. posted:AITA for telling my RA I pay to go to school here and she can go ahead and try to stop me from spending time in my apartment? Again one of those stupid posts where what the hell does she want Reddit to do for her exactly? Either they have a policy in place that includes checking up on whether freshmen use the included accommodations or they don't. She'll find out soon enough!
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Mar 14, 2022 03:54
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Jfc people are paying two rents to throw parties???
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Mar 14, 2022 03:57
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quote:My (18F) school, like basically every college, requires freshmen to live on campus. This is very weird.
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Mar 14, 2022 03:57
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The Lone Badger posted:This is very weird. It's unusual that the cost is included in tuition, I'm used to them just requiring it when it costs extra and is about twice as expensive as just sharing an apartment/house in town. At least then you realize it's a grift.
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Mar 14, 2022 03:59
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mind the walrus posted:I think I'd have had to have a father, or mother, that made food to know what that's like. It's also totally normal and not immature at all to assume that everyone around you understands your dietary preferences. Lmfao what the gently caress are you talking about, this psycho yelled at his daughter until she cried because she didn't want breakfast I really hope you never have kids lol
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It was a thing at my college too but it was more a "We strongly encourage freshman to live on campus" thing, to get them used to dorm life and also make it easier to get to classes. The same way the also strongly encouraged seniors to not live on campus but gently caress them I wasn't paying gas for that.
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Honestly, "campus" is such a tax avoidance scam.
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You can even imagine some non-grift reasons to want 1st year students on campus (helps them adjust to their newfound adulthood, makes it more likely they make friends and stick around). Paying for a second apartment off campus is some extremely rich person poo poo, though, especially with the cost of university tuition nowadays, so I don't have a ton of sympathy for her.
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Brandfarlig posted:Several if not most Chinese dynasties had succession issues due to emperors dying in their thirties from mercury poisoning as a result of trying to find elixirs for eternal life.
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mind the walrus posted:I think I'd have had to have a father, or mother, that made food to know what that's like. It's also totally normal and not immature at all to assume that everyone around you understands your dietary preferences. This isn't "everyone around you," it's her dad. Her dad is one of the people who feeds her. It's reasonable to expect that someone you eat meals with might absorb the things that you don't eat and that make you sick, especially if they do the food-making. It's reasonable to point that out so they remember in the future and then eat something else. What did you want her to do, eat it and puke? It is also reasonable to be miffed when it doesn't happen. Everyone gets miffed at their parents every so often. Even good parents. It is not reasonable to scream at your kid until they cry and only apologize when your wife makes you AND tells you what to say. Those things are, in fact, particularly bad! Like yeah, the dad isn't hitting her, but he's screaming until she cries over a minor misunderstanding, over something the kid would probably be just a bit annoyed at if it didn't lead to screaming. That's bad. All I'm hearing is "I had it worse, so I resent people who had it better (even marginally). They can't be unhappy about it, or they're assholes." That's a bad place to be, man. 
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Incoherence posted:You can even imagine some non-grift reasons to want 1st year students on campus (helps them adjust to their newfound adulthood, makes it more likely they make friends and stick around). quote:It’s always jealousy, dude, on Reddit. I’m certainly not going to be apologetic or meek or “gracious.” I have money, and I’m just fine with that. I don’t owe anyone anything, especially deference. quote:It’s the exact same thing. If someone is that thick that they think any 18-year-old student saying “I pay $70K” is talking about themselves individually, not their family, I’m concerned for their intelligence. And please, all of you were saying my dad pays and disrespecting my mom (And women in general), so don’t change your sexist tune now. OP seems to generally be an rear end in a top hat, just not for the reason they asked. They're weirdly defensive about something the RA doesn't even seem to care about, but there's not any reason for the roommate to make an issue of it in the first place. The roommate is probably on their own for the first time and assumed the dorm would be some forced socialization, instead they were bunked with a rich kid who just noped out to their apartment on a regular basis.
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My [28F] boyfriend [30M] of 2 years has told me I can't replace the popsicle maker he got me without seriously offending him. Should I just let it go?quote:Posted by u/popsiclecurse
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Incoherence posted:My [28F] boyfriend [30M] of 2 years has told me I can't replace the popsicle maker he got me without seriously offending him. Should I just let it go? I don't think your former housemate is the only one with hoarder tendencies, OP. Also.... cook for your cat?! What?!
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AreWeDrunkYet posted:OP seems to generally be an rear end in a top hat, just not for the reason they asked. They're weirdly defensive about something the RA doesn't even seem to care about, but there's not any reason for the roommate to make an issue of it in the first place. The roommate is probably on their own for the first time and assumed the dorm would be some forced socialization, instead they were bunked with a rich kid who just noped out to their apartment on a regular basis. I feel sorry for the RA. On one hand, they’ve got the roommate who doesn’t quite seem to get that college is not summer camp, and on the other, they’ve got the OP who doesn’t quite seem to get that the RA does not give a poo poo and is just crossing their Ts. The OP should also probably be aware that prissy-pants private universities, which it sounds like she attends, hold her enrollment in their palm, and they’ll only extend it so long as the money she’s paying them outweighs the headache she’s causing, so her “gotcha” attitude is fairly naive.
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AreWeDrunkYet posted:OP seems to generally be an rear end in a top hat, just not for the reason they asked. They're weirdly defensive about something the RA doesn't even seem to care about I just want to know what % "very common" to have a separate apartment actually is. OP is definitely Leighton from Sex Lives of College Girls.
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Absurd Alhazred posted:I don't think your former housemate is the only one with hoarder tendencies, OP. She might be preparing “raw” food. You grind and mix up a bunch of stuff at once and freeze it pre-portioned. It’s…idk, it’s a lot of work and pet food & nutrition is a contentious subject. Myopically rich college roommates are certainly something. I heard multiple stories of rich kids throwing out and buying new dishware instead of cleaning their own loving plates.
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AITA for telling my sister actions have consequences and she doesn’t deserve her kid?quote:My (19F) sister (27F) and her husband have been thinking about having a baby for awhile. My sister is very type A so she had her midwife and birth plan and backup hospital all planned before she was even pregnant. quote:I don’t morally believe in childbirth While I think that adoption is admirable, just HOW does OP think that these magical children appeared in the system?
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Evil Willow posted:AITA for telling my sister actions have consequences and she doesn’t deserve her kid? People making deals with unlicensed, fly-by-night witches.
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Evil Willow posted:While I think that adoption is admirable, just HOW does OP think that these magical children appeared in the system? Stork.
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Evil Willow posted:AITA for telling my sister actions have consequences and she doesn’t deserve her kid? Maybe she's an antinatalist: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antinatalism
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AITA for not making my teenage son wear a helmet when he skateboards?quote:My (42M) son (15M) is a good kid and loves to skateboard. He's actually pretty talented, and is even "sponsored" by the local skate shop. He's skated since he was 7. Until he was 13 or so I always made him wear a helmet. He started resisting wearing a helmet around then, and while I would prefer that he does wear a helmet, I know I can't control every aspect of his life. By that point his body had learned how to fall "correctly" when he screws up a trick (I used to skate back in the day, if you skateboard you know what I mean). So I made a compromise with him - if he's just out street skating with his friends, he doesn't need to wear a helmet, but if he's at a park that requires it or is skating a bowl or half pipe, or if he's otherwise attempting something dangerous for the first time, then he needs to wear one. He readily agreed and has been good about wearing a helmet in those circumstances. r/relationships: "I will be known as the Helmet Queen"
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