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Cowslips Warren: Oct 29, 2005; What use had they for tricks and cunning, living in the enemy's warren and paying his price?; Grimey Drawer

Breetai posted:

Which do you reckon is the keyword likely to produce the most frustrating results: "prank", or "emasculated"?

Prankulated?

AITA for getting mad my artist hid their initials in my tattoo?

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This is a short one. Names changed for privacy.

I went to a tattoo shop in my area, with a photo of the tattoo I wanted. It was one my dad had gotten to honor my passed grandfather who�s father also had it. But the point is - it was important to me that the tattoo looked EXACTLY as it did in the photo.

I get to the shop, I explain everything, I pay, get the tattoo, and we�re done, I think it looks awesome, everything is great! Until a few weeks later when I show my great grandmother the tattoo. She�s static, grabs my arm to look at and compliment it, then asks, �Who�s AJ?�

I ask her what she means, and she points out on the tattoo where the initials A and J or maybe T were hidden into the tattoo. I�m instantly pissed, as my artists name is Alice Trever. She tries to assure me it�s no big deal if I hadn�t noticed it til now, but I still reached out to the artist sort of irritated. They told me the style of art I got is called traditional and it�s �pretty trad� for all artists who do that style to do it. I demanded a partial refund and they refused, so I complained to the owner who made the artist give me a full refund.

Now the artist is running a full smear campaign, talking about moving shops, and all kinds of crap. My sister says I�m an rear end in a top hat for pushing the issue, but I feel like, at the end of the day, I told you exactly what I wanted and you didn�t do that. AITA?

I'd want more than a refund. But I am a petty bitch, I'd want the shop to pay for the removal and a new tattoo.

AITA for filing a police report against my nephew?

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My mom has end stage Alzheimer�s and has been unable to manage her money and needs around the clock care. It probably would be safer to put her in a nursing home but she made us promise to only do that as a last resort. Thankfully she had a lot of investments and savings from my dad before he passed so we can get her personal care in her own home.My sister is the one who lives the closest and visits her often so she handles mom�s finances. We give my sister $200/month each for her to run errands and help look after mom since we both live out of state.

My other sister called me to tell me there�s been a lot of cash withdrawals recently on my mom�s card. I check and there�s nearly a years worth of $3-400s withdrawn. We call my sister who is handling finances and she is confused and says she never takes out any cash she only pays bills with the bank card and uses cc for the groceries etc. She freezes the bank card and I take a red eye over. Long story short we asked the bank where the atm withdrawal happened. My sister looks shocked when she Googles the location and realizes it�s close to her son�s school.

We waited until the son got home and asked him where he worked and he said a local restaurant. We said we would like to go with him to the restaurant to confirm he works there and he got really panicked and said the management just changed so they wouldn�t know him.I ask for his paycheck and finally he gives up and admits he doesn�t have a job. My sister asked him where the money for the stuff came from and he admits he steals the bank card to make cash withdraws. I asked him where he got the pin and my sister confessed she writes her pins on sticky notes so she doesn�t forget them 🤦‍♂️.

I take the bank statements and calculate out that he owns $14,308. I told him he has to pay it back now or I�m filing a police report on him for theft and my sister begs me not to saying if he has anything on his record he might not get into college. I told her I won�t if she pays it but she said she�s struggling and doesn�t have the money(she�s a single mother). I told her that isn�t good enough and she complains her son is only 16 and doesn�t know any better. I told her they won�t put a 16 year old in jail but he might do it again when he�s older so it�s better to learn his lesson now. She said we can just that out of what her son�s inheritance would be from our mom and I yell at her that if our mom was in a state to judge she would write him out of her will for this.

I call up my lawyer and ask what I should do and he suggests filing a police report but not including my nephew�s name just yet. I do just that and my sister is screaming at me that I�m ruining her son�s life by involving the police and he�s only a kid. I�m not happy about it but at 16 if he�s stealing from his own grandma who looked after him when his mom was sick I can�t imagine what he�s going to do when he�s older.

He's just a kid who stole over 10 grand, boys will be boys?

Cowslips Warren fucked around with this message at 02:17 on Mar 28, 2022

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# ? May 30, 2024 10:00

Kenshin: Jan 10, 2007

Cowslips Warren posted:

Prankulated?

AITA for getting mad my artist hid their initials in my tattoo?

sounds like the tattoo artist got what they deserved. Holy poo poo, inking your initials into someone permanently without their consent.

# ? Mar 28, 2022 02:15

Brawnfire: Jul 13, 2004; 🎧Listen to Cylindricule!🎵
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I wish my grandma were static.

Well, she does stay in place but that's because she's dead. Not very shocking

# ? Mar 28, 2022 02:16

Barudak: May 7, 2007

My grandma's static but it just means she flies around on a sewer manhole cover

# ? Mar 28, 2022 02:28

Butter Activities: May 4, 2018

Pretty sure someone a tattoo they don�t want is felony battery or similiar in some states

# ? Mar 28, 2022 02:34

DeeplyConcerned: Apr 29, 2008; I can fit 3 whole bud light cans now, ask me how!

Kenshin posted:

sounds like the tattoo artist got what they deserved. Holy poo poo, inking your initials into someone permanently without their consent.

its actually pretty trad. now excuse me as i tattoo my name upon my customer's rear end like an old-timey cattle brand

# ? Mar 28, 2022 02:47

Brawnfire: Jul 13, 2004; 🎧Listen to Cylindricule!🎵
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Battery! Now that *is* a shocking charge

# ? Mar 28, 2022 02:47

artsy fartsy: May 10, 2014; You'll be ahead instead of behind. Hello!

AITA for crying because my husband admitted he would rather eat his mom's sandwich?

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We recently attempted to go camping with my husband's family (never again) MIL likes to remind us that she doesn't owe us poo poo, so we better bring our own food, do our own cooking, and not dare ask her to watch the kids for a fraction of a second. Honestly MIL just doesn't like me and doesn't like kids because the same rules do not apply to her daughter.

MIL's husband was drinking and acting like an idiot. This man thinks he is hilarious but he is just ugh and MIL encourages it. He thought our sandwiches were hilarious because they were just plain ham and cheese (everything MIL makes is gourmet af), so he was making a big deal about how my husbands life must suck, I'm so boring, our sandwiches look like "trailer trash porno"

My husband clapped back and told him to shup up and said "does your sandwich look good, yes, but nothing i'd rather eat this poo poo sandwich than marry the bitch you did." At this point SFIL jumped up and started freaking out at him calling her a bitch and MIL and I had to jump in and diffuse. Once MIL had calmed SFIL down I began to really get embarrassed and I started tearing up that he called the sandwich I made him a poo poo sandwich.

I stormed off and he came after me, so I explained. He said that to be honest of course he would rather have what his mom made but that doesn't mean he doesn't love me, but he repeated that it was a poo poo sandwich and he sometimes misses his mom's cooking, but he knows that isn't my problem/responsibility. At that point I didn't want to talk to him and needed space for the rest of the day. He says I overreacted and embarrassed him in front of SFIL by not letting him touch me later that night, which SFIL also thought was hilarious.

# ? Mar 28, 2022 03:01

caterpillaropera: Aug 31, 2004; Who's gonna teach you to bump and grind?; Buglord

artsy fartsy posted:

AITA for crying because my husband admitted he would rather eat his mom's sandwich?

I so badly want the details of "gourmet af". Are we talking condiments, bakery rolls, lettuce and tomato? I'm imagining OP's dry ham and cheese sandwiches, just kind of sticking in their throats as SFIL laughs.

# ? Mar 28, 2022 03:09

BIG-DICK-BUTT-FUCK: Jan 26, 2016; by Fluffdaddy

Who eats sandwiches when camping anyways, that�s a picnic food

# ? Mar 28, 2022 03:14

Khanstant: Apr 5, 2007

teen witch posted:

I have come looking for help - I summoned bigfoot - and it worked

And struck my final pose ' The crane '

'Danielson , danielson , you must concentrate' the voice said

I love he has probably been thinking mr miyagi was saying "danielson" like a weird last name for his whole life.

# ? Mar 28, 2022 03:17

Involuntary Sparkle: Aug 12, 2004; Chemo-kitties can have �accidents� too!

caterpillaropera posted:

I so badly want the details of "gourmet af". Are we talking condiments, bakery rolls, lettuce and tomato? I'm imagining OP's dry ham and cheese sandwiches, just kind of sticking in their throats as SFIL laughs.

From OP's comments

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Gourmet was probably hyperbole. One day she made grilled ham and cheese with cranberry something and the other she had a lemon and dill chick pea salad with homemade pita bread, but she enjoys cooking I don't.

quote:

the chickpea salad was homemade, pita bread was home made, and everything she adds for flavor is just one more thing to pack and lug, which is fine because she is doing it herself and not expecting someone else to do it for her.

Hers are

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deli ham and white American cheese

# ? Mar 28, 2022 03:17

Malcolm Excellent: May 20, 2007; Buglord

Involuntary Sparkle posted:

From OP's comments

Hers are

LMAO

# ? Mar 28, 2022 03:21

Involuntary Sparkle: Aug 12, 2004; Chemo-kitties can have �accidents� too!

Malcolm Excellent posted:

LMAO

Oh and there's more: the deli ham is on Wonder bread with nothing else, no lettuce, tomato, mustard, and I assume no mayonnaise. Because:

quote:

because I did all of the shopping for the trip and that is just more stuff to wash and pack. I don't care what the sandwich tasted like as long as we had nourishment and didn't pass out. MIL still would have been laughing because haha wonder bread and she clearly thought that was funny because she kept hitting SFIL with OUR bread and then poking it and laughing

Why is she so upset at her husband then?

# ? Mar 28, 2022 03:32

Guildenstern Mother: Mar 31, 2010; Why walk when you can ride?

Involuntary Sparkle posted:

Why is she so upset at her husband then?

Well I'm not generally a betting kinda gal but I'd put some money on her being pissed he jumped in on criticizing her (poo poo) food and then doubled down as soon as he had a chance.

# ? Mar 28, 2022 03:36

Captain Hygiene: Sep 17, 2007; You mess with the crabbo...

Involuntary Sparkle posted:

Oh and there's more: the deli ham is on Wonder bread with nothing else, no lettuce, tomato, mustard, and I assume no mayonnaise. Because:

Why is she so upset at her husband then?

I'm tolerant of super basic sandwiches for lunch when you're on a camping trip but that's getting into actively being against anything approaching taste. Compound that with the trip being comprised of terrible people who hate each other and, well,

# ? Mar 28, 2022 03:38

Hughlander: May 11, 2005

AITA for not Cheering on my Dad after his 5K?

quote:

A little back story. 1 (19F) don�t have a great relationship with my dad(49M). My dad isn�t an emotional person or good at comforting. We used to be best friends but after seeing how lovely he can be at times it�s fallen apart. He can be pretty misogynistic to me saying I can never be as strong as a man and everything fell apart after women could vote.

Growing up anytime my brothers and I were out for a sport or any club, and we didn�t get first place we would get the same reaction, �well you�re not first so who cares� �you got __# place, still not first so why bother� �try harder and you will be first, then I�ll care, this was a waste of a Saturday�. I had enough of it and so did my brothers so we just stopped with everything.

Anyway a few weeks ago our city had a 5K, and has been training with his girlfriend. I�m proud but it gets annoying because it�s all he talks about on the odd chance he decides to come and visit us. Anyway after the race he came over and said �I got 8th place in my group! If I was 50, I would have been 2nd. (Dad GF) got 2nd in her age group!� And all of us kinda just looked at him and said some half hearted congrats, and he got kinda mad that we didn�t care. So he decided to go on a rant about how he was been trying to keep his body in shape and care about it, unlike my brothers and I.

*side note, I�m very active. I go to the gym 2 times a week, work out at home another 2-3, my classes are very physically stressful plus I work where I carry a lot. I am no means out of shape, nor my brothers.

So that started with a passing match between the two of us and I ended up saying �well why should be care, you aren�t first place! You got 8th! That like being dead last, can I call you dead last now? Why should I waste my Saturday morning out in the cold on someone who got 8th place? Your girlfriend didn�t get first either, so that doesn�t could she also didn�t win� we went like that for a while, Dad trying to defend himself and I ruthlessly going at him for all the pent up years of feeling like poo poo. All the while my brothers laughing and my mom joining in. He said it�s been a goal to do a triathlon but life got on the way, my mom said �yeah the ex wife and three kids you�re supposed to love got in the way didn�t they?�

After a while he just gave us half hearted hugs and left. He later texted me going off on why can�t I just be happy for him. I said he got a taste of his own medicine and this is what we got as children. He fought saying he never said it, and I�m an rear end in a top hat for saying this to him.

So AITAH for giving my dad his own medicine of my childhood when he wanted praise for his 5K?

Feel good story of the day!

# ? Mar 28, 2022 03:44

Absurd Alhazred: Mar 27, 2010; by Athanatos

Hughlander posted:

AITA for not Cheering on my Dad after his 5K?

Feel good story of the day!

# ? Mar 28, 2022 03:46

Involuntary Sparkle: Aug 12, 2004; Chemo-kitties can have �accidents� too!

Captain Hygiene posted:

I'm tolerant of super basic sandwiches for lunch when you're on a camping trip but that's getting into actively being against anything approaching taste. Compound that with the trip being comprised of terrible people who hate each other and, well,

Yeah, I try to make my camping meals as easy as possible but I save up leftover packets of mustard and mayo and pack prepped lettuce and onion because a dry ham and cheese on Wonder bread sounds miserable.

# ? Mar 28, 2022 03:49

Foo Diddley: Oct 29, 2011; cat

did you know that if you roll wonderbread up into a ball you can use it as a pencil eraser? that's about all it's good for

# ? Mar 28, 2022 03:54

Barudak: May 7, 2007

Sadwhiches

# ? Mar 28, 2022 03:55

Ziv Zulander: Mar 24, 2017; ZZ for short

Foo Diddley posted:

did you know that if you roll wonderbread up into a ball you can use it as a pencil eraser? that's about all it's good for

I know of at least one person who would disagree

# ? Mar 28, 2022 04:07

Megillah Gorilla: Sep 22, 2003; If only all of life's problems could be solved by smoking a professor of ancient evil texts.; Bread Liar

Brawnfire posted:

Why not just get a urinal cabinet? A nice urinal cabinet will solve all the problems, and put a pack of activated charcoal in there you're golden

Dart board urinal cabinet

# ? Mar 28, 2022 04:42

Butter Activities: May 4, 2018

Hughlander posted:

AITA for not Cheering on my Dad after his 5K?

Feel good story of the day!

Of course she�s in better shape than him if she can dunk

# ? Mar 28, 2022 04:43

Captain Fargle: Feb 16, 2011

Hughlander posted:

AITA for not Cheering on my Dad after his 5K?

Where are they from that women only gained the vote after 2003?

EDIT: Looking it up there's only three countries which introduced women's suffrage since then. Kuwait, The UAE and Saudi Arabia. Elections only even remotely matter in one of these, Kuwait, and it's probably where they're from since Saudi Arabia and the UAE are unlikely to allow mixed sex public sporting events.

Captain Fargle fucked around with this message at 05:16 on Mar 28, 2022

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Butter Activities: May 4, 2018

Sure but Saudi Arabia doesn�t have any bear attacks unlike North America where harlots won�t hold their periods in

(If anyone remembers that period one please remind me I can�t find it. It�s my second favorite behind the young girl who thinks her 40 year old slam piece is trans because he�s the only male that was remotely helpful or sympathetic during her period.)

Butter Activities fucked around with this message at 05:23 on Mar 28, 2022

# ? Mar 28, 2022 05:18

IOwnCalculus: Apr 2, 2003

Captain Fargle posted:

Where are they from that women only gained the vote after 2003?

EDIT: Looking it up there's only three countries which introduced women's suffrage since then. Kuwait, The UAE and Saudi Arabia. Elections only even remotely matter in one of these, Kuwait, and it's probably where they're from since Saudi Arabia and the UAE are unlikely to allow mixed sex public sporting events.

The type of dipshit who holds that opinion doesn't even have to be old enough to have been around for the right to have changed. I'm sure there's people who are convinced America has gone straight downhill since 1920.

# ? Mar 28, 2022 05:21

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

Involuntary Sparkle posted:

Yeah, I try to make my camping meals as easy as possible but I save up leftover packets of mustard and mayo and pack prepped lettuce and onion because a dry ham and cheese on Wonder bread sounds miserable.

Thinking back to Scouts we'd have some bacon and eggs and tortillas for breakfast, basic-rear end sandwiches like that for lunch, and campfire potatoes with some simple but filling dinner (I can't actually remember for some reason) and a dutch oven dessert.

# ? Mar 28, 2022 05:32

Captain Fargle: Feb 16, 2011

IOwnCalculus posted:

The type of dipshit who holds that opinion doesn't even have to be old enough to have been around for the right to have changed. I'm sure there's people who are convinced America has gone straight downhill since 1920.

She mentions that it was an event that marked a turning point in her relationship with her father and she's only 19.

# ? Mar 28, 2022 05:37

Guildenstern Mother: Mar 31, 2010; Why walk when you can ride?

IOwnCalculus posted:

The type of dipshit who holds that opinion doesn't even have to be old enough to have been around for the right to have changed. I'm sure there's people who are convinced America has gone straight downhill since 1920.

There's a cuneiform tablet that's just some dude whining about how civilization is going to collapse because the gottdang young'uns don't respect their elders or believe in tradition. I would in no way be surprised to find out it's just a natural part of aging where your brain stops wanting to respond to change of any kind and just gets bitchy and dramatic about it

# ? Mar 28, 2022 05:42

Captain Hygiene: Sep 17, 2007; You mess with the crabbo...

Guildenstern Mother posted:

I would in no way be surprised to find out it's just a natural part of aging where your brain stops wanting to respond to change of any kind and just gets bitchy and dramatic about it

mypostingcareer.txt

# ? Mar 28, 2022 05:44

Akratic Method: Mar 9, 2013; It's going to pay off eventually--I'm sure of it.

Any day now.

Hughlander posted:

AITA for not Cheering on my Dad after his 5K?

Feel good story of the day!

r/relationships: so that doesn�t could she also didn�t win.

(not really, but what the gently caress is that even trying to say?)

# ? Mar 28, 2022 05:54

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

Guildenstern Mother posted:

There's a cuneiform tablet that's just some dude whining about how civilization is going to collapse because the gottdang young'uns don't respect their elders or believe in tradition. I would in no way be surprised to find out it's just a natural part of aging where your brain stops wanting to respond to change of any kind and just gets bitchy and dramatic about it

Well to be fair whatever civilization wrote that tablet is long dead, so sounds like the guy wasn't wrong.

# ? Mar 28, 2022 05:55

LadyPictureShow: Nov 18, 2005; Success!

Akratic Method posted:

r/relationships: so that doesn�t could she also didn�t win.

(not really, but what the gently caress is that even trying to say?)

Probably meant to say 'count', but had a typo that autocorrected to 'could' is my guess.

"so that doesn�t count, she also didn�t win"

# ? Mar 28, 2022 06:01

Butter Activities: May 4, 2018

Captain Fargle posted:

She mentions that it was an event that marked a turning point in her relationship with her father and she's only 19.

I interpreted that as her being aware of his view on it happening in the past, rather than when it happened

# ? Mar 28, 2022 06:10

EIDE Van Hagar: Dec 8, 2000; Beep Boop

DeeplyConcerned posted:

Ah but
have you considered lazy immature entitled men should be a protected class,manchild considered a slur of the highest order, with fee fees protected by the force of law? after all a careless word or glance can quickly and irreversibly render a manchild dickless

Manchild is a great burn because, like all really great insults it stings the worst for people who secretly know it applies to themselves but rolls right off if you don�t believe it describes you.

# ? Mar 28, 2022 06:19

Butter Activities: May 4, 2018

EIDE Van Hagar posted:

Manchild is a great burn because, like all really great insults it stings the worst for people who secretly know it applies to themselves but rolls right off if you don�t believe it describes you.

# ? Mar 28, 2022 06:28

Midnight Voyager: Jul 2, 2008; Lipstick Apathy

Captain Fargle posted:

She mentions that it was an event that marked a turning point in her relationship with her father and she's only 19.

No, she said him SAYING it was the problem.

# ? Mar 28, 2022 06:46

Guildenstern Mother: Mar 31, 2010; Why walk when you can ride?

the holy poopacy posted:

Well to be fair whatever civilization wrote that tablet is long dead, so sounds like the guy wasn't wrong.

So I was looking up more info on the tablet in question and while it's referenced in a few texts they're apparently kinda bullshit texts. My bad for propagating a bad history story without researching first. It's apparently also commonly misattributed to Cicero, and is a product of the 1920s Western academic tradition. So still going strong I guess

Guildenstern Mother fucked around with this message at 07:14 on Mar 28, 2022

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Mx.: Dec 16, 2006; I'm a great fan! When I watch TV I'm always saying "That's political correctness gone mad!"
Why thankyew!

AITA for refusing to pay for my niece�s contact lens?

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My sister came to me and asked for $700 for my niece last year to have contact lenses for a year. They had financial difficulties and my niece really wanted them but they couldn�t afford them. I�m not rich but I haven�t visited them in years due to living in another country so I�ve missed a few Christmases so I agreed. It would cover her optometrist visit and contacts for a year. I sent her the money via etransfer expecting her to do all the leg work to get the contacts.

Fast forward a few weeks I was if she likes them(the contacts) she confirmed she does and doesn�t elaborate. Finally with travel restrictions lifting I went to visit my family and friends. My sister lives in another city then everyone else and it was a last minute trip so I didn�t really warn her because I wasn�t sure I can visit her. I couldnt get ahold of her so I called her husband who confirmed they were home. One of my friend�s canceled so I rented a car and drove to the next state. She greeted me but didn�t want me to go inside. I was so confused but luckily her husband saw me too and welcomed me in. I met the kids, their new dog and saw my niece still had glasses on and asked if she gave up on the contacts because they were scratchy and drying. She looked at me like I had 3 heads and said she never got contacts.

My sister has looking very uncomfortable and I was so confused saying I sent some money so she could get contacts. Her husband looked at her and me for a minute before asking the kids to go up to their room. Turns out my sister used the money to bring home a dog she wanted during the pandemic. She told her husband she found the dog and it was probably was a runaway with no collar and chip but in reality she paid for it. I was upset I got duped into giving her money for a dog they shouldn�t have had according to her husband because they were having trouble covering the vet bills but knowing she also paid for the dog with my money caused them to get into a fight in front of me. I walked out and was pissed but finished my trip.

My sister called me a month ago to ask me for more money to pay for my niece�s contacts for real this time but I�m out of good will and told her to save up for it and she started crying saying her husband is blaming her for wasting the money and she wanted to make it right by buying the contacts now. I told her to pick up some waitressing shifts to cover the cost (she was a waitress now a stay at home mom) and she yelled at me for being the rear end in a top hat for not being willing to pay for the contacts.

did she at least name the dog "Contact Lenses"?

# ? Mar 28, 2022 07:23

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