Batterypowered7 posted:

The big beef and cheddar does nothing but destroy colons and clean money for criminals.

TehRedWheelbarrow posted:

to be honest there is a specific member of my family i could get all sorts of cash from, but i completely am with trust fund boy here on that, never in a million years would i take money from that person, its not that they are unethical dollars its just id have to constantly have that held over my head and have to hear about it until inshallah she croaks.

MK-Ultramarathon posted:

I went digging in the comments and of course OP is annoyingly vague, but I found a few clues:



So my current theory is OP's father has some sort of ethically unforgivable job, like big pharma CEO, or potentially the much funnier option of OP's father has a completely benign job and OP just has a huge issue with it for some weird personal reason.

MrQwerty posted:

drugging people with THC without their consent never ends in the end scene of How High, 100% of the time, no matter how many times you want it to

It does, however, end in people thinking they are dying and suggesting wild poo poo involving emergency services

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GUYS NO COOKIE DOUGH ISN'T A EUPHISM ITS ACTUAL EDIBLE COOKIE DOUGH LMAO-

Arsenic Lupin posted:

There are multiple comments like this one:

Furthermore, the poster explains that they heated the flour to make sure it didn't contain salmonella and so the dough would be safe to eat. (What they did about the eggs IDK.) Sometimes it is about the Iranian yogurt.

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I work in a “cubicle farm” that’s pretty open plan - you can hear mostly everything from other cubicles nearby.

My (35f) coworker (30s, f) has ADHD. She has shared with me that she has a really hard time keeping track of time, managing her day, and ensuring tasks get done in a timely fashion. As a self management tool, she sets her phone alarm for…everything. It goes off probably 15-20 times a day, at full volume, to remind her to pick up her copies, leave for a meeting, sign onto Zoom, eat lunch, check her mailbox…so many things.

The alarm is jarring and sometimes she silences it so it goes off again only a few minutes later. I’ve tried wearing noise canceling headphones and using a white noise machine but neither of those prevent me from being startled 15-20 times a day. Clients I’m on the phone with have mentioned they hear it too.

I politely asked my coworker to either change the alarm sound to something calmer, use headphones connected to her phone, or use a different time management system that doesn’t audibly alert everyone nearby. She got extremely angry and said I don’t understand how hard her life is with ADHD, and if I did, I’d never make a request like that. She also threatened to go to HR if I bother her again.

This response seemed so over the top bc usually my interactions with people are calm and kind. I now worry I did something wrong. Reddit, AITA?

Remulak posted:

As terrible as it is to break NC relationships, a pregnant partner in a precarious financial situation should get a lot of slack. Wrong thing to do, but at least understandable.

Midnight Voyager posted:

I don't really understand the instinct to throw a hand grenade in your own relationship and possibly become a single mom for it, no.

MK-Ultramarathon posted:

I went digging in the comments and of course OP is annoyingly vague, but I found a few clues:



So my current theory is OP's father has some sort of ethically unforgivable job, like big pharma CEO, or potentially the much funnier option of OP's father has a completely benign job and OP just has a huge issue with it for some weird personal reason.

Midnight Voyager posted:

I don't really understand the instinct to throw a hand grenade in your own relationship and possibly become a single mom for it, no.

Hughlander posted:

When you're desperate for cash, have a dead beat babby daddy, and another mouth to feed on the way. Then you remember when you first started dating how he had a great job and access to tons of cash that you need now and threw it all away.

The_Franz posted:

Can they force people to dig into trust funds for child support?

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I’ll try make this short… Im 20 and my sister is 22. She has become obsessed with witch stuff and I thought it was just an aesthetic thing. But she genuinely believes in some weird stuff. Has an altar at her apartment and tries selling blessings and hexes on Etsy.

My birthday was recently and she got me a rock. I laughed at first before realizing she was serious. I was pissed because I bought her an iPhone portable charger and she earns more than me. So I snapped at her and said it’s all bullshit and she needs a reality check and to find better hobbies. She’s been crying to our mom but am I really the rear end in a top hat?

a commenter responding to another comment posted:

As a witch myself, I agree with this. Don't get someone a present you know they won't be interested in. I've certainly never given anyone literal rocks as gifts, even if they have been soaked in moon water or were taken from a power spot. (I keep those rocks for myself.)

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Ugh. Witches and geologists hoarding all the best rocks for themselves

babypolis posted:

I was in a relationship where my SO refused to eat eggs and honestly its a loving pain in the rear end because eggs are both delicious and easy to make. i feel for the boyfriend here

Tendales posted:

THEY'RE CRYSTALS MARIE

OP responding to some posts posted:

I’m not sure what it was because she took it back but it legit looked like gravel

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Agreed if it was pretty I could have displayed it but it was a really ugly dull rock I suspect she found it (she’s very outdoorsy)

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I (31F) was recently invited to a birthday dinner for a friend (30F). For context, my friend has a young daughter (3) that lives at her home with her. I am not a child-friendly person. I don’t like the societal pressure to have and give up my life for them. I don’t like being expected to give up my happiness for theirs. I don’t like having to watch what I say and do in front of them and when they have tantrums and meltdowns, I get overstimulated and being around them is just generally very tiring for me. The party was a surprise party being organized by a mutual friend “Hannah” (31F). Hannah is very well aware of my feelings about children and when she asked me to help out with the party, I said I would but reminded her how I feel about kids and asked her to make sure that our friend’s daughter was somewhere else for the day, maybe at a friend’s or family member’s house, or our friend's husband could take her somewhere. She said “you’ll be fine”, so I assumed this meant she’d take care of it. She assigned me to bring the decorations and drinks.


The morning of the party, I asked her to clarify that our friend’s daughter was out of the house, and Hannah said that the child would be there, and that we have “no right to ask the kid to leave her own house”. I was baffled that Hannah was prioritizing this kid (who obviously doesn't own the house) over our friend being able to have fun with her adult friends and blatantly ignoring my boundary, so I didn’t go. Right before the party, Hannah and our other friends kept trying to call and text me, but their spamming was making me very anxious, so I put my phone on do not disturb and went to the movies. Now, my phone is being blown up from them about how I “ruined” the party by not bringing the things I had signed up to bring or by letting anyone know I wasn’t going ahead of time. I suppose I could have dropped the supplies off or let them know that I wouldn’t be going so they could have time to replace the decorations and drinks, but I didn’t want to engage with them in that moment because their spamming was stressing me out, and they put themselves in this situation by disregarding my boundary. AITA?

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I (25 f) am getting married in September to my fiancé Jack (29 m). We have been dating for about 3 yrs and engaged for 1.

We just got a new home a month ago and we could not be happier. It’s like our life is coming together piece by piece.

The major issue is…we are 3 blocks away from my future mother and father in-law. I think they are nice people, they have always treated me like family, but they are very intrusive.

They will come over unannounced. Bring over food while I’m planning to cook. His dad will come on my days off to fix things…on the surface this all sounds so nice and it is. I am grateful. They are always over though. I see them every other day. We have dinner with them 3 times a week (at least)…his mom even offered to do my laundry. His dad calls at 11:30pm. The list goes on.

This all is so so sweet…but omg I want to care for my man! lol I want to cook for him and be his partner. I feel like I’m living in an episode of “Everybody Loves Raymond”.

My fiancé understands why I get upset but him and his siblings are close with his family. There are 5 kids and they all love seeing the parents daily. Again, it’s nice but THEY ARE ALWAYS OVER!!! We try to set boundaries but they never work.

The other day his mom dropped off dinner while I was cooking and I said she needs to leave. To let me do my thing and she needs to bring the food home and stop doing this. She looked devastated. I felt so bad after but I snapped.

My fiancé was furious. One of my sister in laws texted me and called me TA. I tried to apologize but my future mother in law just wasn’t having it. I feel like i f-ed things up for the rest of my marriage with my in laws.

I’m now the daughter in law with the attitude…so AITA and how do I fix this?!

Edit: We have attempted to set boundaries, they never work. My fiancé is very loving but this is his only flaw. On another note he has brothers and it does not bother his sister in laws. Which is very confusing (to me). I really do think these people are sweet and my fiancé and I have tried for the boundaries but, because the rest of the family does not mind, I think his parents feel like we should not either…and I feel bad I hurt his mom.

Invisible Clergy posted:

Edible cookie dough is made without eggs.

AITA for asking my coworker to change her use of alarms to manage her ADHD?

Baronjutter posted:

Her problem was not also playing a mental health card to counter her horrible coworker. She should say the alarms are "triggering her anxiety condition", otherwise she's absolutely in the wrong as you can never be even remotely annoyed by the actions of anyone with any sort of mental health condition.

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My former roommate Jenna (23F) and I (23F) used to live together in college. Jenna’s parents would always send gifts to Jenna and would sometimes bring me gifts as well when they visited campus. One day, Jenna’s mom gave me a blanket. It was one of those thinner soft ones you can get at Target or Marshall’s. They’re probably $15 each. I had quite a few blankets on my bed already from my own bedding and ones my parents got me as well.

There was a homeless person who sat outside near our dormitory most days, he would always say hello to me and we would chat briefly sometimes. One day he stopped me in the winter time and asked me if I had a blanket because he was very cold. I had a lot of blankets on my bed as I mentioned, so I went up to my room and grabbed the one Jenna’s parents gave me. It was the newest, most un-used of all of them I had. I gave them to the man and he was very grateful, I saw him using it weeks after that.

Some people said I was TA for giving away that blanket though when the story came up. I didn’t think of it that way but I guess I can see their point? The blanket was a random gift so I didn’t think it was rude to gift it to someone in need. AITA for giving the blanket away?

ad090 posted:

AITA for "ruining" a birthday party because the planner disrespected me?

Clocks posted:

As a witch myself, I agree with this. Don't get someone a present you know they won't be interested in. I've certainly never given anyone literal rocks as gifts, even if they have been soaked in moon water or were taken from a power spot. (I keep those rocks for myself.)

captainOrbital posted:

If Moon Water is what I think it is, then you can keep it.

Unless it would aggravate your adhd to NOT give me the rock

fine i'll take the rock

instyle posted:

Moon water, or full moon water, is wonderfully easy to make. "Simply place a jar or bowl of water under direct moonlight at the window or a porch," explains Basile. "For city dwellers without access to direct moonlight, don't worry about capturing the light directly. The energy will still be absorbed by the water; your intent is powerful."

ad090 posted:

AITA for "ruining" a birthday party because the planner disrespected me?

Invisible Clergy posted:

AITA For telling my fiancé his parents are not welcome at our house?

Clocks posted:

Invisible Clergy posted:

Invisible Clergy posted:

quote:

instyle posted:
Moon water, or full moon water, is wonderfully easy to make. "Simply place a jar or bowl of water under direct moonlight at the window or a porch," explains Basile. "For city dwellers without access to direct moonlight, don't worry about capturing the light directly. The energy will still be absorbed by the water; your intent is powerful."

Hughlander posted:

When you're desperate for cash, have a dead beat babby daddy, and another mouth to feed on the way. Then you remember when you first started dating how he had a great job and access to tons of cash that you need now and threw it all away.

Kit Walker posted:

run on sentience posted:

"Verbal/emotional/financial abuse isn't real child abuse if you're rich" is a pretty hosed up take.

Good thing no one here is saying that

Kit Walker posted:

OP is 100% justified in getting mad at his girlfriend for going behind his back to contact his dad. That said, he probably should rebuild the relationship with his dad because he’s giving up on a ton of privilege for seemingly very little reason

ad090 posted:

AITA for "ruining" a birthday party because the planner disrespected me?

and that we have “no right to ask the kid to leave her own house”. I was baffled that Hannah was prioritizing this kid (who obviously doesn't own the house)

MK-Ultramarathon posted:

So my current theory is OP's father has some sort of ethically unforgivable job, like big pharma CEO, or potentially the much funnier option of OP's father has a completely benign job and OP just has a huge issue with it for some weird personal reason.

ad090 posted:

AITA for "ruining" a birthday party because the planner disrespected me?
I (31F) was recently invited to a birthday dinner for a friend (30F). For context, my friend has a young daughter (3) that lives at her home with her. I am not a child-friendly person. I don’t like the societal pressure to have and give up my life for them. I don’t like being expected to give up my happiness for theirs. I don’t like having to watch what I say and do in front of them and when they have tantrums and meltdowns, I get overstimulated and being around them is just generally very tiring for me.

AceClown posted:

You can tell who in this thread has watched succession and who hasn't

BOOTY-ADE posted:

Seems it was implied though

"He should contact his abusive dad he went NC with because he didn't justify it well enough to ME, a complete internet stranger" is a dumbfuck take, hth

Pirate Radar posted:

Trucking companies and limo services I get, never heard of movie theaters being mobbed up before.

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I (35F) have 2 brothers. One is Josh (45M), we have the same mom and dad. The other is Aaron (24M). Josh, Aaron and I share a mother, but he has a different father. My mom and Aaron’s father were married 5 years then divorced.

Josh is currently engaged to a 22 year old woman, Caroline. This is something that most people in our family are uncomfortable with. Especially as Caroline is just 1 year older than Josh’s son. However, we’ve mostly bit our tongue.

A couple of years ago, it came out that Aaron’s father had a secret love child, Jim (36M). Aaron and Jim have built a relationship. I met Jim and we hit off. We started dating and are now married. Aaron is cool with it and jokes it’s funny he’s both my brother and brother-in-law.

Josh, however, has called it incest even though Jim and I share absolutely no DNA. He said it’s still weird, as we share a brother. I tried to ignore him.

I’m currently pregnant with my first child. Recently, we all got together for my birthday. I just had my Spotify playing music. A few people would grab my phone and put on new songs. Halfway through, Josh grabbed my phone and said “I dedicate this song to my sister, brother-in-law and niece”. Sweet Home Alabama began playing.

I sat there for a moment, letting it play. I then brought up it was graduation season and asked Josh how it felt to know that his fiancé wasn’t even born when he was walking across the stage?

He and Caroline got upset and left not long after. Aaron and Jim thought it was well deserved. My parents think I should’ve “risen above it” and there was “no need to make everyone uncomfortable” because Josh was “just joking”. Josh hasn’t spoken to me since.

Pope Corky the IX posted:

That's also how you recharge crystals.

Invisible Clergy posted:

Hobnob posted:

Man, have I been doing it wrong.