Tell me the truth, BS

[sarafina]

Am I the Asshole? Meme



a meme for the frustrated moral philosopher in all of us

r u l e s

• ➤ post with your character


• ➤ in your toplevel, without using names, icly explain a conflict your character has with someone else


• ➤ comment to other characters voting on who the biggest asshole was in their situation: them, the other guy, both or neither


• ➤ defend your opinion


• ➤ profit??

Comments

AITA for trying to scare away all my SO's boyfriends before they can get too comfortable?

[capitalofsweden]

I (F4) have for years made a sport out of scaring away my SO's (F29) boyfriends, because she has rotten taste in men and none of them deserve her, without her noticing that's what's going on. Luckily, men are quite dumb and I can be pretty intimidating under any circumstances, so it's been some easy wins, which only convinces me they weren't worthy of my SO in the first place.

However, last time it happened, the boyfriend tattled to my SO about it, and she is now really angry with me and won't cuddle me anymore until I promise never to do it again, but I don't want to lie to her. Neither do I intend to stop doing it until she grows better taste and chooses a more fitting partner.

AITA?

AITA for suing my bandmates because they suck and they sued me first, so it's like fair game?

[murdercycle]

They (normal age, dudes) sued us (normal age, dudes), so I sued them back, or whatever. Now they're being, like, whiny bitches about it.

They started it, though, so am I supposed to feel bad about suing?
'Cause I don't.

I don't feel bad that they got out-sued.

...

Sue is a funny word. You ever say a word a lot, then it stops being a word? But sue. It's, like, a name, right? Sue... Susan... Stephanie... They sued me... They Stephanied me. So I Stephanied them back. I Stephed them. What other names does that work with? I guess all of them, if they start with an s. Steven. Snowball. Sharkeisha.

( Please, get back on topic. )

AITA for destroying the Egyptology Wing of a museum

[softsell]

Of all the necessary sacrifices, this was the one that was the most difficult for me. These were stone tablets, a sarcophagus, a display case full of funerary urns and ushabti and two statues. No remains, if that makes a difference.

Possible mitigating factors:
1. The relics were in an American, not an Egyptian or Egyxian museum.
2. It was accidental damage, during combat with one of my employer's enemies.
3. This enemy, let's call him Reginald, didn't seem bothered by the destruction at all, and would probably have killed me if I had tried to be more careful.

[itisdestiny]

[Ishizu takes the deepest of breathes and slowly exhales.]

... Were all of the artifacts originals rather than recreations?

[softsell]

Perhaps some of the little ones were early 20th century forgeries. I gather that was a pleasant thing for tourists that made their way into museum displays.

But the great statues were real, I know that much. [ He sympathises with Ishizu's discontent. But if he's TA, then he's TA. ]

[itisdestiny]

"Perhaps," you say...

[Still, if they're forgeries, she isn't too concerned. Especially with them being 20th century. Sure, she's the Secretary-General for the Supreme Council of Antiquities but the more recent artifacts don't interest her as much.]

How old were the statues?

[foxphorus]

If they can be frightened away so easily, they aren't worth anyone's time. You're doing good work.

WIBTA to retire a previously beloved element of my child's spectaculars?

[witchimage]

I (don'tworryaboutitF) am the manager of my son's (50+M) musical act. It is a division of our Church's worship group that has grown beyond the confines of our congregation and become a popular sensation. Currently, we're on break from touring to both rest and create new music, and during this downtime, I am trying to figure out what elements of our live shows need revitalization, retooling, or retirement.

One of the most famous aspects of our live appearances is a display we call the Veneration of Relics, in which we present the corpses of my child's predecessors who many members of our flock have considered a vital aspect of our shows. While I understand the dedication that leads these poor lambs and kids to believe they are attached to not my son but his brothers who previously held his station, I wonder if maybe we could divorce them from that by removing this aspect entirely and letting their now six years deceased bodies be laid to rest in the appropriate family crypts. It is, after all, an immense expense to take into consideration when we are touring and must drag around these empty cadavers, plus their temporary resting vessels.

I know we may risk alienating some of our audience to remove this element, but am I really such an "asshole" to take away this incredibly morbid - yet apparently iconic - component of our presentations?

[softsell]

I am no scholar. But one of the statues was this. [ He holds up his gauntlet, which projects an image of the Statue of the Goddess Sakhmet, at the Met museum. ] She is... A coworker of mine, that is how I recognized it.

Do you work for a museum?

AITA for… all of this stuff. Pokémon ScarVi main plot spoilers just in case.

[in_for_a_pound]

I got sick of being bullied at school so I found a bunch of other outcasts, and we banded together to fight back. The bullies backed down and I went to study abroad, and when I got back I found out the school’s entire administration resigned en masse.

My friends ended up almost getting blackballed and expelled and kind of turned into a group of delinquents as a result, so I tricked another student into challenging them to fights and forcing them to back down. Then I fought them myself and lost so they wouldn’t have a leader to rally around anymore.

…Oh, and I never told any of them who I really was until the very end. I did all of this anonymously over the PokéNet. And I hacked the Pokémon League to pay for the whole thing.

[itisdestiny]

[She looks at the projection. Even with the slight appearance changes, she can guess who the statue is. Ishizu looks up at Anubi with an amused smirk.]

Coworker...? Is that what you call each other nowadays...?

[Because talking jackal man. It isn't lost on her who he's meant to be.]

But yes, I go from museum to museum, helping oversee the exhibits of our people.

[She offers a bow.]

I am Ishizu Ishtar, Secretary-General of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities.

AITA for saying okay to mass murder?

[lamentapple]

I (10,000M) really don't see what the big deal is. My daughter (23F) thinks it's a big deal and that we should be rehabilitating instead of murdering. Which, gosh, the idea is just so funny and sad it has me rolling! For those unfamiliar with the workings of Hell, let me lay it all out.

See, down here in Hell there's this yearly thing where the angels swoop down from their snot-nosed perches up high and "help" with the overpopulation problem in the Pride Ring by getting their jollies off murdering any sinner they can find. It's a whole big hypocritical thing. Cleanup's a bloody mess. Haha, literally! But whaboom! it keeps those sinners from spilling out into the rest of Hell where the demons who haven't embraced moral failings are just trying to live their lives.

It's not like I suggested the yearly murder mambo. I didn't exactly get much of a choice about it, considering what had already happened between me and Heaven, but to put all the cards out, the only deal I negotiated was to keep my family and any other hellborn demons safe.

And that's because of the kicker. Those sinners? A bunch of cheats, liars, murderers, and psychopaths who wouldn't know how to show some kindness or any other virtue if it came up and kicked 'em in the ass. They'd just as soon stab their poor old mother in the back as hold the door for her. Seriously, those guys are just the WORST. They're down here in Hell for a reason and they deserve everything coming to them.

[softsell]

It is simpler and more honest than to claim a divine nature for myself or her. [ Though he does look a bit embarrassed about it. ] Where I am from, it was easy to mistake us. [ And in his universe, though Egyptians built their own architecture, they were inspired by aliens for the godly décor for sure. ]

In that case, Ms. Ishtar, you have every right to be angry with me. Unless I am wrong, and the items were display pieces only. I would like that to be so.

In either event... I hope you are proud of the work you do.

[itisdestiny]

I understand. I am merely teasing.

[There's still a soft smile as she shakes her head.]

Thank you, my lord. I am proud of the work I do.

As for whether you are the... guilty party in this situation, I know you did not break things intentionally. I am sure, if possible, you would have avoided it all together.

So... my verdict, loathe as I am to use this particular phrasing, is that you are not "the asshole."

AITA for falling overboard during my crewmates' Pete and Lucius' wedding dance?

[ourlittlenordicangel]

I feel like... they should have just let me drown? Why was I falling?

[will_to_change]

How much of that do you actually believe, and how much are you using that to justify your own actions to yourself?

[lamentapple]

I was being extremely literal about the backstabbing, psychopathic murderers.

[will_to_change]

Oh, no, I believed they did those things in the past. That's not what I had an issue with. My question was more wondering if you really think people couldn't change.

Along with that, I wondered if you were really ignorant of your own hypocrisy.

i've been (badly) resisting making more threads but..........aita post... mom mention... kill me

[sindicates]

I wouldn't stab my mother. That would be absolutely unconscionable, atrocious behavior.

[ he is............a mama's boy. leave his mom out of this. ]

That aside, I do believe that not wholeheartedly supporting our daughter's wishes and desires makes you an asshole. She's already made some change, against all odds and my own predictions. As far as your personal, internal thoughts on the matter, who cares if they make you an asshole or not? It's not like anyone here doesn't deserve it in their current states.

[ wait, their what now? ]

[capitalofsweden]

Of course I am. But can you convince her of that?

AITA for “thank you next”ing all the time?

[ruinedsky]

I (19M) have a “bad habit” according to my friends and everyone else, of dating girls for a short time and then dumping them. Or more often, they see me talking to someone else and get jealous and kick up a whole huge fuss and dump me.

Ok but here’s the important thing: I know none of them gave a damn about me. They didn’t love me, they didn’t even like me. They just wanted to use me to climb the social ladder. They wanted a taste of wealth and power and were trying to find a way to trap me into marriage to do so. So their “hurt feelings” were all really just for show. They’re only mad I caught onto them and never really got invested.

[bluescreens]

NTA... as long as you find another attraction that good at swindling the congregation into buying $20 shots. Otherwise you're just leaving money on the table! ... On the casket?

[ornithomancy]

Not the Asshole, your Highness. But your daughter does sound very sweet, if a bit naiive, if I may say so.

[witchimage]

That was a regrettable situation and not our typical order of operations. Lamentably, most of that money went to the respective venues, but if we were really personally providing THAT kind of a menu, I suppose it would pay for the transportation of all this dead weight.

[itisdestiny]

If speaking with someone is enough to set them into a jealous fit rather than them trusting you and allowing you the freedom of being your own person, they are the problem.

With this cycle continuing, how could you not leave them after a short time? It is better to dismiss yourself ahead of time before you yourself invest too much, only for it to be a waste in the end.