Should I take my brother to small claims court?

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Opus125: Jul 29, 2011; by Y Kant Ozma Post

oh my god, I intended this to go on E/N.

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# ? May 25, 2013 17:25

Stanos: Sep 22, 2009; The best 57 in hockey.

Opus125 posted:

He's 30, I'm 26. Our mother is unemployed, and I live at home to help out with the mortgage.

Months ago, he borrowed my sixth generation ipod which I had loaded about a 120 gigs of music, and has lost it.

Over the years, he has also borrowed from my younger brother (now in college) various mini-ipods of various generations and managed to lose them all.

He promised to pay me back (or at least replace the item of mine he lost) from his tax return, but he has instead bought a PS3.

To make it worse, last week, in an act of spite, he destroyed an xbox 360 controller I recently bought for my PC, because I refused to give him a ride to work when I had to get to my own job (that's not the worst he did -- he deflated the tire of the car I intended to drive (my mothers) and had to risk to driving to work on my own car that has developed some transmission problems. He can't drive because of DUI reasons.)

Moving out is not an answer, and he won't listen to reason and just blow up at me if I try explain him why he should pay me for the things of mine he has destroyed and lost. Is it at all reasonable to take him to small claims court and, if so, do I have much of a case?

Quite the interesting tangent to video games you have there, OP.

# ? Mar 17, 2012 08:06

Dolphin Fetus: May 31, 2006; We must kill them. We must incinerate them. Pig after pig. Cow after cow. Village after village. Army after army.

Yes you should.

# ? Mar 17, 2012 08:07

Stanos: Sep 22, 2009; The best 57 in hockey.

QUOTE IS NOT EDIT

# ? Mar 17, 2012 08:07

Spiritus Nox: Sep 2, 2011; An Ebon-clad wall of fiery death, the embodiment of a thousand bloodstained flippers.

'S okay, bro.

# ? Mar 17, 2012 08:07

Verviticus: Mar 13, 2006; ... at least we've got Aaron Rome!

just lock the thread

Stanos posted:

QUOTE IS NOT EDIT

Making sas look bad

# ? Mar 17, 2012 08:07

Fergus Mac Roich: Nov 5, 2008

He sold your ipods on craigslist.

# ? Mar 17, 2012 08:08

OLIVIAS WILDE RIDER: Jun 19, 2004; wow
so skull
rad
HAIL SATAN

Shoot him in the face then desecrate his corpse. Then call him a "noob".

# ? Mar 17, 2012 08:10

Heavy neutrino: Sep 16, 2007; Ishida's about to make you his bitch.

He took your electronics? This will not stand. Bring down the full force of the law on this poop sucker, preferably from orbit!

# ? Mar 17, 2012 08:10

Tagichatn: Jun 7, 2009; Praise the Sun!

Stanos posted:

Quite the interesting tangent to video games you have there, OP.

Hey, his brother broke a 360 controller. Maybe the ipod had games on it too, there's plenty to discuss! What's your Words with Friends username Opus?

# ? Mar 17, 2012 08:11

Stoat: Jun 8, 2006

If your brother hires Phoenix Wright for his defence you're going to lose.

# ? Mar 17, 2012 08:11

bieber the creator: Sep 24, 2003; craving wonton soup irl

the car I intended to drive (my mothers)

# ? Mar 17, 2012 08:14

Fergus Mac Roich: Nov 5, 2008

Heavy neutrino posted:

He took your electronics? This will not stand. Bring down the full force of the law on this poop sucker, preferably from orbit!

To be fair he stole a few hundred dollars worth of poo poo and slashed his tires

# ? Mar 17, 2012 08:14

Lasher: Aug 13, 2003; It's time to rise up, man up, get back up. Never been and won't be broken. Dust off and then come back for more.

Kick his rear end... Street Fighter Vs Tekken style!

# ? Mar 17, 2012 08:16

ThePhenomenalBaby: May 3, 2011

Maybe you'll see this before it gets locked. A friend of mine has a similar piece of poo poo brother.

Take him to small claims court. He doesn't really act much like family if you ask me. More like a strange raccoon that loves the taste of ipods and is dextrous enough to wield knives.

# ? Mar 17, 2012 08:17

Frank Serpico: Aug 8, 2005; Oh man, it's total gridlock!!

Is this a new expansion for The Sims?

# ? Mar 17, 2012 08:18

Fonzarelli: Aug 15, 2004; Jumping the Shark

Maybe you and your brother should just give eachother blowjobs and call it even

# ? Mar 17, 2012 08:28

The Rokstar: Aug 18, 2002; God I fucking love Diablo 3 gold, it even paid for this shitty title

Kancho him with a gravity hammer, problem solved.

# ? Mar 17, 2012 08:30

Gorillian Dollars: Jan 22, 2012; We are selling to willing buyers at the current fair market price, even if we know it has no value.

Julius Milkwhite posted:

Is this a new expansion for The Sims?

"The Sims 3: Court Chronicles"

You should hold a duel with him, preferably with swords to prove your *point*

# ? Mar 17, 2012 12:07

FirstPersonShitter: Dec 2, 2007; How would the dog wear goggles and even more than that, who makes the goggles?

Steal his PS3 and disappear into the shadows hissing 'Quid pro quo, Clarice'.

# ? Mar 17, 2012 12:10

Wachepti: Oct 31, 2003

Julius Milkwhite posted:

Is this a new expansion for The Sims?

Seems interesting, might get it when it eventually comes out.

# ? Mar 17, 2012 12:34

DrManiac: Feb 29, 2012

Fergus Mac Roich posted:

He sold your ipods on craigslist.

This.

You don't just lose expensive poo poo like ipods multiple times. If he's a spiteful enough poo poo head to break something of yours for not giving him a ridethen he's perfectly capable of borrowing poo poo from you and pawning it off.

# ? Mar 17, 2012 12:40

Cubemario: Apr 3, 2009

You should really just get rid of him.

# ? Mar 17, 2012 12:58

Dan Didio: Apr 6, 2009; Should've sent a poet.

Cubemario posted:

You should really just get rid of him.

Get rid of him or 'get rid of him'?

# ? Mar 17, 2012 13:03

Al!: Apr 2, 2010

You think that's bad, let me tell you about what Bioware did to me with the ending of Mass Effect 3.

# ? Mar 17, 2012 13:08

MinionOfCthulhu: Oct 28, 2005; I got this title for free due to my proximity to an idiot who wanted to save $5 on an avatar by having someone else spend $9.95 instead.

Seriouschat though, op's brother sounds like a tool. He lives there too with you? Maybe his PS3 should 'get lost'.

# ? Mar 17, 2012 13:14

Lasher: Aug 13, 2003; It's time to rise up, man up, get back up. Never been and won't be broken. Dust off and then come back for more.

Dan Didio posted:

Get rid of him or 'get rid of him'?

Ever play "Manhunt" OP?

# ? Mar 17, 2012 13:21

goferchan: Feb 8, 2004; ^{bruh think im gay cuz im grindin in my tiny pants}
_{bet im the only goon nigga in these tiny pants}

Are you sure he's not a drug addict? Serious question

# ? Mar 17, 2012 13:50

Dauntasa: Apr 17, 2011; Hey Dauntasa,
where's my million dollars in Nigerian gold?

Steal his PS3, burn his house down, gently caress his wife.

# ? Mar 17, 2012 14:07

Revol: Jul 31, 2003; EHCIARF EMERC...
EHCIARF EMERC...

Al! posted:

You think that's bad, let me tell you about what Bioware did to me with the ending of Mass Effect 3.

That sounds like the setup for a Family Guy cutaway joke.

# ? Mar 17, 2012 14:27

GenericOverusedName: Nov 24, 2009

Place a cauldron on his head and steal all his stuff.

# ? Mar 17, 2012 14:32

canned_fruit: Feb 4, 2008

Humiliate him by telling him he fights like a dairy farmer then spray him with root beer.

# ? Mar 17, 2012 14:44

D is That Guy: Dec 24, 2004; Yo DJ, drop that bass

My brother once snapped into one of my Slim Jim's by mistake. I set the Macho Man on him. That set things right. Since the Macho Man isn't available I suggest you get Doink the Clown or possibly the Blue Meanie to go to bat for you OP.

# ? Mar 17, 2012 14:50

sgtmattkind: Mar 9, 2005

Just kill him, it's the American way.

# ? Mar 17, 2012 14:52

ImPureAwesome: Sep 6, 2007; the king of the beach

sgtmattkind posted:

Just kill him, it's the American way.

If you have a high enough speech, you can convince him to shoot himself actually.

# ? Mar 17, 2012 14:55

Shadowlz: Oct 3, 2011

sgtmattkind posted:

Just kill him, it's the American way.

Yeah this, or just beat his rear end. Honestly, beat his loving rear end. He sounds like a manchild.

# ? Mar 17, 2012 14:55

SuperSlacker: Mar 11, 2007

Is this an indie title?

# ? Mar 17, 2012 14:56

Spooky Bear Ghost: Sep 16, 2010; lets get spooky

Some kind of rare RPG of some sort? Sounds challenging.

# ? Mar 17, 2012 14:58

Bustycops: Mar 3, 2010

I bet this is also Mass Effect 3's fault. Clearly your brother is breaking your things as an outlet to vent his anger over the disappointing ending.

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SuperSlacker: Mar 11, 2007

The brother represents human conscience and the small claims court represents carnal desire. The game ends by leaving the player with a sense that something deep just happened.

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