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Barudak posted:Harry Potter makes a lot more sense if you realize the reason you never hear about Hufflepuffs in Harry Potter is because they are avoiding that snitch Harry Potter so they can get blasted in the woods Why would they go to the woods when their rooms are next to the kitchens and the adult in charge is Prof. Potts the herbology teacher?
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Nessa posted:I thought Hufflepuff was supposed to be about kindness. Loyalty they're the dedicated sidekick house
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Help! The Bartender I Hooked Up With Has Banned Me From My Favorite Bar.quote:Banned and gaslit: I was a regular at this bar for most of last year, going at least once a week. I became good friends with one of the bartenders and started to develop feelings for him. Eventually, I asked him out. He said that he was seeing someone else and they were exclusive. I accepted the answer, and we continued to interact as friends at the bar. A couple of weeks later, after his shift was over, a few staff members of the bar and me and a friend all went to another bar. The bartender was there too, and basically, he invited me to his place after we kissed. We hooked up, and the following morning, he sent me a message asking me not to come to the two bars where he works until we had a conversation about the hookup. He went totally silent for a few days, and when we finally talked, he was 45 minutes late and only ended up talking to me for 10 minutes. He said he was embarrassed about the hookup. I told him there was nothing to be embarrassed about. We decided to keep being friends. I went to his bar a couple of times after, and he was totally hot and cold, sometimes being friendly and other times ignoring me for an hour, even though he had been serving me drinks. He kept doing this at his second bar, and at one point, I called him a coward while there were no other customers there and only one other employee. Since that incident, he has told the staff and managers at the bar where I was a regular that he feels uncomfortable around me and that I was yelling at him. (I didn’t yell.) He told me I was banned from that bar. I spoke to the manager, and he said I should wait a couple of weeks until tempers cool before going back. This weekend, a bartender who used to work at this bar told me he heard from multiple people that I “went psycho.”
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Harry Potter World was founded by Slytherins to create strife Me [21F] with my parents [50's M & F] and siblings, they're planning to go to the Harry Potter World without me. I've been a fan since I was 9. quote:Hello! My sister (37F) accuses me (22F) of favoring my nephew (9M) over my niece (9F) quote:Background: I have two sisters: “Anna” (38F) and “Michelle” (37F). Yes, I was a surprise baby. Michelle has one daughter, “Lily” (9F). Anna and her husband had difficulty conceiving and adopted “Ben” (9M) from foster care when he was 3. Anna later had two more sons: “Gabriel” (5M) and “Lucas” (2M).
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Feb 19, 2020 16:45
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DemoneeHo posted:Help! The Bartender I Hooked Up With Has Banned Me From My Favorite Bar. excellent assuming she gets what she wants and talks her way back into the bar... why would you want to go to the place where people think you're an angry drunk who is sexually aggressive to a member of the bar staff? is anyone going to take her side in this situation, or is she just another horny barfly to them?
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Feb 19, 2020 17:03
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teen witch posted:E: this poor OP I don't buy that a desire for revenge isn't at least part of it, but yeah, report that gross predatory poo poo.
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Feb 19, 2020 17:27
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WIBTA for confronting someone for rejecting my job application? So the title makes me sound super petty, I know but hear me out. I applied for a job in 2018, in a specific service industry. Before that I was studying but working part time in the same industry. I got glowing reviews etc. I was requested to send my CV and recent photograph to the job (the one I applied for in 2018) and never got a call back. In December last year, (I am working on my post-post grad right now lol) I got a semi-managerial position with great hours. Since 2018 I have put on weight, due to a hosed relationship and ill health. Now I find out the guy who owns the service industry job business- which I applied for in 2018- is actually running a business next door to my office, the same business where I applied. In 2018. I didn’t figure it out right away, but went through my emails and it’s confirmed that it is him. We were introduced because we work so close together, and he sees me doing an excellent job at my office everyday. (also I’m fairly certain he knows, or at least faintly recognizes me from somewhere) Last week, he came in to sit down in the office- another table- and totally unloaded his entire mental health situation on me, including how he is worried his brother will die from stress and also that his mom died 3 years ago. I feel like that is inappropriate because we do not know each other at all. We aren’t friends, and while I was sympathetic and gave him what advice I could, I actually want to tell him to gently caress off, respect my space and never speak to me again. Am I just irrational? That I wasn’t good enough to work in his business two years ago, but am good enough to unload emotional baggage on? Please let me know, this is bothering me but I feel like I would be TA.
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Feb 19, 2020 17:33
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MarcusSA posted:OK so the running I get. Fight or flight and all that but! not calling till the next morning? lol oof Leaves out the part where she had already changed the locks on the door and had a new boyfriend.
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Feb 19, 2020 17:42
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Tomfoolery posted:My sister (37F) accuses me (22F) of favoring my nephew (9M) over my niece (9F) UPDATE My sister (37F) accuses me of favoring my nephew (9M) over my niece (9F) quote:A lot of stuff went down yesterday.... My parents took all four grandkids to a trampoline place, so Anna and Michelle and their husbands were over to pick them up and stay for dinner. After dinner, Anna announced that she’s pregnant. I guess because of being over 35 she got this test called an NIPT and now she knows the baby’s gender even though she’s only 12 weeks. It’s a girl. Anna wasn’t supposed to be able to have any kids, so we were all happy for her. Except Michelle.
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Fatkraken posted:
Harry Potter is a lot more fun when you play up the negative aspects of wizarding society, like how they should grow up with awful critical thinking skills and little to no scientific knowledge because they can just use magic to solve everything. Muggles have to actually put work into creating a base of knowledge about the natural world and how to manipulate it to solve problems and improve their quality of life, while wizards just wave a wand to do whatever. This is barely hinted at in the books and usually just a "Wizards dressing like they're from Victorian days because of the isolation" gag or a throwaway line on Pottermore about the rich families protesting the use of a steam train to get to Hogwarts.
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chitoryu12 posted:Harry Potter is a lot more fun when you play up the negative aspects of wizarding society, like how they should grow up with awful critical thinking skills and little to no scientific knowledge because they can just use magic to solve everything. Muggles have to actually put work into creating a base of knowledge about the natural world and how to manipulate it to solve problems and improve their quality of life, while wizards just wave a wand to do whatever. This is barely hinted at in the books and usually just a "Wizards dressing like they're from Victorian days because of the isolation" gag or a throwaway line on Pottermore about the rich families protesting the use of a steam train to get to Hogwarts. Also wizards used to just poo poo on the floor before finally adopting plumbing from Muggles.
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EvilTaytoMan posted:Also wizards used to just poo poo on the floor before finally adopting plumbing from Muggles. headcanon: in actual dungeons and dragons, no adventurer can afford bags of holding because they're monopolized by rich incontinent wizards
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Licarn posted:Am I being used? Is he in love with his roommate? John and Jane got married for the extra military cash. That's why they have a hosed up and weird relationship and why she lives there rent free.
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AITA for having almost no sympathy for my coworker who was hit by a car? There's quite the back story behind that title. I work for a school that cares for infants, toddlers and preschoolers. Overall this is a great place, except for this one coworker, who I'll refer to as Sharon. Sharon tries to pick arguments with one of the youngest toddlers in her class, and is even verbally abusive toward him. She will say things like "No one wants to hold you, stop looking at me, you got a problem?, cut it out, shut up, stupid, no one wants to hear you" and the list goes on. I watch her closely, have voiced my concerns to the head teacher in her classroom and also the directors. Nothing was done, so I called the state. Well, a week ago, Sharon was hit by a car while crossing the street. I didn't witness this, it is only what I heard from management. She was in the hospital, but is back to work today. Has a bit of a limp, but no bruises or cuts that I can see, so my guess is it wasn't that severe. I practically ignored her because I really don't like her. A little while ago we passed in the hallway, and she asked me, "How come you're not talking to me?" As if she and I talk. We don't. We have never had a conversation outside of a classroom. So my response was, "I'm just not talking to you." I'm known here for not being super social so no one should be surprised if I don't talk to them. So Sharon goes off on me, not loudly but saying "Ya know I got hit by a car and I could use some support or comfort or something". This implies she hasn't gotten any from anyone, which I think says a lot. We came in at the same time this morning, and management just sort of stared at her, but no warm greetings to Sharon or saying they were glad to have her back. All I said was "You haven't earned that from me." And walked away from her. She called me a few expletives, that I won't write here. I believe pretty strongly in karma. But now I'm wondering if it was worth it for me to react that way, or if I'm just being an a-hole.
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Smirking_Serpent posted:WIBTA for confronting someone for rejecting my job application? God drat this is difficult to parse, with the actual story being this guy turned down her job app without even a callback and now has the temerity to treat OP as his personal therapist once she got hired via a different process?
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EvilTaytoMan posted:Also wizards used to just poo poo on the floor before finally adopting plumbing from Muggles. Just like French aristocrats. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4IkEoi5TXg
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Feb 19, 2020 18:24
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Smirking_Serpent posted:WIBTA for confronting someone for rejecting my job application? Yeah, you're an rear end in a top hat. It's not like he sat down, read OP's resume and went "gently caress this person and their experience I don't like them" I've even been part of the process at old jobs and have seen a stack of 60+ resumes whittled down to 6-10 on something as simple as "this heading with ye olde english font is stupid ignore this person". It's never personal until they actually meet you and then make a judgement.
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Tomfoolery posted:Harry Potter World was founded by Slytherins to create strife I love this one. It's just perfect.
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• My (24M) gf (22F) and I are having a threesome with my ex (24F) but difficulties are arising. How can we work this out? quote:OBVIOUS THROWAWAY Hmm, maybe check the custody agreement. Seems pretty standard for their to be some sort of language regarding conjugal visits by the non-custodial parent.
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Feb 19, 2020 18:36
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Power Khan posted:WIBTA if I complained to the owners of a cafe about how long it takes their employee to cut cheese? this was posted a few weeks ago but i don't think anyone posted this response in the comments from the OP, which is golden 
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Feb 19, 2020 18:41
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pentyne posted:Yeah, you're an rear end in a top hat. Same. Although in the military it's less about whether they get hired and more about what job they will get and where they will go. "John, how many did you say you needed? 50?" *grabs the first 50 packets and hands them to John* "Now let's go to lunch."
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It's polite and good and should be standard practice to call or email people if they didn't get the job so they at least know, but yeah sometimes the hiring person is some overworked assistant manager for some lovely entry level service work position and they got 50 applicants. Don't take that personally.
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My (F25) husband (M30) killed my cat when I was away and replaced her with an identical cat expecting I wouldn't notice and now I can't trust him and I want a divorce and he thinks I'm overacting quote:I feel like I'm taking crazy pills.
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Agent Burt Macklin posted:My (F25) husband (M30) killed my cat when I was away and replaced her with an identical cat expecting I wouldn't notice and now I can't trust him and I want a divorce and he thinks I'm overacting pretty much just write off the in-laws. maybe send some stock response like "I know our divorce is sudden and difficult to understand, but please know that husband's story is not the whole story. I am severing all ties and moving on to heal, please respect my decision" and leave it there. nobody is going to believe that this dude stomped a cat and then tried to pass off an impostor, that is just too wild and idiotic compared to his version of the story
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Is the husband related to the woman who 'accidentally' killed her boyfriend's bird by 'accidentally' stepping on it
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When I first started reading that, before I got to the part where the husband confessed, I thought she had just had some kind of psychotic break because "someone close to me has suddenly been replaced by an imposter" is a symptom of a rare but well-known psychiatric disorder
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Man even the title of that one made me feel sick. Wtf.
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AITA for asking to speak to the owner because a restaurant won't deliver to me because I'm not in their delivery zone? I've been a regular at a restaurant for over 20 years and have gotten to know the owner very well. I recently moved about 2 miles away from my old house. I am no longer in the delivery zone of this restaurant. On a recent visit to the restaurant, I was talking to the owner about how sad I was because we moved out of their delivery area. He asked me where I moved to, and I told him where, which is about 1/2 a mile out of their delivery area. He replied, "No problem. I will always deliver to you!" Last week, I called the restaurant and ordered some food to be delivered. When I gave my address, I stated that I know we are out of the delivery area, but the owner said specifically that he would deliver to me. The woman on the phone said that was not possible. I reiterated the conversation I had with the owner. She said, "Sorry, we cannot delivery out of the area." I asked to speak to the owner. She said he was not in. Then I asked to speak to her manager, she refused and stated there was no way they would deliver to me. I then asked for her name. She refused to give it to me and hung up on me. Who is the rear end in a top hat here? I'm also not sure if I should even bring up the incident with the owner.
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Unless you're actively stomping around, or you've tripped and have no control over how hard you're putting your foot down, ain't no way someone just kills a pet by stepping on them. I have a 9 lb dog who blends in with the darkness, and she's been...mildly stepped on more than a few times. People pretty much instinctively pull their foot back the second they feel something unexpected with it.
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Baronjutter posted:It's polite and good and should be standard practice to call or email people if they didn't get the job so they at least know, but yeah sometimes the hiring person is some overworked assistant manager for some lovely entry level service work position and they got 50 applicants. Don't take that personally. More than that. A semi-serious Indeed posting will get you hundreds or thousands of applications a month. At that point you need to throw out anything that has any immediate issues just to keep your sanity.
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Even beyond that, you will have far more polished, sterling resumes with no obvious flaws than you know what to do with. At that point you have to resort to increasingly picayune and arbitrary culls to get the pile down to a manageable size until you're throwing out resumes by coin flip just to eliminate the "unlucky" candidates.
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I hope when that man closes his eyes and goes to his cold, lonely bed for yet another sleepless night, he sees the unblinking, yellow eyes of Smokey the Cat and it tortures him.
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Tomfoolery posted:Me [21F] with my parents [50's M & F] and siblings, they're planning to go to the Harry Potter World without me. I've been a fan since I was 9. What the gently caress is a "dad boss"?
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You can always judge a person’s worth by how much stock they put in their pets as living animals. Pulling a Cat Switcheroo is one thing, but threatening to kill the new cat is loving sociopathic.
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Jesus Christ. Just open the door and let the cat escape like a normal scum bag. Tell the in-laws and let them know they raised a monster.
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Smirking_Serpent posted:AITA for asking to speak to the owner because a restaurant won't deliver to me because I'm not in their delivery zone? Like if you've got assurance from the owner (which basically means you're a reliable tipper) I'd go ahead and mention it, because yeah they were promised a special exemption.
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Zeeman posted:What the gently caress is a "dad boss"? It took me a re-read as well but I realized that every time they type "dad boss" they mean "dad's boss". Apparently the families are close somehow? I'm not sure why the two families would go to a theme park together otherwise.
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AngryRobotsInc posted:Unless you're actively stomping around, or you've tripped and have no control over how hard you're putting your foot down, ain't no way someone just kills a pet by stepping on them. I have a 9 lb dog who blends in with the darkness, and she's been...mildly stepped on more than a few times. People pretty much instinctively pull their foot back the second they feel something unexpected with it. If the husband didn't murder the cat on purpose the only explanation I can think of is that he got drop dead drunk basically the instant he had the house to himself, which isn't really a great alternative.
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haveblue posted:When I first started reading that, before I got to the part where the husband confessed, I thought she had just had some kind of psychotic break because "someone close to me has suddenly been replaced by an imposter" is a symptom of a rare but well-known psychiatric disorder I had hoped it was that tbh. I doesn't involve feline murder, holy gently caress.
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That's just creepy as gently caress that he thought he could fool the OP into thinking it was still her cat if he got an identical replacement. And then he starts yelling at her about it?  that's some afternoon sitcom logic
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