AITA for being wrong about thermodynamics (React Court)

[@CZEFrank]

"I think OP's husband is a bad father based on this fanfiction I wrote" is my favorite genre of AITA comments, it's always so unhinged

[@bransonallen2925]

AITA absolutely loves to make up stories in their head to make Fathers and Husbands look bad based on minute details.

[@charliem989]

r/AITA is almost all just normie fan fiction I swear.

[@Pyronar]

Hearing NL complain about people making up conversations in their heads to feel superior to strangers on the Internet just overloaded me with irony.

[@dqsavid7661]

Toasted with a side of egg

[@YaotzinMI]

Fried scrambled egg

[@pepegabrain2569]

Jager bombs Jager bombs

[@5050TM]

The man is cracked, as per usual.

[@kobold_sushi_executive_chef]

I always love the posts where he gets lost in his morality mind palace and every time he reads a comment or a chat message his answer changes slightly

[@violetstarsign]

I am one hundred percent adding "lost in my mind palace" to my vocabulary. Thank you,

[@massimom2542]

@@violetstarsign it's not exactly revolutionary. It's from Sherlock

[@LPLimbos]

@@massimom2542 they just liked the phrase man

[@Phoenixi21]

@@LPLimbos like one of these pal 🖕

[@JB-xl2jc]

The slow drift kills me every time

[@masterplusmargarita]

"I told her to stop thinking she was right" is a top 10 redditors with people skills lines for sure, that's how you change someone's mind.

[@rubhan94]

I used to work in a retail store and remember one time this mother with her 3 kids was shopping groceries and her card was declined. Her kids had already eaten some snacks so she got really embarrassed and asked if she could pay for just the snack first and put the rest on wait because there was forming a line. Then she called someone to transfer funds so she could pay the for the rest.

[@lVideoWatcherl]

This is exactly why especially with children, I'd never want to have that behavior enforced. Additionally, allowing children to choose a snack or drink and telling them they have to wait until after buying it, teaches them patience.

[@JB-xl2jc]

@@lVideoWatcherl The patience is the thing for me. I don't think anybody REALLY cares much if you eat some grapes or goldfish or what have you and then pay. But like... can't you wait a few minutes until you pay and leave? Like... talk about instant gratification addiction.

[@windy8544]

i see a lot of these kids at the store i go to they quickly get used that they can eat treats off the shelves, but if the parents refuse to buy it, they will just eat in secret and put it back on the shelf

[@aw11348]

why is that guy spitefully cooking "curry for one" so fucking funny

[@bradwurst8141]

I'm gonna start going to grocery stores for lunch and be like, "No, no! I brought this rotisserie chicken from home, don't worry."

[@kaedesmith]

Omg yes the Costco episode. Been waiting for this since the cliff-hanger

[@rebekah8789]

Man, the "if I were a retail worker, I'd judge everyone" rant makes me miss King of Retail. I'll have to go back

[@litapd311]

same i think it'll be a great rewatch

[@JB-xl2jc]

As a former Geek Squad worker, NL in that bit summed up my day to day.

[@Simoran]

It's such a good bit too because I do that shit so much in retail jobs, it keeps the day going while humoring yourself.

[@gammafighter]

"She asked me if I was upset that she didn't cook for me. I said that I wasn't, EVEN THOUGH I CLEARLY WAS UPSET." Had me rolling dude. Holy cow, that is hilarious.

[@kobold_sushi_executive_chef]

Some salmon always tryna boil uphill

[@bumfricker2487]

it's open season on all poachheads

[@caitlinreuterskiold5828]

Idk man, the way OP reacted when the friend brought up having Tom watch the kid made me kind of suspicious. "Don't meddle in my marriage" is a weird response to that question.

[@diddo9338]

NL fantasizing about being handcuffed opens doors to who he really is 😂

[@Phoenix0F8]

stay pegged

[@ggw1776]

stay pegged

[@Random_Fanguy]

Stay pegged everyone.

[@laszlovincze5095]

You ever notice how his voice gets when he says "girlbossing"? Definitely some stuff there

[@Blackobluna]

Remember, he is definitly not a piss guy

[@griefgonewild]

the reading of the reddit comments interaction at 50:21 is pure pain lol

[@Jonksy]

😆😁😆😆😅😅😅🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😁😁😁😄😄

[@litapd311]

i'm so happy he saw the one about the guy laughing at his niece's gifts. he really was the joker

[@JB-xl2jc]

First off, if it's real that dude is wildly insane. But the last two lines. "Surprisingly everyone was very understanding" or some variation thereof shows up a lot in AITA crazy stories, I'm no FBI linguistics profiler but I think it's some person serially writing fake ass stories

[@MangoFishSocks]

That first comment thread on the chicken post... Holy moly, actual peak redditor energy conversing with itself and patting itself on the back. People like that is what makes me ashamed sometimes that I regularly use the site myself.

[@lettersnstuff]

“you’re gonna pay for it what’s the difference?” the difference is the trash that people leave in the aisles after they finish their yogurt drinks. fucking gross, nobody finds it for a few hours to maybe a day or two, it smells

[@erickellar5867]

thats making another assumption whos to say that they threw things in the isle. Ive done something similar and just put them empty things on the cart or hold it till i find a trash can dump it and pay later. No mess No fuss with anyone and its paid for anyways dont see the problem. I do however understand that a lot of people have no respect for anything and are discusting because i have seen those things on floors of shelfs before and its gross so i get where you are coming from. But if the adults are responscible enough shouldint create any issues

[@andrewg3196]

Literally never encountered it in my life yet you're talking about it like stores are filled with empty yogurt drinks hahaha

[@erickellar5867]

@@andrewg3196 I have only seen it like once before and its gross. But I'm not at grocery stores often. Plus I imagine if eating in stores was more normalized itd happen a lot more often

[@RipePlantains]

This is throwing an entirely new variable into the entire argument. If the basis is they're gonna pay for it, the assumption should be they'll have the item with them at checkout...to pay for. "Drinking a yogurt drink and leaving it" is not "drinking a yogurt drink and paying for it"

[@FarikoUnited1]

Also they havent paid yet even if they plan to so what happens if they are unable to pay by the end. Costco would be a bit more of a challenge but if they have absolutely cant wait then either probably plan around the food and shopping times better or go pay for like the single item then continue the shopping.

[@AzureFlash]

I'm a surface to air homing missile system, I don't have a lot of time to hang out at a café, I have skies to sweep and targets to acquire. I have to calculate the algebraic sum of where my missiles aren't and where they weren't, don't talk to me.

[@UngodlyFreak]

Strange how shopping cultures differ. Here in Finland, I've never in my life seen anyone eating or drinking stuff in the grocery store before paying for it and it's almost unfathomable to me how anyone could think that's an acceptable thing to do.

[@Theorimlig]

I've seen it happen in Sweden, I don't find it weird. If someone does it I assume they have a good reason and are going to pay.

[@goaway9977]

I've seen people do it here in Australia but only in trashy areas

[@chiko4536]

It happens often enough here in the US, but we're also kinda trashy in general so theres that

[@pihajzvetrom1120]

From Slovenia, I remember my mom did it with me like maybe at max 3-5 times, and I see it happen on average like every 5 grocery store visits and I feel like people don't find it weird. I personally never do it tho, just feels kinda weird lmao

[@TheEpicPancake]

I work as a cashier in the midwest at the most likely place of occurrence, Walmart. It's not common per se, and there have been only two situations it happens in. Drinks, and snacks for toddlers. Both are somewhat understandable, though a vicious social faux pas.

[@psycholover414]

I worked in a grocery store for years. I never really cared if little kids ate/drank something while shopping as long the parent paid for it after and threw away any garbage (which parents NEVER did if it was a banana)

[@Minkeyman42069]

I worked in a grocery store as well, I would judge them because I thought it was kind of weird

[@bumfricker2487]

thing is some produce like bananas are priced by weight, so eating specifically fruit/veg interferes with the store's ability to charge you for it

[@psycholover414]

@@bumfricker2487 where I worked each individual banana was priced

[@GeoQuag]

I always got freaked out when my mom did it but she pretty much only did it with tissues. That seems like a “I can’t wait until I buy it” situation. Same with a drink if you are really thirsty. Imo good can pretty much always wait.

[@exetone]

Bro works in a hanabarbara cartoon

[@homeboi9794]

I was eating when he made the joke about using his rectal-use thermometer for cooking and I was just laughing with food stuck in my mouth for 30 secs lmao

[@JoshJoshua64]

I dont see how the guy is the only bad guy for not being in the mood for chicken salad. Just... like... save the salad for later?? Like yeah he should technically eat it but who cares? Itll be eaten eventually? Dude wanted some soup just let him eat the soup

[@bandgetterkira1236]

thank you

[@papabaddad]

Idk how anyone can call a man an asshole for walking away when he was upset, and apologizing when he returned.

[@xoire9754]

Reddit can't tell the difference between being wrong, a temporary lapse in judgement, and being a monster. I don't get how the guy who was worried about the chicken was an asshole for being nervous about giving his kids food poisoning even if he was wrong - both him and his wife seemed to have had good intentions.

[@masterplusmargarita]

@@xoire9754 They analyze every human interaction like it was fiction. In a book or movie you might have a husband think the chicken his wife made looks pink to demonstrate that he doesn't trust her and thinks she's dumb, so the Reddit hivemind takes it like that... when in reality sometimes the chicken does just look uncomfortably pink, no matter how brilliant a person and cook you think your wife is.

[@JB-xl2jc]

@masterplusmargarita Didn't you know? AITA *IS* fiction, it's a creative writing sub where only spicy first person stories involving conflict are allowed.

[@ninjacell2999]

Also he clearly wasn't walking away as a punishment, it was because they were being embarrassing. Then they stopped so he came back. Bit annoying for his wife with the kids but like still

[@Theorimlig]

@@ninjacell2999 Yeah, he walked away from the situation for an immature reason. But it didn't seem like a big deal, and his wife's reaction when they got home was kind of crazy.

[@edtroll]

I consume this content way faster than its produced and thats not okay

[@classonbread5757]

The react court supply isn't meeting the demand, thus causing an episodic inflation wherein each episode feels like it's worth more than the last and to cherish it before it is over.

[@owenscoville3485]

tell me you watch NL on 1.25 speed without telling me you watch NL on 1.25 speed

[@edtroll]

@@owenscoville3485 i actually dont. Stream it to the big Tv and listen as I do clean around the house

[@ninjacell2999]

Arguing simultaneously that speeding is cool cause everyone does it but jaywalking is a terrible crime because it's possibly dangerous is peak North American car-lover mentality

[@junipre985]

he literally didnt say that he said that jaywalking is worse than drinking something you havent payed for because it can actually cause harm not that it's literally the devil

[@ninjacell2999]

@@junipre985 jaywalking isn't bad though, it shouldn't even be a real thing. lots of things can randomly "cause harm" but the government has no place enforcing laws about it tbh

[@wendys9500]

I took physical chemistry last semester and the word thermodynamics still haunts me

[@lescharle4695]

I took spectroscopy pchem last semester and the professor kept alluding to the thermo version I have to take. I'm so spooked.

[@IgneousGorilla]

Thermo is based, specially statistical thermo

[@bumfricker2487]

just find the specific enthalpy for the pressure-temperature conditions in the tables, bro

[@jewishkidney]

@@bumfricker2487p-v graphs 😩

[@atomknight8361]

@IgneousGorilla true thermodynamics is the most based of the dynamics

[@jackdavies2083]

Ive never lost an arguement against the strawman i made to make me feel better

[@number2pensyl557]

After the insane blue ball at the end of last episode I can finally find release watching the Costco segment

[@hggii8987]

Something is wrong with that girlfriend. If you cook for your partner and they wont eat it and their response is "arent you mad?" something is very wrong. How do you get mad at someone for NOT being mad? LIke what?

[@Phoenix0F8]

"how do you get mad at someone for not being mad" by being female?

[@thisisachannel.780]

@@Phoenix0F8wrong answer

[@PinkCatsy]

She's frustrated because she expected to give a taste of his own medicine and it didn't work

[@cooraa]

It's more about "Do you understand how I felt now?" and the other person being like "no" and not making an effort to understand which is probably why they're getting angry that their partner is not "mad [enough]". Not saying it's a good or healthy thing, just makes more sense maybe. The entire situation is messed up and I genuinely wonder if that is how they usually "solve" conflicts lol

[@ShaydFrosT]

Something is wrong with your comprehension ability since this is explained by his first post which you surely saw as well

[@CritikalJari]

IM LEGIT SO FUCKING DONE WITH REDDITORS ASSUMING EVERYTHING ABOUT A PERSONS RELATIONSHIP, JUST CAUSE NOT EVERYTHING IS 100% 50/50 DOESNT MEAN ITS UNTENNABLE RELATIONSHIPS WITH DEAD BEATS THE WORLD IS JUST MORE COMPLICATED THEN THAT.

[@CS0723]

Omg literally me. So much this

[@Jwaukechon]

ok, but why all caps. calm the fuck down.

[@CS0723]

@@Jwaukechon you need to disregard every comment that starts with "I'm legit so fucking done". Some people didn't pay attention in school and suck at writing and communicating

[@CritikalJari]

@@CS0723 damn bro little rude, was just caught in a moment, has nothing to do with my education lmao

[@CritikalJari]

@@Jwaukechon fair, its how I felt in the moment, could have not done the caps 100%, even considered it, but this was closer to my true feelings at the time so I expressed it that way and yeh I'm calm after that comment I didn't even think about it again :)

[@Grev333]

The reason drinking in a grocery store is wrong, is because if everyone did it there would be chaos. Society cannot exist with all these out of control munchers. Lots of cheesy little social norms are based on this principle. Both a holes, bad parents, nothing crazy.

[@D0nKeY]

you are right,. but i dont know why he is the asshole. they should just tell their children we cant drink this now. we need to pay first. it isnt ours. Very simple. hes right its embarassing and rude.. But maybe things are different in the US or Canada. and more normal there?

[@Jamesmatise]

I think ESH, husband's the ahole for leaving them and not just putting his foot down and saying "no" to it, you can't let kids get away with tantrums in the store, wife's the bigger ahole for her permissive behavior.

[@D0nKeY]

@@Jamesmatise But he didnt leave though? didnt it say he just walked to some different aisle and came back before they did the check out.

[@Jamesmatise]

@@D0nKeY he left when instead he should have put his foot down and firmly (though not angrily) said "we wait till we get home (or whatever) to open these." You don't instill values in your children by throwing your own temper tantrum and walking off.

[@saintsalieri]

Very Kantpilled but the problem with the categorical imperative is behaviors will NOT become universal, so why should our behavior be constrained by a thought experiment that will not occur?

[@nate.draws.things]

Every so often, I am one of those guys who walks around drinking an open bottle of water in the grocery store, and I kinda see where the husband on that post is coming from. Not because it's "technically illegal" or anything, but because it's kinda setting a bad precedent for your kids. Especially if, as it sounds in the post, they *opened a multi-pack and then drank one of those?* That seems weird to me, like it's one thing to grab a water from the cooler as you go in, but opening a multi-pack of drinks is different somehow lol.

[@CssHDmonster]

.....how did everybody ignore the ''i drink my coffee at the toilet'' part for over a month?

[@saintsalieri]

Since I heard it i haven't stopped shaking.

[@zant1566]

Wait what, when???

[@ericstanford8153]

Psychotic behavior. Just take caffeine pills at that point.

[@canox6017]

Egg be speedrunning daily routine. Soon he'll noclip from the bed to the bathroom to save time

[@otkare]

There's something wrong with people being so pressed about this

[@5050TM]

I cook for a whole household and have "undercooked" chicken multiple times by my family's standard. I just eat it that way because it's never affected me, but if literal children were eating and my partner was worried, I'd either put it back in myself or tell them to do it. I usually put it back in if anyone complains anyway. I don't even understand how the comment escalated to her being that pissed off to be honest. Maybe she just had a long day and he could have said it with a tone, but "I'm not talking to you if you don't like my cooking." Is something a toddler would say before stamping their feet.

[@XCeazyX]

I always figured the food isn’t yours until you have paid for it, and since it’s not yours you shouldn’t eat it yet

[@nihlify]

Yes, that's why it's technically illegal... But as the whole discussion was about, it's a victimless crime if you know you're going to pay for it right after.

[@mperer1687]

Have you ever eaten in a restaurant? You hadn’t paid for the food yet but you still ate it.

[@chiko4536]

​@@mperer1687with their explicit permission, its assumed this is not the case in a grocery store

[@CZProtton]

I will never get bored of NL losing his mind over how psycho redditors are.

[@5050TM]

Full tilt fun

[@YoZentrus]

14:13 well probably yes, but also maybe not. I tried to actually steal a toy once from a Walgreens, and two cashiers pincered me on approach the door. They called the police and, while we waited, one of them repeatedly informed me that I was an evil boy and going to hell. I was 10

[@XCeazyX]

Well, did you ever go to hell?

[@liesalllies]

He's talking about nowadays, where there is a totally different approach to handling shoplifting.

[@YoZentrus]

What? No, he was talking about feeling the need to report to the cashier things he'd purchased from another store, in case they thought he was stealing. Then he was opining that the cashier wouldn't care even if he was stealing, because they're just trying to do their checkout job and get on with their life. That reminded me of this one minimum wage hero who went above and beyond the call of duty

[@RSmeep13]

"YTA for not nuking your wife's poison chicken" is a take

[@robsmith5434]

I’ve seen war, famine, and pestilence but nothing could prepare me for the true hellscape that is… Costco.

[@CritikalJari]

I do actually get the warm food thing if its been cold out all day, id much rather eat a stew or a soup or any hot and maybe hearty food then a cold dish, on the other hand my guy is INSANE for taking it as far as they did

[@gknucklez]

@@Deggery Right? I don't get why this is so controversial. If I was in the cold all day, sure I would eat the salad, but I would immensely prefer something warm. And it is not like he demanded a 5-star meal, the dude just reheated frozen soup lmao. I guess they have a ritual that he broke, but it was one small slip up ("making a face") that resulted in an unnecessary fight and him eating what he wanted, everything that happens after and the week long continuation is just the gf trying to prove a point while he just wants his peace.

[@CritikalJari]

@@Deggery While I do agree with you that she is a problem and that she is just trying to provoke him to win this non important argument, him following up with "from now on we both make separate meals" as unilateral decision without the dicussing it is not only stupid but blowing up your whole relationship over this is insane to me and maybe its just me, but each person making its own meal for every meal is not sustainable. Inconclusion their both stupid and are both escalating in unnecessary ways.

[@ninjacell2999]

@@Deggery sure she ended up acting stupid as well, but the whole argument was started by him and he seems totally incapable of seeing why his girlfriend is annoyed that they aren't sharing meals. Also he has zero concept of the fact that him no caring at all annoys her.

[@gknucklez]

@@ninjacell2999 He does what he says, while she tries to play games. She is just annoyed that the games don't faze him. He wanted to eat something different (with good reasons imo), next day she didn't want to eat his meal to get back on him. A bit childish but whatever, they are even now, right? Well apparently not as she is still escalating things. His suggestion to stop cooking for the other is dumb, but it is also not the hottest take you can have in this heated discussion.

[@ninjacell2999]

@@gknucklez she only started that stuff because he doesn't understand why she's mad. He's just being like "logical" but not understanding why this stuff is important to her. Her dumb idea backfired cause she doesn't realise he doesn't get it and doesn't care lol. Regardless, the whole impetus for not sharing meals is "I don't like cold meals when it's cold" which is a silly thing to kick off about

[@zknashle]

For the costco thing atrioc was arrested on a school trip for drinking a water in the store and his father had to FLY OUT to free him from mall security

[@andrewg3196]

People really say "reddit posts are made up" then believe something like this

[@zknashle]

@@andrewg3196 people really say “atrioc wasnt arrested in Atlanta” then watch his video titled “I was Arrested in Atlanta”

[@andrewg3196]

@@zknashle I watched the video and what you said is not at all what he describes. He drank a bottle of water, put it back, then walked out of the store without paying. That's a totally different situation than the one in the AITA and how your comment makes it seem. And then he was taken to a station by real police for shoplifting which he technically did, stupid or not. And later went to court and his dad "represented him in court" (not sure if he means legally or just came along since he was a minor). His dad didn't "free him from mall security" like they had him locked down in some backroom for 24 hours while his dad flew out.

[@zknashle]

@@andrewg3196 why are you just lying Andrew ??? I expect better from someone who writes essays to defend themselves from a guy called Gucci guillotine

[@TM1337FalconPunch]

I'm actually triggered about peoples responses to the costco one. The comments that are like "you are denying your child food" are actually insane. Only something like a 6 month old baby needs feeding right there and then. A toddler can wait. If you're feeding your child with food you haven't purchased yet the literal only reason to do so is because you can't be fucked to deal with them annoying you about shit they want. You're actually inflicting your own complete lack of discipline upon your kids. They will be absolutely fine waiting 45 minutes for you to be done shopping at the store and get a McDonalds or something. I have no idea why this is an alien concept to instill a most basic level of self-control in a child that allows them to understand it's not the end of the fucking world to wait a short while before they can satiate themselves. Like, some meals literally take longer to cook than a shopping trip. What on earth is the problem. Just wait. Also I pretty hard disagree on the "it's fine to consume shit before you pay for it" take. Generally with ethics you should ask yourself "what would the world look like if everyone followed this principle?". There's a reason supermarkets don't let you open tabs. How much extra work the shop assistants would have to do because everyone's just like "whoops, my card got declined", "whoops, left my wallet at home", "whoops forgot i was poor" . Is it the worst thing you can do? No. But neither's picking your nose and eating it. If it were "AITA for leaving my wife in Costco because she was encouraging the kids to pick and eat their bogeys" i don't think people would still be going "it's a victimless crime" and you wouldn't want to argue for a world where every sixth person you walk past is prospecting for olfactory nuggets.

[@lukeswain1463]

lmao kantian

[@pharaok]

bro who cares this is not the trolley problem "ethics" lol

[@josuediaz3240]

@@pharaoki care.

[@sylvystf]

@@pharaok the trolley problem invented ethics

[@StudMuffin24]

My dad would eat the deli food before paying, while shopping, and I would get embarrassed. He always said he knew he was going to pay for it, so it never bothered him. However, other people didn't know that and I'd feel judged. I've left and waited in the car for him to finish shopping a couple times due to the anxiety of feeling judged. Years later I got a job there and let me tell you, all the workers are definitely judging you. The amount of half finished containers of food and drinks we found on the shelf was ridiculous, so when we saw someone eating their food we'd just assume they were going to steal it.

[@alexandercornett2881]

React court always gets me pogged up

[@someonefromsomewhere1009]

They do , no one's gonna stop you or care unless you outright shoplift.

[@JB-xl2jc]

@@someonefromsomewhere1009 My brother in christ I believe you answered the wrong individual

[@baseballgenius3]

You need to get a Thermapen meat thermometer. It’s a game changer. Not an ad. Just a customer who swears by their quick read food thermometers. So helpful

[@Kopekemaster]

LET'S GO I've been dying for this after hearing this post teased at the end of the last video. Edit: I think I've laughed more at this video than any other NL video, absolute gold

[@jackdavies2083]

5th verdict is a very respectful YTA, you cant expect your friends to limit their time based on your circumstance

[@martianpudding9522]

My main concern about the eating/drinking in the store is that you might get a minimum wage worker in trouble

[@neetoh9657]

Watching react court inspired me to talk about the costco yoghurt anecdote with my friends, nice to see it on react court this time

[@nicholaslogan6840]

you cannot survive in retail with that level of perpetual internal misanthropy

[@dilliedAlly]

I have worked in a grocery store and watched people eat stuff in the store and just walk out with their backpacks full. only the managers cared

[@swedishmailman]

The bit about him showing his transaction history had me rolling

[@rubberchickenzilla]

I agree with chicken salad man, i'm sorry to say. when it's cold outside you eat something warm, and in summer you bust out the salads. It's the natural order of the world

[@rickilydickily]

My favorite time of the year is when i can comfortably make and eat stew and soup.

[@RackSimons]

i cant believe people in his chat really think you should be locked up for stealing a drink.

[@kiryukanzaki1141]

I think the more "socially unacceptable" part with regards to eating food in a store before paying for it is when people see you actually breaking opening the container to eat the food itself. It gives off the impression you're stealing something. Similar energy to a kid tearing apart a box to get the toy inside.

[@Theorimlig]

Ah yes, that's how thieves do it. They steal a bottle of water, open their stolen goods in the middle of the store in view of cameras, witnesses and store employees and drink half of it while pushing a full shopping cart around.

[@kirasmith1147]

dude just wanted to have some hot soup and for some reason it's ok to shame him into eating chicken salad. It's kinda insanely ridiculous to be upset that someone didn't eat food you made. We're not struggling to survive here, it's so non-consequential to eat something you'd rather eat. It literally affects your SO in no way

[@jacobtrost5048]

Tom in the post: *exists* Tom in the comments: Hates his kid, beats his wife, doesn't pay taxes

[@Rosspkc]

nah that whole mom letting kids have the thing the dad wont let them have is a horrible parenting dynamic and the dad might not want to seem like the "bad guy" for something thats trivial and teached them a lesson on patience.

[@marsulgumapu2010]

You should be on the US supreme court

[@gingerweasel2]

Re: The first one, if you haven't paid for it yet, it's still the store's property. They're not in the business of loaning out items with promises of future payment, and it would be a nightmare to have to watch everyone in the store just free-for-alling on the merchandise and just hope they're all going to keep track for you and pay out of the kindness of their hearts. Plenty of people consume stuff in the store and then just throw out the empty can of soda or leave the wrapper on a shelf or something, people are animals. It's not a good system to go, "Well *I'm* trustworthy and will totally pay you later, what's the problem?!" It "feels wrong" because it's not really any different than leaving the store without paying, and saying, "I'm gonna come back and pay later though, what's the problem?"

[@lorddank9520]

I think drinking something before buying it is ok but I simultaneously agree it’s not a habit to impart on kids

[@emkultra2349]

Ive had to clean enough aisles that if I see someone opening food in the store I assume it will become litter and judge accordingly.

[@cinnasauria]

I mean, I don't know about Costco, but I was a cashier at Superstore for a couple years and it was pretty common to ring up an empty wrapper or drink bottle every few carts. Nobody working at the store really cares most of the time since it really doesn't inconvenience anyone, but yeah, it might not be the best habit to teach your kids. I feel like when people become moms, though, they gain some kind of overpowering instinct to just bust open whatever the hell as a snack for their kids. I might never forget the little kid seated in the cart just gnawing on a brick of cheddar one time. They'd also hand me banana peels and take half-eaten apples out of their kids' hands and expect me to ring them through and I'm like, yeah, these things are sold by weight and I don't wanna touch that, just take it. (Wash your produce though, you have idea how many times that thing might have been on the floor.)

[@ajaxorion]

my home's temp inside is usually 75-76 but thats because arizona is hot as hell and 74 or lower during the summer would kill the air conditioner

[@Edyn42]

Imagine not being able to use Fourier's Law

[@chaosjoey123]

The reason it’s wrong to eat something in the grocery store before you bought it yet is because you haven’t bought it so it’s not yours. You aren’t supposed to use things that you don’t own without permission, especially one time use things!!!

[@samlund4410]

38:00 The roast beef rant had me in stitched

[@ggboss1328]

React court is officially Spotify’s number one sanest podcast

[@jaccubin]

If you're going to pay for it what's the difference? The difference is it's not your property until you pay for it.

[@victoriaodegaard1]

I don't think walking one isle over is abandoning your wife and kids. If he took the car and drove home solo, that's one thing. But if you're still in the store and you come back 5 minutes later.

[@CandyFlossToss]

My parents used to give me a bag of grabs whilst I sat in the trolley to keep me busy 😂

[@AdamGaffney96]

35:45 Most functional couple, a couple that don't discuss what's for dinner until it's made, introducing many possibilities for failure.

[@aja5933]

Kind of insane no one even mentions the fact that cash exists and doesnt get declined

[@TheThursty100]

Quite frankly, eating/drinking something in the store and paying for it later is one thing But the amount of times I've seen empty packages, bottles and cans in some shelves. You know this only happened because someone ate or drank it in the store and did in fact not pay for it. Now I'm not saying that you necessarily would not pay for it, but consuming it in the store makes people more comfortable doing it themselves and some of them do not realize or just do not intend to pay. So we just shouldn't Normalize it. I'm sure you can just wait a few minutes, you're not going full grocery shopping when you're on the border of dying of thirst and or hunger.

[@dragonslaya16]

Drinking coffee on the toilet is insane

[@HelicopterShownUp]

McDonald's won't eat the cost. When you get to the next window, hand you a declined receipt and hold up a debit machine and ask if you want to try again. If it's busy, they'll ask you to park and come inside to finish paying.

[@anontruth253]

Nah there's been like 5 times my broke ass has got declined at Mickey D's and they just say it's already made otherwise they have to throw it out

[@SKYBLUEPINATA]

@@anontruth253 we did this at Taco Bell when management wasn’t looking. They look at drive times more than anything else.

[@Jamesmatise]

Chicken is not steak. Pink chicken is not okay to eat. Although yeah it's kind of weird he made a whole other meal rather than just cooking it another five minutes.

[@yvngmanj]

23:23 gotta be the realest funniest bit it deserves its own stand up special

[@Blackobluna]

AITA for I snacking on several deli meats already weighed and labelled but not yet paid for?

[@ElSuperNova23]

Absolutely 46:25, if anyone watching this is that concerned, just buy a digital meat thermometer. You can get cheap ones for like 10-20 bucks that work just fine and take the guesswork out of cooking meat (and baking bread!) completely. You also get used to what "looks/feel right"

[@Thinwhiteduke1185]

If he's getting declined 1 in 50 times, he needs to change banks.

[@Elidan1012]

That was what I thought. I don't recall ever being rejected in decades lol

[@irresponsibledad]

Thank gosh for React Court. NL is our guardian angel accompanying us through the hellworld that is reddit

[@saintsalieri]

NL: I take food safety very seriously Also NL: 45 seconds of microwaving sterilizes chicken

[@t.h.4170]

Taco Cabeza is just around the corner

[@Dragonemperess]

Pink chicken: Why didn't they just nuke it in the microwave? Edit: And yep, Meat thermometers are a game changer. Get one with an alarm that you can set for the target temperature and there you go!

[@en3839]

9:20 NL revealing his and every 50 yo pixie cut’s fantasy

[@azinta3823]

Drinking something you haven't yet paid for yet is a sanitary issue in my opinion. handing a cashier something you have had your mouth on is a great way to pass something on to someone else. not to mention if you are snacking on peanuts or drinking a milk based drink you could be potentially exposing someone to a life threatening allergy that the packaging would have otherwise protected them from.

[@JelyMelo]

WHAT ARE U DOIN THERE MISTER CANTELOPE me when anybody walks into my bar

[@delimonky12]

Meat thermometers are an absolute game changer for burgers, turkey on a bun never tasted so good

[@vansradjmadho8365]

Bruh, I need at least one warm meal a day. I don't care what anyone says warm food is just more comforting.

[@liesalllies]

Him wanting a hot meal after being outside in the cold is very understandable, his solution of making himself some soup is also extremely reasonable. The fact that this interaction turned into a whole argument which was then aired on two separate Reddit posts is completely insane.

[@tyedyepapaya6155]

the last story is driving me crazy. i know shes a stay at home mom but the husband really cant spare ANY time to watch the baby? it sounds like mom is on baby duty literally 24/7

[@tyedyepapaya6155]

like the whole story i was imagining a single parent until she said husband

[@HelicopterShownUp]

NL hates hearing people tell anecdotes in public on their phone but he tells anecdotes online in front of a camera for a living. Lol

[@Lormenkal64]

I feel like NL doesnt know how slim grocery store margins are, no way 1 in 50 is an acceptable loss

[@IcePlays]

I think when he was 1 in 50 he was talking about McDonalds. Still way too high but a little more reasonable

[@oOBeagleOo]

The reason you shouldnt eat the food is because you dont own it yet and its as simple as that. It minor, still.

[@tamhuy10]

the reason some ppl do is bc of the kids, strangers judging you for 3 seconds is nothing compared to your kids letting you shop in peace.

[@CaioVictor20101]

btw you cant eat in restaurants before paying for the food you didnt get yet

[@tamhuy10]

@@CaioVictor20101 lol

[@ninjacell2999]

@@CaioVictor20101 totally different social convention though

[@ninjacell2999]

@@tamhuy10 bring snacks from home then

[@papabaddad]

NL for how often you say being the stay at home mom is harder than being the one working, you can't say the dad staying home watching the kids while the wife shops isn't helping

[@IcePlays]

Those are 2 very different things

[@classonbread5757]

@@IcePlays come on not very, maybe a little different sure

[@EveloGrave]

I am incredibly surprised by the wanting Hot Food made them the asshole. I totally am with the dude. I'll make some soup and save the chicken salad for later. It preserves well in the fridge. Yes setting your thermostat to 74F is insane in colder regions but there is that feeling of eating or drinking cold or warm food and have it retroactively warm or cool your stomach. It feels good. Getting a nice cold beverage and have that cool flow throughout your torso is an amazing feeling that happens occasionally. It happens with a hot cup of milk too. Easiest NTA from me Hot Food wanting man.

[@rebekah8789]

The problem isn't wanting hot food (because I agree). The problem is not really wanting hot food enough to ask about dinner any time between skating and starting to cook, but wanting hot food enough to be a really critical partner when served dinner

[@stephend7343]

Yup, I was shocked NL went so hard, he doesn't go THAT hard on horrendous takes usually. Dude may be dumb for picking a fight over it, but he's certainly not dumb for wanting hot food when he's cold. The fuck you think hot chocolate sales spike in the winter for NL??

[@andrewg3196]

The problem isn't wanting hot food it's being a dick about it

[@EveloGrave]

@@rebekah8789 That is an excellent point I did not consider.

[@sriley4458]

2023 and theres still no g in strength bro

[@Romanticoutlaw]

if it's okay for your kid to open and eat food in the grocery store, it has to then be okay for them to tear open and play with any toy they pass on the shelf. I think we can all agree such a thing would be madness.

[@MelMelodyWerner]

is this not literally just "you break it, you buy it"? yes, kids can in fact do this if the parents buy it. also, toys are not food or drinks. dumb false equivalence that doesn't make any sense if you take it out of your epic sophistry and into the real world. if someone is hungry or thirsty while shopping for groceries, it makes perfect sense for them to drink or eat something (assuming they purchase and dispose of it properly, as grocery shopping can take a fair amount of time if you do it on a monthly basis and/or are doing so for a family of several people). why go through checkout twice and take up space in the line?

[@Romanticoutlaw]

@@MelMelodyWerner with a toy, you have physical evidence of the good you could potentially be stealing. With food and drink, what's stopping anyone from just consuming the thing and throwing away the wrapper before they get to checkout?

[@SomeInfamousGuy]

@@Romanticoutlaw What's stopping someone from murdering someone where there aren't any CCTV cameras? Clearly everyone should be monitored and followed at all times.

[@Romanticoutlaw]

@@SomeInfamousGuy what children are murdering people? I trust (most) adults not to just eat food in the grocery store and get rid of the wrapper to avoid paying for it, but not children

[@SomeInfamousGuy]

@@Romanticoutlaw I misread your first comment. Kids should never take anything off a shelf of their own volition and expect parents to pay for it.

[@martianpudding9522]

I think the bigbrain hindsight solution to the grocery store issue would have been to tell the wife to go ahead and pay for the drinks and let the kids drink them outside while you finish up doing the groceries

[@mastertherush]

Walking one aisle over *Achievement unlocked* family ABANDONED