AITA for wanting dogs to go into grocery stores? (React Court)

This came from my livestream on March 2nd, 2022. Catch me live every weekday from 11AM-4PM here: / northernlion
I wanted to mix up my content a little bit and I figured, what better way to use my unique brand of judgemental gaze than to read the top posts on one of the most entertaining subreddits out there: r/AmITheAsshole? Check it out!

[@ezay8694]

I love how AITA posters say "on a throwaway cuz significant other uses reddit" and then proceed to list out every detail of their lives for context.

[@wsemenske]

Those are often fake stories

[@limerumpus3589]

I’m asking why people clarify they are using a throwaway when they are in a sub where people often use throwaways

[@KurryPancakes]

Usually I feel like people say/do this because they don't want the s/o or whoever the post concerns to look through their actual account, not to necessarily stop them from recognizing that specific post

[@papabaddad]

"I refuse to use this as a teaching moment for my son, because he isn't an adult that should know all of these things yet" Im so glad that at 18 you instantly learn everything about social dynamics and you don't have to be taught slowly over time

[@joewilson3393]

The best part was the mother showing where her son got the current social skills from.

[@nicodranasien]

+2

[@stevebob9504]

NL slowly piecing together why dogs shouldnt be in grocery stores is so funny to me for some reason

[@litapd311]

we stan someone that thinks through their points and is willing to change their views

[@TheLittleNoobThatCould]

I have on multiple occasions been to dog-friendly stores and seen male dogs 'marking their territory' on the merchandise. Train your dogs, people

[@adrianopairetti3417]

i was gonna skip that part caus i hate seeing my dad be unbased

[@alexanderkonczal3908]

The fact that no one talked about the REAL reason you can't have dogs in stores was driving me insane. Most dogs don't like being startled by strangers, whether human or canine, to some degree. Grocery stores are a continual maze of blind corners and narrow corridors with people going in all directions, which would generate countless situations where a dog would feel surprised and cornered, triggering a fight or flight response. Yes, there are lots of good dogs out there who would be fine, but guess what? Almost no one thinks their dog is a bad dog, even when they've attacked another dog or person multiple times. I have multiple intelligent family members who refuse to admit that their dog is dangerous because they're emotionally attached to them, and if they could take them into store, they definitely would. There would be an INSANE amount of dog fights or attacks if you let them in indiscriminately, and there's no way to pick who is and isn't allowed fairly except for banning all but trained, certified service animals. Sorry for the essay, but it's bonkers no one mentioned this.

[@Kekkle-]

​@@alexanderkonczal3908 99.99% dogs are not afraid of grocery stores, you're making half of that shit up. I'm on your side, but that's a totally brainless take

[@urosstankovic5795]

A lot of people on the subreddit do not realize that you can be right but still be an asshole

[@frankievalium2572]

In the immortal words of The Dude "you're not wrong Walter, you're just an asshole"

[@kingchuckfinley]

That really is it. I love listening to NL go through these posts, because I almost always share the same view points, and I get so frustrated when I read/ listen to the comments. It’s so delusional a lot of the time, and even if there point is valid a lot of the time it’s so god damn far.

[@jackcouch8322]

“You’re not wrong, Walter. You’re just an asshole.” Jeffery ‘the dude’ Lebowski

[@Tglizzy_]

react court and other podcastable content is absolutely S-tier for tasks like housework and laundry

[@Slinqee]

damn just did my laundry while watching this😂

[@CZProtton]

Or my soul crushingly boring work

[@felixeisenmenger1914]

@@CZProtton Eyooo, just finished this at my boring workplace. time to find something else to do for 6 hours

[@JGD714]

On mornings when I work, bam this as background. On evenings if I'm playing single player, bam this as background. It works for everything.

[@jeriji6592]

just cleaned the floor and organized the crap out of my closet.

[@mattigus]

Holy shit, seeing NL's chat confuse "the 19th century" with "the 1900s" proves everything I've ever thought about the intelligence of twitch chat.

[@Jay-pm8tp]

"they aren't outwardly bigoted" "they don't like the idea of women wearing pants" bruh

[@camelspiderattack4161]

the guy who wasn't happy for his wife when she got her ged made me so fuckin mad lmao

[@mikael_void5040]

I’m not there yet but yeah I can see it, some people are allergic to being happy for others, or happy in general

[@Chimaera242]

"My dad gave me a job placating investors at his company, and now I feel like I have the final say on societal meritocratic value, AITA?"

[@etopowertwon]

I refuse to believe it was not a bait

[@Random_Fanguy]

​@@etopowertwon It has everything Redditors hate. Rich people, lots of kids and someone seeking higher education.

[@phoenixRose1724]

spoken with the arrogance only someone who has never faced a significant hardship in their life can have

[@striderm]

For anyone wondering, the person with the grandma born before 1900 said their grandma had their dad at 40, and their dad had them at an older age than that. So conservatively, if their grandma was born in the 1890s, the poster could have been born in the 70s or 80s.

[@Acc_Expired]

NL missed 2 key things here: 1) People might have their first kid at 22 and last at 37 2) The dad (especially back in the day) was probably much older than his wife

[@badams52]

I was born in the 70s and my dad's parents were born in the 1800s. My dad was the youngest of 3 and I'm the youngest of 2.

[@kiiturii]

yeah it's crazy that he immediately assumed they must've had their first and only kids at 20, and after he calculated that he came to the conclusion that it is still possible and realistic, yet he still didn't believe it lmao..

[@laogon09]

You can't expect every dog owner to have a well behaved pet. As someone who worked in a pharmacy where pets were allowed, I've had to clean up dog excrements from alleys several times and I've had to remove food items that dogs got into from the isle. That's not even including the fact that some people are terrified of dogs and would have to wait for the customer to leave before they felt comfortable going into a section of the store.

[@khjgl6574]

Allergic too! Dog owners out here risking people's lives just so their pet can come into a grocery store / pharmacy / restaurant of all places. I don't go to the dog park and allow my chest to collapse in front of their dogs, why do they continually get to bring their animals that I am allergic to into spaces I need to go to?

[@IndicatedGoodLife]

@@khjgl6574 You seem to have a cat though, strange.

[@marks.7211]

We can't expect the pet will behave not only in the grocery store but anywhere. That's why it's responsibility of the owner.

[@frede2907]

​@@IndicatedGoodLifewhy would it be strange for a person with dog allergies to have a cat?

[@IndicatedGoodLife]

@@frede2907 normaly when you are allergic to dogs, you are also allegic to cats. I can speak for myself atleast. It has to do with micro particles from animal fell.

[@martianpudding9522]

I don't think grocery store workers should ever have to clean up dogshit so for that reason I agree with not letting in dogs

[@mitchellhoward3209]

What if it's a punishment for getting bad grades and insulting their sister?

[@coltonmurphy6508]

What about human shit? (Source Food Lion, NC)

[@bumfricker2487]

@@mitchellhoward3209 well then it's okay, as long as you didn't PROMISE the worker that they wouldn't have to clean up dogshit

[@WarMasterX6]

Its bad enough we have to clean up so much human shit. Trust me.

[@joewilson3393]

Grocery stores are full of mice, spiders, crickets, humans, and many other critters. I don't see what a dog or cat could do that is worse than what they do.

[@jacobbishop8078]

The moments before NL reads the comments on each post is peak tension build up, ultimate in cinema. You never know how the mystery will unfurl until the comments are shown

[@stephend7343]

That's cause NL has stopped having an opinion himself and just argues with redditors. Sometimes he'll 180 on his initial opinion literally just to argue with a comment.

[@DemonLordSparda]

​@@stephend7343 That has literally never happened. He has takes and opinions himself throughout every single post. Plus he never completely inverts his opinions. Go touch some grass.

[@stephend7343]

@@DemonLordSparda He does it often, but alright mate. You insulted me, you win. My bad.

[@xXxSNIP3RGUYxXx]

@@stephend7343 are you considering when NL changes his mind to agree with the comments

[@curaniel2307]

"This is really dramatic for an old person to write." The sincerity in your voice had me rolling.

[@cptmtns]

As someone who loves dogs even I think bringing you're pet into a grocery store is not okay. Unfortunately you can't trust every owner to have a perfectly well behaved dog so it's better for everyone to just not allow them in the store at all. Nobody should have to worry about their children being bit or having an allergic reaction when getting groceries. There's no reason you can't just leave your dog at home for a couple hours.

[@RoachDogg_JR]

Welcome to the fallout of the Americans with Disabilities Act

[@ColeCxle]

This is how I feel about cars. Can’t trust everyone to be a good driver, so people should have to walk everywhere

[@dao_jones]

A lot of people aren't well-behaved either. Plus, how else are dogs supposed to get groceries??

[@ColeCxle]

@@PinHeadSupliciumwtf lmao I was telling my girlfriend yesterday that I actually think Driver’s tests should be hard enough to be around a 60% success rate. You’d have safer roads and there would be a ton of incentive for better public transport. (Speaking for America)

[@EnlightenedMushroom]

I bring my dog everywhere the cute thing is 7 pounds and loves going places

[@sonyPlaytation]

“How hard can your job possibly be” are brave words for a Twitch Streamer.

[@asddsaasdfg2846]

Imagine trying to buy a choclate bar from the lowest shelf and it’s covered in dog saliva

[@ravimukerji6609]

they come wrapped

[@forsaken696]

And a dog corpse? Ok

[@forsaken696]

And also why would I buy a choclate bar

[@asddsaasdfg2846]

@@ravimukerji6609 yeah it is indeed very pleasent to have a choclate bar which has smelly wrapper

[@amaze3727]

Maybe don't go for the bar that's basically on the floor

[@RyeBread271]

The story about the kid making fun of his classmate’s food might not be bait, I used to teach at a private school and those parent teacher conferences sounded a bit like the OP

[@Silas_MN]

I'd say it's more likely that it's written by the parent of the kid who got made fun of

[@Schelly]

I'm starting to understand how the simultaneous salmonella and campylobacter situation came about.

[@marks.7211]

don't you wash and prep your produce before eating? or your grocery store places produce on the ground where dogs could piss and shit and vomit all over it? I genuinely don't understand what's the problem with pets in a store if a pet is supervised by an owner and I don't really like the dogs or own one at all

[@Kai-K]

​@@marks.7211 If the dog pees on the floor what percent of owners do you think are finding a grocery store staff member and getting it cleaned up? People can barely be relied upon to not throw their trash on the ground as is, and adding a human interaction where they have to get out like, a mop and a wet floor sign is...

[@litapd311]

​@@marks.7211 dog hair and allergens can get on various products, grocery stores have items on the bottom shelf too and it's not like a dog has to touch something for its hair to go other places. if they shake their coat once that's already spreading hair. people who have allergens shouldn't have to worry about getting symptoms just because they wanted a granola bar or something

[@laszlovincze5095]

@@marks.7211 Piss and shit doesn't just stay there on the floor, little microscopic flecks of it fly all over the place. It's why you don't keep food in the bathroom.

[@kimgkomg]

After working in a grocery store for a few years I'm genuinely concerned that people don't understand how disgusting the fresh items are. They're covered in sticky pesticides and shipped in a dirty storage crate, then rolled around on unsanitized counters. Many of them fall on the floor. I've also never seen produce shelves get cleaned so I can't imagine they're much better than the floor. A dog taking a full piss onto an apple would unironically make it cleaner. The amount of times a customer has lambasted me about picking up some fruit off the ground and putting it back on the shelf is disturbing

[@Civilian08]

11:13 NL sniffing. For meme potential and future reference.

[@konnarbockelman847]

'what a nuanced take. I'm gonna watch somebody play fortnite' has to become a nl chat copypasta

[@merc1f485]

The rumors of React Court’s demise were well founded

[@davidkociol7728]

I love how often the age and gender are irrelevant and how often the redditors put it down in their stories

[@timemaster31]

Dude actually so true

[@logangantner3863]

Honestly, I feel like age and gender add context in almost every single story. I judge a 25 year old's actions VERY differently from a 45 year old's actions.

[@SplurginSergeon]

NL a few months ago, shitting his brains out: "How could this possibly have happened?" NL today: "Yeah bro, I love a lasagna dusted with dog hair, YOLO."

[@coolboyyo654]

do you think they're opening up and pissing in the boxes and shit

[@clayross1889]

what grocery store do you go to where all of those ingredients are exposed?

[@huckthatdish]

@@clayross1889 and the food that is exposed, a la produce, you’re supposed to wash anyway.

[@Wertsir]

@@clayross1889 I’ll tell you what, I’ll piss on a cardboard box of pasta, then you can eat the noodles inside and tell me how they taste.

[@gratiamop]

You in the replies are gross. This is how we get plague and shit lol

[@rempanda]

Ironically as NL is saying some people will disagree with him, I then disagree with his next take for the first time. A good chunk of dog owners are assholes. My lil autistic brain freaks out at dogs barking which makes me scared to be around them, and yet so many dog owners just assume that everyone is happy about having a dog run up to them and as I stand there having a panic attack they just say "don't worry, he's friendly" I don't care if he's friendly, keep him away from me. There's also a big increase here in the UK in dog attacks because people got dogs during lockdown and they're now unsocialised and untrained. Nope, keep your dogs away from me.

[@aquilaorion3531]

dogs shouldn’t really go in the grocery store, but as someone who’s worked at a convenience store, i’ve had more humans piss and shit on the floor than dogs, and dogs come in fairly frequently.

[@Yewtewba]

Ever had anyone blame it on the dog?

[@TheeLavv]

My mom would always make dinner, a lot of week days we’re all busy so it was Normal to be grab and go. But if my mom said we’re having dinner as a family tonight you’d take a 30 min break from watching TV and eat dinner. No one was harmed in the making of this meal. It is extremely rude to have guest make a dinner for the whole family and let kids as old as 16 take it to their rooms. Could be a good lesson in that sometimes you have to do things that aren’t exactly what you want to do.

[@JD-wu5pf]

Yeah, that poster was actually insane. "My little sister wanted to tell us news over family dinner, but doesn't that dumb fucking idiot know we don't eat family dinner???" I just...I don't understand how someone could be so dumb and have a husband and kids...

[@ImThatGuy9000]

"Throway because X uses reddit" *Proceeds to tell super specific story* "Ah yes no this must be some OTHER person who is from Canada, paying for their grandmothers medical bills , gf pays half the rent, had a big fight, crashed their car etc"

[@aisling_commoddities]

Literally nearly every comment on this vid is going in on ryan for the dog thing even though he came around on it. He didn't "die on the hill", he isn't "disconnected from reality", he was wrong about one thing and changed his mind after being presented with the alternate viewpoint. Why's no one talking about the guy at the end trying to relegate his gf to certain rooms in the house? That was insane

[@aisling_commoddities]

That being said it is in the title

[@Sheamu5]

Not everyone watches the whole video either

[@Ceighk]

he showed weakness. if he'd stuck to his guns no one would have cared.

[@Wertsir]

You either die on the hill or you die in the valley, but everyone still dies.

[@GeneralShyGuy7]

I think it was just because he clearly started the arguments in some sort of bit/bad faith and when he realized that people felt strongly about it, he walked it back a little, but still thought he was right for a bit. I don't blame him for changing his mind, but his takes at the start were insane lol.

[@someguy3589]

I like how eggman has a breakdown on almost every story. I enjoy it very much.

[@nattteo]

"Unlike my prime demographic in chat." Damn, chat out here catching strays.

[@PolyesterAvalanche]

Love the idea of getting mauled by a pitbull because I wanted to buy a loaf of bread. Leave your dogs at home.

[@ka5333]

How often are you getting mauled by Pitbulls? Do you walk around with a belt made of sausages???

[@pyramear5414]

@ka5333 OP might literally be trying to buy sausages. They are in a grocery store afterall.

[@kolyagonzalez-wiler4678]

Saying your parents aren’t bigoted immediately before saying they don’t like women in pants is actually insane

[@tylermock6853]

The demise might not be exaggerated anymore 😔

[@orangeguy5463]

"College is actually a huge detriment to my job" When you said that I thought to myself hmm what is it you do again Ryan? I'm an idiot.

[@ishtarsdonut4489]

NL we only eat 8 spiders a year if you take Spiders Georg into account, he's an outlier

[@mrbluebob1066]

There’s one person a year who eats 33 trillion spiders

[@dewrito2325]

A lot of people would ban babies and kids at grocery stores if they had the chance. Let's be real here. On my last visit to the store, a kid threw up everywhere in the bread aisle, and I imagine the worker cleaning it felt the same way. Anyways, yeah, dogs pissing in my milk, not cool, dude.

[@XzMondayNightzX]

Dogs in the grocery store is a stupid idea for several reasons and mostly revolves around the "My dog" rather than other dogs. IF I were to allow dogs in I'd have a designated place for dogs to hang out. Once you make an exception it tends to lead to more garbage. Here's why it's bad ; 1.) People can barely control their dogs, let alone look after them. Throw in 100 dogs in the area and hope this never happens. 2.) Other people are allergic to dogs. They don't want that shedded hair everywhere. 3.) It's a place full of food. Unless you have 100% surveillance on it don't even. 4.) People can't clean up after their dogs when they have to in public areas. Do you think they'll do it here? They can't even be assed to put things back where they got them. Service dogs should be able to... until they break a rule then you get to clean it up and replace anything.

[@xXxSNIP3RGUYxXx]

The 100% surveillance thing is not even worth mentioning as a solution. No grocery store owner is gonna pay the money to completely surveil the food. Even then I still wouldn’t trust it to be very safe,

[@XzMondayNightzX]

@@xXxSNIP3RGUYxXx That's why it isn't listed as a solution.

[@merc1f485]

The rumors of react courts survival were greatly exaggerated

[@wesleymcbob]

i worked at a grocery store and ive seen customers holding their dogs over the hot food bar

[@Spplaart]

He wasn't lying, the rumors of react courts demise WERE greatly exaggersted

[@arthurvalladares5451]

Why is everyone on this sub married with kids at 22 years old?

[@xXxSNIP3RGUYxXx]

Largest demographic for AITA posters, right combination of stress, youth and brain development

[@Cptbbb300]

redditor creative writing delusions

[@Blaurot]

​@@Cptbbb300both can be true

[@MegaTyler93]

As someone who worked in a grocery store, do NOT bring your dog (or other pet) into a grocery store. It is literally one of the most unsanitary things you can do in a grocery store.

[@neloverg3774]

It's also a legal concern for that store I imagine. Like if someone dog hair got onto some piece of food, or a bag, and someone ate that that store is screwed

[@khjgl6574]

On the customer end I have simply given up and online services get all my business. My local grocery stores are overrun and the employees refuse to kick them out because they're all somehow "emotional service animals." I'm severely allergic to dogs. Miss my childhood when leashing and only taking your dog to dog friendly spaces such as dog parks and pet stores was the norm.

[@whaliensuperstar]

@@khjgl6574 i absolutely hate when ppl act like a dog/pet allergy is such a small thing. it’s not. it can be just as bad as a deathly peanut allergy. i’m very allergic to both dogs and cats as well. i also have asthma that gets triggered too. it’s dangerous for ppl with severe allergies and that should be enough to justify them not being allowed in stores.

[@DemonLordSparda]

That's one hell of an exaggeration. People with unwashed hands touch food all the time, shippers and stockers cough on food. A dog isn't more unsanitary than that. Dogs should be banned because of allergies and phobias.

[@jonathanschwarz2650]

I feel like I can think of a hundred more unsanitary things

[@Crashpunk]

Brooo. The dude commenting on that girls eating habits made me so fucking mad. Redditors have literally no self awareness

[@Wertsir]

“Why don’t girls like me? I’m such a nice guy” -That redditor, probably

[@JaxzanProditor]

OP there was a woman, but yeah she had so many chances to just mind her own business and kept pushing it

[@redditshorts4u679]

i know i always just take insane amount of food eat one spoonful and throw the rest away if anyone comments on it i call them incencitive and rude. if someone is taking me to a date i also order the biggest meal dont eat any of it and throw that shit out with a smile on my face. great habit cant agree more

[@zoom3184]

I feel so bad for Elina, she deserves so much better

[@mrbluebob1066]

For real. When your relative comes over to make dinner for you and your family that’s an occasion, not just a normal night to send the kids to the room to watch Tik Tok. I would personally be extremely offended that she didn’t even CONSIDER changing the routine for me.

[@atlasstudios]

@@mrbluebob1066 nah fuck her. shes been there for a few weeks she knew the routine. maybe if she made a plan in advance it would have been fine, say this sunday i want to cook dinner where we all eat together.

[@MenacingSnail]

Taking the meal to your room in that example is the equivalent of someone gifting you some nice whiskey and then you proceed to take pulls directly from the bottle

[@litapd311]

lmao that's such a good way of putting it

[@rainbowskin3379]

It's more equivalent to gifting someone whiskey, and then demanding that you sit around the table that moment and drink it.

[@fledbeast5783]

that literally isn't the issue at hand. No wonder she reacted so poorly, everyone attacked her for a slightly weird but ultimately harmless dinner habit, instead of the actual issue of her being rude to her sister.

[@aznblueangel]

@@fledbeast5783 yup, i read this about a week ago or so and the issue isn't about eating in their own rooms doing their own thing, the real issue is that the sister wanted to eat together because it was a special night. op completely ignored what her sister asked for (was given notice days before) and made her sister feel like shit and still doesn't get what's wrong.

[@fledbeast5783]

@@aznblueangel yeah that’s the real issue, yhe problem is reddit kept insulting them for their eating habits rather than just saying they were being mean to their sister. The issue with them trying to “own” every asshole, is that it just makes them defensive

[@chriss4855]

so i think it's kind of crazy to repeatedly brush off the request to eat the dinner together, especially with the context that apparently the person had news they wanted the share, but that being said, since it's not in accordance with the normal eating habits of the family imo it would've made sense to clarify that they wanted this to be a 'family dinner' sometime beforehand

[@Wertsir]

When i was born my mother was 48. My parents thought they couldn’t have kids anymore, but not only did they have me but then also two more kids, though the last one did end up having birth defects which may have been contributed to by age. If her mother had her at the same age (which she didn’t) my grandmother would gave been 96 when i was born. And by the time i was 20 and posting on /r/AITA she would gave been born 116 years ago. It is uncommon for people to have children that late in life, but it does happen. And the probability of you having children late probably goes up if your parents did, since you inherent their genes and are thus more likely to remain fertile later in life. The people who’s grandparents were born in the 1800s is definitely smaller than the group who’s parents were born in the 1900s or 2000s (and shrinking all the time), but there are eight billion people on the planet, so even if its only 1% that’d still be 80,000,000 people who could make that claim.

[@Nightknight1992]

his grandparents take was insane: yes they were definitely having kids right after 18, but they also didnt stop after 2 kids, they just went ham until the reproductive system gave in. my grandma had my mum short before 40, and my mum had me at 30, so its absolutely possible^^

[@Nightknight1992]

wait: there was the option to take the burrito bowl home to eat it later? YTA

[@samiasouen]

Its been 2 months is this REACT COURTS DEMISE?!11!? 😭😭😭

[@Dave420B]

The rumors are no longer exaggerated!😢😩😫

[@Metaknightkirby2]

The rumors have been greatly understated. 😔

[@Blaurot]

Ryan is my common sense idol

[@emerz3530]

I get why dogs shouldn't be in the store but like they weren't an asshole lol. Maybe potentially a problem but like asshole is a bit of a big word for someone just not wanting to leave their dog in a hot car, which people would be even more mad about.

[@GameNetwork]

Man, I was walking in to my house, and my neighbor opened their door, their dogs ran out, and one of them beelined for me and bit the shit out of my ankle. If people can't control their dogs at home, they aren't going to do it at the grocery store.

[@nurik4445]

11s ago. Ive never been this early to recat court. Even the jury isn't here yet

[@IndicatedGoodLife]

AITA for telling you that the stream viewers where acctualy way earlyer?

[@nurik4445]

@@IndicatedGoodLife NTA your reply your rules

[@JBrandonMercer123]

Bad take on the dogs in grocery stores. I'm allergic and could take medication to lessen my allergic reaction, but why should I have to? There are things that we have to live with in society that we don't like, but dogs in grocery stores isn't one of them and telling people to get over it isn't going to convince people that it should happen.

[@thedancingpipestuffer]

The blunt smoking hooligan could've just moved, but the real ashole part was his response, "relaaax, tell your UNBORN baby it's a concert" or that they could leave 😂 I literally imagined a super douchy hippie when he said he ignored them and danced while they tried talking to him

[@tiersie]

The dog bit was one of the weirdest hills he died on in a while. Sure you see one terrier and it might not be the end of the world, but the second it becomes a normal thing to bring your dog into the store it'll be an uncontrollable hellscape of half eaten food and dog puke everywhere

[@Wertsir]

Even if I didn’t care about its impact on me the human, i still wouldn’t want pets in the grocery store just because there are so many foods they’d be exposed to that are potentially toxic to them. This both harms the animal and creates increased liability for the store who will now need to account for the animals wandering around lest they risk being charged with negligence. Additionally the problem with people tying their dogs outside isn’t that the dog isn’t allowed in the store, the problem is that _the owner brought the dog with them_ to a place they knew the dog would not be allowed. Just leave the dog at home when you go shopping, it ain’t that hard. There’s no reason to reorganize a perfectly functional system to reward the behavior of bad pet owners. If you’re on a walk with your dog and you decide you want to go shopping you should turn around, walk the dog home, leave the animal there where it is secure and free to roam about safely, then drive back to the store in your car (or bike, or what-have-you) like a responsible human being would. This false dichotomy that presents the only two options as being “chain an animal outside the store, or let them into the store” is insanity. Just don’t bring them in the first place.

[@papabaddad]

Its one of those "well its not a big deal" situations where yeah he is right, its totally not a big deal most of the time. But you know what else is really easy to do? Leaving your dog at home for an hour. You'll find its actually easier than bringing your dog shopping oddly enough.

[@video_ouija7114]

Dog turds everywhichway

[@JD-wu5pf]

And God forbid you live in a trashy neighborhood and now you have to fight 6 pitbulls to the death just to get your groceries.

[@jeremyphillips3087]

I've had grocery stores where it was normal to bring your dog in and it was literally not a big deal. People who haven't housebroken their dogs probably shouldn't bring them in, should be the only rule.

[@christopherthomas484]

Please God let the food waste one be creative writing 🙏

[@ogolthorp]

“Don’t punish the many for the sins of the few” that’s like literally the point of rules. Because some people would be assholes without them.

[@TheGooGaming]

NL got so stunlocked on the age thing lmao, its totally possible; my mother is 56 and her grandmother was born in 1899; its not impossible they'd be on reddit idk.

[@atlasstoned]

lol yeah it’s super possible. he doesnt think so because hes an only child. the. posters parent could have been the baby and born when the granmother was in her 40s or something. then if their parent had them in their 30s, the poster could easily be in their 40s.

[@litapd311]

​@@atlasstoned also like, old people use reddit. 70 isn't that crazy

[@user-qy4gq6gf6r]

Northernlion once again thank you for bringing a juicy spicy react court to the table, and two in a row?? Epic...

[@PhantomThiefXI]

whenever some guy talks about his gf and he is the insanest abuser i just default to assuming its a fanfic, i dont think its unreal guys like this exist, i just cant believe theyd be insane enough to go online, type it all out and still have the courage to think they might not be in the wrong this type of guy would just talk to their friends about their crazy nagging gf, no shot theyd consult reddit and hope itd go their way

[@nolwazi3076]

It's honestly not hard to believe since guys like that can somehow always find the audacity. 💀

[@DemonLordSparda]

They simply can't fathom they are wrong. They are looking for validation because someone told them they were an asshole

[@Wertsir]

People are less honest in real life than they are on reddit, because in real life there can be consequences for their actions where reddit provides a veil of pseudo-anonymity. If a person says something psychotic to their friends, they might lose those friends, or at least have them think less of them. But if they say something psychotic on reddit they can must delete the account and move on with their life. So i think you’ve got it backwards, people are more likely to hide their sussy behaviors in person, even with friends, than they are to hide it online. I mean just think of the number of people who openly discuss their fetishes online who would never do so in person.

[@MiscFitt]

NL gotta be real with ya, if you're going to a Grateful Dead concert while pregnant, it's not on everyone else to stop smoking. You shouldn't have gone, it's literally an event people go to for an experience.

[@jonathanschwarz2650]

Yeah we all decided that you can't smoke in public anymore

[@huckthatdish]

@@jonathanschwarz2650 tell that to every dead show. You gotta know what you’re signing up for

[@darwinjackson3560]

@@jonathanschwarz2650 i wish smoking in public was illegal because smoking in public is worse for the people around you than for the dude smoking lol

[@Kopekemaster]

@@darwinjackson3560 lol what Uh, source? (Edit: just for the record, I'm not saying it isn't bad for other people as well, just that I can't imagine how it could be *worse* for them than the smoker. Also, just wanted to add that the poster is still the asshole, if someone asks you to not smoke near them, then you do so (within reason), regardless of whether they're pregnant or not. It's just the polite thing to do.)

[@symawi312]

@@Kopekemaster sadly can't find you an english study cause I simply can't figure out what the term for it is in english, but I've read some stuff before in native language about a so called "smoking along effect". because about 85% of the chemicals in a cigarette aren't taken in by the smoker but instead exhaled into the air around them being in a closed space with a smoker can over time make you take in more of the nasty stuff than even the smoker themselves

[@Tyrannosnorus]

My grandpa was born Jan 1 1900. My dad was born in 1934, mother in 1937. I was born in the early 80s. It's not that impossible. If my dad was the youngest child I could have easily been born in the nineties. If there had been a large age gap between my dad and mom, or grandpa and grandma, I could have easily been born in the 2000s or 2010's. People still don't realize how close we are to what many consider ancient history.

[@TheEpicPancake]

Shocking how much the dogs in grocery store argument solidified my opinion that they shouldn't be allowed. It's one of those things that maybe seems fine until you look, and the longer you look the worse it gets.

[@WarMasterX6]

As an animal lover and a grocery worker ive experience many animals, sneeze, puke, piss and shit in our stores with no proper training id or vest because we cannot discriminate even if for some reason animals need to have some state qualification...make sense of that. Idfc about the business but I care about wasted food and untrained animals running around and expelling waste wherever. Its not sanitary and the people who tend to just bring their pets in are horrible people. The trained pet owners are respectful and nothing happens.

[@papabaddad]

Its not hard to leave your dog at home for an hour while you shop. Don't bring it and leave it in the car, just leave it at home. Its not the end of the world if a dog comes into a store, but theres also no reason for it to happen outside of homeless folk or someone with a guide dog

[@spressertkn1]

The first aita take on a person's grandma not being born before the 1900s was wild. My Wife is 32 and Her dad is 75 His mom and Dad were both in there 30s when they had him. Her mom is 60 and her mom was born 90+ years ago. The idea that no one under the age of 60 could have someone with grandparents born in the 19th century is a funny thought.

[@kuzmathegoat7197]

AITA for making reddit posts about my make believe wife being completely inferior to me

[@poppatang4216]

Love how NL breathes like a cat during his pauses

[@bigrednado4341]

When NL reacted to the 8 kids I couldn't help but imagine when he learns about mormons

[@ShamusTheTurtle]

I just love this series so much

[@breadbaskets2772]

I work at a grocery store and people do bring their dogs in sometimes. One lady who is a regular at the store brings her small dog in letting it ride in the shopping cart

[@gir1573]

React court breathes new life into my lungs.

[@piwun]

My great-grandmother was born in 1898 and my father just passed 60 (but he's definitely not posting on reddit so you got that right)

[@b_hoey0212]

react courts been making me pog out of my gourd

[@Cameron0208]

Pog more react court. Can finally get a good nights sleep

[@itzzaamia]

he left out the doctor path where they say nothing is wrong with you and you just need to sleep better drink more water and exercise

[@losgann]

My great-grandmother was born in the 1800's and my parent (the grandchild of the 1800's baby) is in their 50's.

[@alexlawson4173]

that is actually a really good idea for a sitcom

[@khclupus]

A fresh React Court for my Monday morning grind? Yes please!

[@cartersmith9842]

Eastern hemisphere moment

[@Sheamu5]

Hello from the past

[@robmack519]

I love how NL assumes ppl can only have kids when they're 20

[@ogolthorp]

People did have kids pretty young, but yeah they also kinda just kept having kids

[@Tehpwnzmean1]

This is NL's biggest off day in a very long time

[@cppilgram]

NL be like "kids need more homework but they're way too smart for the workforce but they're way too inexperienced for the workforce"

[@xXxSNIP3RGUYxXx]

Wdym?

[@rikolasdf]

i just wanna point out that i know someone who’s 26 and her grandfather was born in the 1800s-her parents are both super old and her dad is way older than her mom.

[@Nazrega]

His dog take is, by a wide margin, the worst take he's ever had. Good lord.

[@EveloGrave]

Hey, he came around to it. Give him some credit.

[@jonathanschwarz2650]

acid take

[@Silas_MN]

tell me you didn't finish watching the video without telling me you didn't finish watching the video

[@Nazrega]

To be fair, he didn't say he changed his own mind, he just said he respected why other people have a different opinion.

[@xXxSNIP3RGUYxXx]

@@Nazrega you are lying.

[@ViciousVirusV2]

I agree with NL’s takes. He has some creative stances, but I gotta do what I can to stay pegged

[@ScoffMathews]

Not getting food to go is the biggest L

[@punkrockllama]

The last one sounds like they need a bigger place. He needs a dedicated office or to learn to deal with someone else being around when he's working. Sounds like she could use a hobby or something to take up some down time.

[@Sheamu5]

At least he walked back on the dog stance, I've seen dogs shit in aisles and loose ones running around jumping on people. And I don't even work at a store.

[@adolfilyichmarx9589]

I think that most jobs need a high school education and a handful of vocation-based post-secondary classes. I dont have a problem with people who want to go to college for the full academic scholarship, but most people are just wasting their time taking a class on greek classics just so they can have a piece of paper that says "this person can be trusted to program robots"

[@parkerpeterson5097]

I have watched every single react court, and I'd say that I agree with NL 98% of the time. I guess that's what happens when my only significant entertainment for the entire formative decade of my life was NL.

[@MrAllrounded]

If your grandma was born in 1899, had a girl at 40 and your mom had you at 40, that'll make you 46, which is perfectly fine for reddit

[@Charnel_Heart]

The grandparents born before 1900 isn't too crazy. My grandfather was born in 1910, My dad was born in 1952, and I was born in 1993. You could very easily shift all of those years back by 15 or more and have someone in their forties or even 50s on reddit talking about how their grandparent was born in the 1800s.

[@papabaddad]

I think if you're poly you should recognize you're the one with the abnormal situation, and expecting others to make changes/exceptions for you specifically is dumb.

[@JD-wu5pf]

"Make changes" such as...inviting your SO's to the wedding? Inviting one or two extra people is way less of a tax than being vegan or vegetarian or whatever, and those lifestyles get pandered to constantly.

[@joep2999]

​@J D If you're catering for 100 guests and 10 of them are vegetarian you're still only catering for 100, and you've gotta decide on a menu anyway so it's no extra work. On the other hand if you're bringing an extra guest because you're poly then they have to pay for that, and either nobody else gets extra guests which is unfair on anyone who would want to bring someone else, or everyone does and you might be paying for dozens of extras. Your take makes no sense whatsoever so I can only guess that you're so mad vegetarians exist that you're bringing it up unprompted just to vent. If so, cringe.

[@xXxSNIP3RGUYxXx]

@@joep2999 this is a wedding, not a child’s birthday party, normal adults shouldn’t mind that everyone in a relationship got to come to the wedding without everyone else receiving more guests.. and if they did make an issue that’s on them, not the poly people. if it was too expensive to invite anyone else than that is different.

[@joep2999]

@Jaxson Theres other reasons someone can be important enough to bring to a wedding. It's still unfair even if nobody kicks up a fuss. Giving guests a +1 is the compromise between inviting the people you want at the wedding and those people wanting familiar company, I'd say it's pretty childish to expect special treatment beyond that.

[@IdiotDoomSpiral69]

What the fuck is he on "Even if the grocery store has dog piss on the floors I wouldn't mind" Is everything okay up there? Do people not have allergies/dog attacks in Canada?

[@jonathanschwarz2650]

I'd just keep walking but that's me

[@davidmacdonald911]

NL isn't a piss guy but...

[@wulf2757]

most civic BC resident

[@brinka7918]

tbh i’m a brand manager and i just went in knew nothing and slowly learned the job nothing i did at uni helped. i think i would be good with just high school

[@PiertoOccult]

So I worked at a grocery store. When I did I really enforced the no dogs rule, more than any of my co workers. However if I saw someone like this lady and questioned her about her dog (which I most likely wouldn't) and she gave that response I'd be okay with it. Like yes you're breaking a rule but it sounds like you understand you're breaking a rule and I'd believe what she said about being quick and stuff. Obviously cleaning dog puss would suck but at the end of the day it's honestly not that different than cleaning any old spill

[@matterdecay15]

im 14 years younger than my closest in age sibling so growing up everyone had already left the house but i never had dinner with my parents unless we went out to a restaurant. otherwise i just went to my room

[@JakeFish5058]

Tell me you were an accident without telling me you were an accident

[@JY-eo3te]

@@JakeFish5058 that is incredibly mean for no reason

[@JakeFish5058]

@@JY-eo3te yup

[@tyedyepapaya6155]

@@JakeFish5058 i have a 12 year age gap with my sister and my parents were making a deliberate effort to get pregnant. tell me youre ignorant without telling me youre ignorant

[@xXxSNIP3RGUYxXx]

@@JakeFish5058 really flexin shit that happened before you were conceived

[@SaruCharmed]

What was Elina's news??? Did she ever get to share it?

[@xXxSNIP3RGUYxXx]

No sadly. They kicked her out of the house unfortunately

[@stevereallyevil]

as someone whos lived with dog inthe house and worked in a grocery store for 5 years I think dogs are really funny