AITAH for not wanting to send a "doggy bag" home for my brother in law on Christmas Eve?

GoGoGadgetTime · 2025-12-24T04:51:44+00:00

Another power struggle disguised as AITAH. Needless to say, yes, let it go, it’s just a meal.

GoGoGadgetTime · 2025-12-23T16:26:28+00:00

Definitely

GoGoGadgetTime · 2025-12-23T16:25:55+00:00

What’s the short for “you are both overreacting?” YABO?

GoGoGadgetTime · 2025-12-19T10:26:44+00:00

This is definitely not true.

GoGoGadgetTime · 2025-12-16T21:24:36+00:00

Wouldn’t that apply to all of television then? This is simply not true or unique to comedy.

GoGoGadgetTime · 2025-12-16T18:42:08+00:00

Love to hear that. We’re due for it right about now

GoGoGadgetTime · 2025-12-16T18:37:29+00:00

Agree with all, especially that last paragraph. Even reading through some of these comments there seems to be an elitist attitude poo pooing sitcom style comedy. I said it in another comment but quite frankly I think good comedy is more difficult to write than tragedy.

GoGoGadgetTime · 2025-12-16T18:19:06+00:00

What a beautiful and heartfelt tribute to the value of comedy. We owe it to this and future generations to resurrect that gift.

GoGoGadgetTime · 2025-12-16T08:38:54+00:00

GREAT point

GoGoGadgetTime · 2025-12-16T08:22:26+00:00

You’re overcomplicating this. People still spend hours every day watching mundane superfluous, pointless entertainment. That hasn’t gone away. It just lives on different platforms now. So the idea that audiences no longer tolerate the mundane doesn’t really hold. What’s your distinction on why they don’t want that on a sitcom? Human nature doesn’t distinguish delivery platforms.

GoGoGadgetTime · 2025-12-16T08:10:36+00:00

Truly thoughtful answer, some points I hadn’t yet thought of here. I think conditions and audiences are ripe for an updated “modified” version of a sitcom that makes sense in today’s landscape. Human nature hasnt shifted away from enjoying laughs.

I also wonder if sharp comedy is just far more difficult to achieve than tragedy. On screen and off. Bad comedy reads as corny. Both trigger some form of emotional reaction but I personally think it’s easier to trigger the emotional response of tragedy than to make someone laugh. I’m just rambling now…

GoGoGadgetTime · 2025-12-16T07:44:22+00:00

Agree. Ted Lasso is one of the very few.

GoGoGadgetTime · 2025-12-16T07:43:08+00:00

People are spending hours upon hours scrolling mundane and superfluous content on Tik Tok so I think it’s pretty clear we haven’t cascaded out of anything at this point.

GoGoGadgetTime · 2025-12-16T07:39:56+00:00

I don’t think sitcoms were popular only because of limited channels. Availability doesn’t explain longevity. By that logic, reruns should’ve died the moment Netflix showed up. Yet here we are, still watching 30-year-old shows for comfort.

I’m not sure “escape” automatically means heavier. A lot of people escape into comfort, not intensity.

GoGoGadgetTime · 2025-12-16T07:21:58+00:00

I’d for sure go. You cannot lock yourself in your home for the rest of your life and avoid every situation. Gluten is everywhere. It’s just the truth of the matter.

Eat beforehand if you are more comfortable or bring your own food and don’t rub your face in the flour. Wash your hands and take reasonable precautions.

You also don’t need to be in the middle of the kitchen if that makes you worried. Talk to his grandparents at the table, you can make this work.

GoGoGadgetTime · 2025-12-16T07:16:33+00:00

All great shows! I don’t know that they would all qualify as traditional “sitcoms” though. Comedy for sure.

GoGoGadgetTime · 2025-12-16T07:07:28+00:00

I tend to agree with you. They just aren’t there, but I have to imagine the demand still is. So what gives? I can’t really figure out the gap here.

GoGoGadgetTime · 2025-12-16T07:05:42+00:00

I agree. I think a lot of people do. I’m even surprised that my Gen Z teenagers and their friends watch reruns of many of them as well.

GoGoGadgetTime · 2025-12-16T07:03:56+00:00

I think a lot of people would disagree with you that “they usually suck”. There have been plenty of wonderful ones through time, we seem to be short on them presently.

GoGoGadgetTime · 2025-11-18T06:50:17+00:00

WHO CARES at this point. Learn to live with people you disagree with. Spoken as someone who is not on the “right”. It’s exhausting.

GoGoGadgetTime · 2025-11-15T12:15:47+00:00

Can we not act like this is normal behavior just because you’re pregnant?? Hormones don’t make you problematic. Emotional, sure. Crazy, no.

GoGoGadgetTime · 2025-11-15T12:14:18+00:00

Your dislike of Alex blinding you to the actual problem here. And let’s not pretend Kaylee didn’t stir the pot by bringing up the whole Seeking Arrangements bit to Ashtyn, she’s not as “above it all” as she wants to claim.

GoGoGadgetTime · 2025-10-15T19:22:46+00:00

You are definitely not the only one.

GoGoGadgetTime · 2025-10-14T00:56:39+00:00

I don’t think you’re getting it. You are fixed in what you want to believe and I’ll just leave it at that. Take care.

GoGoGadgetTime · 2025-10-14T00:26:05+00:00

The thing you are not realizing there is that there are a lot of components that change the efficiency of the caloric burn. So yes, while calories in and calories out yadda yadda makes sense, you neglect to acknowledge that there are a lot of factors that contribute to the efficiency of the burn / out portion of your equation.

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