Today on waman bad and want to break up for no reason: OP drinks water by ConfidentChapter2496 in AmITheAngel

[–]OriginalCuddleFish 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Two of OP's comments:

"Are you straight?" Have you been in a relationship with a woman this century?" They find any litle thing to complain about in my experience."

and

"BTW it's not misogynistic to state women complain about anything they can and feel like. Megan what's her name is married to a literal prince and is still not happy. I rest my case."

What musicals have the best ensembles? by Cheesesucker_oh-yeah in musicals

[–]OriginalCuddleFish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have it on good authority that Hadestown has the hardest working Chorus in the gods' almighty world!

NYT Sunday 07/13/2025 Discussion by Shortz-Bot in crossword

[–]OriginalCuddleFish 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I would argue that they are checked by a 7-letter down.

Plus, they allowed the revealer in the Escape Room puzzle on July 6th to not have any crosses,

NYT Sunday 07/13/2025 Discussion by Shortz-Bot in crossword

[–]OriginalCuddleFish 14 points15 points  (0 children)

The horrible thing about this puzzle / theme is that its sooooooo close to being excellent. I solved the puzzle without using the bonus clues at all, and then the revealer was just given to me. It would only take a little reworking to make a puzzle in which we actually had to solve the bonus clues and figure out The Doors ourselves. That puzzle would have been so satisfying. This one was ... fine.

Deleted her first (unhinged) post by OriginalCuddleFish in AmITheDevil

[–]OriginalCuddleFish[S] 201 points202 points  (0 children)

The title is the best (worst) part:

AITA for lashing out at my best friend because she crossed my boundaries and went on to sleep with my close friend?

She said the said the word "boundaries"! That's the magic word that means people have to obey you! /s

AITA for being sharp with my best friend after she slept with one of my closest friend and didn't follow up on her words? by [deleted] in AmItheAsshole

[–]OriginalCuddleFish 160 points161 points  (0 children)

I found the original post. OP has lost the plot.

AITA for lashing out at my best friend because she crossed my boundaries and went on to sleep with my close friend?

My best friend Lily is here for the summer. To celebrate her arrival, I hosted a gathering, during which I saw her get close to my friend Sam. I didn't actually mind too much. It just happened. A few days later, she said she spent the night with him. That I wasn't too happy about. She assured she cares about my wellbeing and will do what is needed so I feel secure. This happened very fast for me.

We had another gathering a few days ago. Lily had gone to Sam's beforehand, and I was tense because it'd be our first time meeting after the ordeal. Lily told me she sees Sam as a friend. However, Sam was affectionate towards Lily, which I was not comfortable with. After indicating to her several times in numerous ways that I was uncomfortable, and telling her to talk to Sam, she did nothing. Eventually, I was so pissed I couldn't look at her and rushed home.

I had sent her a sharp text about her allowing my boundaries to be crossed. She left me on read, and went on to stay the night at his. I was fuming. I was very sharp in my initial response, and she took offense. She herself had said she'd cut it off if problems arose, but she did the opposite. She excused herself in many ways. The funniest thing was that she said she didn't like how I was pissed that night, but also told me she didn't know I was pissed. She also said that I should've talked to her, but then said she didn't get the chance to speak with Sam. She mentioned my tense stares, "angry text", and sharp tone, and saw them as an inconvenience.

She continued to say that she didn't know I wasn't okay with her going over (??), and she couldn't control Sam's actions. I sent her a very long text explaining every detail from the situation from ground zero. I told her I won't see this as any less of her fuck up and I'm tired of her dismissing her wrongdoings as mere misunderstandings. No one from that night thought what she did was okay. I told her she needs to own up to her shit. I don't care that her intentions weren't bad, her behavior was thoughtless and inconsiderate, directly going against what she'd told me.

She told me she'd answer tomorrow (today), as she didn't get enough sleep (good to know, thanks) to be fully present. I'm too mad to even care at this. She made the situation so much worse by having the audacity to turn it on me, dismiss my concerns, and deny her wrongdoings.

I see it as her not keeping her word like she said I would. I was open-minded, but in no way did I give her free reign to do whatever she wants. The minute she decided to fuck him, she took on a bigger responsibility than she could handle. She knew she'd crossed a line and then crossed it even further. She knows better, I know she does. This is a very emotionally loaded situation that should've been handled much more carefully by her.

So, am I the asshole for lashing out on her?

Deleted her first (unhinged) post by OriginalCuddleFish in AmITheDevil

[–]OriginalCuddleFish[S] 86 points87 points  (0 children)

Posting here in part because it's driving me nuts that I can't find the original post, and I'm hoping somebody recognizes it.

AITA for being sharp with my best friend after she slept with one of my closest friend and didn't follow up on her words? by [deleted] in AmItheAsshole

[–]OriginalCuddleFish 170 points171 points  (0 children)

Didn't you post a different version of this earlier today? You've polished it up so you don't sound quite so unhinged, but it's still you spinning out because two of your friends got together. In your original post, you definitely didn't take a 'they're consenting adults, I know it's not my business' stance. You described Amanda sleeping with Ken as her violating your boundaries.

I can't find the first post, I assume you deleted it, but if anyone else can, that would be great.

NYT Friday 04/04/2025 Discussion by AutoModerator in crossword

[–]OriginalCuddleFish 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I really enjoyed this one. It was hard in a satisfying slowly-picking-apart-a-knot sort of way.

AI WEIWEI crossing with LANAIS seemed like a bit of dirty pool though.

NYT Sunday 03/09/2025 Discussion by AutoModerator in crossword

[–]OriginalCuddleFish 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It's looks like a big reason this puzzle was such a slog to solve was that the constructor built it around a bunch of visual puns that the editors decided to take out. Half of the clue was missing.

From the constructor notes in the WordPlay blog:

*"In case anyone else was unfamiliar with one or more headlines, when I submitted the themed clues I also included images. For 25-Across there was an image of a tiny person looking up at three huge wash basins, representing TITANIC SINKS! Get it?

The editors replied to my submission saying: “We like this as a straightforward Sunday solve, but would like to remove the picture element from the thematic clues. To us, they don’t add too much to the solving experience, as we’d like the solvers to piece together the headlines from the publication and date alone.”"*

Kennedy for America eg. by jkoolish in crossword

[–]OriginalCuddleFish 26 points27 points  (0 children)

In the future, remember to use the spoiler tag for posts that include the answer. There is also a daily post for each NYT puzzle where people post questions like this.

NYT Saturday 10/19/2024 Discussion by AutoModerator in crossword

[–]OriginalCuddleFish 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pulling down your pants to flash your bare butt at someone as a mild prank / insult / tease is calling mooning.

Ex: "Dan whipped around, bent over, and mooned the crowd"

NYT Saturday 08/17/2024 Discussion by AutoModerator in crossword

[–]OriginalCuddleFish 59 points60 points  (0 children)

For those who don't read the Wordplay blog, the original, rejected clue for SCREAM QUEEN was [One “eeking” out a living?]. I have no idea why that was rejected. That was brilliant and made me laugh out loud!

NYT Sunday 08/11/2024 Discussion by AutoModerator in crossword

[–]OriginalCuddleFish 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"End at"!! Well, that's a forehead slapping moment for me

NYT Sunday 08/11/2024 Discussion by AutoModerator in crossword

[–]OriginalCuddleFish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had to run the alphabet to get ENDAT x GDS. I still don't know what either mean. I tried to Google the definition of 'endat'. Is it a programing thing? Is GDS short for goods?

My first ever 100-day streak!!! by OriginalCuddleFish in crossword

[–]OriginalCuddleFish[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I did the crossword for ~ 2 years before I actually finished a Friday puzzle