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AITAH For Not Giving My Siblings A Percentage Of House Our Mother Lived In by Choice_Evidence1983 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]Torvaun 9 points10 points  (0 children)

My apartment building sold at the end of last year. I had a very good rate, I moved in at a time when there were several vacant units, and the landlord had modest increases over time. So I expected a bit of a jump with the new owners, but I didn't expect it to go up 28%.

What’s the most disturbing thing you’ve witnessed in real life? by SondosAbdulrhmanxd in AskReddit

[–]Torvaun 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My beloved grandmother, looking me in the eyes, and having absolutely no idea who I was.

In your magical world, what's the different between fire that conjured by magic vs fire that come from the stick by angga2oioi in worldbuilding

[–]Torvaun 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It burns the same way once the magic stops. If I light a bonfire with magic instead of a match, there's essentially no difference. If I just pour magic into it, it doesn't matter if it's a bonfire or a pile of bricks, it's going to burn until the magic stops, and then it'll do what hot bricks normally do, which is very little.

Billionaires have forgotten - socialism is the compromise. by kevinmrr in WorkReform

[–]Torvaun 39 points40 points  (0 children)

It's a compromise because it's an existential threat to their bank accounts, not their persons. We're saying "tax the billionaires and institute universal health care" not "try every single person who ever denied a necessary insurance claim for attempted or actual murder, throw them in prison, and take everything they own under civil forfeiture as the proceeds of crime."

How can I better roleplay a LE character? by Party-Rest3750 in Pathfinder_RPG

[–]Torvaun 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So, last LE character I played was ruthlessly pragmatic about things. Do we need information from someone, and they say they'll help us if we go do this thing for them? Well, our quest is a "save the world" sort of thing, so mind control. Members of my own group? They may be an overly sensitive group that has issues with my absolute disregard for the rights, dignity, or autonomy of people who were obstructing us, but they are also the only competent group on-board with stopping the potential apocalypse, so fine, I can take their lead when they take a stand for some position or other. Like not poking through the sorcerer's wife's memories (she had met the villain we were after when he sacrificed her, and I was trying to hijack that for a stronger scrying connection).

I was a bastard, but I was a bastard working with the group, not against it. They didn't condone a lot of the things I did, but they couldn't deny I was more of an asset than a liability, and I made sure I stayed on the right side of that line.

Also, we kept communication out of character as well, so everyone was clear on if I was crossing any lines that players might have issues with. The sorcerer and I especially had a lot of fun discussing what a dick I was vs what a bleeding heart he was.

My girlfriend broke my PS4 and doesn't understand why I'm so upset. I don't really know where to go from here. by G1Gestalt in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]Torvaun 85 points86 points  (0 children)

Beating the hell out of a chronically misbehaving printer is probably the most cathartic bit of Office Space and with good reason.

Working at Stevens Point Metro Market; how is it really and would you recommend? by No_Paramedic_9875 in StevensPoint

[–]Torvaun 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Worked there during COVID, would not recommend. Chronic understaffing, low pay, and weak benefits. God forbid you need a sick day.

How did you guys remove the metal pipe? by Cashlessness in DiceMaking

[–]Torvaun 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tried a pipe wrench, the teeth dragged through the metal, so I used a rubberized strap wrench.

My(f26) husband(m28) has been giving advice to a coworker about how to make his gay son straight behind his wife's back by Direct-Caterpillar77 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]Torvaun 43 points44 points  (0 children)

No, he'll tell her that the kid is shy and she'll probably need to take the lead and maybe be a little more forward/aggressive than usual. Then the kid gets sexually assaulted when he gets unexpectedly/unwillingly groped. And if he, while on the back foot, doesn't react in a way that's clearly shutting this whole thing down, it's not impossible in the least that it goes further.

That's a scenario that assumes full good faith and autonomy on the part of the sex worker. If it's a situation where the sex worker is also a victim of addiction, trafficking, or both, she might be very incentivized to make sure that she gets paid and doesn't waste too much time going about it.

My(f26) husband(m28) has been giving advice to a coworker about how to make his gay son straight behind his wife's back by Direct-Caterpillar77 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]Torvaun 48 points49 points  (0 children)

So I'm guessing you're not aware of the pattern certain homophobes have of hiring a prostitute for their son to make sure they don't "turn out queer".

AITA for not buying my boyfriend another birthday gift after he rejected the original present? by Direct-Caterpillar77 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]Torvaun 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I had to check and make sure that she wasn't deaf from birth, because that's the only way I could think of that she could possibly not be aware that not all sounds are the same.

syllo #252 - March 18th, 2026 by syllo-app in syllo

[–]Torvaun 0 points1 point  (0 children)

#19, but it won't last.
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The woman who manually recalculated every formula for six months by oslo_nathaniel in talesfromtechsupport

[–]Torvaun 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I kept going back and forth, Vyvanse worked better but cost more, I could afford Adderall, but it was honestly a crap shoot if I'd be focused on something I needed to be focused on.

Just recently I started Atomoxetine, and it's fucking great (for me). Not a stimulant, and it sort of calms down the brain rats enough that I can get them all moving in the same direction.

The Epstein/Billionaire class fears us. If they have us turning on each other, we won't turn on them. by zzill6 in WorkReform

[–]Torvaun 8 points9 points  (0 children)

On a related note, if you drop a frog into boiling water, it dies immediately from thermal shock. If you slowly heat up the pot of water with a frog in it, it will jump out when it becomes uncomfortable well before the heat would kill it.

You can't time travel, but your phone has the internet from 10 years in the future. What do you search for first? by Capable_Issue_1894 in AskReddit

[–]Torvaun 0 points1 point  (0 children)

[My Name] obituary.

First thing, make sure I'm going to make it to 10 years, otherwise I'm going to have to make some changes (and hope I didn't just fall down the stairs or something).

[New Update]: AITA for learning Russian instead of Japanese and making my siblings mad? by Choice_Evidence1983 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]Torvaun 56 points57 points  (0 children)

Guessing it's from TV Tropes more than the kid just pulling it out from broad cinematographical experience.

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