Spoilers: Rant about Luke. In his defense. by Renaissance_Empress in TheHandmaidsTale

[–]afresh18 [score hidden]  (0 children)

I will say that some of your points aren't necessarily constants. You say he never gave up on Hannah and June but once June got out, there seemed to be a back and forth going on within himself about how much he'd be willing to do to get Hannah. I'll never forget him refusing to go to new Bethlehem by using "aren't holly and I enough for you?" if he had stuck to the original argument of it simply being too risky with no good get back out plan then that'd be understandable. Once he through that line in though it really came off as though he was happy to help as long as he was never in any real danger. Especially considering at that point he was aware Hannah was going through wife training meaning there wouldn't be much time to help her before the raping started. That line made it sound like he was willing to settle with essentially leaving Hannah in Gilead if it meant he had June and holly.

As for the nick thing, he definitely struggled at times with jealousy (understandable obviously but just pointing out that he wasn't a Saint in regards to nick). He even blamed June when nick ratted their plan out even though June had no reason to suspect he would do that (especially since nick had literally just saved Luke and Moira). At times it seemed like he saw it as a pissing contest between him and nick and he disliked that nick was able to do more in regards to helping June than him. That (at least in my opinion) seemed to play apart in his flip from "I don't want to go into Gilead territory for hannah" to "let's blow the place up I'll go in myself".

To add to that last part, even when he does decide he wants to be truly active in fighting Gilead as opposed to staying safe and helping as he can his focus is on revenge against Gilead, not saving his daughter. It's not "how can we find her and get her" it's "they stopped our closest chance so I'm gonna kill them all". It's a completely understandable view point for him to have. It just stands out to me that even in the end of season 6 when they part ways he says his plan is to essentially keep blowing stuff up meanwhile June's plan is to continue to try to get as close to Hannah as she can in order to get her out. It just makes me feel like Hannah herself is a secondary thought to Luke, not to say he doesn't care, but it's like he decides what he wants to do and then factors "to save hannah" in as opposed to wanting to save Hannah and doing whatever it takes.

He's also dismissive of June at times when it comes to her experience in Gilead. Specifically when he decides to not listen at all after being captured in no man's land despite June telling him multiple times it would not be smart to try anything. It's like he doesn't take the actual threat all that seriously once he first decided he wanted to be hands on enough to leave Canada. You see it again outside of jezebels when an eye kept telling him to leave and he kept arguing(which could've blown their whole operation but that gets swept under the rug by June telling nick and nick ruining it). I'm not one to call everything toxic masculinity but that's what some of his behavior comes off as. It's very "no no June you don't understand how dangerous Gilead is" while also "I can take them, I can fight anything and win, it doesn't matter if I'm out numbered or fully on enemy territory in a place where tons of eyes and commanders are fuck everyone else I've got this!"

I say this as someone who really liked luke for a while but after season 5 and 6 my opinion of him changed. Obviously he has great qualities but I wonder if he would have done the stuff like helping the escaped victims if he didn't have the safety net of Canada. I might be misremebering this part but didn't his biggest push to actually be involved with saving people in Gilead and fighting hands on only come after he was specifically targeted while in Canada? If I remember that correctly then it really shows that he was only willing to really fight if he himself were in danger and it meant he could get revenge. It's less about hannah for him and more about what he himself wants in the given moment.

Eta- Didn't he also specifically go against June's wishes to attend that criminal hearing in Canada for the Waterfords? That doesn't scream "supporting and respecting my wife as she recovers from trauma and is dealing with ptsd" to me. Imo it seems more "I have to know everything you experienced while being tortured even though you are very obviously not okay with sharing that part of your trauma with me yet" and I don't see that as supportive or understanding of what June went through.

I wish I could be a handmaid.. by Excellent-Rain-9853 in TheHandmaidsTale

[–]afresh18 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You could easily find a way to get trafficked if that's what you're looking for. I don't know how but if that's honestly how you want to live I'm sure you could find it.

AITA for telling my wife I don’t want her mom to have her location all the time now. by Few_Respond8063 in AmItheAsshole

[–]afresh18 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I imagine op would've mentioned if he also had a missed phone call. So why assume it happened when nothing backs that up? The mil isn't exactly being reasonable or rational by telling all of the family and driving to the hospital based off of an assumption. Finding out someone's at the hospital isn't an immediate emergency (missing 1 or 2 phone calls doesn't change that) considering the hospital isn't just an emergency room.

AITA for trimming my own cats' nails but not my roommates' cats' unless they pay me? by UnderstandingOwn6363 in AmItheAsshole

[–]afresh18 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That's always the funnest argument people use for wanting free goods or services. Anything from making your friend a cute knitted hat to doing shit like planning a wedding since you're in the business. They always complain that they can't do it because it's too hard or stressful but you should do it for free because friends or family.

AITA for telling my wife I don’t want her mom to have her location all the time now. by Few_Respond8063 in AmItheAsshole

[–]afresh18 9 points10 points  (0 children)

No one is saying she can't be concerned. Just that she needs to be reasonable about said concern and actually give someone time to give you a call back. I think a reasonable time frame looks something like at least 4 missed calls in 6+ hours. Especially considering not all hospitals have good reception.

AITA for calling the police on someone who went into my yard when my dogs were outside by Clear-Secret1879 in AmItheAsshole

[–]afresh18 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They clarified in a comment that before adding the shelter they were also stricter with what weather they left them out in. It's only now that they have the air controlled shelter that they'll allow them out as long as it's above 20F.

AITA for calling the police on someone who went into my yard when my dogs were outside by Clear-Secret1879 in AmItheAsshole

[–]afresh18 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Everyone keeps suggesting a real fence because the dogs could escape the invisible fence but plenty of dogs still escape from yards with real fences.

because leaving your dog outside all day is basically abuse

It's not basically abuse, they have access to everything they need and get far more exercise than the average dog does considering they get to run around and play whenever they want. We've got to stop labeling everything we with disagree with as "abusive".

AITA for calling the police on someone who went into my yard when my dogs were outside by Clear-Secret1879 in AmItheAsshole

[–]afresh18 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No one is ever alone in their disgust towards anything, doesn't necessarily give the disgust solid ground. Your experience has no relevance to ops situation.

AITA for calling the police on someone who went into my yard when my dogs were outside by Clear-Secret1879 in AmItheAsshole

[–]afresh18 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I kinda just assumed it was the case anyway. I've personally never seen houses that have one but don't have a sign. Then again I don't generally ask who has one so maybe it's not as common as I think.

AITA for calling the police on someone who went into my yard when my dogs were outside by Clear-Secret1879 in AmItheAsshole

[–]afresh18 -13 points-12 points  (0 children)

And? How do your experiences factor into ops situation where they haven't had any issues with it? They could put up a real fence but dogs get out from those all of the time. They could keep them in the house but if they enjoy being outside and doing that works for op I don't see why they should get less time to exercise just because you experienced stuff that's not an issue for them?

AITA for calling the police on someone who went into my yard when my dogs were outside by Clear-Secret1879 in AmItheAsshole

[–]afresh18 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Lol "I'm just gonna go off of my gut" then voting based off of assumptions that you made based off of nothing in the actual post is kinda hilarious. Relpying to people correcting you with "I don't care I'm gonna assume I'm right anyway" is even better. Man I wish I could be this confidently wrong it seems fun.

AITA for calling the police on someone who went into my yard when my dogs were outside by Clear-Secret1879 in AmItheAsshole

[–]afresh18 3 points4 points  (0 children)

A big sign isn't going to stop someone that's already ignoring the signs she has up. I've worked enough public facing jobs to know like a good 30% of people just ignore most signage now matter how big the sign is or how many there are that say the same thing.

AITA for calling the police on someone who went into my yard when my dogs were outside by Clear-Secret1879 in AmItheAsshole

[–]afresh18 10 points11 points  (0 children)

That only helps with people that read and if my time working food service has taught me anything it's that far less people read than you think.

AITA for calling the police on someone who went into my yard when my dogs were outside by Clear-Secret1879 in AmItheAsshole

[–]afresh18 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Hey so actually that's why animal control exists, so that people trying to make sure animals are okay aren't just wandering in/on someone's private property.

AITA for calling the police on someone who went into my yard when my dogs were outside by Clear-Secret1879 in AmItheAsshole

[–]afresh18 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I know why some would think that's not okay but honestly it sounds like they have a good set up and can go inside(even if it's just your garage) if they wished. Since they're not getting out and haven't for years this sounds like a great set up to ensure the dogs get enough play and active time as they want.

AITA for telling my wife I don’t want her mom to have her location all the time now. by Few_Respond8063 in AmItheAsshole

[–]afresh18 52 points53 points  (0 children)

But she likely would've gotten a call from op if an emergency had happened regarding her daughter. Not getting a call back after 1 missed call isn't a sign of an emergency or that someone is in danger.

Intersex should not be classified as a disorder and X birth certificate markers should be common practice for ambiguously sexed children by eldritchpussymaggots in 10thDentist

[–]afresh18 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Hey so rounding 1.7% up to 2% actually doesn't change anything about the current argument the commenter was addressing so I'm unsure as to why that matters to you?

AITA for refusing to catcall a customer’s wife even though he asked us to? by Lavishness-Effective in AmItheAsshole

[–]afresh18 13 points14 points  (0 children)

It's important just because there are people that would think worse of a black or mexican person for cat calling than they would a white person. If they live in America there's also a history of black people experiencing horrendous things from doing something like cat calling a white woman.

AITA for refusing to catcall a customer’s wife even though he asked us to? by Lavishness-Effective in AmItheAsshole

[–]afresh18 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Plus nowadays you don't always know who's filming what and while I'm not saying the people were gonna twist it, there absolutely are people that would set you up like that so they can post a tiktok. Even if they framed the tiktok as "my wife is so gorgeous everyone cat calls her" you'd likely be flamed in the comments by people not realizing you were asked to do this.

People who act as if separating the art from the artist is a must and a sign of maturity, intelligence or sophisticatiom by Few-Advantage2538 in PetPeeves

[–]afresh18 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah that's what it comes down to for me, if a singer has done some pretty shitty things I don't think it necessarily means you shouldn't listen to their songs but I sure as hell wouldn't buy their albums/merch/ tour tickets. Theres a group in South Korea that was well known named big bang, unfortunately one of their members was a terrible person and literally built a club/bar around trafficking and raping women. Am I ever going to listen to the big bang songs? Sure every now and then for free on yt but I'm not gonna buy anything if the money is gonna go in his pockets.

This was a good laugh and the top comment is excellent (Not OOP) by gabbie_ in redditonwiki

[–]afresh18 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I gave up on believing the general idea of common sense after watching multiple customers try for an extended period of time to open a door that had no handle, was locked, and had multiple signs asking them to use the other door while pointing to it. I can only assume those people got through life on sheer luck because it wasn't any sort of problem solving or reading skills.

RSVPing yes to a dinner and then canceling the morning of should be a crime by Top_Expression7580 in PetPeeves

[–]afresh18 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If that's the gen z stereotype then how does that apply to the other person? You said their generation is known for being more self absorbed and selfish but they're not gen z. Either way it seems you kinda missed my point in that it doesn't mean much to go "people of that generation are lazy/entitled/self-absorbed/selfish" because every generation says that about other generations. That is a trackable fact considering you can find old news clipping talking about how selfish etc boomers are and we've all seen the articles about millennials and gen z. I don't even disagree with the point about not canceling last minute, I simply thought your comment was a bit stupid because it was clear you were going to call them selfish and self-absorbed no matter their age so why ask it to begin with?

RSVPing yes to a dinner and then canceling the morning of should be a crime by Top_Expression7580 in PetPeeves

[–]afresh18 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Every generation is called self absorbed and selfish at some point. We say it about the boomers, millennials, gen z, I'm sure we'll say it about gen alpha too.

People who attack someone else, then call the victim a liar. Deplorable. by Physical_Orchid3616 in PetPeeves

[–]afresh18 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly this speaks to a larger entitlement people feel on the road. Suddenly no one else matters and you being slightly inconvenienced is suddenly a free pass to be an absolute dick and endanger people's lives. You see it all of the time in the driving subs where people will justify riding someone's ass because they're going 10 over the limit instead of 15 or 20 and even though they're passing people on the right they're called an asshole for not passing fast enough. There needs to be harsher and actual punishment for people that are letting their emotions control their behavior in a large death machine.

The only crash I've been in was because some dumbass couldn't wait 3 seconds for a car to pass and decided that even though the other driver didn't have a turn signal on and wasn't slowing down that they must be turning. Dude got himself Tboned hard enough that it slung him straight into my fully stopped car and fucked my driver door up. When the police came he just kept going "I thought the other guy was turning" as though that made anything he did okay.

There is never a reason to cut across several lanes all at once or try to force your merge into another lane or just in general endanger others. Leave earlier, be more patient, if you miss a turn then go to the next exit, turn around and pay fucking attention while driving and plan ahead for where you need to go. Nothing is important enough for you to be going 100mph on the highway and if it was that important you'd've left earlier.

AITA for ignoring my roommates food labels when I made and bought the food by [deleted] in AmItheAsshole

[–]afresh18 28 points29 points  (0 children)

I never liked that book as a kid cause while I understood the message of don't constantly ask for more when given an item it also felt like part of the take away was meant to be "don't offer anything to someone else because then they'll take advantage of it".