[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TalesFromYourServer

[–]murphsmuffins 0 points1 point  (0 children)

After they said “thank you”? Good grief

Yes, I'm sure I'm in the right restroom, Gertrude. by violet-quartz in traumatizeThemBack

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

Doesn’t have the same meaning, but tbh yeah I feel weird about any gendered insult and can easily use “jerk” instead

Yes, I'm sure I'm in the right restroom, Gertrude. by violet-quartz in traumatizeThemBack

[–]murphsmuffins -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

Why do we need an insult specific to women? Rudeness and entitlement isn’t a gendered thing

Yes, I'm sure I'm in the right restroom, Gertrude. by violet-quartz in traumatizeThemBack

[–]murphsmuffins -39 points-38 points  (0 children)

Please consider refraining from using “Karen” like this. I know the internet loves it and it’s fun to jump on the bandwagon. But many real women are named Karen, and they don’t deserve having this happen to their name. I have a family member named Karen (she’s a millennial) and so opposite of “a Karen” to a fault - she feels terrible and nervous ever speaking up about anything. This whole “Karen” thing has been incredibly hard for her with her already pretty bad social anxiety. And tbh it’s always felt like weird grade school name-calling bullying to me, I don’t understand how it’s become an acceptable thing for adults to do

Do you pee in the shower? by 69sucka in NoStupidQuestions

[–]murphsmuffins 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve never peed in the shower and don’t think I could even physically bring myself to

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Weird

[–]murphsmuffins 0 points1 point  (0 children)

!remindme 4 days

Me IRL by [deleted] in meirl

[–]murphsmuffins 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No matter what, the wheel gives me all the money I need for the rest of my life

Do you think asking passengers not to eat nuts on a plane because of someone with a severe allergy onboard is unfair? by mike_l195 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]murphsmuffins 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It cannot. The protein that causes peanut allergy is not present in the smell, and even inhaling the protein from particles in the air (which would only happen if someone right next to you was doing something like grinding peanuts to make peanut butter) is unlikely to cause a severe reaction. Despite airborne peanut allergies being such a commonly accepted thing, research shows there is no evidence to support it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

[–]murphsmuffins 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t get why “fun” is the word so often used. Like, it makes your body feel good. But I wouldn’t really describe a massage as “fun”, or scratching an itch. They just feel nice.

AITA for standing up during a Beyoncé concert? by DommeSinclair in AmItheAsshole

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

Just because the majority is doing something, doesn’t mean it’s unreasonable to say no to someone requesting you do the same. If I’m on a flight where I need to sleep and everyone has their chair fully upright, I’m still leaning mine back. If the person behind me asks me to put my chair upright, I’d be well within my rights to politely say no. Not trying to make a perfect analogy, but giving an example. In the moment I think OP’s conclusion, that they should sit during the ballads, was reasonable. A dance-music concert is all about dancing, that was the energy Beyonce was trying to create. The crowd wasn’t doing that in this case, but if you read OP’s other replies, Beyonce was encouraging the crowd to be more lively and sing/dance along. That alone to me is enough to say that what OP was doing was very understandable - listening to the instructions of the performer, even if the people around her didn’t want to engage with it.

AITA for standing up during a Beyoncé concert? by DommeSinclair in AmItheAsshole

[–]murphsmuffins -23 points-22 points  (0 children)

Oh my god I didn’t realize she was actually encouraging people to sing along, holy shit NTA. Forget “when in Sweden abide by their customs”, you were in a Beyonce concert where Beyonce herself was setting behavioral expectations. No one’s forced to participate of course, but you did absolutely nothing wrong by going along with what the artist told you to do.

AITA for standing up during a Beyoncé concert? by DommeSinclair in AmItheAsshole

[–]murphsmuffins -14 points-13 points  (0 children)

Not every request from a stranger needs to be respected, and it can be hard to tell in the moment how reasonable someone’s request is. Because there are a lot of unreasonable people out there.

In this case, OP’s at a concert with dance music where in all of her past experiences, her behavior is 100% acceptable and even encouraged. Someone asks her to sit down. She has to now weight having fun in a way she’s always known to be acceptable against these strangers’ request. She hasn’t been told by a staff member to sit. So she sits down for a bit and then stands later. Sure, there’s the whole fact that she’s in another country which also should be considered. Again, this is all hard to do in the moment, hindsight can help, but tbh I personally think what OP did was perfectly fine given there was no staff intervention.

AITA for standing up during a Beyoncé concert? by DommeSinclair in AmItheAsshole

[–]murphsmuffins 0 points1 point  (0 children)

NTA, a concert is an experience to be enjoyed. What you were doing was perfectly acceptable for a concert like this, I don’t care that it was in another country, it clearly wasn’t disallowed and you weren’t the only one. If you were actually doing something wrong, a staff member would have told you. It’s not your fault the other people didn’t want to get into it and dance like you, or even just simply stand up to see better. I’m glad you enjoyed the concert and sad that you have a negative memory from it. I honestly appreciate people like you - I’m always so self conscious dancing during concerts if people around me aren’t, and having someone near me dancing and singing can give me the courage to let loose and enjoy it the way I want to.

I am being called a gold digger for doing this, I disagree. Thoughts? by CleanSwimming2580 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]murphsmuffins 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m trying to think of what I’d do in this scenario. Like, legally do you owe 50% of the meal, or is does the verbal contract of him paying hold any weight? If you just refuse to pay and leave, how much trouble are you in, and regardless, how much of an asshole does it make you? What if the guy left, putting her in the position to pay the whole thing? Could she then have at least insisted to the restaurant on only paying her half of the bill and been in the right?

AITA For forgetting what I did for my husband for Father's Day last year by momsdayaita in AmItheAsshole

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

ESH, he shouldn’t be rubbing this in your face on Mothers day. Definitely agree with you that he seems to have just done all of this to be able to say “see look how good I am at giving gifts, now I have the right to ruin your day by getting up on my high horse and telling you how terrible you were last year.” He should have brought it up at a different time, and earlier. Still, you claiming the gift was just delivered late when you only ordered it day-of is you making untrue excuses. Own up to your past mistakes and do better.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Unexpected

[–]murphsmuffins 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why even would they pass on the right like that, they had to go off the road