Big-Lipped Alligator Moment: While conversing with the OP and their parents, this neighbor, apropos of nothing, suddenly pries her foster dog's mouth open and spits into the dog's open mouth, then immediately continues the conversation like nothing happened. When the OP and their parents gape in utter confusion, the woman's only explanation is: "Oh, we just have that special bond!".
This OP, who witnessed an 18-wheeler wreck after its driver drove unsafely during a snowstorm, ended the story with a remark about how, if the driver didn't survive, "the human race just became marginally more intelligent". While it's likely this was intended as a joke, many of the comments are some variation of "if you hadn't added that last point I would have agreed with you, but now I just think you're just a completely terrible person"; some adding that the submitter could have at least called the police to come help instead of simply scoffing at the driver and going on their merry way.
This woman's friend is mentioned to be pretty materialistic and wants lots of designer bags, but having men buy them for her. The submitter's husband buys a cheap knock-off brand bag for the friend, and the submitter decides to play a prank on the friend by claiming the husband was cheating on her. The friend sees a picture of the bag and tells the submitter to steal it and give it to her, only to realize the bag was intended for her and gets offended because it's a fake. Many commenters are of the opinion that this makes the submitter just as much of a jerk as the friend.
The submitter of this story seems to feel that they are the hero for preventing an elderly woman from making use of a designated "parent and child" parking space, even though the woman said that she has some difficulty walking. The comments are almost unanimous in pointing out that such spaces are provided as a courtesy and are not legally enforceable, and that the OP had absolutely no authority to tell the woman she was not allowed to park there. It's also noted that the shopping center provides courtesy spaces for seniors as well, but they were all taken.
This submitter seems to think that his stating of having a quick temper but doing nothing to control it justifies his cussing at a kid who told him he was saying bad words. Even the editors ask, "Who's the bad guy here?"
This man clearly thinks he's hilarious because, when the teen server at the sub shop asks if he has a twelve-inch (meaning, of course, the length of the sub he's ordering), he says that he didn't ask for her bust measurements. The girl, meanwhile, turns bright red, and the comments unanimously shame the submitter for sexually harassing an underage girl.
The submitter of this story tries hard to convince one of their friends (who is unemployed and benefits from a public assistance which is about to expire) to take a job in the submitter's workplace. The issue is, prior to this conversation, the friend told the submitter that she has been banned from her church because she accused the pastor of being a pedophile. The proof? A dream, which she interpreted as a message from God. Some comments wonder why would the submitter offer a job in the same workplace to such a lunatic, since similar accusations with such flimsy reasons could have very severe consequences.note For the record, it's not known if the pastor suffered from consequences of this accusation
This submitter asks a regular about donating to a charity for victims of Hurricane Harvey, but the regular says he has his own water problems. The submitter thinks he's rude and unhelpful, even hoping that his water problems get worse. Many comments call out the submitter for acting this way because they don't know how bad, or expensive, the guy's water problems are, and that not everyone is able to donate when a crisis hits.
This couple is having some hard times financially when the wife finds a wallet with $100 in it; although money is tight for them and she knows that she isn't in the view of any camera, she nevertheless contacts the wallet's owner to hand it back. They consider the man ungrateful for not even saying thank you, but figure that 'karma would find its way'. They then spend a bit of extra money that the husband made that day on a pitcher at a bar, and spend $22 on the electronic gambling machine, making a win. The comments deride the submitter for their attitude, both for expecting some sort of reward for being a decent person by returning something that isn't theirs, and for wasting money on gambling when they really don't have it to lose.
This poster's friend ended up in an argument with their neighbor that escalated to the point where the neighbor forbade the friend to set foot on his property again. When the friend got a package for said neighbor, they tried to be "maliciously helpful" and stood on the sidewalk, leaned over the property line and threw the package down the neighbor's driveway. The wind caught the package and it landed in some piled-up snow, making it practically invisible at first glance. Comments consider the friend's actions not helpful, at all, particularly by pointing out that throwing a package is a very bad idea, as they have no idea what could be inside.
Comment from user "Bar": What the friend did was not "a bit maliciously helpful". It was malicious. Full stop. There may have been breakable objects inside. If he didn't have a way/didn't want to contact the neighbour, he could have left it at the beginning of the neighbour's driveway, or returned the package with "wrong address" on it.
This submitter and her boyfriend are thinking of getting a kitten, and a college friend of the latter has a cat that is pregnant. They discuss wanting to adopt a kitten and make plans for a visit, but the friend then calls a few days before the date of the visit and says she gave all kittens away except for the last one, a gray-and-white one. They refuse and then the boyfriend starts reprimanding the friend for taking their choice away, not informing them of the kittens having been born, and demands to know if the friend thinks the kittens are stuffed animals. The comments are filled with telling the submitter and her boyfriend off because they refused a kitten that was offered because it wasn't a coloring that they wanted, and see that as a sign that they wanted a fashion accessory and not an actual pet.
This parent pointedly refuses to let their daughter have a cell phone, not wanting her to become a Phoneaholic Teenager, and tells her friends to call through their landline phone if they wish to speak to her. They then spend the next several months tearing their hair out over one friend constantly calling said landline phone to speak with the daughter over different things, to the point that they eventually ban her from ever calling their house again due to the constant phone calls. Most of the commentators side with the daughter and her friend; pointing out that the parent could very easily moderate their daughter's cell phone usage so she isn't glued to it all the time and/or run the bill up instead of forcing her friends to only call through the landline phone, and how the daughter simply having the ability to text her friends would be far less disruptive than having to put up with a landline phone that's constantly ringing off the hook and give their daughter and her friends less hoops to have to jump through in order to communicate. At worst, the comments accuse the OP of being a hopelessly out-of-touch helicopter parent.
This group of friends has one guy that is referred to as being notoriously cheap because he hates spending money on things that aren't in relation to his hobbies. On the way back from a convention, they drop by a restaurant for some lunch and the guy orders a water and an a la mode, which is basically a scoop of vanilla ice cream that's supposed to go on top of a slice of pie. The group rolls their eyes and mocks him for his order, including calling him the cheapest thing in the restaurant. The comments rip the submitter and these so-called friends to pieces, calling them out for making fun of a guy that has his own set of priorities and knows how to budget things, so he can spend his money on his hobbies.
Esoteric Happy Ending: Most of the comments in this story feel that the church's willingness to believe a woman's obvious lies (at least until she told one that was too crazy and got banned) in order to ban people likely made the rest of the congregation a toxic cesspit, and think that OP should have kept looking for other churches to go to.
Paranoia Fuel: This nightmare come to life, where the submitter gets flak for covering her laptop's webcam with tape, then goes on to describe an ex-boyfriend who actually did hack her laptop and get pictures of her with that webcam. For bonus paranoia points, read the comments—a handful of them detail other webcam horror stories.
Values Dissonance: This story takes place in the Hunger Winter of 1945 in the Netherlands. The family's two girls were sent to farms to ask if there was food to spare and bring home to the family, but each farm they went to gave them pancakes to eat. It was considered rude to decline offered food, so they ate three helpings of pancakes — they end up needing the toilet for most of the night and the third farm, which offered them a place to spend the night after feeding them, had its inhabitants consider them 'the rudest Choosing Beggars'. The comments discuss what exactly the rude part is, with some pointing out that, during that time, it really was considered incredibly rude to decline food offered.
What Do You Mean, It's Not for Kids?: The submitter's mom wants to know if Pan's Labyrinth would be a good movie to show to kids asking on behalf of her friend. Thankfully, after the submitter explains how violent the film is, the submitter's mom says she will tell her friend not to show it to them.
, apropos of nothing, suddenly pries her foster dog's mouth open and spits into the dog's open mouth, then immediately continues the conversation like nothing happened. When the OP and their parents gape in utter confusion, the woman's only explanation is: "Oh, we just have that special bond!".