I love so much that the sister turned his "selfish/inconsiderate" comment on himself about wanting to dictate a vacation paid for for 8 people.

@fdm2155

Жыл бұрын

Good on his sister for setting him straight!

@It-is-me...Melsie

Жыл бұрын

Him and his wife are such prats. They will have a reputation within the family now, if they didn't already because I doubt such entitlement and self-centredness is something new. Imagine what awful entitled parents they're going to be. They'll be taking their kid to child-free weddings and fancy not-baby-appropriate restaurants for sure.

@fdm2155

Жыл бұрын

@@It-is-me...Melsie 😆 I had the same thought about the child free weddings! Coming to an rslash video soon...

@condorboss3339

Жыл бұрын

@@fdm2155 " _My niece won't let us bring our toddler to her child-free wedding_ " due in 2 - 3 years.

@glennrishton5679

Жыл бұрын

Let's not forget the trip was a graduation present for the niece and the niece chose the destination she wanted. It is HER gift everyone else are just along for the ride.

Story 1: they knew about this trip for OVER 11 MONTHS. They cpuld have wrapped it up like responsible adults since they knew this trip was coming.

@SoManyRandomRamblings

Жыл бұрын

And the parents are absolutely right, having a kid changes everything that you will even have the ability to do in the future. Your life is no longer your own. If OP and his wife don't adjust their mindsets, then I feel so sorry for any children they will have. My parents told us all the time how much we ruined their lives, and we were so incredibly planned that each of us are a set length of planned time apart, 2 years and 10 months.

@ImNotaRussianBot

Жыл бұрын

Exactly! These assholes decided to have a baby when they knew that this huge trip was coming up. Did they stop and think for a second about what a pregnancy entails? Or they just rammed ahead with their plans and made their idiocy everyone's problem. Get lost. Someone does this to me, I tell them to not speak to me again. And if they dare to wrangle anyone to use as flying monkeys, they will be permanently cut off. What absolute piles of trash.

I love how you slowly go from a normal voice to an karen voice as soon as you can tell this person is entitled XD

@TJDious

Жыл бұрын

Yeah listening to Rslash unravel as he reads the story is always fantastic.

@savagebear4374

Жыл бұрын

He's had a lot of practice.

@anndownsouth5070

Жыл бұрын

Came to comments to look for someone saying this. My favorite thing.

@mr_dnd

Жыл бұрын

Came here to say this too, it's the gradual "ohhhh, this guy is for sure a douche" moments that get me the most

@DinahPanther

Жыл бұрын

That nasal whine of the snooty entitled jerks *chef's kiss*

Story 2: one of the gifts pictured is a dreidel, which implies these are Hanukkah gifts. All the Jewish people I know say Hanukkah is not as commercialized as Christmas and they don’t get extravagant gifts. Just lots of little things. I think what OP really wants is a Christmas gift haul, but that’s an unreasonable expectation for Hanukkah, and certainly too much to expect without a family discussion and agreement.

@amandahealey2216

Жыл бұрын

Honestly, if the husband already explained that his family was Jewish, then that makes OP worse

@Some_Guy6

Жыл бұрын

Dreidel song from South Park XD

@silverflight01

Жыл бұрын

Makes things worse with this fact. The family is basically sending as much as they could, and OP is spitting at them because it's "Not enough"

@MissMage1918

Жыл бұрын

Honestly those socks are really good quality I got a few of them for Christmas and honestly I'm so happy with the paca socks because they're very warm and soft

@meganwarren221

Жыл бұрын

Omg! I didn't notice the dreidle. The gifts make so much sense as Chanukah gifts! My daughter gets socks, pajamas and winter dresses for Chanukah gifts. I would love warm socks and an ice scraper. Totally appropriate gifts.

OP1: It's not their fault your wife is pregnant. They're inviting you to go along with them. If you're unable to participate in all of the activities, then suck it up or don't go. They don't owe you a vacation, they're being generous in inviting you along at all.

@lorilancaster5917

Жыл бұрын

I love how no one appears to have their back because they know how insane they are being

@crazyinsane500

Жыл бұрын

@@lorilancaster5917 There's a bit of fridge logic when you think about what they think their lives will be like once they actually have the baby. With the way they're acting now, they're original plan of shunting the baby off of their already gracious family may need to be nixed before it's even suggested.

@lorilancaster5917

Жыл бұрын

@@crazyinsane500 it sounds like OP and spouse will try and it sounds like family is already on a united front that their BS will not be tolerated.

@fdm2155

Жыл бұрын

If OP doesn't want to go, I'll go! 🤣

@vickiechandler3112

Жыл бұрын

@@fdm2155 right? i have mobitily issues and would be estatic to sit back and watch just for a free trip to france. Would i feel sad i cant join in? sure ..but it is what it is and you make due. Can you imagine if this chicks condition was permanant in that she cant join in , how entitiled she would be then?

Story 1: If my brother started calling me names I'd just cancel his stay. He's getting such an expensive gift and has a nerve to call her selfish while he wants everyone to cater to him and his wife. When it's not even about them! I hope he ended up getting booted.

@fdm2155

Жыл бұрын

For REAL. I'd have told him, the trip is set... take or leave it. It's not complicated.

@tinykittenlollipop1

Жыл бұрын

Exactly. Take it or leave it. You can either come, or not come considering he's being super selfish over him and his wife doing the bang bang and his wife getting pregnant. Not anyone's fault but his and his wife. Trip is set, planned, etc. If he or his wife don't like it, then they don't have to come. Easy as that.

First story: it's a gift for a OP's niece in first place. Destination is HER choice. OP and his wife are people who would demand chocolate cake on niece's birthday even if this niece is allergic to chocolate and wants vanilla cake...

I can easily tell for the next ten years any sort of family planning no matter how expensive, adult focused (like fancy restaurants and talking) and inconvenient it’ll be having a kid there they will always bring the kid and make the situation “kid-friendly”

@lorilancaster5917

Жыл бұрын

I see them trying but I think the relatives will nip it in the bud quickly or stop inviting them

@velvety2006

Жыл бұрын

or expect to watch the kid whenever they want 'me' time because raising a child is so hard while in the meantime the kid spends more time with relatives than with the parents.

@It-is-me...Melsie

Жыл бұрын

Ha. I just said something similar. Yep, they sure will. And they will be completely oblivious that everyone around them will be rolling their eyes and talking about their outrageous entitlement.

The artist one got me. I’m a voice actress and I do commissions. If someone approached me with a script, I immediately send my price list. If someone doesn’t wanna pay then they don’t get my work. I’ve also seen stuff from other VA friends who get harassed over stupid stuff

First Story: Bruh, everyone should know that if you are the guest that tags along with someone on a trip, you cannot dictate what everyone should do. It's a free 2 week vacation! Either you enjoy it as is, or just f*cking deal with it. It's not like the wife didn't have anything to do. YTA.

My favorite part of rSlash is when he gradually takes on the whininess of the person posting.

In story 2: alpaca socks are usually like $15 - $30 per pair. As someone who loves alpaca socks, those are awesome gifts

@hidjdjdhyrh

Жыл бұрын

Fr they high quality

@PaladinGear15

Жыл бұрын

I was just thinking the same thing! A nice pair of socks is good anyway.

I had to pause story one real quick because I was in a very similar situation. My family bought tickets to universal for a family get together and in the time it took before the trip I got pregnant. I love rides, especially water rides, but I couldn’t go on any of them. You know what I did? I didn’t ruin the trip for everyone else. I held bags while they got to ride, and they thanked me by buying me gifts and food and tried to find things I could do. And sure it wasn’t what I had wanted to do when I spent $500 for a ticket, but I still had fun and got to hang out with my siblings who I hadn’t seen in a while. And I had paid for my trip, it wasn’t bought for me. That lady is selfish.

@alsanova

Жыл бұрын

It's about FaaaaMiLy!!! Joke aside, glad you enjoyed and it good that your family tried to accommodate you and ensure that you had fun as well. I did the sort of the same, my mum suggested go out for a meal on my birthday and instead of going to restaurant that I like, I chose a new restaurant that we haven't been and I ensured that it can accommodate everyone especially my brother who is vegan. We had a great time and everyone enjoyed which is the most important thing!! 😊 So yeah OP is the butthole in the first story.

The house story made me think of my grandma. She was a very pious woman who had inherited the home she grew up in and rented it out. She used to say something like "it's great when people are Christian, but the more someone talks about it, the more likely they are not to pay rent"

I had to use operation Santa this year because I just didn't have the money to buy my daughter presents since I had to get my car fixed and on a very fixed income. My daughter is 4, so I just asked for some basic toys and some clothes because she had jumped sizes again. Whomever adopted our letter sent some really nice gifts and clothes. I was beyond grateful for that level of kindness and it made me cry. I plan to pay it forward when I get a chance because I want to give another child the priceless smiles that mine got. So amazing. However, the o.p. is greedy and shouldn't abuse people's kindness like that.

@fdm2155

Жыл бұрын

I donated through this program for years. At some point they stopped it because some idiot stalked a recipient family I believe. Anyway, I'm glad to hear it's resumed and was helpful to you! Most of the letters I read were exactly this, parents or kids making entirely reasonable requests for toys and gifts. I did it with a group of friends so we usually tried to pick a few letters from bigger families because we thought they were less likely to be selected. I'll definitely look out for it next year!

@austinfranklin417

Жыл бұрын

@@fdm2155 thank you to you and your friends. You and people like you are nothing but a blessing 💜

@It-is-me...Melsie

Жыл бұрын

Good on you! I can tell you're trying to do the best for your daughter and it is very difficult when money is tight. I hope that people that watch/listen to Choosing Beggers don't forget that there are plenty of people just like you that are just trying their best and are immensely grateful at others generosity and kindness.

First Story, YTA: Obviously OP is TA here. This vacation isn’t about his wife and her needs. The vacation is for OP's niece; OP simply was given the oppportunity to be a guest in this vacation. Being a guest to a vacation doesn’t give u the right to dictate how things should go. OP's poor planning is honestly not his sister's problem. Stop being ungrateful for a 2 week free vacation Second Story: There are people in this world who get no form of gifts. People like this need to stop being ungrateful. Isn’t Christmas the holiday of giving not getting? All that stuff in the pic is better than nothing at all, even if those gifts are lame Third Story: I would laugh at this letter. Comment: People are just greedy and will use their own kids for their own gain Fourth Post: Good luck getting that. Good luck finding that lmao Fifth Story: This is why doing good deeds can backfire. People like OP's friend will immediately jump at the chance to take advantage of any form of kindness offered Sixth Story: Well that took a turn. If I was OP I would’ve blocked right after that last message Seventh Story: "is being an absolute cunt your way of flirting? Is using matching with other men as payment for free labor her way of flirting? Eighth Post: Imagine doing nothing to help with the group project and then expects classmates to help? Lmao wow Ninth Post: W for that professor Tenth Post: Well at least this guy reminded OP to just ignore him. Good thing he mentioned that he ghosted OP originally after the mention of payment Eleventh Post: Yeah I can’t really comment my thoughts on this one because I don’t know anything about DnD and stuff like it lol

@chriscarpenter3370

Жыл бұрын

100% agreed.

@pitraan

Жыл бұрын

Based on the dreidels, the parents are Jewish and gave Hanukkah appropriate gifts.

@abiean222

Жыл бұрын

i rarely get christmas gifts. i would love all of those gifts. socks are always needed. and oven mitts are great! can never have enough

@lorilancaster5917

Жыл бұрын

Story one: OP and spouse should be thankful to be invited to a trip to celebrate niece. Her parents should cancel OP and spouse’s tickets and let their daughter invite close friends instead

@RisingRevengeance

Жыл бұрын

@@abiean222 My family usually gets me socks and other clothes because they know its not something I buy myself often. It's always appreciated and useful, what kind of adult gets mad about new socks?

First story: OP and his wife are definitely future Entitled Parents.

The first story gives me questions. If you know you have this trip and are going to feel so left out... Postpone your family plans and enjoy your holiday or don't and shut up and just stay home or something. With parents like this the niece can probably use holiday without them.

@ImNotaRussianBot

Жыл бұрын

They got pregnant knowing that his huge trip was coming up like a year in advance. Now the entire trip needs to be rearranged or cancelled because they're unable to understand how pregnancy works? Yeah, I would cancel this asshole and his wife straight out of my life.

Story 1: the trip wasn't for OP and his wife, anyway. His family was gracious enough to invite him anyway and pay his expenses. I can't believe he didn't realize he's the asshole in that situation. Genuinely shocked at this lack of self awareness.

My mother refuses to give us clothes for christmas unless we explicitly ask for them. (I usually ask for shoes, and my brothers go for beanies and hoodies.) She once told me that as a child, opening a box and finding *socks* was just utterly disappointing and she hated doing that. She always gets us socks... but they are in stockings and usually really cool animal or tv show socks, not plain white school socks like she got. I've always appreciated this as I'm super texture sensitive and tend to rewear clothes for years. My current t-shirt collection I've been wearing for 5-15 years. Once it falls apart, it goes. I don't see a need to get new clothes until I lose clothes I already have.

@abiean222

Жыл бұрын

getting socks for christmas is really disappointing as a kid, but nice as an adult. socks are gifts to give to adults. but like as the only gift, unless they are really nice socks, it feels like an insult.

@lifewuzonceezr

Жыл бұрын

I still have a problem tossing dying clothes....just sewed the arse on my jeggings lol. I will get new clothes this month.. I swear on my dying sports bras ;)

@jpbaley2016

Жыл бұрын

Those gifts are for Hanukkah not Christmas (dreidels are the giveaway) and small gifts are very typical. Plus I would love to get those Alpaca socks! As adults, we don’t need toys that we can buy for ourselves.

@It-is-me...Melsie

Жыл бұрын

I never really had clothes bought for me throughout the year when I was a kid. I had to wait until Xmas and birthdays for new clothes, so it never felt like a bad thing.

For anyone that's not too familiar with D&D and popular campaigns, telling someone they need to be a Matt Mercer level DM is like demanding someone be a Beyoncé level singer. 😄

@thekalenko

Жыл бұрын

I had to do a double take and some research because I'm only familiar with his voice acting work lmao.

@velvety2006

Жыл бұрын

I thought paying for a D&D session was odd but then i remembered i paid when i played at the gaming store 🤣

@wolfywox

Жыл бұрын

@@thekalenko He's an insanely talented person. He puts his voice acting skills to use when he DM's as well. Seen him convincingly do every voice from a 5 year old child to a gravely ancient dragon.

@thekalenko

Жыл бұрын

@@wolfywox oh that checks out. It would make sense that he does since he VAs. Man's a versatile individual.

@mattiemathis9549

Жыл бұрын

I played quite a bit in high school and my friend was always our DM. Years later I thought about forming a group and being the DM. Before I said anything to anyone else I decided to sit down and come up with some campaigns. Oh hell no! I never realized how much time, effort and creativity it takes. I love the game but I don’t have what it takes to be a DM. If I was into the online thing, I would happily pay $20 per game. Shout out to Mikey! Man I wish I realized how awesome you were back then….

Story 1: Obviously, when the baby is there, they can just ask another young family member (probably the niece as a young woman in prime babysitter-age) to look after the baby while they go skiing together and forget about their kid for two weeks /s

@lorilancaster5917

Жыл бұрын

I honestly see them trying to do that with the niece whose the woman of the hour for the vacation

@lifewuzonceezr

Жыл бұрын

I read the /s before seeing it! LOL IAM getting better with online sarcasm Finally..

As a guy who has been in multiple DnD groups. The first being 10-12 players and 2 co-DMs took ages to get things ready, multiple printed character sheets, character creation, having space to host and it being from 10am-6pm we would sometimes be invited to stay for food. That DnD group only worked because we were good friends and all helped out to keep things running smoothly. $20 a session may sound pricey, but it's a ton of work for one person to do for even just 4 players.

@abiean222

Жыл бұрын

$20 a session sounds cheap. i don't play dnd but even i know DMs do alot of work and i would gladly pay that amount for a good DM. this guy even has the first two sessions free, so you can know if you want to keep playing with him, its a really great deal!

@edwardprice6601

Жыл бұрын

especially for strangers i dm but with friends so like

@fdm2155

Жыл бұрын

I suspect the choosing beggar's response would have been the same for any price above $0 🤣🤣

@harlequinade2709

Жыл бұрын

I used to work as a DM for a local game store. A full campaign - weekly for one seasonal quarter - was $100. $20 for a game is pretty cheap .

@JuniperDenn

Жыл бұрын

The work that goes into this is astounding, I'd be so pissed off if I would dm people who aren't my friends and they'd say 20 bucks is simply too much... Bruh I have a high demanding job and a social life; do you expect me to pull a storyline, immersive roleplaying, maps, and handouts out of my altruistic bootyhole ?? If yes, then he next spell I cast will have a middle finger as a somatic component.

When I was in high school, I volunteered for the toys for Tot's charity. We had to separate the children from their parents to take them around to pick out their toys For the exact same reason. Also, some parents would pressure their children into getting toys that were either less expensive, or something for another child. For example, think of a boy who wants a transformer, but mom insist he get the raggedy Ann and Andy dolls so that his sister can play with them too. Then the sister come through and get a Barbie. You can tell which one is the favorite child

@It-is-me...Melsie

Жыл бұрын

Oh that's so sad! Parents that play favourites seem oblivious at how obvious their favouritism is to everyone else around them.

Lots of people don’t get gifts at Christmas, they should honestly be grateful to be getting gifts at all, such entitlement!

@velvety2006

Жыл бұрын

i have only once told my brother I did not like a gift but I did it in private. he got me a paper cat bed for when their cat would stay here, they were not paying me for the petsitting or the materials.

In the first story, it is more than 10k Courchevel is in the Alps on the France/Italy border. A 5* hotel (because OP said swanky) for two weeks today is €110,600, just for the hotel.

@catherinevaz6139

Жыл бұрын

Exactly. That's what I just wrote in my previous comment. ( Waaay more than $10,000, lol ). 🇨🇵 I think they don't realize what a luxury place it really is. Most of us here can't afford Courchevel, so ths one was painful to hear..

11:30 There's always that one person that just ghosts everyone and expects to still get points just for being in the group. They're set for failure of the near-absolute kind

@bland9876

Жыл бұрын

And then there's the opposite where the group bullies one of the participants and tells them not to do anything. That was usually me.

Back in the 90s my mom was an online DM, she did it as a method of helping flush out the book she was writing, to make each character more consistent in their personality.

2nd story- so I'd never heard of Pacas socks so I googled it and found their website. Those are really some pricey socks. Looks like they got 2 packs of 3 judging by color scheme, a 3 pack of Pacas is $49. So that's easily $100 worth of sock. Moving over to the pot holder, I recognize the pattern. That's Vera Bradley, Sunlight Garden pattern, and I think the package next to it is a matching cross body bag. Vera Bradley is expensive even if you get it on sale. I don't know about anyone else but I'd be happy if someone gave be really soft, cozy socks and a Vera Bradley bag.

Have never had a holiday like that, like it's my literal dream, once in a lifetime. I can't imagine trying to alter it if it was just given to me

@spicydiarrhea5662

Жыл бұрын

how dare you, I hate you, you ruined my child's Christmas! >:(

bro i genuinely love getting socks for christmas, you go through so many socks when you've got a job where you're always on your feet and no matter the quality, socks always get worn down. I LOVE the feeling of new socks, ESPECIALLY when they're that cozy fluffy kind meant for wearing at home! Socks are an amazing gift when you don't know what else to give, and that Pacas brand doesn't look cheap either! Those are some GOOD SOCKS! That karen just doesn't understand how good it is!

I brought my daughter a basket of cleaning products for Xmas. She told me it was the best pressent ever. She loves cleaning and cleaning products.

The way RSlash was reading that first story had me worried he was about to defend the OP there for a moment.

Story two: Those are alpaca socks! Those are wonderful! Oh and get over it, if you want fancy clothes and gadgets and whatever, go get it yourself with your MD money. Take what you're given and be grateful.

She literally said she won’t be participating anyway if it was tropical she’d just feel jealous seeing he family be happy

Kid you not, hearing RSlash here saying he used to play DnD back in highscool had me scooting my chair back to my desk just to comment. Much love, keep up the good work, and may the dice forever be in your and your family's favor.

You hit the nail on the head with your final comment on the XMas gift story. I think the message being sent by the in-laws is that they don’t want any more expensive but impractical, useless gifts.

Hey man, don't shame the socks! Every year, alongside every other gift I get my mother, I get her big, fluffy warm socks. She wears them every day. They make for not just warm comfy socks, but amazing armor against her cat. As such, while maybe not her most exciting gift I get her. They are always the most used.

@abiean222

Жыл бұрын

nice warm socks that are comfortable to wear in bed are perfect for cold winter nights. and everyone always needs more socks, those traitors are always running away. i had 10 pairs 6 months ago and now i'm down to 3, and one of those is "borrowed" from my roommate.

So much work goes into be a DM, especially if the campaign isn't an already set module. Apart from that, here in Australia, the official books with those modules he mentioned can cost like $60+ per book. Then you have to read through it and ensure you know what's happening. That's a lot of time, effort and money.

About the last story. My first thought when hearing about charging for for joining a D&D group was like; "WTF That's Weird!" I never heard about individual DM's charging the players to play in their games. The only thing close to it is the entry fee for those big D&D events or for mom&pop game shops with a gaming section. But than I thought back at last saturday. When I DM'd for a group of 5 friends for 10 hours straight. In my own home while supplying food and drinks. I also prepared for this campaign by 3D printing over 120 miniatures, including multiple custom personalized miniatures for each player. And that is on top of the time spend for preparation the actual game sessions. God knows how long I spend on that. So yeah, honestly, getting paid to do all of that for people I don't even know, sounds extremely reasonable. The DM in the story also mentioned something about paying for commisions. Which likely means they supplement the material of the campaign books by ordering custom art from artists for players/NPC's. Which honestly sounds like a great idea now that I think about it. Hmmm. That would actually be an amazing gift for my party. Maybe like an artwork of the entire group, posing as their Lvl3 characters. And another one near the end of the campaign, when they are all powered up and epic. That's gonna be very pricey, but so cool! And so Memorable.

Honestly, the gifts that were given were nice gifts. We don’t do big gifts for adults in my family but socks and household items like oven mittens are always much appreciated. I’ve received bad gifts before, you know what I did? I said thank you and put it in a closet and then donated it later. It’s really not hard to be polite.

@lorilancaster5917

Жыл бұрын

One thing I think is missing in the story is did OP and spouse send a Christmas list? Or did they say OH we don’t need anything! Also sounds like OP wasn’t thoughtful with her gifts either. A heavy duty coat for someone living in Miami? I don’t think it ever gets lower than 60F in winter

@fdm2155

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely! We've all received gifts we weren't thrilled with. And yeah, that's what you do: say thank you and regift/donate that item. OP is acting like she and her husband are dependent on gifts from his parents. LOL if you are exchanging gifts and you think you've spent too much... stop spending so much? The in laws probably think OP is an idiot. 😅

@stormwright8300

Жыл бұрын

Apparently, these are also Hannukah gifts since there's a dreidel. So they aren't going all out with gifts like Christmas because Jewish, and OP is shaming them for getting useful gifts that are also very thoughtful

@It-is-me...Melsie

Жыл бұрын

Well said!

I bet that the first guy would have expected his family to watch the kids so they could "relax" and have some "alone time". He would have flipped when they said no.

Those Christmas gifts are my dream come true! Socks: score! Hot sauce: Hell yeah. Cleaning stuff: fucking score!! I don't need to spend things that are needed.

@chriscarpenter3370

Жыл бұрын

I'd gladly accept that stuff too lol

@destinedtogame

Жыл бұрын

@@chriscarpenter3370 right? I get kitchenware every year. This year a pizza cutter and a new can opener. It was the best

@abiean222

Жыл бұрын

true adults love getting necessary things for free. and yes socks! i wish i got socks for christmas.

@destinedtogame

10 ай бұрын

​@@abiean222I got a new smartphone last year for Christmas. I deff love getting that. I got socks for my birthday. Best gift ever!

Thought I'd share. Back in college (early 1990s, pre World Wide Web for context), I had a business class and a two-person group project. The person I got stuck with was a real piece of work. Combine a "buy here, pay here" used car salesman with a literal horse trader. The project was to evaluate a product go through the ends and outs of it and "sell" it to the other member of the group. The "buyer" was supposed to ask important questions on the product and the "seller" obviously answered them. This guy only showed up for one meeting, TOLD me to just have some questions ready for him to ask and give to him before the presentation. So I did what he asked. Questions: 1) did you buy that cologne or just roll around in the horse stalls? 2) did you actually try to drive home after that bender you soent in the bar last night? 3) speaking of last night, I saw the GUY left with. Was he a lover, or just a one-night stand? .....you get the idea. I don't remember all the questions. He was reading the questions while other projects were being presented and he was about to explode. Finally, it was our turn, and he asked the professor if we could extend our presentation by a day. I said, "I don't need an extension. I'm ready now." The professor looked confused but said no. Either present now or it's a zerp. So we go up, you can tell this jerk was not prepared but somehow muddled through the presentation. Finally, I asked if he was ready to purchase (a computer) for only $1599. He said, "tell you what, $1000 cash and we got a deal." I was surprised at first, but then he had this stupid grin on his face. He thought his little impromptu question would save him. I said "no, the price is $1599." He answered, "come on, there's always some meat on the bone." I replied, "no, not in this case. $1599 is the price, $1599 is what you pay if you want it today." He stomped his foot and actually said "do you know WHO I am?" I think he forgot what we were doing and actually thought he was buying my computer. I said "sorry, I don't, but maybe someone else can help you figure that out." The class laughed, and that seemed to snap him back to reality. He went back to his desk. I said off the cuff "this was a demonstration on how sometimes a deal just cannot be made on a purchase." The professor told us to stay after class. She asked how much time we spent together on this project. The jerk tried to put on a show of how I was just trying to take to glory of the presentation. I said 10 minutes and he told me to have a list of questions for him and left. He yelled, "yeah and look at these questions." He handed the professor the questions. She laughed, then told the jerk to leave. I got an A on the presentation. The jerk dropped the class.

A year late but last year my family did the Santa thing through the mail system. The family applies to recive, as a way to make sure those who needs them, gets the presents. If approved, the family kids writes these letters, they give you the papers to use and instructions, and send them to the address that they listed. Then, they pair you with a family to be Santa, that's how the process was for us.

Wtf is wrong with this guy? Personally, I've never been in a pay to play campaign but I always tip my DM. It helps them buy maps for future sessions, books to expand player options, buy new modules if that's what they run, miniatures, etc. D&D is an expensive hobby. But it's so much fun. It doesn't break the bank but you can't just go to the store and get everything for like $100. If i remember correctly the 3 basic sourcebooks are like $150.

6:43 I looked up houses that appear to be around 3000 ft^2, and they definitely look expensive. Like, they're big houses.

@myname5099

Жыл бұрын

its a fairly not small house. but looking to be what seems like newspaper classifieds.... depends on what decade and what area. 20 years ago in middle georgia. where there is an eastman. 300k was pretty reasonable. just dont know. but i am curious

@KnightYoshi

Жыл бұрын

3000sqft is pretty big, but not too bad. Depending on how it's laid out - all one floor, two floors, sqft per floor - it is pretty comfortable. Maybe too big for some, but if you're a family of 4, definitely gives more space per person to not be so cramped

RE D&D: I've been playing for 30 years (I'm 40) and DM'ing consistently for 25. For those that may never have played, let me tell you all - writing your own Campaign Modules is a JOB! The one I did the most work was called "The Tower Trilogy". If you just focused on Book 1 "Arctic Incarceri", I spent 8 hours a day for 5 days rolling up everything for that Sunday. This meant every mob, critter, trap, NPC, piece of loot, spell, for that entire game had to be rolled-up in advance. I had to draw the maps and give myself notes. Not only that, I had to be able to improvise on the spot should my players do something unexpected. That's just everything there's books for. The rest is the writing, world-building, and thought power you have to put in to your story. Then there is **your** performance as a DM to make the stories compelling. I go the extra mile as a voice actor to study accents, slang, and unique pitches/tones/traits of each voice. Finally there's the players themselves. You're interacting with people that can be as fun to be around as family, or as infuriating as co-workers. So, OP in that story deserves to get paid. I've used DM'ing in the past to be able to pay rent, or pay off a traffic ticket, even get food provided for me (a diabetic) for the occasional reward. 20$ a week per-person is not a bad deal. The ideal party size is 5. 100$ per week. Two games becomes $200, and that makes it between $400-$800 a month. That's not enough to even afford rent in most places, so, pretty good.

The Pacas socks are alpaca wool and are about $15 per pair. My own parents used to get me things like socks, towels, paper towels, bathroom tissue, laundry detergent etc. as gifts because they knew I pretty much bought whatever I wanted and they didn't want to get me something that would never be used. While the gifts they chose seem utilitarian they at least knew I would use them. My folks are gone now and I miss both them and their ordinary, but highly appreciated, gifts.

I love how people hold DMs up to the standards of Matthew Mercer as though he's not also an actor and improv genius who gets sponsors for the multiverse-level games he holds, and has players that all have decades of acting experience under their belts.

The part about “lame gifts” my dad ACTUALLY asked for socks for his birthday when it was coming up!! My mom was shocked and she didn’t listen to him and bought him a phone case and he lost it a few weeks later, I got him socks this Christmas and he seemed to be ok with the “lame gift” lol

Hey, Gm here! Depending on your party and campaign setting, levels of realism and attention to detail, building a game is EXTREMELY time and labor intensive! More than that, even small sessions like we do can be over two hours long! When you consider that many movie theaters charge so much in this day and age and nobody bats an eye it can be difficult to remember that small session d&d is like going to a movie where YOU are the main character! It's worth 20 bucks a session if someone's gonna charge that... At least so long as they're legit!

I about died laughing at his pronunciation of Sephora 😂

@mayflyrose8195

Жыл бұрын

That's how we say it in France so it didn't strike me as odd. Is it that bad ?

@lillyvaughn5398

Жыл бұрын

@@mayflyrose8195 not really no, but I’ve never heard it pronounced like that. Since Sephora did originate in France, that’s probably the correct way to pronounce it.

R/slash, I heard the first story before, a few weeks ago, and I remember thinking, how would I react. I then realised that for me, a trip where we'd go on safari/be out in the African bush would excite me no end. As it turns out, some friends of mine were taken on safari by their parents, and I'm completely excited for them. This weekend, I get to hear all about their experiences, and I'm thoroughly looking forward to it. I imagine that even if I was in a situation where I could go, but some issue would stop me being able to go out and see the animals, I'd still be happy hearing the stories in the evening. But maybe that's just me.

Honestly, its so hard to find people willing to DM a D&D game nowadays. $20 a game to know for sure that DM is gonna put in care and effort into every session and not flake on you? Definitely worth it in my opinion.

I like unironcally love getting socks for a present. I ask people for them when they wanna know what to get me. I just love socks, new socks feel so nice!

One of my friends gets unusually excited about recieving socks. It's even stranger as every time he comes over, he takes off his shoes and socks, so it isn't even like he is showing them off.

Man, I was entirely unaware of people charging money to DM. Not to knock ppl, but it just seems weird to me, as someone who used to be forever DM in my circle.

I’ve honestly never heard of someone charging a player to play D&D.

About the USPS Santa one: for what I know, it's a thing they have every Christmas where people can 'adopt' a letter like that and get Christmas gifts for less-fortunate kids (we have a equivalent here in Brazil called 'Papai Noel dos Correios' that works the same); However for what I know there's adults who send letters on the USPS version that does exactly what the post rSlash showed does, and most of the time they don't even have kids, they're just scammers trying to get either free money or stuff they can easily resell for a nice profit. Of course they usually aren't as blatantly of a scam/choosing beggar as that letter though lol.

As a tech in the field, I can tell you that damaged car is a 2010-ish Toyota RAV4. The “motor” he’s talking about is just the washer fluid container. That’s just a nitpick, though, as neither should be visible. Either way, it’s dummy expensive and extremely time consuming to repair body damage like that.

As someone who does run a DnD game for my friends, Dungeon Mastering is a lot of work. Granted, I wrote the campaign they're playing so a lot more has gone into it than a preexisting campaign, but still. I do a lot of that labour out of love for the story I've written and excited to share it with them and to guide them through, but it's a lot of work. Considering the party might not always follow a script, even if they know it, you have to have plenty of stuff prepared in case they wander off, but at the same time, they might not. I don't charge my players to play because they're my friends (and they're helping me test things out without knowing it, haha) but I can see why someone would charge other people to play, especially if they're a good DM. A lot of work goes in to make the experience good for you, so pay them for it, it's not that hard, haha

First story YTA don't complain about an all paid vacation

Last story: If you don't want to pay for a game, play with your friends. My husband runs a game called L5R for a group of us, he has been running D&D for a different group (with some cross over) until the campaign ended and one of the other players took over. I run WH40K Deathwatch for him and a bunch of guy friends. (A little cross over there too.) I run a preset campaign, my husband's D&D was preset too. Both take a lot of work just reading and adjusting the material. It is even more work if you are setting up a custom campaign or having to teach new players. On top of all that, doing it online is even harder, because you can't read visual cues and it is often for strangers. I had a heck of a time doing it for people I have known for over a decade during Covid. I guarantee that if you are looking for a free or cheap online game, you are getting what you pay for. My husband tried a few and they have always either fallen apart or, in the case of the one he paid for, the GM basically verbally abused several players for privately giving constructive criticism after asking for just that.

In response to the guy doing none of the group project asking, "Hey, which part am I presenting?" I'd have said, "Whatever part you worked on."

Story 1 the story is perfect for the adage "poor planning on your part is not an emergency on mine." They knew the vacation was coming up and they still chose to get pregnant.

5:02 hot sauce, Steel wool thing for your grill, socks that even I'd love for Christmas, oven mitts, Dishwasher thing, and things for Hannukah

The last story speaks too me. I've been working on a clockwork type dungeon system and man...Making it is annoying because I want to have every solution to any question that a member has a question about. On top of making characters and their details, monsters & descriptions. It's like making a visual novel for your brain and I've seen people make campaigns for several months and then release it.

Let's assume a DM hosts one session that lasts 6 hours. That DM most likely did 6 hours of prep to host that 6 hour session, or longer if they're not using a module. If that DM runs the game for 5 players at $20/player, they're getting $100 for 12 hours of work. That's $8.33/hour, barely over the federal minimum wage for the U.S. Let's not forget that character creation, session 0 and session 1 probably runs the DM an additional 24 hours of work or so per campaign, all of that being free labor, so the DM is technically getting paid even less than $8.33/hour. Players vastly undervalue the effort many DMs put into hosting games, especially the players who've never DMed a proper campaign before. If the DM wants to charge $20 for the service of hosting the game, you don't have to play with them, but they still have every right to do so.

There is no reason why preggo wife can't go dog sledding. She can even go skiing, just no big hills, no fancy tricks, stay to the small areas. She can go snowshoe hiking, she can take a walking tour, hot air balloon ride, shopping, swimming...lord!

Hearing someone say they are only charging $20 for a game is amazing. I've looked into pay to play dnd and they cost a good amount of money. Sign me up

15:06 Matt Mercer is in a DM class by himself; they broke the mold with him.

@abiean222

Жыл бұрын

matt mercer is the michelangelo of DMing

Those socks in story 2 are alpaca! Not at all a crappy gift. Wish husband’s parents would adopt me! I live in very cold Ohio and would love super warm, super soft socks to keep me warm and comfy in my frigid life.

i’m a communications major so like 70% of my college stuff is group work so i have a lot of fun group project stories. i will admit that i have been a lackluster group member before, mostly due to some mental health things, but i’ve never done nothing for a project. i will always try and do all i can and communicate with my group if i’m struggling. i can’t imagine just not doing anything

As a DnD DM, 20 bucks is the least I would charge per session. If you are doing a 4 hr session that's 5/hr of game ON TOP of prep time which is usually another 4 hrs...

My son has a gaming group. When they do RPGs, he or another person will GM. For years, I've listened to him bemoan the fact that it's really hard to get a decent GM, which is why he usually ends up doing it. And he doesn't even charge. So, yeah, $20 a session is a steal if this person is a decent DM.

As someone who's been running TTRPGs for over 35 years, I am actually offended by the idea of being paid to GM.

The Christmas gift story… that grill cleaner brush is AWESOME

The other thing about the lame gifts is that with snobby people like that it's often hard to tell what on Earth they'd even want for a gift. Much like buying gifts for your parents. OP is delusional.

THANK YOU FOR COMMENTING ON THE SHERPA JACKETS FOR MIAMI. I would be kind of annoyed if someone sent me a "nice jacket" for my life in MIAMI. Yeah sure I'll sweat my ass off wearing this by 10 am.

First Story: Someone has to tell the wife she needs to grow up and act like an adult if she’s getting upset over being ‘left out’ on a free luxury holiday because she’s pregnant. She’s acting like a spoiled teenager who wasn’t invited to a party! Someone also needs to tell her husband to stop enabling her because she’s gonna get worse otherwise!

I think the advice that OPS parents gave in that thread is absolutely right. When you become a parent you have to start sacrificing your wants and desires to take care of that child so whether they’re a baby in the womb this year that causes mommy not to be able to participate in sports it’s not like next year she’s going to have a full grown child who can sit alone on the beach and entertain themselves, while she participates in all of these activities. It’s going to be at least 12 years before that child can supervise themselves. No I don’t know. Maybe Opie’s parents are so wealthy that the next time they go on vacation they are willing and able to pay for a nanny to come with them or hire someone through the hotel to watch the baby. Which then would make this even more ridiculous because this woman only has to sacrifice one trip where she is pregnant and won’t be able to participate in everything that everyone else is doing but she can’t even sacrifice that one thing for her child. One trip. And it does seem ridiculous to ask six other people to completely change their trip and their plans because one of the members of the trip got pregnant. If he wants to argue they plan this trip ahead of time for everyone to have fun yeah well then why did his wife go and get pregnant and ruin everyone else’s fun. They both knew this trip was scheduled and would have known before when they were planning that getting pregnant at this time would put some major dents into their travel plans, but still did it anyways didn’t consider anybody else’s feelings or wants even though those other people were the ones paying for the vacation. That’s the biggest kicker here that I don’t even think I realize the first time I heard the story they’re not even paying for the trip, so what rights do they think they have to overrule the other 3:28 six people on this trip about the activities when they’re not even paying for any of it again the parents are absolutely right they should be thankful that they’re getting any kind of trip. I would be over joyed pregnant or not to spend two days at some kind of a day spa getting pampered. Is that really so horrible in comparison to being able to participate in sports activities. There are people out there that never get to go on a vacation that can’t afford it. They never even see another state never mind another country. And here are these people complaining about a fully paid trip to France because poor wifey will be stuck in spas and seaweed wraps and massages. Omg it will be like being in jail or homeless how awful these parents are truly cruel and demented. Hey OPS parents if you ever want to take me to France, I’ll be very thankful and appreciative and I’ll be OK with whatever events / activities you want to do.

What's wrong with getting socks as a gift? I absolutely love warm, cosy colourful socks! My mum usually gets me a pair of bedsocks every year since I practically live in the things for 3/4 months of the year and I LOVE them

Hey rSlash! I love getting socks for Christmas. Every year I ask specifically for interesting socks.

The audacity to complain about Christmas gifts. Quoting my favorite Christmas special: Christmas isn’t about getting, it’s about giving!

DMing a game is harder than writing because it's like you have to write on the spot and there's so much world building involved and DMs should definitely be paid for their time. As well as many DMs have to pay to rent out a public space for games too

As someone who is with a mechanic, that kind of c/b is seriously gross. My man takes my car into his shop for any issues. IN EXCHANGE I cover the costs if it isn't under my warranty, or I cover other bills, lunch, etc. Of course, that's in a case of a cost-needing fix, not small things like a car wash that his job offers for free to all or quick repairs like a headlight bulb going out. (He does those himself to assure I am all set to go worry free, but I still bring him a drink or something for him.) Her entitlement makes that match a quick unmatch. Not to mention that small damage is at least several thousands of dollars to a BODY tech in the car service industry... YIKES OP, better run from her!

The USPS program is where people can "adopt" a family and buy Christmas gifts based on a letter the child has written to santa. I considered it one year because most families are struggling financially and making someone's Christmas seems very wholesome.

Couldn’t help but giggle at the solemnity of Nobody Can Be Matt Mercer in the last story

I actually LOVE socks for Christmas... I have fibromyalgia and my feet are never warm enough. Every Christmas, my mum's bff gets me fluffy socks and it's the gift I anticipate the most every year.

One problem with saying "Matt Mercer level DM" is the entirety of his games are based on the dynamic of both the DM *and* the players. Without one or the other people wouldn't think nearly as highly of the game as they do

TBF, I got two pairs of socks for Christmas, but admittedly they were Princess Bride and Mothman. Dang, I’m sad about the holiday season is over, that’s prime time for Choosing Begger gold!

@bigjalapeno7061

Жыл бұрын

I got some pretty cool socks last Christmas

The school work story reminded me of a story from my college history class. I once had a group project where we had to make a power point and give a presentation or something like that. I didn't want to do any of the actual study work for the project, and no one in the group actually wanted to do the presentation part, so I was like "Easy, you 3 do the reserach for each of the sections, give me your notes, then i'll turn it all into a power point and do the presentation for us. Super easy" Then, nobody sent me anything. They just didn't follow up. I messaged them asking where it was, then nobody responded or just told me they would get it to me before the project. Then, the day comes and they just hand me a flash drive saying "Here you go, do the presentation" I'm like yo! What the fuck! The whole point of this is i'm supposed to make it! I can't just do a presentation if you all aren't gonna include me on anything! So I went up front and made an ass out of myself while the rest of the group just kinda twiddled their thumbs behind me and looked embarressed. Like I still just don't get it. Why the hell would they make the power point behind my back when I told them that would be my contribution to the project, then expect me to just improvise an entire presentation on the day of! Like litterally the first time I ever saw those slides was when I was presenting them to the class! And like they where just a bunch of random notes essentially! It's like all 3 of them made a power point about their part then just stitched it together! It felt like that one Jack Box game where you have to do a presentation while someone else controls what pops up on the screen, except instead of being a funny game to play with friends your being graded on it!

On the point of group projects, throughout my junior and senior years of high school, my teachers would always have either a group mate review sheet or a way to mark which part of the project you did. So people who didn't do any work didn't get any credit and there was proof.

*op:* _[is upfront about pricing and completely transparent about what will be provided for that price]_ *cb:* ANYWAY SEE YA SCAMMER

If there was a girl who was 10/10 looks and personality and somehow I could finish inside with no consequences. I still don't think it would be worth it to fix the car for free.

The gift from the second story may seem lame, but those are alpaca socks and they are at least $20 a pair. So that’s at least $120 worth of socks right there.

God, you could fill entire episodes of r/choosingbeggars episodes with just artists selling commissions. The sheer amount of people who try to rip off artists for cheap/free art is staggering.

3000sqft? That's literally an entire wing of my apartment building. Like six full units. For under 300k? I may be a little outdated on house prices, but I think a 3000sqft home is gonna run half a mil at the very least, right?

For some reason, at 14:22, a line from a Macklemore YTP singing "20 dollars is a lot" popped into my head. The Internet has destroyed my brain.