I left Reddit after /u/spez continued to lie about the changes being made to the API. After finding kbin I wanted to read more AITA posts like I could on Reddit, but after finding none I created this magazine at https://kbin.social/m/amitheasshole so that I could encourage others to make such posts.
I could have waited for long-standing Reddit moderators to come here and make it but I skipped the line to do it myself. AITA for not waiting?
@sidekick AITA is one of the subs I scrolled through everyday and one of the subs Ive been missing the most. Thank you for this, hope more people make the switch over here.
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That sat wrong with me too... and I don't even use 3rd party apps.
It was more the principle of the thing. One time we managed to unite a big chunk of internet content in a protest and I felt like the mods in AITA... made a joke out of it.
This happened a while ago and is potentially an ongoing issue, so I figured I could kick us off.
This is between me (31F) and my sister (36F).
I'm studying to become a gemologist. I've completed about 90% of the coursework and have a ton of new knowledge and even a decent amount of practical experience. I don't make myself out to be an expert, but I definitely know a lot more than the average person and maybe even some jewelers.
So my sister and I were talking on Zoom and I mentioned something cool I saw recently. She said "Oh! I have this ring and it's a star opal, what does that sound like to you?" Completely automatic, unfiltered, I replied with "Sketchy." She got a little annoyed and told me she would get it so she could show me (through Zoom.) Thing is, star opal isn't... real. Not in the same way that you see star sapphires. They don't have the crystal structure or formation conditions for it. So she shows me via zoom and I say "That's really pretty, but I really don't think that's opal since they don't form that way, maybe it's something else." She got defensive and said that her friend got it for her in Thailand (not confidence-inspiring tbh) and that it was just something I haven't seen before. I ended up telling her I'd look at it the next time I see her or something.
AITA for calling my sister's ring sketchy? WIBTA if she shows it to me again of her own volition and I tell her what it actually is (probably glass)?
@BabushkaCat NTA Im in a profession involving science, where there are a lot of dupes claiming to be science (think medicine vs. homeopathy, its something similar to that), so believe me, I get you. Lots of people like to ask me what I think of the service they are paying for... and then get mad when I tell them its a scam lol. And Im like, dude, I just saved you from wasting money for the years to come.
Some people just want to hear they are right, I dont think that should stop us from being honest (especially to loved ones!), especially when they are asking for an opinion in the first place.