That whole last one was a classic Reddit Moment. OP: "I think I need to be more compassionate to my husband's feelings about Christmas. I'm going to make an effort to solve this empathetically, while still letting him know I was hurt by his actions" 27 direct replies: "Well, Lycia had actually fallen under the control of the Roman Empire by the end of St Nicholas's life"
A dad ruining Santa Claus for his 4 year old, against the wishes of his partner and promises he made, just because he wants to fill him with his racist ideology that ethnicity matters, is pretty terrible for a plethora of reasons. It's actually unjustifiable.
Imagine not giving your 4 y/o son a lesson about the rich history of Lycia, terrible father and husband. Probably regularly forgets to put the toilet lid down if I had to guess
A dad ruining Santa Claus for his 4 year old, against the wishes of his partner and promises he made, just because he wants to fill him with his racist ideology that ethnicity matters, is pretty terrible for a plethora of reasons. It's actually unjustifiable.
This is like the entirety of the jokes from “My big fat Greek wedding” distilled into the best and most concentrated drop of national pride of somewhat inconsequential things
It's pretty much the reddit cliché. They look at the tangent, and make the whole argument about it. Who cares about the issue? The rage inducing tangent is more entretaining.
@@sucrow7659 A big part of the issue is that Turks during WW1 and the Greco-Turkish war carried out massacres of Greeks in Asia Minor which have been labelled as genocide. The whole ethnic cleansing of Asia Minor is still a very sore spot with Greek communities today (understandably so), so I can see why a lot of Greeks would react very strongly to the idea that St Nicks would be in any way shape or form Turkish. In the interest of full disclosure it should be noted that Greeks also committed massacres of Turkish people in Asia Minor during their invasion and subsequent retreat from Anatolia, so it wasn't exactly one sided either, but the killing of Greeks was part of the larger effort by the Ottoman Empire & subsequent Turkish National Movement to destroy "unreliable" minorities (which also includes the Armenian Genocide).
@@MrChelomo I understand that the ottomans did really horrible stuff but the tiny cultural iconography behind Santa is still a weird place to get hung up on
@@sucrow7659 The implication is that if Santa is Turkish, then Asia Minor is by extension Turkish (and erases the Greek history in the region). It implies a sort of historical claim to the area which I think a lot of Greeks are going to screech at, because that is not ancient history for them. Lots of Greek expats ended up in America and Canada after the burning of Smyrna. Don't get me wrong, I think in this context it's fucking hilarious, and I don't have a horse in this game, but it doesn't exactly come out of nowhere.
Really respect someone who can say part of their success is by pure dumb luck. Yes it's skill, connection, grind etc but luck plays such a huge roll that not a lot of people can admit
At the very least it seems like the guy got at a young age some rare actually applicable career advice that took him into a direction he wanted to go. What are the odds for that?
"the more I practice, the luckier I seem to get" Honestly give one example of "dumb luck". Dumb luck would be that loser girl from the first post actually making it in life doing absolutely nothing except the bare minimum, going home and complaining, then meeting some rich dude and being well off for the rest of her life. THAT'S dumb luck. Absolutely nothing from that first guy is dumb luck, even if he did get lucky meeting someone, it would have never happened if he wasn't driven enough to put himself in the environments where he would meet people like that. But that's not dumb luck, that's increasing your odds.
@@thebookwaswaybetter2827 winning the lottery is about as dumb luck as it gets. some asshole spends a few bucks on powerball quick picks and all of a sudden theyre worth 9 figures.
Luck favours the bold. It may be that she was unlucky but it also may be that she didn’t put herself out their enough and wasn’t in the position to benefit from luck.
@@thebookwaswaybetter2827 Being born wealthy, being born with supportive parents, being born athletically gifted, being born with family in the career you want to go into, even sitting next to a smart kid instead of a troublemaker on your first day of school. There’s even a study on how being born in January means your more likely to be a professional NHL player because of the way the seasons work. So much is luck. That doesn’t negate the hard work people put in but it’s silly to pretend it doesn’t exist.
There's being paranoid and then there's being legitimately concerned about a multimillionaire in an open marriage openly flaunting his wealth to woo your girlfriend - yikes; I know rich people may give extravagant gifts, but they typically deploy their capital with an expectation of return, remember that
I probably would have felt that way before. But i think especially after the advent of twitch, which lets us normies peer at the habits of the rich, im siding more with NL. The rich often drop thousands in a twitch donation like its nothing, for no special return. Meanwhile the rest of us maybe use our twitch prime sub. It's a different world. Honestly prob forgot about the flowers 2 seconds after he asked his secretary to schedule gifts for all his friends.
@@entityrj I would agree, the guy sending the flowers is possibly understandable. However, the GF wanting to lie about it suggests that she knows there's something inappropriate about it, which in turn tells me that we have reason to be sympathetic to bf.
@@entityrj I think a more accurate comparison would be the kinds of twitch viewers who give as much money as it costs to get female streamer to say their name out loud - millionaire open-marriage flower dude is trying to make the girl feel like she owes him something, no two ways about it. extremely bonk worthy. fake story tho in all likelihood
Like NL said tho what is he gonna do about it, if the gf is simply interested in the dough the guy has and ends up favoring the millionaire OP might just be screwed sadly not every Mario gets the peach sometimes bowser takes her
@@GregtheAwesomeNinja I mean I think the thing to would be to talk to the dude and the girlfriend and say "hey this whole situation honestly makes me feel really uncomfortable and I think I'd like to have a conversation about it"
You are the hardest person to explain to my friends. He reads stuff and does crosswords while arguing against himself about the validity of pita bread.
@@Revacholiere Same here. I was like what? I mean the post is probably right that the father was trying to claim him in order to build a connection, but it was definitely strange.
People getting so pissed off about St. Nicholas not being Turkish while completely ignored the problem at hand is so hilarious I can't even come up with my own verdict about the situation
I cant believe they completely glossed over the fact that it doesnt matter because the people that live there now can (in most cases) trace their heritage to the people who used to also live there but just so happened to be called a different nationality like who gives a shit.
You always wanna feel like your successes are your fault and your failures aren’t. The opposite for others. (You refers to a possible person not necessarily you)
Damn I'm 22 and NL's speech about how he knew people back at that age that are doing well now was actually super inspiring. I'm a bit late in the going but hope I can be successful too
I'm the same age and it really hit different for me cause it's like same....I feel so behind compared to my friends who have already graduated so it's cool hearing him say that being 22 isn't the end
I really enjoy these for the meaningful discussions. Makes me feel like I'm in a dorm room talking about philosophy with people except this one dude started college later in his life and has a bit more wisdom but also won't stop steering the conversation.
Spent the whole of yesterday worrying about having missed opportunities to apply for consultancy graduate schemes and then NL comes out here with the kindest words on EXACTLY my issue to ease my spirit. Thank you NL. (Also actually the weirdest coincidence)
The first story is hilarious because the guy literally said that connections weren't the problem and then he cited networking immediately What ..... do you think networking does? Make connections perhaps?
"Can we all agree he has a belly that shakes when he laughs!?" Well no, that was part of the Coca-Cola reimagining, depictions if St Nick prior to that showed him as being tall and skinny. 😋
So what he can't put on some weight? He was trying to play the old prospector role in the movie and he put on some weight to do so and he felt fine staying that way.
That Christmas one is absolutely insane. I feel like I'm losing my mind. The husband made an absolutely tiny slight, and the wife went to the ballistic level of 'I'm cutting you out of our holidays and family celebrations this year'. People who fanatically worship Christmas are fucking mental.
It technically wasn't a tiny slight from the view of their child. The poster said their child was visibly upset. When you're young and believe in Santa, only to be casually told by one of your parents that what you believed in was a lie, and that your parents were lying to you, it kinda destroys your world.
@@kiryukanzaki1141 I'd assume the child would feel worse about one of their parents being excluded from christmas than having a slightly early reveal that santa isn't literally real (which does nothing to affect the holiday itself anyway, we all know santa is fake but somehow still manage to celebrate every year). He definitely went about it the wrong way, I think any kind "worldview" conversation is worth having both parents around for at the very least, but in the grand scheme of things this is very minor.
@@legion999 It isn't just the Santa thing though, is what I'm trying to say. You have to consider the fact that the kid learned his parents were lying to him. When you're young, you have a lot of trust in your parents.
my takeaway from the flower story is rich people are weird, i saw a wealthy family friend eating yogurt with a tiny gold spoon lol they are on another level. dude needs to have a convo with gf if he is uncomfortable
@@goaway9977 someone, wait for it, who is different from you I know, I destroyed your reality take time to digest that. Maybe if you had, I don't know, any money, you could have a different perspective.
Rich people are weird. Edit: Thinking about it, $500 to him may have been like $5.00 to him. And Dad got me a bunch of rose petals one time in a toy dump truck, and hell no he wasn't being romantic. Sometimes a flower is just a flower. That being said, Roses are well known to be romantic, so either he's out of touch, or he wants her. But what rose bouquet is 500 dollars? Maybe they were a different type of rose. Fun fact, different rose colors also have different meaning in flower language. I'm gonna go back and see if he specifically said they were red. If so maybe a special strain? It is bugging me that a bouquet of roses is $500! Edit2: She picked the color. So they didn't have to be red. I'm gonna look for rose bouquets for $1000. ... Holy crap. Even the most expensive reasonably sized rose bouquets I could find on google were in the 300 range! Did he buy her a gigantic bouquet of 1000 roses, because that was pretty much the only thing I could find in that range! Other than the gold dipped roses, but those were way more that 1000. Also, there is a rose that sold for over 12 million.
First OP, "It's not about unfairness and connections, it's about working hard." Also OP ,"I worked hard my Freshman year to network and gain connections to get the job I have now." It's about WORKING HARD to network and gain connections. Not about connections. Now that's 200 IQ.
@@DemagogueBibleStudy Nah, he's just talking out of his ass. And probably just a post to farm badges\karma\wtv. Here's why. He's 22. Allegedly. And he said he hustled hard to get his network for a high paying job when he graduates. The bullshit meter pops right there. High paying job, not an internship, and fresh out of college. Excepting very few degrees (and we're talking advanced levels of math here), that simply does not happen. Even more so when it's not an internship. And consulting, as a freshman. With no qualifications whatsoever. This guy is just lying. Here's how it works. The real networking in college consists majorly with your class mates. And that only pays dividends 10 years down the line, where they either washed out or are in solid jobs. Your professors? If the degree is difficult, most of them dont even want to learn your name, let alone talk to you on your future prospects. The easier courses? Sure, they'll talk to you all day, and even give you their personal email. But do they have connections in their industry for you, in high paying jobs? They'd be there if they had. Sure, it's not always this black and white, but it doesnt stray too far from this. I still say it's a karma farming post.
Oof, these responses... The simple truth is, if you want to be at the top, you either already have a headstart and basically bully your way in ("my dad is your boss, you better give me a great evaluation, bla bla") or you have to put in the effort, which is the reality for most people. Also most people don't want to do that just to get a better job. Know the people stuck in a dead-end position at Starbucks, who complain all day about how much their job sucks ? Well, are they applying somewhere else ? How about qualifications ? And yes, that includes making connections, and if you're not very social that can be hard. So, sure, it's difficult, while still trying to stay afloat, but some people do it and complaining about how everything is random chance and the odds are stacked against you because you don't know the right people is undermining the effort those people are putting in. It's annoying. Now i don't mean to say that they have no right to complain, but i don't have to listen to it and i think the OP in that case should just stay clear of talking to that girl, a roommate's friend no less, not even hers. The situation likely is that that friend is coming over frequently and it's bothering her and on the other side her roommate is bothered by her being an asshole to her friend. So by extension, she should get a new roommate or move out imo. I guess with that high-paying job that should be no problem :)
Implying or straight up telling someone that there success is unearned is definitely asshole behaviour regardless of whether its true or not. We all have advantages and disadvantages we are born with whether they be personal attributes like intelligence and charisma or the benefit of having a well connected family or even just a stable two parent household. Why go around hyper focused on what you lack that others have and then try and tear someone down on that one specific thing? The roommates friend simply got what she was dishing out which is fair game if you're gonna be going around insulting people.
@@goaway9977 Certainly a harsh way to look at it. I think the roommate's friend was just venting and looking for some sympathy, not asking for genuine advice or anything like that. I for example, like my workplace, my boss is great. But when someone starts talking about how much of an a-hole their boss is, it's not my first inclination to berate that person about how they should look for another job if their boss bothers them that much. So unless i already dislike that person (which i assume is/was the case in this one) i'd say something like "oh yeah, some people can be terrible" or "sounds horrible, good thing you can relax here for a bit" or whatever equivalent "i don't have anything to say about this, but don't want to appear unresponsive/unsympathetic"-line comes to mind. I'm just saying that if someone is constantly complaining, that can be annoying, especially when you're usually not inclined to care about that person's problems for whatever reason. So i'd bet the roommate and her friend were hogging the kitchen table when the OP wanted to use it or maybe OP just doesn't like having "a second roommate" and it's not about the complaining at all (or rather the complaining is the excuse given for wanting to kick her out) or whatever and it soured the whole relationship to the point where she'd rather not have that friend around and felt justified in "exploding". In the end imo it's not about whether connections matter or not, but about if telling a roommate's friend of in that way, because they bother you so much. I still think she's the a-hole, mostly because in that case i'd talk to the roommate about it, but who actually says things like "you know, your friend is here every day and complains every time and it really drags my mood down, could you stop ?" - Most people go the "can you please stfu already ? And stop eating my cookies that i bought for me and my roommate"-route, because they penned up all that anger.
I listened to this, as a podcast while I was cooking dinner. My 4yo was within earshot. Now she's asking me why "the uncle on the radio" said Santa isn't real. AITA?
Sometimes i think people on the internet are just pretty normal after all, with maybe a little exaggeration here and there. Then I see them lose their minds fighting about the origin of a mythical figure being greek or turkish and I remind myself to stay vigilant and that it's a cesspool out here.
Reddit seems to have a lot of pockets of mini echo chambers that seem to blossom from very random subreddits. The first one I remember was someone mentioning the first Revenge of the Nerds movie and there was a very loud chorus of "REEEE! Not funny movie! Rape scene!" Not to mention not being limited to 140 characters also seems to help foster the mindset of "I must demonstrate to all, the fact that I'm an educated douchebag" instead of other kinds of idiocy on other social networks.
comparing purposefully ruining a cherished tradition to forgetting to take out the trash is probably the wildest take ive heard from northernlion. pulled it back together in the end when he read the ESH comment but i was gritting my teeth at that lol. also not wrong about the disproportionate response from the wife.
I cracked up so hard at how many times he said "married" wrong. The entire story was ridiculous and weird thanks to all the edits but NL being unable to read/speak made it even more hilarious Edit: IDK WHY BUT THE SOCIAL MEDIA RANT IS SO FUCKING FUNNY
I feel like the dad saying "Santa is Turkish like me" is an underrated element. Dad being Muslim and Turkish and wanting his son to have good associations with his father's ethnicity... could have more than one reason. And the comment about "maliciousness" and "drawing blood" feels like it's assigning quite a lot of ill intent TO said Turkish Muslim man, trying to say something positive about his identity.
He told him Santa isn't real and then told him he was Turkish. Wouldn't you only say that Santa is Turkish? The boy seem to already have a idea who Santa was so that would be strange in itself, but then he said he wasn't real so I don't understand how that creates a bond. I think if he was trying to do that he messed up and well I don't think he was trying to be malicious about it but he certainly fumbled the ball on that front.
on the $500 flowers thing, first of all, fake story, get outta here, but if it was real it's insane that people said OP was the asshole. rich flower store owner in a "married but flexible" relationship sending any $500 gift to someone in a more conventional committed relationship is absolute freak behavior. dude is trying to get a little something in return and anyone saying otherwise is either totally ignorant or super disingenuous. go to weirdo jail immediately
The flower story is one of the hardest for me to establish an opinion on. Generally im hovering between nobody sucks and the guy sending the flowers kinda sucks. I mean whats the best case situation for the guy sending the flowers? You do something nice but extremely weird and uncomfortable for everybody else. In the end i think my thoughts are it was a misguided good deed that created an incredibly uncomfortable situation for everyone involved and nobody is the asshole.
That wasnt a misguided good deed. It was a flex and a hint. And the only plausible reason she was ok with it is that she loved the attention, want to keep him as an option for her future, and want it to continue. I'm not saying she wants to marry him. But expensive gifts without having to put out? Yeh, she's tottaly the asshole, and her friend\gifter slightly less because he knew he could get away with it. But still a massive asshole. I mean, fucking seriously. Ask anyone if gifting someone what is equivalent of a month rent for most european countries, and something as perishable as flowers, towards someone that is in a relationship, while you're married, is appropriate or not. They'll send you to mental care for even asking.
@@alphapt9370 that for sure is not necessarily true. And considering the fact the narrator feels like an unreliable one i dont feel like jumping to that conclusion. Besides if that is the case why even talk about it? If the guy friend is trying to hook up and the girlfriend is letting that happen where is there any room to discuss? They both just suck and you move on. There is much more interesting discussion around how this looks if its purely a platonic gift.
Sending flowers to someone in a relationship with someone that isn't you is a weirdo move and I think he kinda sucks. It's one thing if he's thanking the GF or something, but just sending $1k in flowers to someone else's SO is bizarre. The GF is kind of the asshole for cutting the boyfriend out of the whole thing and picking up a $1k gift she picked out. Is it strictly *WRONG* of her? No... but if you're in a relationship you have to think about your SO's feelings, and any rational person would see how weird this is.
@@mikedavidson6454 There's no sane world where you send another man's SO roses as a gift, especially not $1k worth. The most generous reading of the situation is that he is some kind of autistic simp who is so unappealing despite being a millionaire that he knows that the girl in question will never get with him. I highly doubt this is the case though. Seriously just imagine you were a millionaire and one of your female friends was dating a guy making $40k a year. Would you buy her $1k of roses? Sure you would, if you wanted to belittle her bf.
2:30 BASED xD But the flower thing is 100% out of line. You dont buy roses to another mans girlfriend / wife, ever. Unless they're white / black due to wedding / funeral reception. For the exact same reason you dont buy victorias secret underwear to another mans gf / wife. Its a romantic gesture, in every culture. That married guy 100% wants something to happen between them. Otherwise he would have sent her ANY OTHER kind of flowers, petunias, orchids (if he likes flashing wealth), tulips, anything. He could even have bought her a huge TV, or new cell phone, or a fridge or something. Roses is an undeniable signal that he wants to get it on with her, and she liked that signal. Thats why she wanted everyone on instagram to think it was her BF that gave her those flowers... Why? Because she also knew it was a romantic gesture, otherwise she wouldnt have to lie about who gave them to her. Also love how NL keeps changing the narrative to "he just bought flowers", instead of saying what it was, Roses. Because if you say roses, you instantly get why its weird. xD
42:44 this is a larry david bit. when he has the loud orthopedic shoes that wake up jeff and suzie's daughter when suzie is putting the tooth fairy money under her pillow
the whole christmas thing really reeks of like, subtle islamophobia in the comments. Like they're going REALLY hard on the husband who, while was kind of a dick whether he intended or not, really doesn't deserve that amount of vitriol.
i agree with NL on the flower story. i would really want INFO as to why the gf had to post the flowers on social media. just thank the rich friend & move on. pretty weird imo
I know you probably won't read this NL as this is an older post, but I just want to thank you for these react courts. I suffer from social anxiety and how I am perceived from other people literally consumes major amounts of my day. AITA is a frequent question that comes in my head. Hearing your takes and then taking a measured response to both the comments and the post in a fun/jovial manner helped me process a lot of these feelings and be less overly self conscious. These videos are cathartic.
@@Zebo12345678 the Danes and Norwegians have quite a different vocabulary in the vocal sense at least. Written it becomes a lot more similar but I assure you the entirety of Norway uses Julenissen
Something about the Christmas one that weirds me out is the wife’s un-invitation to family Christmas is predicated on the husband “not being a buzzkill”. Like that wording makes it sound like he’s a bahumbug Scrooge type complaining about Christmas, not that he ruined Santa for their kid like, four years early. What is his response to that supposed to be? The deed is done, what further buzzkill is there for him to be. Does she mean he should apologize first? I just don’t get why it’s worded like that.
The amount the flowers costs isn't really the biggest problem. The fact that she wanted to lie and tell people her boyfriend bought them either means A) The rich guy isn't actually a friend at all, because hes not going to be in conversations with the both of them and the lie can be maintained, making the purchase weirder B) The rich guy is a friend, and will possibly be present when the lie is being told, and has already told the girlfriend that hes fine with it. Which means the girlfriend has had a conversation about her boyfriends jealousy with a guy that is possibly showing interest in her.
I swear it is so weird to me how people feel this need to keep these obscure mystical figures (in some cases marketing figures) alive for their children. Maybe it's my reddit atheist moment but all these holidays are sick either way. Like I was happy knowing my parents/family bought me gifts and not some mystical figure.
Idk man, I feel as a kid it is much more fun abd magical when Santa is real, then when you are older you get a much bigger appreciation for your parents when Santa is out of the picture.
Man that Santa story reminded me of how my sister learned about it and how I was kind of a piece of shit back then. I was probably around 11-12 as well and had just learned that santa/Easter bunny etc weren't real, and the same day I just went over to my sister who's 2 years younger than me and was like "hey guess what, Santa isn't real". Needless to say my parents weren't to happy with me after that
I dont know that i ever believed in santa, but I've never been willing to say he doesn't. Easter bunny is preposterous, but a dude who owns a toy factory giving away some toys to kids he thinks are deserving doesn't seem completely far fetched.
the interesting thing about the flower story is the op's girlfriend knows its weird too but doesn't mind having a doting millionaire; thats why she said her boyfriend got them instead of a married millionaire. if it wasn't weird why lie about it.
Honestly. As a history/social studies (for lack of a better term) nerd and a Christian, I LOVE the whole discussion that spiraled out of the Saint Nick thing. Of course information will be taken with a grain of salt since internet people aren’t always correct. And of course you don’t need to be a christian to enjoy learning about the origins of ancient people. It’s like a historical investigation and it’s super interesting!
I don't see why it's such a big deal to not lie to kids about Santa. They can still enjoy the holiday and thank the right people for gifts given and time spent. However if they agreed on something, then the husband broke that agreement, then that makes him the asshole.
If meritocracy worked, Ryan and this other CZcamsr Mah-Dry-Bread would have way over a millon subscribers. Ryan uploads multiple videos a day and is entertaining in all of them. And MDB uploaded at least a video a day FOR 10 YEARS STRAIGHT!!! (There was one day where he was really sick, but we obviously don't count it against him.) Along with weekly Pokemon challenges like beating Pokemon Gen 1 with a Magikarp. Nope, can't evolve it. A fucking Magikarp. The only time where he allowed himself items it was that awful. And he usually manages to get them done in a week along with other videos! Thinking about it, I'd like to see Ryan and MDB hang out one day.
Regarding the flower gifting story, I think the biggest red flag was pretending it was from the OP and not the other friend. If someone told me "this super rich friend of mine got me something fancy for my birthday" I don't think I'd assume they were trying to swoop in if you don't cover it up. Some people have more money than others. If 1% of your monthly earnings is a good gift price for you, and someone makes 100x what you do, maybe it's not so weird for them to spend 100x. I admit it could definitely be weird, but I don't think it's *inherently* weird. As with all AITI posts, just talk it out lol
I feel like the Christmas one is an "Everyone is the asshole" except the kid, obviously. If OP had previously agreed with her husband not to tell his kid Santa isn't real and he did anyway that's just a really douchey thing to do in general, but in addition to that I don't think many people are realising that the kid is 4 years old and innocent to a lot of the world, so removing the magic of Christmas for them at that age sucks even more. Also idk if it's just me but the "santa is turkish like me" thing sounds like the most arrogant crap to say to your own child lmao OP, on the other hand, doesn't even sound bothered that her kid is upset by knowing Santa isn't real and instead was more focused on *her* experience of the magic of Christmas. Then, she had a complete overreaction of basically buggering off her hubby that could potentially traumatise her kid and cause a rift between her and her husband, saying he's a buzz-kill. They both suck, and the kid really deserves better at this time of year. I think Christmas is really special for kids, and its depressing to see people ruin it for them like this. Hopefully they are all feeling better now.
On the Christmas story: Doing something like that without talking to your spouse: Bad. Not showing remorse: Very dysfunctional for a relationship. Like, marriage counseling needed. Christmas is a long way away, but if this isn't resolved by then it really isn't that crazy to spend that time apart. I kind of see what Northern is talking about, but I would give OP the benefit of the doubt and assume that she is flexible on her statement if their relationship improves.
Look, man, i dont like christmas, I think it's kind of a bullshit holiday. However, I have 2 kids that both love christmas and santa, sometimes as a dad you just gotta bite the bullet for a few years and not crush their dreams. The world's gonna do that enough later in life. Let the kids have their fun.
similar thing happened when I was little irt finding out santa isn’t real: my parents were both working one night when i was like 6/7 and had a family friend babysit. i lost a tooth, and i put it under my pillow and everything, expecting the tooth fairy. i woke up the next morning , horrified to discover that there was nothing waiting for me but my own missing tooth. i left my room to go down one door to the bathroom. my mom was there, half asleep as this was early in the morning, trying to just go back to bed. tooth in hand, i knock on the door and yell about the tooth fairy; my mom opens the door in shock as i ask her if the tooth fsiry isn’t real. my little child brain began to run through the litany of mythical figures in my hesd that had been played by my parents. however i am jealous of your only child moment because i had to swear to keep this from my younger brother 😭
Genetically, modern Turks are just Greeks. The small minority of central Asians, while they successfully brought over their culture, religion, political institutions, etc, did not make a big impact on the gene pool in Anatolia.
That whole last one was a classic Reddit Moment.
OP: "I think I need to be more compassionate to my husband's feelings about Christmas. I'm going to make an effort to solve this empathetically, while still letting him know I was hurt by his actions"
27 direct replies: "Well, Lycia had actually fallen under the control of the Roman Empire by the end of St Nicholas's life"
AITA for calling Santa a Turk when he was, in fact, a Greek Orthodox Roman citizen from Lycia?
If you get weirdly defensive about it, yes absolutely.
WELL ACTUALLY....
AS A GREEK CHRISTIAN THIS IS VERY OFFENSIVE TO ME!!!
A dad ruining Santa Claus for his 4 year old, against the wishes of his partner and promises he made, just because he wants to fill him with his racist ideology that ethnicity matters, is pretty terrible for a plethora of reasons. It's actually unjustifiable.
@jake dominguez what what?
Homegirl busted out with "While she was enjoying college, I was studying the consulting blade"
She's right
"Is St. Nicholas Turkish" - the greatest thread in the history of forums, locked by a moderator after 12,239 pages of heated debate,
Where is this forum at?
where
Pink flag!
Imagine not giving your 4 y/o son a lesson about the rich history of Lycia, terrible father and husband. Probably regularly forgets to put the toilet lid down if I had to guess
You're assuming it's not a hole in the floor. Bold. Quite bold.
ex-husband*
really makes you question if hes still the man you thought you married or someone else completely 😕
@@alphapt9370 Lmao
A dad ruining Santa Claus for his 4 year old, against the wishes of his partner and promises he made, just because he wants to fill him with his racist ideology that ethnicity matters, is pretty terrible for a plethora of reasons. It's actually unjustifiable.
The bit about the dad foaming at the mouth to tell his kid Santa is Turkish had me laughing harder than anything in recent memory
This is like the entirety of the jokes from “My big fat Greek wedding” distilled into the best and most concentrated drop of national pride of somewhat inconsequential things
It's pretty much the reddit cliché. They look at the tangent, and make the whole argument about it. Who cares about the issue? The rage inducing tangent is more entretaining.
@@sucrow7659 A big part of the issue is that Turks during WW1 and the Greco-Turkish war carried out massacres of Greeks in Asia Minor which have been labelled as genocide. The whole ethnic cleansing of Asia Minor is still a very sore spot with Greek communities today (understandably so), so I can see why a lot of Greeks would react very strongly to the idea that St Nicks would be in any way shape or form Turkish.
In the interest of full disclosure it should be noted that Greeks also committed massacres of Turkish people in Asia Minor during their invasion and subsequent retreat from Anatolia, so it wasn't exactly one sided either, but the killing of Greeks was part of the larger effort by the Ottoman Empire & subsequent Turkish National Movement to destroy "unreliable" minorities (which also includes the Armenian Genocide).
@@MrChelomo I understand that the ottomans did really horrible stuff but the tiny cultural iconography behind Santa is still a weird place to get hung up on
@@sucrow7659 The implication is that if Santa is Turkish, then Asia Minor is by extension Turkish (and erases the Greek history in the region). It implies a sort of historical claim to the area which I think a lot of Greeks are going to screech at, because that is not ancient history for them. Lots of Greek expats ended up in America and Canada after the burning of Smyrna.
Don't get me wrong, I think in this context it's fucking hilarious, and I don't have a horse in this game, but it doesn't exactly come out of nowhere.
Really respect someone who can say part of their success is by pure dumb luck. Yes it's skill, connection, grind etc but luck plays such a huge roll that not a lot of people can admit
At the very least it seems like the guy got at a young age some rare actually applicable career advice that took him into a direction he wanted to go.
What are the odds for that?
"the more I practice, the luckier I seem to get"
Honestly give one example of "dumb luck". Dumb luck would be that loser girl from the first post actually making it in life doing absolutely nothing except the bare minimum, going home and complaining, then meeting some rich dude and being well off for the rest of her life. THAT'S dumb luck.
Absolutely nothing from that first guy is dumb luck, even if he did get lucky meeting someone, it would have never happened if he wasn't driven enough to put himself in the environments where he would meet people like that. But that's not dumb luck, that's increasing your odds.
@@thebookwaswaybetter2827 winning the lottery is about as dumb luck as it gets. some asshole spends a few bucks on powerball quick picks and all of a sudden theyre worth 9 figures.
Luck favours the bold. It may be that she was unlucky but it also may be that she didn’t put herself out their enough and wasn’t in the position to benefit from luck.
@@thebookwaswaybetter2827 Being born wealthy, being born with supportive parents, being born athletically gifted, being born with family in the career you want to go into, even sitting next to a smart kid instead of a troublemaker on your first day of school. There’s even a study on how being born in January means your more likely to be a professional NHL player because of the way the seasons work. So much is luck. That doesn’t negate the hard work people put in but it’s silly to pretend it doesn’t exist.
There's being paranoid and then there's being legitimately concerned about a multimillionaire in an open marriage openly flaunting his wealth to woo your girlfriend - yikes; I know rich people may give extravagant gifts, but they typically deploy their capital with an expectation of return, remember that
I probably would have felt that way before. But i think especially after the advent of twitch, which lets us normies peer at the habits of the rich, im siding more with NL. The rich often drop thousands in a twitch donation like its nothing, for no special return. Meanwhile the rest of us maybe use our twitch prime sub. It's a different world. Honestly prob forgot about the flowers 2 seconds after he asked his secretary to schedule gifts for all his friends.
@@entityrj I would agree, the guy sending the flowers is possibly understandable. However, the GF wanting to lie about it suggests that she knows there's something inappropriate about it, which in turn tells me that we have reason to be sympathetic to bf.
@@entityrj I think a more accurate comparison would be the kinds of twitch viewers who give as much money as it costs to get female streamer to say their name out loud - millionaire open-marriage flower dude is trying to make the girl feel like she owes him something, no two ways about it. extremely bonk worthy. fake story tho in all likelihood
Like NL said tho what is he gonna do about it, if the gf is simply interested in the dough the guy has and ends up favoring the millionaire OP might just be screwed sadly not every Mario gets the peach sometimes bowser takes her
@@GregtheAwesomeNinja I mean I think the thing to would be to talk to the dude and the girlfriend and say "hey this whole situation honestly makes me feel really uncomfortable and I think I'd like to have a conversation about it"
You are the hardest person to explain to my friends.
He reads stuff and does crosswords while arguing against himself about the validity of pita bread.
Having tried to explain why this man is the only youtuber I watch nowadays and why my friends should too I can relate to this
Is that you explaining NL to your friend or explaining who your friend is.
@@greenoftreeblackofblue6625 this is a hypothetical
"What if he bought her a Peleton?" killed me
I actually choked when I heard it.
Such a great callback
That St. Nicholas shit was a certified Reddit Moment TM. fucking comedy gold honestly
The explosion of the origins of St. Nicholas in the comments on the Santa post might be the funniest thing I’ve seen in a long time.
tbh the fact Saint Nicholas isn't Turkish immediately came to mind when OP mentioned it too
@@Revacholiere Same here. I was like what? I mean the post is probably right that the father was trying to claim him in order to build a connection, but it was definitely strange.
People getting so pissed off about St. Nicholas not being Turkish while completely ignored the problem at hand is so hilarious I can't even come up with my own verdict about the situation
It’s like a parody of Reddit
@@_-__-____ i think the one about telling the kid that Allah isn't real is Reddit in microcosm
@@earthangelo5417 that just the King Solomon's way
I cant believe they completely glossed over the fact that it doesnt matter because the people that live there now can (in most cases) trace their heritage to the people who used to also live there but just so happened to be called a different nationality like who gives a shit.
@@earthangelo5417 it's funny because Arabic-speaking Christians also use Allah to refer to God.
"John Ramadan isn't real he was invented by hallmark" I died at that lol.
That first OP was just pure bootstraps mindset.
Also it feels like she is insecure and way over the line
Sigma male grindset
You always wanna feel like your successes are your fault and your failures aren’t. The opposite for others. (You refers to a possible person not necessarily you)
Getting a smug lecture about the value of hard work from someone going into consulting of all things is so fucking funny.
I read her comments too and it definitely painted OP in an even worse light
I love that NL sees luck as a important part of success. So many successful people can not see that
Is he successful though? He only has a Veyron and Luna's only got a Lambo...
@@HackionSTx wait I thought he had many Veyrons and gave 1 to Luna as a present.
@@elguty4045 he has triples of all his cars. triples make it safe ,triples are best
Survivorship bias or whatever
''my boyfriend got me these flowers'' might not be a lie, maybe telling the first bf that the other guy was just a friend was the lie
Life is like an auto battler. Sure, you can pop off early, but NL is out there with a 50 50 pufferfish waiting to knock you back to building crickets.
Damn I'm 22 and NL's speech about how he knew people back at that age that are doing well now was actually super inspiring. I'm a bit late in the going but hope I can be successful too
I'm the same age and it really hit different for me cause it's like same....I feel so behind compared to my friends who have already graduated so it's cool hearing him say that being 22 isn't the end
I really enjoy these for the meaningful discussions. Makes me feel like I'm in a dorm room talking about philosophy with people except this one dude started college later in his life and has a bit more wisdom but also won't stop steering the conversation.
The girl with the roses wasn't lying, the millionaire is her boy friend too
source: it came to me in a dream
Bro all the people in pure internet fashion losing their shit about Santa being Turkish had me 💀
Spent the whole of yesterday worrying about having missed opportunities to apply for consultancy graduate schemes and then NL comes out here with the kindest words on EXACTLY my issue to ease my spirit. Thank you NL. (Also actually the weirdest coincidence)
I hope things are going good for you a year later!
The first story is hilarious because the guy literally said that connections weren't the problem and then he cited networking immediately
What ..... do you think networking does? Make connections perhaps?
"Can we all agree he has a belly that shakes when he laughs!?"
Well no, that was part of the Coca-Cola reimagining, depictions if St Nick prior to that showed him as being tall and skinny. 😋
So what he can't put on some weight? He was trying to play the old prospector role in the movie and he put on some weight to do so and he felt fine staying that way.
While Kate was pregnant: We need to 5d chess our daughter to be a respectable member of society
Now: IT'S A KID WHO CARES
Love u eggdad, never change
Cant wait for next episode when we finally figure out Santas origins so he can finally be in the MCU
The Merry Christmas Universe.
That Christmas one is absolutely insane. I feel like I'm losing my mind. The husband made an absolutely tiny slight, and the wife went to the ballistic level of 'I'm cutting you out of our holidays and family celebrations this year'. People who fanatically worship Christmas are fucking mental.
It technically wasn't a tiny slight from the view of their child. The poster said their child was visibly upset. When you're young and believe in Santa, only to be casually told by one of your parents that what you believed in was a lie, and that your parents were lying to you, it kinda destroys your world.
@@kiryukanzaki1141 Santa isn't a kid's whole world. And the kid wasn't slighted, just very disappointed
@@kiryukanzaki1141 I'd assume the child would feel worse about one of their parents being excluded from christmas than having a slightly early reveal that santa isn't literally real (which does nothing to affect the holiday itself anyway, we all know santa is fake but somehow still manage to celebrate every year). He definitely went about it the wrong way, I think any kind "worldview" conversation is worth having both parents around for at the very least, but in the grand scheme of things this is very minor.
@@legion999 "very disappointed" there's a shorter way to say that you know: upset
@@legion999 It isn't just the Santa thing though, is what I'm trying to say. You have to consider the fact that the kid learned his parents were lying to him. When you're young, you have a lot of trust in your parents.
Holy shit the jackdaw bit out of left field had me in tears
We need more Turkish representation at Christmas! Thanksgiving isn't enough for us
You made me choke on my spit! XD
Nice.
so much this!!!
my takeaway from the flower story is rich people are weird, i saw a wealthy family friend eating yogurt with a tiny gold spoon lol they are on another level. dude needs to have a convo with gf if he is uncomfortable
Who sends roses to another mans girlfriend?
@@goaway9977 Turn it around, the guy receives an expensive gift from a female friend on his birthday, reddit would lose their minds. XD
@@goaway9977 someone, wait for it, who is different from you
I know, I destroyed your reality take time to digest that.
Maybe if you had, I don't know, any money, you could have a different perspective.
How do you even see Rich people in real life?
@@ssgoko88 "AITA for being poor"
Rich people are weird.
Edit: Thinking about it, $500 to him may have been like $5.00 to him. And Dad got me a bunch of rose petals one time in a toy dump truck, and hell no he wasn't being romantic. Sometimes a flower is just a flower. That being said, Roses are well known to be romantic, so either he's out of touch, or he wants her. But what rose bouquet is 500 dollars? Maybe they were a different type of rose. Fun fact, different rose colors also have different meaning in flower language. I'm gonna go back and see if he specifically said they were red. If so maybe a special strain? It is bugging me that a bouquet of roses is $500!
Edit2: She picked the color. So they didn't have to be red. I'm gonna look for rose bouquets for $1000.
... Holy crap. Even the most expensive reasonably sized rose bouquets I could find on google were in the 300 range! Did he buy her a gigantic bouquet of 1000 roses, because that was pretty much the only thing I could find in that range! Other than the gold dipped roses, but those were way more that 1000. Also, there is a rose that sold for over 12 million.
First OP, "It's not about unfairness and connections, it's about working hard."
Also OP ,"I worked hard my Freshman year to network and gain connections to get the job I have now."
It's about WORKING HARD to network and gain connections. Not about connections. Now that's 200 IQ.
She's almost certainly lying and had a number of connections from the start lol.
@@DemagogueBibleStudy Nah, he's just talking out of his ass. And probably just a post to farm badges\karma\wtv.
Here's why. He's 22. Allegedly. And he said he hustled hard to get his network for a high paying job when he graduates. The bullshit meter pops right there. High paying job, not an internship, and fresh out of college. Excepting very few degrees (and we're talking advanced levels of math here), that simply does not happen. Even more so when it's not an internship. And consulting, as a freshman. With no qualifications whatsoever. This guy is just lying.
Here's how it works. The real networking in college consists majorly with your class mates. And that only pays dividends 10 years down the line, where they either washed out or are in solid jobs. Your professors? If the degree is difficult, most of them dont even want to learn your name, let alone talk to you on your future prospects. The easier courses? Sure, they'll talk to you all day, and even give you their personal email. But do they have connections in their industry for you, in high paying jobs? They'd be there if they had. Sure, it's not always this black and white, but it doesnt stray too far from this.
I still say it's a karma farming post.
Oof, these responses... The simple truth is, if you want to be at the top, you either already have a headstart and basically bully your way in ("my dad is your boss, you better give me a great evaluation, bla bla") or you have to put in the effort, which is the reality for most people. Also most people don't want to do that just to get a better job. Know the people stuck in a dead-end position at Starbucks, who complain all day about how much their job sucks ? Well, are they applying somewhere else ? How about qualifications ? And yes, that includes making connections, and if you're not very social that can be hard. So, sure, it's difficult, while still trying to stay afloat, but some people do it and complaining about how everything is random chance and the odds are stacked against you because you don't know the right people is undermining the effort those people are putting in. It's annoying. Now i don't mean to say that they have no right to complain, but i don't have to listen to it and i think the OP in that case should just stay clear of talking to that girl, a roommate's friend no less, not even hers. The situation likely is that that friend is coming over frequently and it's bothering her and on the other side her roommate is bothered by her being an asshole to her friend. So by extension, she should get a new roommate or move out imo. I guess with that high-paying job that should be no problem :)
Implying or straight up telling someone that there success is unearned is definitely asshole behaviour regardless of whether its true or not. We all have advantages and disadvantages we are born with whether they be personal attributes like intelligence and charisma or the benefit of having a well connected family or even just a stable two parent household. Why go around hyper focused on what you lack that others have and then try and tear someone down on that one specific thing? The roommates friend simply got what she was dishing out which is fair game if you're gonna be going around insulting people.
@@goaway9977 Certainly a harsh way to look at it. I think the roommate's friend was just venting and looking for some sympathy, not asking for genuine advice or anything like that. I for example, like my workplace, my boss is great. But when someone starts talking about how much of an a-hole their boss is, it's not my first inclination to berate that person about how they should look for another job if their boss bothers them that much. So unless i already dislike that person (which i assume is/was the case in this one) i'd say something like "oh yeah, some people can be terrible" or "sounds horrible, good thing you can relax here for a bit" or whatever equivalent "i don't have anything to say about this, but don't want to appear unresponsive/unsympathetic"-line comes to mind.
I'm just saying that if someone is constantly complaining, that can be annoying, especially when you're usually not inclined to care about that person's problems for whatever reason. So i'd bet the roommate and her friend were hogging the kitchen table when the OP wanted to use it or maybe OP just doesn't like having "a second roommate" and it's not about the complaining at all (or rather the complaining is the excuse given for wanting to kick her out) or whatever and it soured the whole relationship to the point where she'd rather not have that friend around and felt justified in "exploding". In the end imo it's not about whether connections matter or not, but about if telling a roommate's friend of in that way, because they bother you so much. I still think she's the a-hole, mostly because in that case i'd talk to the roommate about it, but who actually says things like "you know, your friend is here every day and complains every time and it really drags my mood down, could you stop ?" - Most people go the "can you please stfu already ? And stop eating my cookies that i bought for me and my roommate"-route, because they penned up all that anger.
I listened to this, as a podcast while I was cooking dinner. My 4yo was within earshot. Now she's asking me why "the uncle on the radio" said Santa isn't real. AITA?
NTA: Your house, your podcast.
@@oniongolem8157 If she doesn’t like it she can leave.
Sometimes i think people on the internet are just pretty normal after all, with maybe a little exaggeration here and there. Then I see them lose their minds fighting about the origin of a mythical figure being greek or turkish and I remind myself to stay vigilant and that it's a cesspool out here.
Reddit seems to have a lot of pockets of mini echo chambers that seem to blossom from very random subreddits. The first one I remember was someone mentioning the first Revenge of the Nerds movie and there was a very loud chorus of "REEEE! Not funny movie! Rape scene!"
Not to mention not being limited to 140 characters also seems to help foster the mindset of "I must demonstrate to all, the fact that I'm an educated douchebag" instead of other kinds of idiocy on other social networks.
Oh, it's nothing to do with the internet, it's just that ethnic conflicts get really petty sometimes. By 'really' I mean 'insanely'.
Saint Nicholas was not a mythical figure x) he was real, a historical figure. Mythical means that it's a false belief. Or unproven.
comparing purposefully ruining a cherished tradition to forgetting to take out the trash is probably the wildest take ive heard from northernlion. pulled it back together in the end when he read the ESH comment but i was gritting my teeth at that lol. also not wrong about the disproportionate response from the wife.
I cracked up so hard at how many times he said "married" wrong. The entire story was ridiculous and weird thanks to all the edits but NL being unable to read/speak made it even more hilarious
Edit: IDK WHY BUT THE SOCIAL MEDIA RANT IS SO FUCKING FUNNY
Currently in a devops class and I giggled when he said "I'll have you know I have over 300 confirmed pushes to the Git production branch"
I feel like the dad saying "Santa is Turkish like me" is an underrated element. Dad being Muslim and Turkish and wanting his son to have good associations with his father's ethnicity... could have more than one reason.
And the comment about "maliciousness" and "drawing blood" feels like it's assigning quite a lot of ill intent TO said Turkish Muslim man, trying to say something positive about his identity.
He told him Santa isn't real and then told him he was Turkish. Wouldn't you only say that Santa is Turkish? The boy seem to already have a idea who Santa was so that would be strange in itself, but then he said he wasn't real so I don't understand how that creates a bond. I think if he was trying to do that he messed up and well I don't think he was trying to be malicious about it but he certainly fumbled the ball on that front.
on the $500 flowers thing, first of all, fake story, get outta here, but if it was real it's insane that people said OP was the asshole. rich flower store owner in a "married but flexible" relationship sending any $500 gift to someone in a more conventional committed relationship is absolute freak behavior. dude is trying to get a little something in return and anyone saying otherwise is either totally ignorant or super disingenuous. go to weirdo jail immediately
@5:10 Oh, man. I remember when I felt nostalgia for the first time. Those were the good old days :D
new glasses making nl look like a librarian or a granny
submissive and readable
Or both
The flower story is one of the hardest for me to establish an opinion on. Generally im hovering between nobody sucks and the guy sending the flowers kinda sucks. I mean whats the best case situation for the guy sending the flowers? You do something nice but extremely weird and uncomfortable for everybody else. In the end i think my thoughts are it was a misguided good deed that created an incredibly uncomfortable situation for everyone involved and nobody is the asshole.
That wasnt a misguided good deed. It was a flex and a hint. And the only plausible reason she was ok with it is that she loved the attention, want to keep him as an option for her future, and want it to continue. I'm not saying she wants to marry him. But expensive gifts without having to put out? Yeh, she's tottaly the asshole, and her friend\gifter slightly less because he knew he could get away with it. But still a massive asshole. I mean, fucking seriously. Ask anyone if gifting someone what is equivalent of a month rent for most european countries, and something as perishable as flowers, towards someone that is in a relationship, while you're married, is appropriate or not. They'll send you to mental care for even asking.
@@alphapt9370 that for sure is not necessarily true. And considering the fact the narrator feels like an unreliable one i dont feel like jumping to that conclusion. Besides if that is the case why even talk about it? If the guy friend is trying to hook up and the girlfriend is letting that happen where is there any room to discuss? They both just suck and you move on. There is much more interesting discussion around how this looks if its purely a platonic gift.
Sending flowers to someone in a relationship with someone that isn't you is a weirdo move and I think he kinda sucks. It's one thing if he's thanking the GF or something, but just sending $1k in flowers to someone else's SO is bizarre. The GF is kind of the asshole for cutting the boyfriend out of the whole thing and picking up a $1k gift she picked out.
Is it strictly *WRONG* of her? No... but if you're in a relationship you have to think about your SO's feelings, and any rational person would see how weird this is.
@@mikedavidson6454 There's no sane world where you send another man's SO roses as a gift, especially not $1k worth. The most generous reading of the situation is that he is some kind of autistic simp who is so unappealing despite being a millionaire that he knows that the girl in question will never get with him. I highly doubt this is the case though. Seriously just imagine you were a millionaire and one of your female friends was dating a guy making $40k a year. Would you buy her $1k of roses? Sure you would, if you wanted to belittle her bf.
2:30 BASED xD
But the flower thing is 100% out of line. You dont buy roses to another mans girlfriend / wife, ever. Unless they're white / black due to wedding / funeral reception. For the exact same reason you dont buy victorias secret underwear to another mans gf / wife.
Its a romantic gesture, in every culture. That married guy 100% wants something to happen between them. Otherwise he would have sent her ANY OTHER kind of flowers, petunias, orchids (if he likes flashing wealth), tulips, anything.
He could even have bought her a huge TV, or new cell phone, or a fridge or something.
Roses is an undeniable signal that he wants to get it on with her, and she liked that signal. Thats why she wanted everyone on instagram to think it was her BF that gave her those flowers... Why? Because she also knew it was a romantic gesture, otherwise she wouldnt have to lie about who gave them to her. Also love how NL keeps changing the narrative to "he just bought flowers", instead of saying what it was, Roses. Because if you say roses, you instantly get why its weird. xD
42:44 this is a larry david bit. when he has the loud orthopedic shoes that wake up jeff and suzie's daughter when suzie is putting the tooth fairy money under her pillow
the whole christmas thing really reeks of like, subtle islamophobia in the comments. Like they're going REALLY hard on the husband who, while was kind of a dick whether he intended or not, really doesn't deserve that amount of vitriol.
i agree with NL on the flower story. i would really want INFO as to why the gf had to post the flowers on social media. just thank the rich friend & move on. pretty weird imo
I know you probably won't read this NL as this is an older post, but I just want to thank you for these react courts. I suffer from social anxiety and how I am perceived from other people literally consumes major amounts of my day. AITA is a frequent question that comes in my head. Hearing your takes and then taking a measured response to both the comments and the post in a fun/jovial manner helped me process a lot of these feelings and be less overly self conscious. These videos are cathartic.
The danish name for Santa Clause is "Julemanden" directly translated it means The Christmas Man :P
I love that so much. My fiance is Norwegian, so I assume it's Julemanden for her too. I'll have to ask her about that.
Hey at least that matches the Easter bunny
@@Zebo12345678 julenissen
@@More_Row Interesting. Usually Danish and Norwegian are essentially the same language, didn't think Santa would be any different.
@@Zebo12345678 the Danes and Norwegians have quite a different vocabulary in the vocal sense at least. Written it becomes a lot more similar but I assure you the entirety of Norway uses Julenissen
Something about the Christmas one that weirds me out is the wife’s un-invitation to family Christmas is predicated on the husband “not being a buzzkill”. Like that wording makes it sound like he’s a bahumbug Scrooge type complaining about Christmas, not that he ruined Santa for their kid like, four years early. What is his response to that supposed to be? The deed is done, what further buzzkill is there for him to be. Does she mean he should apologize first? I just don’t get why it’s worded like that.
maybe there would be other kids there who do believe in Santa.
I mean he could continue to bring down the mood. Yea he ruined Santa, but he could also just start other things to sabotage the event.
It's a great level of nuance: "It's a productive mindset to believe everything is in your control... but it's not actually true."
“There’s only been four good Christmas movies ever made.” Based NL 😂😂😂
i never thought i'd learn so much about byzantine history from a react court episode
Me in response to the first AITA: don’t care, didn’t ask, plus you’re a capitalist.
"Okay son, go tell Daddy that Allah isn't real."
The amount the flowers costs isn't really the biggest problem. The fact that she wanted to lie and tell people her boyfriend bought them either means
A) The rich guy isn't actually a friend at all, because hes not going to be in conversations with the both of them and the lie can be maintained, making the purchase weirder
B) The rich guy is a friend, and will possibly be present when the lie is being told, and has already told the girlfriend that hes fine with it. Which means the girlfriend has had a conversation about her boyfriends jealousy with a guy that is possibly showing interest in her.
I swear it is so weird to me how people feel this need to keep these obscure mystical figures (in some cases marketing figures) alive for their children. Maybe it's my reddit atheist moment but all these holidays are sick either way. Like I was happy knowing my parents/family bought me gifts and not some mystical figure.
Children can become suicidal with the burden of society's workings any day. Let them be chiildren for a bit.
Idk man, I feel as a kid it is much more fun abd magical when Santa is real, then when you are older you get a much bigger appreciation for your parents when Santa is out of the picture.
Why do I enjoy this so much!
High pog by weight percentage
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As a Turkish viewer this video was the most I've laughed from my 5 years of viewership, superb presentation keep these coming
Man that Santa story reminded me of how my sister learned about it and how I was kind of a piece of shit back then. I was probably around 11-12 as well and had just learned that santa/Easter bunny etc weren't real, and the same day I just went over to my sister who's 2 years younger than me and was like "hey guess what, Santa isn't real". Needless to say my parents weren't to happy with me after that
The comments arguing over where Santa was from had me in a giggle fit at work.
new glasses 👀
My girlfriend enjoys NL's roasts of these posts on AITA. Thanks for the based content
I dont know that i ever believed in santa, but I've never been willing to say he doesn't. Easter bunny is preposterous, but a dude who owns a toy factory giving away some toys to kids he thinks are deserving doesn't seem completely far fetched.
Gee-lye bee-lye married multimillionaire can-dye
Thank god this man reads Reddit so I don’t have to
thank you nl
St Nicholas wasn't Turkish
That santa clause one was wild
The ethnicity of Santa Claus - a 1,600 page Reddit research paper
I feel like the husband could just tell that Santa came from Turkey like him without blowing up the Santa realness
the interesting thing about the flower story is the op's girlfriend knows its weird too but doesn't mind having a doting millionaire; thats why she said her boyfriend got them instead of a married millionaire. if it wasn't weird why lie about it.
I'll have you know I have over 300 hundred confirmed pushes to the production branch. I graduated top of my class in Khan Academy. LMAOOOO
Honestly. As a history/social studies (for lack of a better term) nerd and a Christian, I LOVE the whole discussion that spiraled out of the Saint Nick thing. Of course information will be taken with a grain of salt since internet people aren’t always correct. And of course you don’t need to be a christian to enjoy learning about the origins of ancient people. It’s like a historical investigation and it’s super interesting!
I don't see why it's such a big deal to not lie to kids about Santa. They can still enjoy the holiday and thank the right people for gifts given and time spent.
However if they agreed on something, then the husband broke that agreement, then that makes him the asshole.
If meritocracy worked, Ryan and this other CZcamsr Mah-Dry-Bread would have way over a millon subscribers. Ryan uploads multiple videos a day and is entertaining in all of them. And MDB uploaded at least a video a day FOR 10 YEARS STRAIGHT!!! (There was one day where he was really sick, but we obviously don't count it against him.) Along with weekly Pokemon challenges like beating Pokemon Gen 1 with a Magikarp. Nope, can't evolve it. A fucking Magikarp. The only time where he allowed himself items it was that awful. And he usually manages to get them done in a week along with other videos! Thinking about it, I'd like to see Ryan and MDB hang out one day.
The crossword believers will get their day eventually
I felt targeted with that It's a Wonderful Life comment, lol. I watch it every year and I always cry
Regarding the flower gifting story, I think the biggest red flag was pretending it was from the OP and not the other friend. If someone told me "this super rich friend of mine got me something fancy for my birthday" I don't think I'd assume they were trying to swoop in if you don't cover it up. Some people have more money than others. If 1% of your monthly earnings is a good gift price for you, and someone makes 100x what you do, maybe it's not so weird for them to spend 100x. I admit it could definitely be weird, but I don't think it's *inherently* weird. As with all AITI posts, just talk it out lol
That "WHAT"?? When he read the "he drew blood" comment lmaooooooooo
When that lady stopped believing in santa, is when i stopped believing in god as a kid. We were rocking two very different childhoods.
'yeah, yeah, yeah, your son is truamatized or whatever but I NEED YOU TO UNDERSTAND THE TRUTH ABOUT SAINT NICKOLAS'
NL Admitting life has (at times) been unfair in his favor? Based.
new glasses tech!? incredible.
I feel like the Christmas one is an "Everyone is the asshole" except the kid, obviously.
If OP had previously agreed with her husband not to tell his kid Santa isn't real and he did anyway that's just a really douchey thing to do in general, but in addition to that I don't think many people are realising that the kid is 4 years old and innocent to a lot of the world, so removing the magic of Christmas for them at that age sucks even more. Also idk if it's just me but the "santa is turkish like me" thing sounds like the most arrogant crap to say to your own child lmao
OP, on the other hand, doesn't even sound bothered that her kid is upset by knowing Santa isn't real and instead was more focused on *her* experience of the magic of Christmas. Then, she had a complete overreaction of basically buggering off her hubby that could potentially traumatise her kid and cause a rift between her and her husband, saying he's a buzz-kill.
They both suck, and the kid really deserves better at this time of year. I think Christmas is really special for kids, and its depressing to see people ruin it for them like this. Hopefully they are all feeling better now.
I hate how Christmas has become centered around a marketing scheme of the Coca-Cola Company.
Is it better as a marketing campaign for a belief system?
On the Christmas story:
Doing something like that without talking to your spouse: Bad.
Not showing remorse: Very dysfunctional for a relationship. Like, marriage counseling needed. Christmas is a long way away, but if this isn't resolved by then it really isn't that crazy to spend that time apart. I kind of see what Northern is talking about, but I would give OP the benefit of the doubt and assume that she is flexible on her statement if their relationship improves.
That slew of comments on the *actual* ethnicity of Santa was hilarious
The new glasses look great!
Look, man, i dont like christmas, I think it's kind of a bullshit holiday. However, I have 2 kids that both love christmas and santa, sometimes as a dad you just gotta bite the bullet for a few years and not crush their dreams. The world's gonna do that enough later in life. Let the kids have their fun.
Those final five minutes had me cracking up.
I couldn’t stop saying ‘so true’ for the first ten mins of this vid.
Haven't kept up with the nl lore lately. The glasses new?
I would have asked for the receipt for the roses and returned them for store credit, then purchased different flowers for her lol
similar thing happened when I was little irt finding out santa isn’t real: my parents were both working one night when i was like 6/7 and had a family friend babysit. i lost a tooth, and i put it under my pillow and everything, expecting the tooth fairy. i woke up the next morning , horrified to discover that there was nothing waiting for me but my own missing tooth. i left my room to go down one door to the bathroom. my mom was there, half asleep as this was early in the morning, trying to just go back to bed. tooth in hand, i knock on the door and yell about the tooth fairy; my mom opens the door in shock as i ask her if the tooth fsiry isn’t real. my little child brain began to run through the litany of mythical figures in my hesd that had been played by my parents. however i am jealous of your only child moment because i had to swear to keep this from my younger brother 😭
the mare-eyed multimillionaire 🤑
new glasses looking nice
wow what a great episode!
Genetically, modern Turks are just Greeks. The small minority of central Asians, while they successfully brought over their culture, religion, political institutions, etc, did not make a big impact on the gene pool in Anatolia.
Did my man get new glasses? Because he be looking damn fine in them. Even if they're not new, he still be lookin' damn fine.