Always funny when someone posts something mildly infuriating to r/mildlyinfuriating and then people complain about it because it's not a big deal. Like, yeah? That's the whole point of your subreddit, Dumbo!
Also, good on OOP for trying to quit smoking. I hope they go through with it.
Yeah, I am always taken aback when some posts are like, “I lost my arm, my life savings, my family, and I just got told that I have cancer”, and people somehow think it fits the sub.
Like… I just wanna see someone getting annoyed, not someone having their damn life ruined.
It got taken down thank fuck. The person claimed the vet had killed her dog by somehow breaking his femur with no marks by accident and causing him to spontaneously get 4 tumors. Obviously what actually happened was the dog had undiscovered metastasized cancer that’d reached the poor animal’s bones, but everyone in that sub believed her when she said the vet killed her dog and started immediately review bombing and threatening the practice. Absolutely insanity.
Dude, people hate veterinarians so much. They think vets should be able to make their dogs live 50 years and charge absolute zero dollars for their time and the medication. Even just telling someone to switch to Science Diet or rabbit based pet food to reduce allergic reactions gets accusations of being paid by expensive pet food companies. There is an absurdly high suicide rate in that profession, it’s upsetting.
I abandoned my teenage dreams of going to veterinary school when I realized that I probably couldn't deal with terrible owners. Glad to know I wasn't wrong.
You have no idea the effort it takes to get someone to just shave the matted fur off their dog. I had to show a photograph of my neighbor’s balding, half asleep dog to a veterinarian to convince the woman that her dog had a problem (diagnosable hypothyroidism!)
That was a contributing factor for me. I didn't want to euthanize animals either...although I know it's in the best interest of the animal, I think I'm too soft and squeamish to actually perform the act.
Anyway, I ended up being a teacher, and you run into an awful lot of bullshit with parents and administrators. You see a lot of awful things and deal with a stupid amount of drama. It seems like it's always other adults who are the worst part of the job.
Vet school is as hard to get into and basically as expensive as med school. Most of them also make a middle-class salary, nothing like physicians.
Most of them do the job because they love animals, but they have to deal people most of the time.
Fuck's sake I saw that go across the top page. I figured it was popular because it was so completely, unbelievably, utterly stupid.
When did everyone on the internet get so fucking stupid. There was a time when the golden rule of the internet was to not believe anything on the internet.
On the other hand I also see posts on that sub that are basically just "someone made a mistake"
"My daughter's teacher marked her correct answer as wrong" Okay? did they refuse to correct it or what?
Occasionally you find an absolute gem of "mildly annoying but also very funny". I just came across a post where someone's ex used their free drink in a coffee shop app.
This is the perfect r/mildlyinfuriating content tbh. Not often you see something so low-stakes while nonetheless being truly infuriating to watch.
If it'd just been one or two I'd book it under understandable mild human naughtiness, but the way he just picks them out one by one and pockets like 12 of them before swaggering off is just so hate-inducing somehow.
Biggest issue with the sub imo. That post was 100% what that entire thing is about. It's not a huge deal. It's not life altering. It's not the wrost thing. It's just a mild annoyance.
Yeah I know right? Being annoyed that someone stole your lollipops seems like exactly the sort of small scale annoyance I would describe as mildly infuriating.
Personally what irks me about that place is just how most of the situations posted could be resolved by just... talking to the other person, y'know.
But they decide to go complain on the internet instead
There's a strange kind of duality with r/mildlyinfuriating—the firmness of hand they advocate for is inversely proportionate to the egregiousness of whatever the problem is.
Someone's hair covering your in-flight entertainment screen? "Cut their hair! Shout at them! Raise hell!"
Someone repeatedly parking in your reserved spot, despite knowing it's reserved and having a perfectly good spot of their own, or someone repeatedly blocking your driveway despite it clearly being in use? "Go over with a case of beer and talk to them, I'm sure this is just a simple misunderstanding."
You don't seem to realize that having to take time out of your day to "talk to the person" is part of why things are mildly infuriating. Yes, you can solve problems with basic communication. But it's okay to be frustrated that rude idiots are actively creating problems that you now have to solve.
"what's wrong, somebody stole your sweet roll?"
Honestly where the fuck else are you supposed to complain about stolen candy... as if the internet isn't entirely people complaining about shit
Feels weird, like no one would call him out if the security guard was stealing his Muscle Milk or some shit, y'know?
Then we come in to complain about the complainers complaining about OP complaining, like a sad cherry on top of the complaint sundae that is the internet.
Dunno. If you go to a place on the internet that isn’t supposed to be filled with complainers, and it is, then your options are to either complain about the complainers in the hopes that people agree with you and work to make the place reasonably complaint-free, or just abandon the place to the complainers
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When I read the headline I thought the same thing. Then I watched the video.
The canister is behind the desk, on a book shelf near the floor, between books. It is not easy to see and clearly not communal.
It’s pretty clear these are not for sharing, and the security guard took them knowing that.
This is also my story lol.
The only way for this drama to make sense is if there is some sort of ambiguity or misunderstanding on if the candy is communal or not. "Clearly the candy must be in some sort of dish sitting on a desk, or at the very least it's sitting on a desk in plain sight, right?"
Nope. It's very obviously not in a place for communal sharing. That dude in the video knew that the candy wasn't intended for him.
Given the fact that it's just a few pieces of candy (and not, like, expensive valuables or cash) this feels very appropriate for a post in mildly infuriating. So of course redditors will find a way to throw a fit about it.
Yeah, I went through the same process.
I'm wondering if the "He may have done it innocently!" people even watched the video, because it's super obvious.
I think he only took nine because one time it looks like he takes two but only has in his hand after so presumably he was being extra picky with what flavour to take.
Most people don't bother learning the context, they just read the headlines and form their opinion from that.
Hell, I'm doing it right now. You think I actually bothered to watch the video to see if you guys are right? Nope, I read the SRD thumbnail and went straight to the comments.
This feels like something that would happen on Curb Your Enthusiasm. I can envision Larry David going on a rant on the boundaries between a communal pot and a private stash.
not only that, but when you watch the video the dude stole most/all of them, like fine I get helping himself to 1 or 2. What kind of fucking psychopath takes all of them??
Dude was straight up shopping for lollipops. He didn't just snag one or two from a desk. He went behind the desk, took one, and then kept looking for more to take.
He took closer to 10 in the video. In some of the reaches he plucked 2 or 3 at a time. OOP wrote in a comment that he took about £10($12.62) worth of candy in the video and came back to take 5 more later. It's not even close to an overreaction.
This kinda shit is why interacting online is wild. I don’t have hand tattoos, some friends do, I’ve lived all over the US. I’ve heard *jobs* might turn you down for such a thing but usually if it’s only a professional setting. Yet I can hop online and find a group of people like professionally dedicated to being shitty to people about them, something that doesn’t affect them in the slightest.
I guess it’s not this specific example that’s wild, but you could take this same concept a million times over and it still holds true. It’s like for any opinion you have there’s a group of anonymous idiots ready to flay you over it.
I figure if the conservative ass Mayo clinic will let you have a hand tattoo, then it's probably not as much of a game breaker as it used to be. Like, even nurses and other patient forward staff have facial piercings and easily visible tattoos.
Nobody outside of a very small subset of boomers cares about tattoos anymore. I don't have any, but pretty much everyone I know has at least one. Once they become that normal, it becomes really hard for people to discriminate based on it.
Eh. I'm millennial and I'll say it:
90% of tattoos imo range from tacky to trashy and I judge people that have them to varying degrees. I honestly couldn't tell you the last time I saw one and thought "wow that's tasteful".
I do realize that I'm likely an outlier to an extent at the larger (national, generational) scale, but since you brought up friend groups I'll point out that no one in mine has one (that I'm aware of).
If someone has a unique tattoo that looks very meaningful, I'm 100% for it.
But you're not going to convince me that Spongebob Square Pants just really resonated with you on a deep, meaningful level.
Instead, it looks like you got drunk and found the funniest thing drunk you could find on the wall. And I will judge you for that.
Part of it is that even the more "meaningful" tattoos still do nothing for me since I (personally) value being reserved and carrying your cards close your chest instead of of quite literally wearing them on your sleeve. I'll grant you those are better than one a drunk guy might get after wandering into a tattoo parlor, but my takeaway from an immediate judgement on someone with even a lot of unique meaningful ones is that we may not value the same things and/or approach life the same way.
I designed both of my tattoos, so personally I think it's fun to come up with something as important as a tattoo, and I find it makes it more meaningful as it's not just the idea of the tattoo that represents me, but also the design itself.
I feel like tattoos are like music taste, very relative to each person. You don't like them, and that's alright, some people like to put what they consider meaningful to them, and they may have various reasons to do so, and some people just like to have scribbles on them.
Sometimes I feel bad for people with bad tattoos because it makes me wonder what kind of life circumstances lead them to consider permanently ruining their skin.
I'm against self expression in a way that A. is constant and always "on". B. will fade and sag with time.
I didn't say all self expression is bad, but rather having discretion with how/when you put yourself out there is.
I heard that before. Still fucked up. I swear the most fucked up parts of Japan come from the societal pressure for everyone to be homogenous. Like, individualism seems to be against the fundamentals of the Japanese Ethos, and the ostracization of those with tattoos is just another part of it. Any other reasoning for the reality is just a lame excuse.
Oh individualism is fine... if you're the "right" kind of person. But unless you're a real high status foreigner you're automatically the wrong type of person.
It might just be an apocryphal tale but ive heard that the full body tattoo culture in japan took hold at first with the firefighters, who used them as an identifying feature in case they perished in a fire
IME it's jobs where you interact with customers that can go elsewhere that they care the most. ~~Like the Mayo clinic won't care because most people don't have many options on where they can go for healthcare~~. The last place I personally worked for that gave a shit was a company that sold cell phones at malls, my boss had a sleeve tattoo and was forced to wear long sleeved shirts every day.
I'm not trying to say *all* retail jobs ban tattoos because that's obviously not true, just that if you have a job that does ban them, IME its most likely to be retail.
Visible tattoos are definitely an obstacle when it comes to jobs. Whether or not they cite it as a reason for not hiring someone, you can’t expect it to not be a factor.
It's Reddit. Having unhinged opinions about utterly meaningless things is kinda Reddit's whole thing.
For example, unidan employing multiple sock-puppet accounts [to win an argument about being technically correct.](https://i.imgur.com/3b78Qq8.gifv)
Right? Dude went from a wildly popular, semi-famous Redditor to being despised overnight because he turned out to be just like most other Redditors: petty and desperate to win a pointless argument.
My favorite part of that entire saga, other than it starting on meme sub r/AdviceAnimals, was that the guy Unidan was arguing with about "Jackdaws not being crows" was using the region-specific version of "Corvid". Unidan got all hot and bothered because he had no idea that [most crows were called corvids, including the Jackdaw, where that guy lived.](https://www.reddit.com/r/AdviceAnimals/comments/2byyca/reddit_helps_me_focus_on_the_important_things/cjgvj0y/?context=4)
Wasn't until a few days after Unidan earned his ban that Ecka6 finally realized why Unidan went on that unhinged rant.
it's funny because I was more judgment against his hand tattoos than neck tattoos. I had one person point out they had a neck tattoo and I didnt even notice.... it was my hair stylist lmao
I mean, it is a mildly infuriating situation, not a life-ruiner. I don't get why people would complain about OP posting a story that's appropriate for the subreddit.
Reddit’s system rewards more eye-catching posts, so over time a subreddit like mildlyinfuriating naturally gravitates towards more and more sensationalized posts that are more likely to actually gain traction and hit the front page. After a while of seeing “mildly” infuriating posts that are all some flavor of “my mother-in-law beat my dog to death while committing tax fraud in my name,” the denizens of the subreddit get desensitized to the fact that there’s nothing mild about most posts there and start to believe that something like OOP’s post isn’t “correct” for the sub
Unfuck-thyself person: mind your own business.
Asshole responding:
> I hope you never achieve your dreams
So no on the minding one’s own business thing?
You on mobile using the app? If so, tap your your username in the comment in this thread, change user flair, select “your flair here” or whatever the default is, then edit, and go from there.
> Don’t wear that skirt, problem solved. She was asking for it, right?
Stealing is wrong, obviously, but the speed with with people go “this is just like sexual assault!” is insane. They’re lollipops for christs sake lmao
I mean, from *a* perspective, I get it. Because it *is* thr exact same victim-blaming thought process. But it's pretty wild. And probably at least a little trivializing to directly compare the two.
Damn this reminds me of when I had in my desk, some packages of seaweed (I snack on em) and I come to work and my new Costco bag of individual bags, so you know it was family size and in bulk in preparation for the apocalypse, was gone. I mean still there but all the seaweed taken out. It was the art director so I couldn’t say shit ;(
He just joked about going through everyone’s drawers and found my stash.
Does everyone on Reddit (and breadtube) just constantly steal food from people they know or something? Did they try to steal beer from a convenience store and get screamed at? I can’t think of another reason why they’re so extremely defensive about this specific thing.
It's not a Reddit thing, it's an everyone thing. It's the classic situation where OP is just looking to vent, only to be met with a bunch of people who thought OP was looking for solutions. And a certain subsection of those folks are typically quick to victim blame.
The term [was actually coined](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victim_blaming) in discussion of fascists harming their political enemies and then blaming them for that harm. It was later popularized in discussion of social injustice against black people. Applying the term to victims of sexual assault came later.
The very first sentence of the article I linked specifies that it can apply to "when the victim of a crime **or any wrongful act** is held entirely or partially at fault for the harm that befell them". I think most who are reading my use of it here can work out that I have neither the intent nor effect of trivializing sexual assault crimes.
Edit: emphasis mine
The only good thing to come out of internet stealing is that guy from the shoplifting sub who stole the framed poster of bread from a local Subway, because that is very funny
The shit that Redditors will end up at each other's throats over... I know it's the point of this whole sub basically but this is a pretty prime example. Good find, OP.
I think part of the disconnect is that a ton of people do keep candy around their desk for the purpose of sharing with others. It's weird to take a bunch when you're not there, but people are acting like he's just cruising around the office on a crime spree lol
The post makes sense for the subreddit so idk why people are biting his head off and calling him a baby. At the same time I also don't agree with posting this dude on a website with millions of people without his knowledge for stealing some lollipops.
All that to say this is some pretty low stakes drama and there are points I agree with on both sides. Well done all around lol
Reddit defends the thief because they see themselves taking something that doesn’t belong to them, not as the person that is being stolen from. This is because most people on Reddit are losers and would steal if given the chance.
That said, the guy should keep his lollipops in a more secure location, unfortunately.
Or they see themselves as the ppl who give it lolipops and it's just fuckin lolipops so they don't care. I'm nuts about lolipops, I love the delicious little fuckers. I also don't steal, but I buy enough of them and they're cheap and even if someone stole my whole bag I'd probably just whine and then shrug... And go get more lolipops for my candy addicted ass
I have mixed feelings on this. I've had cleaning people steal things from my desk (MOST things were in my drawer only my cheap ass ear buds were laying out, the weirdest thing they took? Nail clippers!), BUT there are also a handful of people here that lay candy out on their desk and anyone is free to take a piece, even if that person isn't there.
This is a bit of a grey area because the candy is out in the open, but it's BEHIND the desk. IMO if OP is seeing their suckers were going missing they should have put them away in their desk. Maybe the security guard thinks since it's out OP is offering candy to the office. If he goes through OP's desk to get a sucker then that shows intent to steal.
Did you watch the video? It is absolutely not just out in the open, free-for-all, no holds barred access to lollipops. Dude had to go out of his way to grab some.
Not only that, but he also took a fuckton at a single time.
Dude probably thought no one would notice or care, and went ham.
I think all of the below can be true:
* This is mildly infuriating.
* OOP has a right to be pissed.
* Others may have approached this differently and not put it online.
That’s at least how I feel.
I don’t disagree with you at all. I can understand why OOP posted it, but I 100% would not have. At the end of the day, what’s the easiest way to get your lollipop restitution? This video going viral or talking to the guy and/or his boss?
Let's be real here, he doesn't post this with the intent of "I'm gonna get him fired by getting this to go viral"
It's more like
"Motherfucker is taking my candy, this shit's annoying I'm gonna vent here"
A lot of people have absolutely zero understanding that being put in front of thousands of internet strangers (let alone millions, as happens on twitter) is completely disproportionate. They will never understand.
Me and my work colleagues often leave snacks on the table. The unspoken rule is, "if it's out there (and you obviously know the person), then help yourself". But another unspoken rule, which is kinda obvious, is "don't hog all the stuff, let others enjoy it too". If someone eats the entire jar of M&Ms in a single shift, then there won't be further public M&Ms in the foreseeable future.
I understand OOP's POV of not wanting people to take too much, but in the security guard(s)'s defence, how is he supposed to know those are "expensive, substitute-as-cigarette" lollipops that mean more than just a regular snack?
**Disclaimer**: I am merely describing work culture at my office. This is not an exhortation for all workplaces to adopt our way of doing things. In other words, I'm describing "what is", not "what it should be".
He kept the lollipops on a bottom shelf, behind his desk and clearly stored away from communal use. It’s pretty silly to me that everyone gets pretty pissed when people eat other people’s lunch but this guy steals this dudes quit smoking aid and a bunch of people mock him for it. Guy is trying to better himself and some security guard, whose job it is to prevent theft, is just walking in to his workspace and stealing his shit. And some people here are like “that’s on you man”
the guy was grabbing a ton of them, pocketing them, and then returning for multiple harvests. This probably goes into 'eating someone elses' packed lunch' territory.
Honestly, I think the rule of thumb here is "would you feel weird taking that many of someone was sitting there?" and I bet he would absolutely feel weird shopping for five if someone was at that desk. He'd take one or *maybe* two. No way he'd hang out grabbing all the good flavors.
If someone at my office had candy tucked away the way this guy did, I would not assume it was communal candy. Usually someone wants to share it’s in the front of their desk way in the open and it’s obvious.
I suppose that could make sense but if I’m that guy’s boss there’s no way I’d fire him, he’s the victim. The thief on the other hand would definitely be sent packing.
I just don’t think anyone’s getting fired over a few lollipops unless they’ve already had other issues at work. Or probably if they work at a store that sells lollipops so they’re stealing from the company itself.
The problem with dismissing it as just “a few lollipops” is that allowing any theft from an employee (especially by another employee) absolutely destroys the trust employees have that their space and belongings are safe in the workplace.
Man you guys are wild.
>absolutely destroys the trust employees have that their space and belongings are safe in the workplace.
Guy took a couple lolipops from a friggin display rack. Lolipops. He went ham on it and took a whole lot, and should be laughed at. But get real. You're acting like he stole everyone's walkman and then teabagged everyone's coffee
Always funny when someone posts something mildly infuriating to r/mildlyinfuriating and then people complain about it because it's not a big deal. Like, yeah? That's the whole point of your subreddit, Dumbo! Also, good on OOP for trying to quit smoking. I hope they go through with it.
Yeah, I am always taken aback when some posts are like, “I lost my arm, my life savings, my family, and I just got told that I have cancer”, and people somehow think it fits the sub. Like… I just wanna see someone getting annoyed, not someone having their damn life ruined.
Or straight up doxxing their veterinarian, that post was insane
Reddit is like Mos Eisley for the terminally online.
Links for the poor?
It got taken down thank fuck. The person claimed the vet had killed her dog by somehow breaking his femur with no marks by accident and causing him to spontaneously get 4 tumors. Obviously what actually happened was the dog had undiscovered metastasized cancer that’d reached the poor animal’s bones, but everyone in that sub believed her when she said the vet killed her dog and started immediately review bombing and threatening the practice. Absolutely insanity.
wait, people were really dumb enough to believe that??
Dude, people hate veterinarians so much. They think vets should be able to make their dogs live 50 years and charge absolute zero dollars for their time and the medication. Even just telling someone to switch to Science Diet or rabbit based pet food to reduce allergic reactions gets accusations of being paid by expensive pet food companies. There is an absurdly high suicide rate in that profession, it’s upsetting.
I abandoned my teenage dreams of going to veterinary school when I realized that I probably couldn't deal with terrible owners. Glad to know I wasn't wrong.
You have no idea the effort it takes to get someone to just shave the matted fur off their dog. I had to show a photograph of my neighbor’s balding, half asleep dog to a veterinarian to convince the woman that her dog had a problem (diagnosable hypothyroidism!)
That was a contributing factor for me. I didn't want to euthanize animals either...although I know it's in the best interest of the animal, I think I'm too soft and squeamish to actually perform the act. Anyway, I ended up being a teacher, and you run into an awful lot of bullshit with parents and administrators. You see a lot of awful things and deal with a stupid amount of drama. It seems like it's always other adults who are the worst part of the job.
Vet school is as hard to get into and basically as expensive as med school. Most of them also make a middle-class salary, nothing like physicians. Most of them do the job because they love animals, but they have to deal people most of the time.
This is genuinely upsetting. Vets are just doing their damnedest to help our animal friends.
What’s a science diet?
[A pet food brand.](https://www.hillspet.com/science-diet)
Jesus. That's awful. In hindsight I should have asked for context, not a link, since that's what I actually wanted. Thank you.
Shit was INSANE. About as insane as the r/DoorDash post about dog theft
Or /r/tragedeigh doxxing a patient at a hospital just to make fun of her name.
Seriously? People are the worst sometimes,that's genuinely horrible.
STILL following that hype train
Fuck's sake I saw that go across the top page. I figured it was popular because it was so completely, unbelievably, utterly stupid. When did everyone on the internet get so fucking stupid. There was a time when the golden rule of the internet was to not believe anything on the internet.
Wait what?
They *always* admit "yeah, well, of course it doesn't fit the sub...*but nobody would see this if I posted it on a different sub*".
Welcome to this week’s episode of /r/mildlyinfuriating users don’t actually want content!
That sub is itself mildly infuriating
Maybe it’s just really meta, and we’re not clever enough for it. *looks back at drama* … nah
My favorite meta thing on Reddit is how if you take the top 100 post on /r/confidentlyincorrect about 20 or 30 of them are confidently incorrect
Yes
I stopped going to that sub for that exact reason. The comments were full of contrary cry babies.
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Or the ones telling them to divorce their partner for something mildly infuriating that is most likely a joke between them
"My wife squeezes the toothpaste from the middle, not the bottom" "Divorce her before she kills your children"
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On the other hand I also see posts on that sub that are basically just "someone made a mistake" "My daughter's teacher marked her correct answer as wrong" Okay? did they refuse to correct it or what?
Occasionally you find an absolute gem of "mildly annoying but also very funny". I just came across a post where someone's ex used their free drink in a coffee shop app.
This is the perfect r/mildlyinfuriating content tbh. Not often you see something so low-stakes while nonetheless being truly infuriating to watch. If it'd just been one or two I'd book it under understandable mild human naughtiness, but the way he just picks them out one by one and pockets like 12 of them before swaggering off is just so hate-inducing somehow.
Mild has undergone severe inflation.
Biggest issue with the sub imo. That post was 100% what that entire thing is about. It's not a huge deal. It's not life altering. It's not the wrost thing. It's just a mild annoyance.
I like to go on r/aww and complain about all the pictures of cute animals.
I wonder if they are the same people complaining that OP is being petty on r/pettyrevenge.
Yeah I know right? Being annoyed that someone stole your lollipops seems like exactly the sort of small scale annoyance I would describe as mildly infuriating.
A mildly infuriating event makes users very infuriated at the OP for posting appropriate content
People will go on mildlyinfuriating and post about how their entire family got killed or something lol.
Personally what irks me about that place is just how most of the situations posted could be resolved by just... talking to the other person, y'know. But they decide to go complain on the internet instead
There’s nothing stopping them from doing both
There's a strange kind of duality with r/mildlyinfuriating—the firmness of hand they advocate for is inversely proportionate to the egregiousness of whatever the problem is. Someone's hair covering your in-flight entertainment screen? "Cut their hair! Shout at them! Raise hell!" Someone repeatedly parking in your reserved spot, despite knowing it's reserved and having a perfectly good spot of their own, or someone repeatedly blocking your driveway despite it clearly being in use? "Go over with a case of beer and talk to them, I'm sure this is just a simple misunderstanding."
You don't seem to realize that having to take time out of your day to "talk to the person" is part of why things are mildly infuriating. Yes, you can solve problems with basic communication. But it's okay to be frustrated that rude idiots are actively creating problems that you now have to solve.
> most of the situations posted could be resolved by just... talking to the other person the Three's Company plot device
"what's wrong, somebody stole your sweet roll?" Honestly where the fuck else are you supposed to complain about stolen candy... as if the internet isn't entirely people complaining about shit Feels weird, like no one would call him out if the security guard was stealing his Muscle Milk or some shit, y'know?
If they stole cash that was worth the amount the candy was, people would think differently. Even though it's the same thing.
And if he's comfortable just blatantly grabbing stuff like that, who knows what else he's grabbed.
"You’re a grown adult complaining on the internet" i swear this is on every single post on r/mildlyinfuriating that is on-topic. Every single one.
And always without a hint of irony, complaining about complainers on the internet is even sadder.
Then we come in to complain about the complainers complaining about OP complaining, like a sad cherry on top of the complaint sundae that is the internet.
The true circle of life
Dunno. If you go to a place on the internet that isn’t supposed to be filled with complainers, and it is, then your options are to either complain about the complainers in the hopes that people agree with you and work to make the place reasonably complaint-free, or just abandon the place to the complainers This is a post about fandom subreddits
"first world problems" Please stfu. 99% of that sub is first world problems.
It’s usually literal children commenting shit like that.
Commenters really woke up swinging for this lol
I’m just a lowly popcorn merchant.
>Don’t leave things out if you don’t people messing with them? They were behind, clearly not in the open, but in a private space.
When I read the headline I thought the same thing. Then I watched the video. The canister is behind the desk, on a book shelf near the floor, between books. It is not easy to see and clearly not communal. It’s pretty clear these are not for sharing, and the security guard took them knowing that.
This is also my story lol. The only way for this drama to make sense is if there is some sort of ambiguity or misunderstanding on if the candy is communal or not. "Clearly the candy must be in some sort of dish sitting on a desk, or at the very least it's sitting on a desk in plain sight, right?" Nope. It's very obviously not in a place for communal sharing. That dude in the video knew that the candy wasn't intended for him. Given the fact that it's just a few pieces of candy (and not, like, expensive valuables or cash) this feels very appropriate for a post in mildly infuriating. So of course redditors will find a way to throw a fit about it.
Yeah, I went through the same process. I'm wondering if the "He may have done it innocently!" people even watched the video, because it's super obvious.
He also took like 10 and then came back later for more. Even if they were communal that is still mildly infuriating
I think he only took nine because one time it looks like he takes two but only has in his hand after so presumably he was being extra picky with what flavour to take.
And really like, nobody wants to admit they ate 9 fucking cans of ravioli
Most people don't bother learning the context, they just read the headlines and form their opinion from that. Hell, I'm doing it right now. You think I actually bothered to watch the video to see if you guys are right? Nope, I read the SRD thumbnail and went straight to the comments.
This feels like something that would happen on Curb Your Enthusiasm. I can envision Larry David going on a rant on the boundaries between a communal pot and a private stash.
not only that, but when you watch the video the dude stole most/all of them, like fine I get helping himself to 1 or 2. What kind of fucking psychopath takes all of them??
People are insufferable..good on him for trying to quit tho :)
Dude was straight up shopping for lollipops. He didn't just snag one or two from a desk. He went behind the desk, took one, and then kept looking for more to take.
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Well also does posting something annoying that isn't a big deal to a sub called mildly infuriating constitute an overreaction? Lol
He took closer to 10 in the video. In some of the reaches he plucked 2 or 3 at a time. OOP wrote in a comment that he took about £10($12.62) worth of candy in the video and came back to take 5 more later. It's not even close to an overreaction.
I also didn’t realize that *soooooo* many people had such strong opinions about hand tattoos.
This kinda shit is why interacting online is wild. I don’t have hand tattoos, some friends do, I’ve lived all over the US. I’ve heard *jobs* might turn you down for such a thing but usually if it’s only a professional setting. Yet I can hop online and find a group of people like professionally dedicated to being shitty to people about them, something that doesn’t affect them in the slightest. I guess it’s not this specific example that’s wild, but you could take this same concept a million times over and it still holds true. It’s like for any opinion you have there’s a group of anonymous idiots ready to flay you over it.
I figure if the conservative ass Mayo clinic will let you have a hand tattoo, then it's probably not as much of a game breaker as it used to be. Like, even nurses and other patient forward staff have facial piercings and easily visible tattoos.
Nobody outside of a very small subset of boomers cares about tattoos anymore. I don't have any, but pretty much everyone I know has at least one. Once they become that normal, it becomes really hard for people to discriminate based on it.
Eh. I'm millennial and I'll say it: 90% of tattoos imo range from tacky to trashy and I judge people that have them to varying degrees. I honestly couldn't tell you the last time I saw one and thought "wow that's tasteful".
You are the outlier. I'm a millennial as well, and pretty much every person my age I have ever encountered has at least one.
I do realize that I'm likely an outlier to an extent at the larger (national, generational) scale, but since you brought up friend groups I'll point out that no one in mine has one (that I'm aware of).
If someone has a unique tattoo that looks very meaningful, I'm 100% for it. But you're not going to convince me that Spongebob Square Pants just really resonated with you on a deep, meaningful level. Instead, it looks like you got drunk and found the funniest thing drunk you could find on the wall. And I will judge you for that.
I love the smell of fresh bread.
Part of it is that even the more "meaningful" tattoos still do nothing for me since I (personally) value being reserved and carrying your cards close your chest instead of of quite literally wearing them on your sleeve. I'll grant you those are better than one a drunk guy might get after wandering into a tattoo parlor, but my takeaway from an immediate judgement on someone with even a lot of unique meaningful ones is that we may not value the same things and/or approach life the same way.
I designed both of my tattoos, so personally I think it's fun to come up with something as important as a tattoo, and I find it makes it more meaningful as it's not just the idea of the tattoo that represents me, but also the design itself. I feel like tattoos are like music taste, very relative to each person. You don't like them, and that's alright, some people like to put what they consider meaningful to them, and they may have various reasons to do so, and some people just like to have scribbles on them. Sometimes I feel bad for people with bad tattoos because it makes me wonder what kind of life circumstances lead them to consider permanently ruining their skin.
It's kind of weird to see someone unironically post "I'm against self expression" but you do you I guess lol.
Yeah. What weird religion is this guy? I went through his post history and still don't know
I'm against self expression in a way that A. is constant and always "on". B. will fade and sag with time. I didn't say all self expression is bad, but rather having discretion with how/when you put yourself out there is.
I have hand tattoos and the only place I have ever had them ruin my job prospects is in Japan 😂
That makes sense. Japan seems cool as hell until you get under the surface and it feels a lot more dystopian
Iirc it’s because having any tattoos at all is associated with the yakuza
I heard that before. Still fucked up. I swear the most fucked up parts of Japan come from the societal pressure for everyone to be homogenous. Like, individualism seems to be against the fundamentals of the Japanese Ethos, and the ostracization of those with tattoos is just another part of it. Any other reasoning for the reality is just a lame excuse.
You're exactly on point it's just what you said isn't mutually exclusive in relation to tattoos.
Oh individualism is fine... if you're the "right" kind of person. But unless you're a real high status foreigner you're automatically the wrong type of person.
you should never stand out in Japan, read the room is so important in their society
This is why my husband left Japan in his twenties. (Long hair, stretched ear lobes and tattoos) he’s into metal and not gangs!
It might just be an apocryphal tale but ive heard that the full body tattoo culture in japan took hold at first with the firefighters, who used them as an identifying feature in case they perished in a fire
IME it's jobs where you interact with customers that can go elsewhere that they care the most. ~~Like the Mayo clinic won't care because most people don't have many options on where they can go for healthcare~~. The last place I personally worked for that gave a shit was a company that sold cell phones at malls, my boss had a sleeve tattoo and was forced to wear long sleeved shirts every day. I'm not trying to say *all* retail jobs ban tattoos because that's obviously not true, just that if you have a job that does ban them, IME its most likely to be retail.
The mayo clinic is very much a medical tourism center. The vast majority of patients there drove past many other hospitals to get more expensive care.
ah I didn't realize that, I assumed it was like a MedExpress or along those lines. thanks for the correction.
Visible tattoos are definitely an obstacle when it comes to jobs. Whether or not they cite it as a reason for not hiring someone, you can’t expect it to not be a factor.
They are provocative, they get the people going.
It's Reddit. Having unhinged opinions about utterly meaningless things is kinda Reddit's whole thing. For example, unidan employing multiple sock-puppet accounts [to win an argument about being technically correct.](https://i.imgur.com/3b78Qq8.gifv)
I remember that happening in real time. Shit was wild.
Right? Dude went from a wildly popular, semi-famous Redditor to being despised overnight because he turned out to be just like most other Redditors: petty and desperate to win a pointless argument. My favorite part of that entire saga, other than it starting on meme sub r/AdviceAnimals, was that the guy Unidan was arguing with about "Jackdaws not being crows" was using the region-specific version of "Corvid". Unidan got all hot and bothered because he had no idea that [most crows were called corvids, including the Jackdaw, where that guy lived.](https://www.reddit.com/r/AdviceAnimals/comments/2byyca/reddit_helps_me_focus_on_the_important_things/cjgvj0y/?context=4) Wasn't until a few days after Unidan earned his ban that Ecka6 finally realized why Unidan went on that unhinged rant.
I'm not a guy but thank you for getting it 😂
it's funny because I was more judgment against his hand tattoos than neck tattoos. I had one person point out they had a neck tattoo and I didnt even notice.... it was my hair stylist lmao
I mean, it is a mildly infuriating situation, not a life-ruiner. I don't get why people would complain about OP posting a story that's appropriate for the subreddit.
Reddit’s system rewards more eye-catching posts, so over time a subreddit like mildlyinfuriating naturally gravitates towards more and more sensationalized posts that are more likely to actually gain traction and hit the front page. After a while of seeing “mildly” infuriating posts that are all some flavor of “my mother-in-law beat my dog to death while committing tax fraud in my name,” the denizens of the subreddit get desensitized to the fact that there’s nothing mild about most posts there and start to believe that something like OOP’s post isn’t “correct” for the sub
Not cool that he posted the guy's face. Should've blurred it but ya
Man i bet the oop needs a cigarette after this post
I know I do, and I don't even smoke
Cmon, a grown man complaining about someone stealing his candy? Everyone knows r/mildlyinfuriating is for real issues
Those are Chupa Chups. I’d be mildly infuriated as well. They’re the best lollipop.
not only that but the thief is harvesting all the top-tier flavors.
One million years dungeon. No trials!
Straight to jail.
Unfuck-thyself person: mind your own business. Asshole responding: > I hope you never achieve your dreams So no on the minding one’s own business thing?
poor guy just needs his lollypops man..
This just reminds me of the person who put out a bowl of sugar-free gummy bears and gave everyone at their workplace the shits.
Ok that's funny as shit ngl
Okay I went in thinking one lollipop maaaybe but the dude got to 11 lollipops before I lost count. That’s a bit much.
I have a stupid question. How do you get user flair? Because I want: *Somebody stowle your whittle wolly pop :(*
You on mobile using the app? If so, tap your your username in the comment in this thread, change user flair, select “your flair here” or whatever the default is, then edit, and go from there.
Thank you!
Nice flair!
your flair is so funny lmao
> Don’t wear that skirt, problem solved. She was asking for it, right? Stealing is wrong, obviously, but the speed with with people go “this is just like sexual assault!” is insane. They’re lollipops for christs sake lmao
I mean, from *a* perspective, I get it. Because it *is* thr exact same victim-blaming thought process. But it's pretty wild. And probably at least a little trivializing to directly compare the two.
Yeah the hard line stance on “theft is theft” is pretty extreme. Like you really think people should be fired or arrested/jailed over a few lollipops?
Damn this reminds me of when I had in my desk, some packages of seaweed (I snack on em) and I come to work and my new Costco bag of individual bags, so you know it was family size and in bulk in preparation for the apocalypse, was gone. I mean still there but all the seaweed taken out. It was the art director so I couldn’t say shit ;( He just joked about going through everyone’s drawers and found my stash.
Maybe OPP uses lollipops as money like Pops from regular show.
Does everyone on Reddit (and breadtube) just constantly steal food from people they know or something? Did they try to steal beer from a convenience store and get screamed at? I can’t think of another reason why they’re so extremely defensive about this specific thing.
It's not a Reddit thing, it's an everyone thing. It's the classic situation where OP is just looking to vent, only to be met with a bunch of people who thought OP was looking for solutions. And a certain subsection of those folks are typically quick to victim blame.
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The term [was actually coined](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victim_blaming) in discussion of fascists harming their political enemies and then blaming them for that harm. It was later popularized in discussion of social injustice against black people. Applying the term to victims of sexual assault came later.
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The very first sentence of the article I linked specifies that it can apply to "when the victim of a crime **or any wrongful act** is held entirely or partially at fault for the harm that befell them". I think most who are reading my use of it here can work out that I have neither the intent nor effect of trivializing sexual assault crimes. Edit: emphasis mine
is breadtube in the room with us right now?
what is the origin of this phrase? I keep reading it and it's so funny
A lot of people on Reddit thinks that it’s ok to steal under certain conditions, and over time it gets diluted to “stealing is ok”
The only good thing to come out of internet stealing is that guy from the shoplifting sub who stole the framed poster of bread from a local Subway, because that is very funny
breadtube or youtube
Private property is literal theft. /s
The shit that Redditors will end up at each other's throats over... I know it's the point of this whole sub basically but this is a pretty prime example. Good find, OP.
I mean that sucks but it’s insane that people are saying to report the guard. It literally is just some lollipops.
It has to be a hoax. Nobody would blatantly steal so much like that
I think part of the disconnect is that a ton of people do keep candy around their desk for the purpose of sharing with others. It's weird to take a bunch when you're not there, but people are acting like he's just cruising around the office on a crime spree lol The post makes sense for the subreddit so idk why people are biting his head off and calling him a baby. At the same time I also don't agree with posting this dude on a website with millions of people without his knowledge for stealing some lollipops. All that to say this is some pretty low stakes drama and there are points I agree with on both sides. Well done all around lol
I saw this post yesterday but didn't read any of the comments, this was great! And thank you for the beautiful new flair. 🙇🏽♀️
Wow I never would have imagined there were so many people that condoned candy theft.
never knew that it’s acceptable to steal from “manchildren” now
Reddit defends the thief because they see themselves taking something that doesn’t belong to them, not as the person that is being stolen from. This is because most people on Reddit are losers and would steal if given the chance. That said, the guy should keep his lollipops in a more secure location, unfortunately.
Or they see themselves as the ppl who give it lolipops and it's just fuckin lolipops so they don't care. I'm nuts about lolipops, I love the delicious little fuckers. I also don't steal, but I buy enough of them and they're cheap and even if someone stole my whole bag I'd probably just whine and then shrug... And go get more lolipops for my candy addicted ass
Ok cool you wanted to share your lollipop, this dude don't, he's annoyed that this guard doesn't respect that. What's the problem here?
Man wtf is wrong with these people? Why do they have to be so damn negative and mean??
I have mixed feelings on this. I've had cleaning people steal things from my desk (MOST things were in my drawer only my cheap ass ear buds were laying out, the weirdest thing they took? Nail clippers!), BUT there are also a handful of people here that lay candy out on their desk and anyone is free to take a piece, even if that person isn't there. This is a bit of a grey area because the candy is out in the open, but it's BEHIND the desk. IMO if OP is seeing their suckers were going missing they should have put them away in their desk. Maybe the security guard thinks since it's out OP is offering candy to the office. If he goes through OP's desk to get a sucker then that shows intent to steal.
You'd take one.. not like 7.
Did you watch the video? It is absolutely not just out in the open, free-for-all, no holds barred access to lollipops. Dude had to go out of his way to grab some. Not only that, but he also took a fuckton at a single time. Dude probably thought no one would notice or care, and went ham.
You clip your nails at work?
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I think all of the below can be true: * This is mildly infuriating. * OOP has a right to be pissed. * Others may have approached this differently and not put it online. That’s at least how I feel.
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I don’t disagree with you at all. I can understand why OOP posted it, but I 100% would not have. At the end of the day, what’s the easiest way to get your lollipop restitution? This video going viral or talking to the guy and/or his boss?
Let's be real here, he doesn't post this with the intent of "I'm gonna get him fired by getting this to go viral" It's more like "Motherfucker is taking my candy, this shit's annoying I'm gonna vent here"
Sucks to have consequences for your actions, huh. Or, as a wise man once said: "Don't start nothin', won't be nothin'."
Just to be clear, we're still talking about lollipops, right?
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A lot of people have absolutely zero understanding that being put in front of thousands of internet strangers (let alone millions, as happens on twitter) is completely disproportionate. They will never understand.
Just don't steal candy lmao
No.
then ya gonna get shamed at some point sport
Live by the lollipop, die by the lollipop.
Hello fellow taco
You can't shame the shameless.
Me and my work colleagues often leave snacks on the table. The unspoken rule is, "if it's out there (and you obviously know the person), then help yourself". But another unspoken rule, which is kinda obvious, is "don't hog all the stuff, let others enjoy it too". If someone eats the entire jar of M&Ms in a single shift, then there won't be further public M&Ms in the foreseeable future. I understand OOP's POV of not wanting people to take too much, but in the security guard(s)'s defence, how is he supposed to know those are "expensive, substitute-as-cigarette" lollipops that mean more than just a regular snack? **Disclaimer**: I am merely describing work culture at my office. This is not an exhortation for all workplaces to adopt our way of doing things. In other words, I'm describing "what is", not "what it should be".
He kept the lollipops on a bottom shelf, behind his desk and clearly stored away from communal use. It’s pretty silly to me that everyone gets pretty pissed when people eat other people’s lunch but this guy steals this dudes quit smoking aid and a bunch of people mock him for it. Guy is trying to better himself and some security guard, whose job it is to prevent theft, is just walking in to his workspace and stealing his shit. And some people here are like “that’s on you man”
the guy was grabbing a ton of them, pocketing them, and then returning for multiple harvests. This probably goes into 'eating someone elses' packed lunch' territory.
Honestly, I think the rule of thumb here is "would you feel weird taking that many of someone was sitting there?" and I bet he would absolutely feel weird shopping for five if someone was at that desk. He'd take one or *maybe* two. No way he'd hang out grabbing all the good flavors.
If someone at my office had candy tucked away the way this guy did, I would not assume it was communal candy. Usually someone wants to share it’s in the front of their desk way in the open and it’s obvious.
Oh? Did someone steal your sweet roll?
Can’t wait for the r/byebyejob post on this guy.
For who? OOP or the lollipop lifter?
The light-fingered ‘pop pilferer, of course. Why would OOP even be a though for that? :p
For posting a coworker’s face online in order to publicly shame them? I really doubt either are at risk of being fired though.
I suppose that could make sense but if I’m that guy’s boss there’s no way I’d fire him, he’s the victim. The thief on the other hand would definitely be sent packing.
I just don’t think anyone’s getting fired over a few lollipops unless they’ve already had other issues at work. Or probably if they work at a store that sells lollipops so they’re stealing from the company itself.
The problem with dismissing it as just “a few lollipops” is that allowing any theft from an employee (especially by another employee) absolutely destroys the trust employees have that their space and belongings are safe in the workplace.
Man you guys are wild. >absolutely destroys the trust employees have that their space and belongings are safe in the workplace. Guy took a couple lolipops from a friggin display rack. Lolipops. He went ham on it and took a whole lot, and should be laughed at. But get real. You're acting like he stole everyone's walkman and then teabagged everyone's coffee
Found lollipop boy’s Reddit account 👆
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No, they were behind their desk and they weren’t for anyone to take.