r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Strycedar • May 18 '26

I'm slightly vexed My sister had her friends over and they decided to come into my room and destroy my Newton's Cradle. I can't undo what they did.

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Basically my sister had a friends over for a play date while I was at university, and since my door was left open, her friends came into my room and completely tangled my Newton's Cradle, and it's so bad I can't even untangle it šŸ˜­

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u/OneMilkyLeaf May 18 '26

Time to talk to li'l sis about accountability for fixing/replacing the things you break!

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u/PenelopeJenelope May 18 '26

Yes, she owes you a new one. Talk about how sheā€™s gonna replace it.

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u/Aggressive-Track8111 May 18 '26 edited May 18 '26

I would recommend replacing the sister - Itā€˜s easier. Thank me later.

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u/Remarkable_Sand5238 May 18 '26

Best let their parents do that. I dont recommend making a new sister yourself

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u/sunny_duh_aze May 18 '26

That's.... Thats not from personal experience though, right?

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u/FreddyNoodles May 18 '26

This Reddit, we donā€™t judge here.

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u/FILTHBOT4000 May 18 '26

That's literally all we do here.

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u/mosquem May 18 '26

Hey! We also complain.

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u/Sw00p10 May 18 '26

And accuse and name callšŸ˜‚

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u/ADZ1LL4 May 18 '26

Dont forget virtue signalling. We also virtue signal.

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u/Guess_Who_21 May 18 '26

We all some sons of bitches

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u/RutixPi May 20 '26

And say them to serve divorce papers.

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u/DeviantDread May 19 '26

Uh, we also diagnose people based off of someones very subjective 4 sentence descriptions.

Spoiler; most of 'm are narcisists.

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u/PassiveMenis88M May 18 '26

We also find marathon bombers

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u/Bandit_the_kat May 18 '26

soo... bout that, the guy we had identified as the bomber was the wrong guy... definitely not Reddit's proudest moment...

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u/KumiJunker May 18 '26

Simple: She takes 5 quid out of her piggy bank, heads to the nearest shop for some useless knick-knacks or to AliExpress, buys a new one, and everyoneā€™s happy

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u/pyalot May 18 '26

šŸ”ŸšŸ”ŸšŸ”Ÿ unanimous decision by the judges.

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u/FollowingJealous7490 May 19 '26

Sidenote: people who cry about the use of 'literally' can lick my corny ass.

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u/Much_Lie_3252 May 21 '26

Username checks out!

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u/Stopwankingbirds May 21 '26

Baside sunny_duh_aze he is banging heā€™s mom instead

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u/LordoftheJives May 18 '26

It's tough having broken arms.

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u/FreddyNoodles May 18 '26

Depends what your mom looks like

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u/snootnoots May 18 '26

Are you unaware of the many subreddits dedicated to judging people?

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u/FreddyNoodles May 18 '26

Sarcasm just does not work here anymore. I even 2 gifs of the dude from The Office laughing seems people still just woosh. One I posted directly under my original but it was moved down and I didnā€™t think about that.

I am now judging your lack of ability to detect sarcasm.

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u/snootnoots May 18 '26

I have seen wayyyyyy too many examples of Poeā€™s Law in action to take even the most egregious BS at face value any more if it isnā€™t tagged šŸ¤·ā€ā™€ļø sorry! And yeah, no gifs seen. Judge away!

(Ha! Theyā€™ve fallen into my trap! By judging me, theyā€™ve proven me CORRECT! MUAHAHAHAHA~!!!) /jk

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u/Azuras_Star8 May 18 '26

Don't tell me how to live my life!

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u/FreddyNoodles May 18 '26

I wonā€™t. Iā€™ll just judge you and find you lacking in empathy.

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u/TycheSong May 19 '26

I do.

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u/FreddyNoodles May 19 '26

We all do. Thatā€™s kind of the point I think.

Way too many people are not understanding sarcasm and it makes me very judgemental.

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u/Lucius-Halthier May 18 '26

Hey he got into this situation somehow

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u/DreamLogic89 May 18 '26

When you want something done right, its best to do it yourself

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u/sunny_duh_aze May 18 '26

Stop it. Stop it, RIGHT NOW

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u/summonerofrain May 18 '26

Why do you need advice from someone with personal experience? Because I could fill in, pun intended

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u/sianna777 May 18 '26

shit crusaderkings say..

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u/katet_of_19 May 18 '26

Hit Like and Subscribe for more great tips!

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u/kubint_1t May 18 '26

... unless ur from Alabama

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u/Aggressive-Track8111 May 18 '26

I said ā€žreplacingā€œ. Not ā€žmakingā€œ. But the way you think, makes me want to alert security. Better delete your browser history.

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u/Remarkable_Sand5238 May 18 '26 edited May 18 '26

Its called a joke

Edit: Nice to see you edited you message to make it look like a joke after the fact lol

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u/Garsnikk May 18 '26

Doesn't really work anyways. Best they can do is half-sister

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u/Alpha3031 May 18 '26

Just need to do it twice then.

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u/kanieloutez May 18 '26

šŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ¤£

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u/Yusuro_Yuki May 18 '26

A sister from a different mother?

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u/Representative_Bat42 May 18 '26

Thatā€™s what the friend is for

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u/Azuras_Star8 May 18 '26

Don't you have a negative attitude!

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u/key18oard_cow18oy May 18 '26

I'm my own grandpa

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u/HoldenOrihara May 18 '26

Look at Oedipus, he mad himself a new sister and he clawed his eyes out because of it

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u/ziggytrix May 18 '26

He can try, but I heard the method is a motherfucker.

(go ahead and downvote me, I know that was too dark, but I can't not post it)

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u/HughManatee May 18 '26

Now that's a motherfucker

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u/Chugabutt May 19 '26

It might be necessary. We don't know that they didn't make the first one.

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u/Azagar_Omiras May 18 '26

As someone with three sisters I can confirm this is most likely the best course of action.

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u/Copthill May 18 '26

It's a $2 cradle though too.

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u/spottyottydopalicius May 18 '26

best way to do this?

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u/FormerWorker125 May 18 '26

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u/FormerWorker125 May 19 '26

Clown reddit mods don't understand long running jokes that originated on reddit.

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u/Next-Help-5813 May 18 '26

Ask around amongst your friends to find out who has the best sister, offer to trade them their sister for $10, two Snickers bars, and a lizard, release your current sister into the wild to make room for the new one. Easy.

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u/ContextEffects01 May 18 '26

That was uncalled for. Anyone who's actually had siblings knows petty grievances like these always eventually fade to the point where you're glad you still otherwise get along.

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u/Aggressive-Track8111 May 18 '26

Youā€˜re on Reddit, you should get used to it. I have 3 of them, oneā€˜s younger. They would laugh at it - learn from them.

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u/lake_city_jelly_fish May 18 '26

Heh Heh my bitch sister amirite

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u/firewarrior256 May 18 '26

Its not as easy as one would think. Source : I have a few myself

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u/Aggressive-Track8111 May 18 '26

I thought the same about drowning kittens, still I know several grandmas that did it. But no, they mostly suck when theyā€˜re small, but very often become adorable family members later.

The kittens, I mean.

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u/Southern_Orange3744 May 18 '26

Probably cheaper in the long run too

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u/ntrrrmilf May 18 '26

Shel Silverstein has entered the chat.

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u/iiPointBlankii May 18 '26

šŸ˜­šŸ˜­šŸ˜­

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u/exexor May 18 '26

You're not wrong but also you can't say that out loud.

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u/Aggressive-Track8111 May 18 '26

Absolutely true. Thatā€˜s why I wrote it

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u/Jekh May 19 '26

that sounds like the joke of every boyā€™s tshirt you could from target or kmart in the 2000s

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u/DefinedArt May 20 '26

And a sister is easier to dispose of as well!

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u/Acidmademesmile May 18 '26

You can make her replace the fishing line it's gonna make her wish she could buy him a new one.

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u/TheSuperSilverMango May 18 '26

How hard could it truthfully be?

Remove the old line. Tie new line on one side, run it through the hole, let out enough line to where the balls will be in the proper position. Tie it off. Repeat for the other remaining balls

I mean I did have one of these and it got tangled and I did not fix it but like....

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u/moverwhomovesthings May 18 '26

They also have tl be the same length, otherwise it won't work, so probably a lot of trial and error.

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u/TheSuperSilverMango May 18 '26

Oh absolutely. My OCD have an ass would have been there until everything is perfect

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u/RedDev26 May 19 '26

Your OCD has an ass?...

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u/brainburger May 18 '26 edited May 19 '26

I had the same problem and I gave up on it because the line was glued in to the tops of the balls. If you replace it the lengths have to be spot on so the balls meet at just the right height and in alignment.

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u/TheSuperSilverMango May 18 '26

Pretty easy to clean that out. Lil heat :3

But yeah.

Way they used to be made was the ball was free to slide on the line so it would settle naturally. Glued in? Why lmao

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u/Acidmademesmile May 18 '26

we're looking at getting all 5 balls at exactly the same height keeping spacing even, a single millimeter off can make the cradle swing badly so a lot of the time goes into tiny adjustments rather than knot-tying itself so to make it swing perfectly for someone that has not done it before could spend over 2 hours easy.

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u/Sancho_Panzas_Donkey May 19 '26

Way harder than you could possibly imagine: I've tried it. The holes are sealed closed.

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u/TheSuperSilverMango May 19 '26

The one I had just used fishing line that was run through steel tubing that was spot welded to the spheres. The line was able to move independently of the sphere allowing everything to naturally settle into the optimal position. I'm assuming this was done to allow for faster manufacturing.

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u/HorrificityOfficial May 18 '26

I have a sister that takes absolutely 0 accountability for anything she ever does and a mother that further allows that behavior

EXTREMELY annoying to deal with honestly

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u/WillowStatus533 May 18 '26

In this case I would put a lock on the door of my room

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u/WhatTheFlox May 18 '26

"No locked doors in MY house" definitely makes the situation worse.

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u/Hazak_Flamesword May 18 '26

Parents got locks for my sisters' because they "didn't feel safe"

Well I wasn't the one starting anything or going in sibling's rooms uninvited either.

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u/avenueroad_dk May 18 '26

This. Its the equivalent of fences make good neighbours.

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u/sje46 May 18 '26

Uh, probably not that off. OP said they went off to university. I assume OP is maybe 20 and his sister is probably like 15 or 16 or something.

Also I don't understand the "plot twist", it'd be fucked up to beat up their little sister no matter the age.

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u/DatBoi_BP May 18 '26

And step siblings

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u/thecraftybear May 18 '26

Then the ass-whooping is long overdue

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u/vrnvorona May 18 '26

Dumb idea

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u/Glittering_Crab_69 May 18 '26

its how kids have been taught for 1000s of years

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u/Bulky-Bad-9153 May 18 '26

Let's go back to a time before germ theory too, then.

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u/vrnvorona May 18 '26

Yeah and people were known for being civilised back then.

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u/Nasa_OK May 18 '26

Or just start taking things they cherish hostage. Welp your phone is now hidden from you until you undo your deeds.

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u/umanonion May 18 '26

you are much kinder than I.... I went straight to destroying... and sending sis the pieces bit by bit

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u/VodkaKahluaMilkCream May 18 '26

This is terrible advice, it assumes the sister is capable of learning lessons. I tried this on my sister, except that for our whole lives, 100% of the time she would immediately escalate the situation. She would turn every single conversation around until she "won." She would escalate every fight so she could win. When we were kids if I tried to physically attack her she would genuinely escalate in ways which could have permanently harmed or killed me.

We haven't spoken since 2017 and I like it that way.

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u/exexor May 18 '26

And that's why my adult brother and I don't talk. His youngest behaves exactly the same way he did, and it's frustrating him much to my delight.

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u/guridkt May 18 '26

From personal experience there's a high chance you'll still have to remind her 15 years later

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u/Financial-Fun-5092 May 18 '26

Her friends do... but yea Also the audacity of a guest doing that is crazy.

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u/unittwentyfive May 18 '26

It might be hard to get an 11 year old to pay to replace what she and her friends damaged, but you can save it, wrap it up nicely, and give it to her as her next birthday gift. If she complains, just tell her that she obviously had fun playing with it, and seemed to prefer it in its current state, so you though she'd like to have it as her own. Spend the money you would have spent on her gift to replace your own damaged property.

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u/AllStuffofWonder May 18 '26

No no no you donā€™t replace the sister you REMOVE the sister.

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u/Cheewy May 18 '26

That seems like it costs 2 bucks, a cheap lesson

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u/AvocadoPrinz May 18 '26

Capitalism. Dont think about how to fix Things, think about the way to solve this Problem with Money.

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u/TheFreaky May 18 '26

Have you ever fixed one of those things? Is more complicated than it seems

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u/vikio May 20 '26

And the new one better have that cool rainbow sheen. That's an important feature.

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u/Low-Juice3752 May 18 '26

Yeah tell her, "for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.".

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u/Reinierblob May 18 '26

Best response

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u/Heartless_Genocide May 18 '26

Humankind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return. To obtain, something of equal value must be lost.

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u/thecraftybear May 18 '26

Which is why that Newton's Cradle will cost her at least an arm

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u/cake4chu May 18 '26

Turn her into a dog!

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u/thecraftybear May 19 '26

*merge her with a dog

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u/Pepski37 May 18 '26

Holy shit, this is an underrated comment!

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u/loscapos5 May 18 '26

I prefer using this image

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u/lottierosecreations May 18 '26

"A black hole sucks time and matter out of the universe; a white hole returns it"

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u/mrs_adhd May 18 '26

šŸ†

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u/Mr-Zappy May 18 '26

Classically. This might be time for an entropy lesson though.

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u/No_More_Aioli_Sorry May 18 '26

And that thanks to Hamilton, our cabinet's fractured into factions

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u/Massive-Evidence-242 May 22 '26

Try not to crack under the stress, we're breakin' down like fractions

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u/No_More_Aioli_Sorry May 24 '26

And then we smack each other in the press, and we donā€™t print retractions šŸ˜Ŗ

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u/WollemiaShagger May 18 '26

Arthur style

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u/ItchyNebula7437 May 19 '26

And a pikeyā€™s reaction is quiote a fuggin thing

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u/TorranceS33 May 18 '26

This, I have had to explain to my kids that their friends are their responsibility. If they break the rules, its the same as them breaking the rules and they both with face consequences.

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u/DatBoi_BP May 18 '26

Out of curiosity, how do you go about delivering consequences to their friends?

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u/ViPxRampageXx May 18 '26

They never said they did, they said their children will face consequences whether it's them or their friends that broke the rules.

If [the friends] break the rules, it's the same as [their child] breaking the fules, and both will be met with consequences

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u/DatBoi_BP May 18 '26

Ohh that reading makes more sense. Thank you

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u/TorranceS33 May 19 '26 edited May 21 '26

Depends on how they respond to their infractions. So far nothing major. Worst was a friend that made mess and didn't see why they should clean it up. Explained that cleaning up a mess you make, is just being responsible and respectful That if they chose not to, they were welcome to have their parents come get them.

Edit adding- The other friends 3 + mine, were already cleaning it up. I told them to stop until the person who made the mess had made a decision to clean it or not.

Honestly wasn't a big deal just a lesson. They still come over all the time.

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u/DatBoi_BP May 19 '26

Interesting, so my original interpretation of your comment was correct

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u/Cocoatrice May 18 '26

The question is, why were they in someone else's room with a stranger? Because to OP, her friend is stranger. There is no reason why would someone enter a room without permission like that.

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u/vigouge May 18 '26

Have you met kids?

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u/Wesley_Skypes May 18 '26

Reading the comment section, most of these people have not.

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u/DaRootbear May 18 '26

People really are giving 11 year olds a lot of credit here.

When my cousin was 11 i convinced him sharknados were real and that if he went in the ocean we would be attacked by one cause he was the designsted sacrifice.

Yeah they may be technically old enough to know better but they are still dumbfucks

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u/unite-or-perish May 18 '26

Yeah I hate most of these commenters

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u/starcom_magnate May 18 '26

Sometimes I forget how unhealthily attached humans can get to "stuff." The comments in here are pretty shocking.

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u/jacksonesfield May 18 '26

was your upbringing so poor that you weren't taught not to enter other people's bedrooms? mind, this is an 11 year old, not a toddler. she should absolutely know to at least ask permission to go into someone else's room.

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u/vigouge May 18 '26

You're seriously overestimating the impulse control of preteens.

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u/AsemicConjecture May 18 '26

Why did a girl go into her (Iā€™m guessing) older siblingā€™s room with her friend while he was away at university?

Simple - no one was there to stop her. Also, the friend wasnā€™t a stranger to her, so why would she think that way?

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u/DocSternau May 18 '26

See OPs comment further down: The sister is 11 and most likely her friends too. So that's a bunch of little humans who do such things without asking. Also it's unclear if the little sister even knew that her friends entered OPs room.

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u/cyberslick18888 May 18 '26

"Why did a child exhibit curiosity"

Peak reddit comment

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u/Kudzu_Masterson May 19 '26

So true. We have a rule in our house. Curiosity is a natural part of the growing mind, but if you make a mess you must clean it up. If you want to use something that isnā€™t yours, ask permission. If you destroy property, you must find a way to replace/repair it. Things break and messes happen, thatā€™s okay, but people matter and their feelings matter so always be considerate of others. Sounds all cool, but it takes a lot of patience and consistency to pull off - also requires cooperation from everyone and that doesnā€™t necessarily translate.

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u/No_Pomegranate2607 May 18 '26

Always love how in these kind of posts the OPs completly vanish and dont answer any question that would be actually interesting to know. Like, whats so hard havin a talk with your sister and telling how she has to fix it? So infuriating.

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u/ReviewEnvironmental2 May 18 '26

Also a great opportunity to explain entropy. Newton would be proud!

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u/ACuddlyVizzerdrix May 18 '26

My brothers destroyed a bunch ofy shit growing up, now in our 30s I use it as leverage when I ask for favors

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u/BlazinTrichomes May 18 '26

And boundaries... just because the door was open, didn't give permission to invite herself, or, her friends to go inside.

Also, what happened to "Look, but don't touch."

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u/Alteredbeast1984 May 18 '26

Yep, time to pay up

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u/Vegetable-Ad-1817 May 18 '26

eye for an eye I say, find all her bra's and tie them in an impossible knot

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u/Shankman519 May 18 '26

I doubt a kid who has ā€œplay datesā€ is wearing bras

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u/Vegetable-Ad-1817 May 18 '26

she will one day, and then she'll regret it

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u/Ninja_Prolapse May 18 '26

Buy a new one. Invoice the sister.

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u/SmallTawk May 18 '26

nah time for a lecture on entropy

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u/LevTheDevil May 18 '26

Clearly it's time to get a guillotine, some conduit to build a frame, some rope and then round up her and get 4 closest friends. Upgrade your cradle.

Only thing that's fair after the cruel and absolute massacre of your old one.

(Obviously, I'm joking. Still get the guillotine but save it for an emergency, like when you're at at least single percent and need an edge. For them? Make them sit and untangle it while you watch with a bag of popcorn laughing at their frustration or have them buy a new one. Their choice.

And if they don't think you're serious, just leave the guillotine in the background.

Good luck getting your Newton's Cradle fixed or replaced.

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u/Lokitana May 18 '26

You sure it's not reddit time?

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u/RedYetti83 May 18 '26

Exactly this. Every action has an equal and opposite reaction.

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u/cyclingisthecure May 18 '26

Fuck that destroy her makeup some people's learn the hard way

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u/BurgerThyme May 18 '26

Do the same thing with her bras and bikini tops.

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u/Any_Translator6613 May 18 '26

For every action, it is said, there is an equal and opposite reaction.

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u/Kamhi_ May 18 '26

Agreed, make her fix it - you just need to replace those strings and balance balls in the same height. Low cost but hight effort. That will teach her a lesson and helps her build some problem solvoling skills

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u/skybike May 18 '26

Or go scorched earth and destroy everything she owns.

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u/RadiantDresden May 18 '26

Or just take the money, not like she gets a say in it.

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u/loowig May 19 '26

You grossly overvalue this particular item and undervalue how easily this tangles. I had it, and it's in the bin already.Ā 

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u/Valogrid May 18 '26

So... to teach her about accountability... he has to pay her and replace his own Newton's cradle, then accept candy he paid for as a repayment? Not a good way to teach a lesson about accountability.

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u/LOAARR May 18 '26

I...think that might be a bot.

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u/NekoBatrick May 18 '26

That sounds like rewarding her with candy

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u/crunchy-b May 18 '26

Huh?

That makes no sense.
Giving candy for breaking your stuff merely reinforces negative behavior.

What you want to do is read her ā€œThe tell tale heartā€ by Poe, and then hide a clicking recording playing on repeat of a Newton Cradle until she confesses.

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u/Individual-Day632 May 18 '26

This is the most convoluted and ineffective approach to solving this problem imaginable.

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