ULPT: If you accidentally piss off your wife and she spends the entire day getting progressively angrier, you can turn a guaranteed loss into a draw with one sentence.

Sometimes I’ll unintentionally do something that pisses my wife off. Nothing major, but instead of addressing it right away, she’ll let it simmer all day until she’s progressively more pissed off about something I barely even remember doing.

Eventually it boils over and I get the full rundown of everything I did wrong, including a few things I didn’t even know were on the scoreboard.

Here’s the trick. Let her finish explaining everything, then calmly say, “I just wish you would’ve communicated this to me earlier.”

That’s it. You’ve now introduced a completely separate grievance into the argument. Sure, you fucked up initially, but she also failed to communicate her feelings in a timely manner. Suddenly you’re not the only one who could’ve handled things better.

Best case, you’ve successfully shifted the conversation from what you did wrong to how you both need to work on communication.

Worst case, you’re still in trouble, but at least you’ve turned a blowout into a competitive game.

Marriage is about teamwork.

Edit: people acting like I’m gaslighting my wife or this is really bad, relax it’s a fun little joke and I have a wonderful relationship with my wife, in fact I told her I do this.

What are some of the best technically legal ways to make money with little to no entry cost and high enough return to warrant the effort, but that are less than ethical or make things worst for others?

I'm talking things like AI generating youtube shorts, reuploading meme content and dubbing it with music, etc. Give me your best worst ideas!

Trying to tank the rating of a barber shop of a woman.

Her kid kept bullying my daughter and when I tried talking to her about it she denied everything and got really offended. The husband threw a tantrum because I keep bringing it up everytime I see them. and the week later i find horse shit on my driveway (they proudly own a barn)

I tried using my many accounts to leave bad reviews, even waiting 2 weeks between each review they somehow get taken down.

Not sure if buying bad reviews online will be different

Had a street tree growing outside my property that shot up to around 5m while remaining relatively thin.

After watching it whip around violently during recent storms, I decided to cut it back to roughly 3m before it potentially damaged my cars I park under it.

Didn't get approval beforehand.

Now the community association (body corporate, strata, HOA) has sent me a formal notice for unauthorised works, and I'm potentially looking at financial penalties.

What's the smartest way to get out of this with minimal damage to my wallet?

Anyone know any loopholes, technicalities, negotiation tactics or ways to make the association reconsider?

Not looking to fabricate evidence, just interested in creative ways to challenge the penalty or get it reduced.

Scorpion venom is worth millions of dollars a gallon, and 140$ a drop smaller than a grain of sugar.

IN THEORY, what if I harvest 10 normal sized drops of venom for 140$ and sold it? I heard there are some niche people addicted to scorpion venom, but I don't know if that is true. I've seen a woman addicted to bee venom on "my strange addiction" or some kind of show like that.

I also heard of a guy somewhere who is immune to a bunch of snakes because he injects small amounts of venom in his blood 😬

OK LASTLY, would this be illegal??? It's just bug juice. I wouldn't be surprised if it was illegal though. Its mostly for very clean laboratories for studies and would probably need strict paperwork and rules, not randoms on the street.

No, this is not advertisement. I will not sell you anything.

Theory post. Mods feel free to remove my post if this doesn't suit the rules I'm not sure.

Long story short, one of my coworkers is being abusive towards me and only me. She always tries to ask me personal questions and trying to be entertained by me in some way, I'm a really quiet and reserved person so she knows she can't read me like she wants to do, and I think this has "made" her trying to be entertained by me by being physically aggressive and intimidating. To date, she has committed acts that I consider serious, including instances of disrespect, such as making gestures as if to hit me and even hit me with small objects. I am extremely uncomfortable with this behavior, which makes it very difficult for me to react in the moment. However, I have reached my limit; I have explained everything to my boss, and tomorrow I will have a meeting with her, with my boss also present. I am afraid, as she is an extremely unstable person (a condition for which she is heavily medicated) because I'm afraid of her behaviour getting worse towards me.

I am the only person she does this to. I consider it bullying, but since this is the first time I’ve experienced something like this, I don’t even know how to react, especially considering that she is a very unstable person with mental health issues, something she has admitted herself and which the entire team is aware of.

Tomorrow, I intend to clearly and firmly set my boundaries, making it known that if this continues, I will take legal action, I will no longer tolerate this behavior. If she changes her attitude after this, I will consider the matter closed; otherwise, I need advice on how to handle the situation if it escalate. Regardless of how harsh the advice might be, my priority is my own stability and safety.

For context: she suffers from depression, anxiety, and OCD, and was subjected to every conceivable form of abuse during her childhood, she told me she was a bully as a kid because of how heavily she was being abused in her home. She is a mother, and one of her daughters is being bullied at school (the irony). I am aware of many personal details about her, as she has shared them with me herself.

My son has his car for sale, last night some guys came, (they said) after driving for two hours to see it.

They then after a short test drive said that there was oil in the coolant and it needed a new gasket and therefore only offered a very reduced price.

We had heard about a similar scam online, and we were suspicious, so my son didn't accept the price and they left after trying to convince him to take their offer.

We have taken it to a garage and know that it was the attempted the scam where they add oil to the coolant, which makes the engine look faulty.

We have the phone number and the first name of the guy but nothing else.

They visited our house to view the car so they know where we live, although they said they drove 2 hours for all we know they could just live in the next town.

Is there anything we could do to help them not do this to other people etc.

I only heard about this scam yesterday, but apparently it is quite common and widespread currently.

My neighbours grapevine is growing on my brick wall but my "backyard" is actually his backyard and I can't easily clip the vine without going into his backyard. I have a window that's above his vine and I want to slowly kill it.

My dad refuses to replace the fire hazard of a phone. It's sa Samsung M12 with clear battery bloat. The screen itself has popped off slightly and is being held in okay with the help of a case. I cannot stress how aggravating and hard-headed he's being about replacing this. As long as it works, he won't replace.

How do I make it so that the phone doesn't turn off ever again? I want to make it so that the phone looks like it failed without tampering (because that's when he'll likely have someone take a look and the repair guy might tell him it's been tampered - which could only be me). Even if it won't turn off ever again, it's fine.

I do not have a computer/laptop. I don't have much hardware experience — I've replaced the switch lite screen to oled but that's with a thousand prayers and that's about it. Any ideas?

I start clinicals on Monday and smoked wax the entire weekend last week and I know I won’t pass

It’s a 4 hour trip to get to the clinic site from my house and if I use someone else’s pee how do I store it for that long

I worked for an acupuncturist last year and offered to recycle 4-5 of her sharps containers for some extra cash. At the time I was in a different city, where disposal sites were all over the place. I ended up with some gnarly health issues, and wasn’t able to drive again until recently, so they remain in my car. Now, the current city I’m in directed me to the local disposal center. Upon arrival they told me they don’t accept sharps and that the only way to do so in town is to have your trash service do a pick up for an extra fee. I currently don’t have a current trash service, as I am houseless right now. How the hell should I get rid of these sharps without harming any folk/animals and not pay anything?

Got a really annoying coworker. Is some kind of a showman.

We got a project together with frequent reports to our boss.

I do all the work and am the one with subject knowledge. She is the kind of person who needs a step by step guide for everything. Since we clock in and out by noting the times by ourselves she uses it to not work more than a few hours a day.

I am the opposite. Clock in and out truthfully. Working my ass of cause I like my work.

Usually I don't mind others'work ethics, but every time we do an inperson report she plays her role. To be the one doing the work. Criticism on me in front of the boss.

Her attitude in short: she is good and honest, me bad.

After the report, when we are alone she also tries to teach me how I should do my job.

The point is: I could easily confront her or tell our bosses. But I am already known as a not easy coworker. I am pretty direct in addressing problems. As I learned people don't like this.

Now I want to play the game. I already started to not let her talk about any part in the report, but that's not enough.