u/HeyItsGravy

For the longest time, I thought people exaggerated how negatively gambling could affect someone’s life. In my mind, it didn’t seem as harmful as things like alcohol or weed, so I never really understood why it could become such a serious problem. Recently, I’ve started to see it differently.

I’ve been best friends with this guy for over 10 years, and one of the things we enjoy doing together is watching UFC. We both occasionally use sports betting apps. Usually, I’ll make one $10 parlay and leave it at that. My friend, however, will sometimes deposit hundreds of dollars and make multiple bets, even though neither of us is really in a financial position where losing that much money would be ideal.

I’ve mentioned to him before that I’m concerned about how much he sometimes spends on sports betting. At the end of the day, though, I know it’s his money and his decision.

This past weekend, he asked if he could send me a FanDuel referral link so I could create an account and he could receive bonus bets. I agreed because I figured the promotion didn’t require him to spend his own money.
He also asked me to place a wager for him, which I thought was a little strange. I later found out that the promotion involved new users placing a wager on something that was extremely likely to happen during the event.

He asked me to put $50 on the offer, and he sent me $55 afterward. I didn’t really understand what the purpose was, but I didn’t think much of it at the time.

After the event, he kept telling me that “his bet” had won and asking me when I was going to send him the $100 that the wager had paid out.

That’s when I realized he was essentially using my new account to complete the promotion and receive the resulting bonus money.

The following day, he repeatedly asked me to send him the $100. I explained that I didn’t have the FanDuel money available in my bank account, but he became frustrated and accused me of not being honest with him.
Eventually, I sent him $100 of my own money just to resolve the situation.

Looking back, I regret doing that. What bothers me most is that I tried to explain why the situation made me uncomfortable and why I felt like I had been put in an awkward position, but he hasn’t really responded and left me on read.

I’m not upset that he likes sports betting or that he spends his own money on it. What bothers me is that I feel like I was brought into his betting activity without fully understanding what was happening, and then felt pressured to give him the money afterward.

We’ve been friends for more than 10 years, so I don’t want this to become a huge issue between us. But I’m genuinely wondering if I’m being unreasonable for feeling this way.
AITA?

I’m personally into 96.3 the breeze and k97 classic rock along with cbc, ckua, and cjsr. i like the breeze because i feel like overall their music playlist is the best and rarely plays music i hate, same with k97. and I like the ckua and cjsr are LOCAL! and cbc obviously no commercials

hey so i’m starting streaming on twitch soon and i was wondering if his music was still DMCA free… i remember him tweeting about it a while ago but idk if it’s still copyright free till this day. someone lemme know! (ik most collabs and edamame are still copyright)

seriously… what happened to concert etiquette??? i was sitting front row on the floor and about halfway through the show everyone started to come to my section and block my view as they all rushed the barricade. and security just gave up halfway through. don’t get me wrong posty was amazing but SIT IN THE SEAT YOU PAID FOR. i left early because i couldn’t see anything and left very upset and disappointed.

i’m going to the edmonton show tonight and i don’t really care about seeing jelly roll opening, what time does posty usually take the stage?

Earlier today, I came home after getting a haircut. My dad asked me to do him a favor and grab a large bag of dog food out of his truck, which I did without any issue.

After that, he told me I needed to free up some iCloud storage because our family plan was almost full and I was using most of it (without my knowledge). I said, “Sure,” and asked him how to do it. Instead of explaining it, he asked for my phone so he could do it himself.

I’m 18, so I wasn’t really comfortable handing over my phone and having my dad go through my photos. When I hesitated and asked again for him to tell me how to do it, he joked that he wasn’t going to go looking for my “secret porn collection.” It was probably meant as a joke, but for some reason that comment really bothered me.

I started to walk away, but he immediately said, “Don’t you move anywhere.” So I stood in the kitchen waiting. For about three minutes, nobody acknowledged me or said anything, so I eventually went upstairs to my room.

Once I got upstairs, I looked up how to delete things from iCloud without deleting them from my phone because I obviously didn’t want to lose all of my photos and memories.

While I was doing that, I could hear my dad downstairs making comments like, “I’m going to make sure he’s living in the Stone Age,” implying that he was going to remove me from the family phone plan, internet, and anything else he pays for.

Eventually I figured out how to remove my photos from iCloud while keeping them on my phone. I cleared enough storage that I was using less than 1 GB. I texted my dad to let him know everything had been taken care of.

I was still upset about the porn comment and the threats about “putting me back in the Stone Age,” so I also sent a somewhat sarcastic message that basically said, “Next time I’d be happy to work with you if you didn’t make weird comments like that.”

As soon as he read it, I could hear him yelling from downstairs. He started talking about taking me off all the family plans and making me pay for everything myself. At one point he said to my mom, “If you don’t figure this shit out, I’m going to do it myself.”

My mom then came upstairs and gave me a long lecture. She said I had overreacted to what was obviously just a joke and reminded me that everything I have is a privilege.
I agree that I’m fortunate and that the things my parents provide are privileges, and I’m grateful for them. But I don’t think that means it’s okay to respond with yelling and threats to take everything away, especially when the entire situation started over iCloud storage. I also don’t think it was unreasonable for me to say that I didn’t appreciate the comment he made.

most cars now have apple carplay or people add in bluetooth extensions to listen to whatever they want but I DONT THINK I KNOW that listening to radio is better. And i’m not talking about the generic top 40 iheartradio corporate slop…. i’m talking about real local campus stations run by real artists and students etc. It is the best way to know what’s really going on in your city and have a voice to connect with on the drive to work or school or wherever, AND ALSO NEW MUSIC DISCOVERY!!! I can definitely understand not liking your local KISS FM but do some research and listen to some local djs and stations!!!

selling for around $295CAD but I am flexible with the price

have a singular ticket in section H row 4 at commonwealth stadium for post malone, looking for around $295 but am flexible on the price.