Welcome back to the Main Mic. My name is Harper
and I'm joined with Mackenzie and Zach. And today
we're kind of just going to go over events, talk
about the solar storm that's supposedly happening
right now and how someone basically burnt popcorn
and caused the fire department to come here this
morning. We think popcorn. We think. We have
no idea. That was just what the story said on
Snapchat. But yeah. Anyways. Mackenzie was sick
last week, so are you feeling better? I am, thankfully.
That's good. We just spent an hour talking about
the Minecraft movie. It was terrible. It was
such a bad episode. Honestly, it was fine until
the end. I don't even remember. I edited that
episode that night, so I literally don't remember
anything. I mean, hold on. What day will this
be posted? In two days, the 18th. Yeah, 18th.
So everything we'll report on is, like, you know,
the 19th or the 20th. Yeah. Solar flares. Solar
flares today. I know. But, like, could affect
it. If this doesn't come up on Friday, that means
we have solar flares. And that means we're in
the blackout. And we're dead. I hope we're not
dead. Yeah, that would suck. Oh, my God. I hope
you guys did your taxes. Did your taxes. Did
your taxes. Because it's a little too late. I
hope you have an extension if you didn't. And
you guys are going to hear me crunching chips.
Taxes will be the death of me. Yeah, crunch away
from the mic. How much of an extension can you
get? Never mind. I don't know. I don't know taxes.
I just, like, go to the place and just let them
do everything. You go somewhere and have them
do your taxes? Well, I haven't for the last few
years. This was the first year I did it, though.
I went in person. And we use H &R Block. And
we have an H &R Block, like, 10 minutes from
our house. That's nice. Basically, I was told
to say no to, like, everything that they were
trying to offer me because it was just more money
that it would cost us to do taxes. They did it
and it took like 15 minutes, so. Oh, it is Easter
this weekend, by the way. Oh my God, it is Easter.
And Earth Day is on Tuesday. I think it's Tuesday.
Let me double check. Yeah, let's double check
because Earth Day is fun. I love Earth Day. Yes,
it's on Tuesday the 22nd. Cool. And then I won't
be here next week, so. Yeah, we will be Harper
-less. Next episode. So it'll be me and Mackenzie.
It'll be really fun is what I'm hearing. It's
going to be such an amazing episode. You guys
are going to wish I never picked Harper. Damn.
Since this episode is possibly going to come
out in the morning or afternoon on Friday, we
can start with Luna Presents Latinidad Under
the Stars. Ooh, is there a new art expedition
here? Join us for Luna's annual Latini Dad. Who
gave it? Latin Eye Dad Night. This event will
include a vendor fair, a DJ, live music. DJ and
live music go hand in hand. But that's what it
says. Vendor fair, a DJ, live music and food.
This event, well, I guess a DJ could be different
than actual live performers. I guess, yeah. Scratch
that. This event will be free for JCCC college
and high school students. Tickets will be $20
for everyone else. Where's it at? It's here on
campus, I believe. That's awesome. It says RC101
Cat Fed Room. So it's here. Huh. I'll have to
check that out. That sounds awesome. So there's
vendors? Apparently. I love a good vendor. Right.
It's just Comic -Con. I'll go spend more money.
I go to conventions specifically for the vendor
hall. That's kind of what I do, too. Because
that's the fun thing to me. Exactly. Spending
money. Like, yeah, I want to meet the celebrities,
but, like, I want to spend money. I think it
is Latinidad because it's Latinas united now
and always. Okay. That's what it stands for.
Let me read more on the Instagram page. April
18th, 6 p .m. to 9 p .m. Regener Center. I will
not be able to go to that. Never mind. Regener
Center? Regener, yeah. It's Rainier? Rainier?
Oh, no, I think you're right. I think it is Rainier.
Rainier Center. I've heard both. I think it is
Rainier, though. I have no clue. Whatever it
is. It's a really cool building. You can RSVP
on the website, or you can go to their Instagram.
It's LunaJCCC. And then they have a post, and
if you go to the Johnson County Community College
campus activities, it's there too. That following
Saturday, there's a compost fest. Compost? For
Earth Day. For Earth Day coming up. Let's go.
Nice. So you can learn about how to turn your
food scraps into black gold soils through different
techniques and systems. That sounds awesome.
And it'll teach you how to grow healthy food
and have fun. When's that at? You said Saturday?
That is April 19th. That's the Saturday. It's
at 9 a .m. to 2 p .m. Open Petal Campus Farm.
I have no idea where that is, but... Is that
the one where they're shredding paper? Or is
that something different? I think that's something
different. Okay. Also, there's... I've seen signs
around the cafeteria. There is like a fix your
clothing day or something. Oh, the repair day.
Yeah, like the repair day. I don't know what
that's about, but it sounds interesting. I've
seen a poster for like a chocolate fest or fair,
but that's May 10th. So keep that in mind. That's
the only one that I've like, my eyes have been
caught. I was like, chocolate fest? What are
you talking about? Where can I sign up? Oh, it's
not for another month? Yeah. Yeah. um let's see
the there's a campus cleanup on april 21st 2
p .m to 3 p .m uh so it's april 21st oh like
day day um the 21st is a monday yeah well i'm
just it's all fitting into like earth day because
they're just like cleaning and doing stuff so
that's cool um so the campus can let Look, campus
cleanup is in the library. It's outside of the
library near Hare and Bell Sculpture. Okay. Are
they just going around campus and cleaning up
trash? Yeah, so it says gloves and bags are provided,
dress appropriately, bring water. It's from 2
to 3 p .m. on Monday. I'm sure there's other
things like that going around. Yeah, that sounds
awesome. But, I mean, that's just what I'm looking
at right then. What's all that going on? There's
a lot of student association meetings, like LUNA
or the Muslim Student Association meetings, C
-Club meeting, yoga classes. The D &D Club weekly
meeting is also on here. Those are on Mondays.
Those are on Mondays. Looking at it now, we also
have Bible studies, which are new. Not new, but
like... Being advertised? Yeah. That's cool.
There's a new Bible study being advertised, which
I'm pretty sure when we had Girl Talk debates
on, they were coming around to the journalism
department when we were recording. Oh, were those
the girls that were coming around? I think so.
I think it's the same one. Yeah. But now there's
the first ever advertisement I've seen for it
on here. Cool. Oh, yeah. So the Earth Day's Repair
Fair, Clothing and Car Maintenance. Oh, there
it is. Okay. Car Maintenance. Yeah. That's the
next Wednesday, the 23rd. What time is that?
Because that's when we record, but I might not
be here. 10 a .m. to 2 p .m. Oh, I can do that
because that's before we record. So it says Calm
Plaza slash Calm. uh our tram i'll bring my car
my car isn't what kind of car service uh let
me click and like look more into this it says
uh clothing repair from 10 to 2 p .m a sewist
will be on campus to patch holes replace buttons
and fix busted seams or teach you how to fix
your own clothing with different techniques zippers
can be replaced but you must bring a zipper two
items max per person items must be clean and
seam stress Oh, and the seamstress has the right
to refuse an item not responsible for damages.
They said that's free? Two free items, it sounds
like. That's awesome. I might actually do that.
ComPlaza. So that's in the atrium is the clothing
repair. ComPlaza is the car maintenance demos.
Join JCCC's automotive technology department
as they provide free demonstrations on how to
care for your car. These quick tutorials will
provide hands -on opportunities to learn from
professionals, ask questions, and gain confidence
in basic car maintenance. 1115 a .m. Demonstration.
Change a tire, check tire pressure, and add air
to a tire. 1145. Demonstration. Check slash add
oil and windshield wiper fluid. 1215 a .m. or
p .m. Now we're in the noons. Demonstration.
Change a tire, check tire pressure, and add air
to tire. So it's basically two of the same. Okay.
So they just, like, block it out. Yeah. And then
at 1245, there's another add oil and windshield
wiper fluid demonstration. Sweet. So there's
two of each. So how to change a tire, check tire
pressure, add air to tire, and then add oil and
windshield wiper fluid. Sweet. No, I think I'm
actually going to show up at the seamstress.
I have, like, like t -shirts that i could totally
like go and just have her do that that's awesome
yeah i feel like i know how to do all the most
of that car stuff i was gonna say that car stuff
i mean it's nice that they're providing that
for free for people but i mean i know almost
nothing next to cars but most of like those things
are pretty basic when it comes to cars but that's
still really cool um yeah um let's see he said
21st right That is the 23rd. Oh, 23rd. Never
mind. It's Wednesday. Oh, it's after Earth Day.
Yeah, it's before. So it's 10 a .m. to 2 p .m.
So it's before our recording. Yeah. I'm just,
like, everything this week, I'm just going back
to when it is according to Earth Day. Right.
Is it pre or post or on? B -E -D? Before Earth
Day? Bed. Bed. Is it bed or is it... Aid. Ped.
Post Earth Day. I mean, after that, there's a
student karaoke. So it's in the student lounge
and it's at noon to 3 p .m. on that Wednesday
too. That sounds fun. Get your shirt sewn up
and then go get karaoke. Yeah. With that shirt.
With that same shirt. Like if you have a party
shirt that has like a little hole in it and you're
like, you know, I used to want to wear this every
night to go out to karaoke, you know, and you
miss those nights. Go to the tailor, get it for
free and then go party with that shirt. No, that's
so fun. There is a instrumental slow pitch softball
on the 24th and instrumentals or why do I say
instrumentals? Intramurals. I'm just a little
bit dyslexic. So for pickleball and softball,
slow pitch, those are both in the field house
or practice field. 10 a .m. to noon and then
noon to 2. Those are on the 24th, which is that
Thursday. I found a BSU poetry slam that is happening
on the 23rd on Wednesday. It's from 1 p .m. to
2 p .m., and it's in the CoLab OCB 100, which,
I mean, that sounds fun. And there's a grand
prize. You said what was it? A poetry slam hosted
by the Black Student Union. Awesome. So open
to all JCCC students. There's a grand prize of
$100. Oh, shoot. Yeah. Second place gets $50
and third place gets $25. Dang. Okay. Prize money.
Go poetry. I know, right? Poetry is awesome,
though. But you have to scan the QR code to enter.
The deadline to enter is the 21st. And the guest
judge is a poet. I do not want to say this wrong.
It's a famous poet, probably. Laurier, Glenn
North. Oh, they always have fancy names. What
day, the sign up was the 21st. Is that on the
21st as well? No, it's on the 23rd. 23rd, okay,
so. So sign up the deadline. So they have to,
you have to get accepted in order to be put into
the Poetry Slam, it sounds like. I think you
just have to sign up. But they might want to
let down before they like. confirm who's in right
i don't know i could be wrong it might literally
just be everybody who submits i don't know if
you are someone you know would like to enter
the slam simply scan the qr code or link below
for the entry form the deadline to enter is this
says the deadline to enter is monday april 20th
but the poster says the 21st just turn it in
as soon as you can yeah as soon as you hear this
yeah yeah and you'll be good I mean, I couldn't
see anything because everything else says it's
past Friday. So we'll have something else for
next week to talk about. There is the day this
gets uploaded, Friday the 18th, the new JCCC
Theater production is happening, Rhinoceros.
It is directed by a guest director. I think his
name is Trevor Beltz. He is from Baker University,
I believe. He's really cool. I've worked with
him for a little bit. I'm helping out with the
production. So, yeah, the 18th at 7, the 19th.
Let me pull this up so I don't get this wrong.
You know, I think I think I know it. Yeah, the
18th. At sorry, 18th at 730. And the 19th at
7 .30, the 20th at 2 p .m., and then the 25th
at 7 .30, the 26th at 7 .30, and then the 27th
at 2. And that will be in the Polsky Theater.
It is free admission. Yeah, it's a really, really
fun show. You'll see me on the stage helping
move stuff around a little bit probably. You
might catch a glimpse of me. Anywho. Not anywho.
Sorry. I was like scooting up because I was trying
so hard not to be disruptive. Did you see the
Minecraft movie? I did not. Okay, good. I'm kind
of scared to go to the theaters because everyone
is acting crazy. I don't think so. Oh, no, they
are. It was a lot. Well, no. I was lucky because
it was the day before it came out, technically.
So it was before people really knew what was
happening. I mean, people were cheering and stuff,
but it wasn't to the extent of where it is now.
I literally saw somebody bring a live chicken
into the theater. What? Did we talk about that
last episode? For what? Live chicken or was that
just me? No, we did not hear about the live chicken.
Have you seen the video? No. He literally brought
in, I think it was like teenagers too, but they
brought in a live chicken and just was holding
it up. I'm like, what the heck? They all got
kicked out, obviously. And then I saw another
one and they set the theater on fire. Because
of the Flint and Steele joke, probably? I guess
so. Oh, my God. That's insane. That's literally
insane. No, I mean, I've seen the videos of people
throwing their popcorn, and I just feel so bad
because... Two people I work with in the theater
here, the theater program here, one of them works
at Cinemark, one of them works at AMC, and so
they hate it right now. They've told me it's
terrible. They have to clean up so much. If you're
going to go see the Minecraft movie, don't make
a mess. Please don't throw your popcorn. It's
just common decency. Cheer. Have fun. It's a
fun movie. don't make it harder for the workers
who are already there for hours a day, you know,
cleaning up your mess or other people's messes.
And why would you want to throw your popcorn
anyway? It was like $30. Literally, you spent
$30 on that popcorn and you're literally just
going to throw it on the ground? Like, I eat
all my popcorn. Like, I don't finish my popcorn
until I get home. Like, I just, I eat it. I usually
get nachos. It's usually my midnight snack. Ooh,
the nachos are so good. From AMC? Yes. Because,
hold on, I'm getting to it. Harper is an AMC
hater. She is a Cinemark person. Yeah, that's
true. We talked about this last time. She's like,
I hate everything. So she gasses up the Cinemark.
So what food does Cinemark have? Because I've
never been to Cinemark. Basically everything
that AMC has. Yeah. But better. Is it better?
It's literally like the exact same food. They
literally probably have like the same company.
But it's cheaper. Really? I think so. I feel
like AMC is pretty expensive. They are. I love
my bib. I don't know if that picked it up, but
if it did, I might keep it in. I'm going to say
AMC versus Cinemark food. You're looking it up.
Might as well. You're crazy, dude. But yeah,
theater. That's happening. Go support. Lots of
things happening, you know, this month, which
is nice. You know, usually we're kind of just
messing around, but it's nice to have stuff to
talk about. Apparently Cinemark has or is known
for its healthy oil popcorn. No, I don't. That's
literally what it says. It says. AMC tends to,
this is like the AI overview. Oh, okay, so it
might be real. Let's not completely trust this,
but it's going off of Quora, Reddit, AMC, Cinemark,
Reddit, Business Insider, Center for Science,
iGrowpre. It says, in general, AMC tends to be
more seen as having a slightly more, pause. Let
me get my sentence straight. In general, AMC
tends to be more... AMC tends to be seen as having
a slightly more extensive and innovative concession
menu compared to Cinemark. Especially in terms
of larger, more customizable options and focus
on unique food items. Cinemark, on the other
hand, is known for its healthy oil popcorn and
may offer more traditional concessions stand
fair. Both chains offer popcorn and drinks along
with a variety of other snacks and treats. I
didn't. And then, yeah, Cinemark. Healthy popcorn.
Cinemark is known for using canola oil to pop
its popcorn, which is a healthier option compared
to the theater using butter -flavored oil or
high -fat oils. I didn't know that Cinemark did
that. Well, you know now. Well, I guess I've
never been to Cinemark, so I wouldn't know that.
Have you seen the video of the guy, like, making
the popcorn? I don't know if it's at AMC or if
it's at Cinemark or whatever. Oh, is it the guy
who's, like, really fast and he's, like, twirling
it and then he, like, dumps it and then he does
it? Yeah, I've seen him. He's awesome. Yeah,
no, he's awesome. I wish I could do that. I think
that might have been at AMC. It kind of looked
like one. I could be wrong, though. I don't know.
I haven't seen the video. All movie theaters
kind of look the same. But I mean, I don't even
get popcorn when I go to the theater. All I need
is nachos and a box of Mike and Ike's. That's
it. You don't even get a drink? Sometimes. Honestly,
nachos and Mike and Ike's is like a fire combo.
Exactly. I usually get... Okay, if I'm going
to watch... If I have money. If I have money.
In a hypothetical world, this is what I would
get. Otherwise, I'm usually just going to get
like a popcorn and a drink. Usually. Or just
nothing at all. But if I have the money, drink
popcorn still because it's a movie. To me, I
need popcorn. And I'll probably grab like, what
are they called? The little chocolate things
that are filled with mints. With mint. Oh, chocolate
mints? Nope. No, they are. The white box. Uh
-huh. What are they called? Oh, my God. No, I'm
crashing out. I know what you're talking about.
It's like white and green. I thought those were
called Choco Mints. Nope. I keep wanting to say
Thin Mint, but they're not Thin Mints. What are
they called? Oh, my God. Harper's are looking
it up. Junior Mints. Oh, my God. Yeah, you're
right. Yeah, so I like Junior Mints. I also like
they have at AMC. Don't you dare. She grabbed
her bag. She's about to open it. Do it. No. We
decide when, remember? It was going to be a part
of the bit. That was so anticlimactic. You did
it so fast. Yeah, because you were making me
regret my decision. But I'll do this. Thanks.
Awesome. News. Is there any other news? I think
that's mainly everything. Like the big, big things.
I can't think of anything else. Earth Day, Easter,
covered that. That's about it. Easter's coming
up. I'm sure you know there's a lot of places
that do Easter egg hunts still for kids. They're
not decorating eggs this year. Because they're
so expensive? Yeah. Yeah. So nobody's dying eggs
anymore. There's going to be a lot of plastic
eggs. Sorry, guys. I just really wanted to eat
some of my chips. She took a little break, too.
She thought she found some panels for the wall,
like the soundproof panels. I thought there used
to be some extra ones, but I guess there's not.
Well, maybe there was at one point, but there's
none out there now. We went on a little journey.
Also, we talked about some things off camera
that we can't really mention on here. Yeah. That
happens. That's what happens when you're in the
podcast. You'd only know what we talked about
if you were here, if you wanted to be interviewed.
So submit your stories. Passive aggression. It
always gets them. Oh, yeah. I think I was just
ending it with, like, any other final news. I
don't think there really is much else. If there
is any other final news, we'll just bring it
up. Yeah. But I think we got all the main things
across. So we wanted to... What are we at now?
What are we at? 30 minutes. So we're about halfway
through the episode. So I think we're probably
going to switch it up and do another Reddit story.
I think we'll just do one this time. So I think
we're going to... Pause real quick, and we're
going to find one, and we will be right back.
Okay. We have found a Reddit story. Harper will
be reading it for us. Okay. This is Am I Overreacting?
I chose this one because we're all gamers, so
we will all have heavy opinions on this. Yes,
we will. Okay. Am I overreacting for threatening
to take my sister to court after her toddler
destroyed my $2 ,000 gaming setup because she
said I, quote, should have baby -proofed my apartment?
Okay, this was posted five days ago. And OP says,
Hi Reddit, I'm F25, female 25, and I'm honestly
at my breaking point with this one. I need an
outside perspective because my entire family
is acting like I'm Hitler for standing on my,
for standing my ground. So I, 25 female, am a
student software developer and a pretty serious
PC gamer in my free time. I live alone in a one
-bedroom apartment that I've spent years making
cozy and functional. I saved up for a long time
to build my dream PC setup. Triple monitors,
custom mechanical keyboard, aeronomic chair.
I think I know what you mean. Ergonomic chair,
yeah. Those are so nice. Triple monitors. triple
monitors, custom mechanical keyboard, agronomic
chair, the works. Altogether, my rig is worth
a bit over $2 ,000 and I take care of it like
it's a damn child. Last weekend, my older sister,
30 female, asked if she could crash at my place
for one night because her apartment was being
fumigated and her husband was out of town. She
has a three -year -old son, Max, who let's say
is spirited. I love him, but he's a little chaos
goblin. I hesitated, but she swore she'd keep
an eye on him and that it'd just be for one night.
They show up Saturday afternoon, and immediately
it's clear that she wasn't kidding about Max
being a handful. Within ten minutes of arriving,
he pulled four books off my shelf, thrown my
houseplant on the floor, and spilled juice on
my area rug. I try to stay chill. He's three.
I get it. But I ask my sister politely to please
keep him out of my office where my PC setup is.
She rolls her eyes and goes, He's just exploring.
He's curious. It's normal. But she closes my
office door anyways. Cut to Sunday morning. I
wake up to screaming. Max had apparently woken
up before his mom, managed to open the office
door, and decided my setup was his new jungle
gym. He pulled down one of my monitors, cracking
the screen. He stuck crackers into my PC's tower
ventilation slots. I'm not kidding. Yanked out
my keyboard's keycaps. Had colored on my chair
with permanent marker. The cherry on top? He
poured apple juice into the tower. Into it. When
I tell you I went silent, I mean dead silent.
My sister comes in, sees the damage, and just
says, oh no, this isn't, this, oh no. In this
incredibly flat tone, like some, like someone
knocked over a cup of coffee. I started freaking
out. And she, She says, oh, no, in this incredibly
flat tone, like someone knocked over a cup of
coffee. I start freaking out, and she has the
audacity to say, you should have baby -proofed
the room if it was that important to you. Is
that it? No. Oh, God. I'm punching the air right
now. He is. I lost it. I told her, one, she knew
he wasn't supposed to be in there. Two, this
is my space, not a damn daycare. And three, baby
-proofing a $2 ,000 gaming setup is not a standard
requirement for adults living alone. She told
me to calm down and said that he's just a kid
and stuff is replaceable. I told her that she
could replace it then. She said she didn't have
the money to replace it right now, but maybe
in a few months she could give me a few hundred.
I told her that wasn't acceptable and that she
needed to take full responsibility. She left
in a huff, and now my whole family is blowing
on my phone. My mom says I'm being materialistic
and should understand that my nephew didn't mean
it. My dad said I should have locked the door.
My dad said I should have locked the door if
it was that important. My brother actually said,
why do you even need three monitors anyway? That's
kind of overkill. I filed a claim with my insurance,
but there's no guarantee that it'll be covered
since it was technically guest damage. I also
told her that if she does not pay up, I'll take
her to court for what happened. Now I'm getting
texts from my sister demanding an apology for
blaming her kids for being curious. I told her
I'd drop it if she covered the cost of repairs
and replacements, or at least meet me halfway.
And she blocked me. So, am I overreacting if
I take my sister to court over this? Not even
a little bit. Nope. I agree. No, that's... I'm
writhing. That's, like, bizarre. That is... That
is... I'm angry for her. Control your kids. I'm
bored. Apple juice down the tower. Like, yes,
OP should have locked the door. However, it is
their house and they can do whatever they want.
The mother is so in fault here. She needs to
teach her son to respect people's spaces. Yeah.
The excuse of them being a three -year -old is
not an excuse. I've met some of the calmest three
-year -olds. Like, at that age, they start to,
like, develop a personality. Like, that's just,
no, that's bad parenting. That's what that is.
Like, you can tell because my mom worked at a,
she had an in -home daycare for, like, a decade.
So I was around kids for a long time. So I know
how they act when they're growing up. That's
not normal. And, you know, I've had children
buy my PC setup and they don't destroy it. The
only thing I've had a one -year -old buy my setup,
he'll bang on the keyboard. That's just him going.
That's an opening. But I let him bang on my old
keyboard. I don't want him to mess up my new
one because I like how it clacks. But my niece.
She doesn't do all that. She wants to play on
it. She literally wants to get online and play
on it. Have you seen like the streamers who literally
bring their like child on like their lap and
just let them like touch their keyboard? Yeah.
They're always like, you know, they're not like
trying to throw the keyboard or pour apple juice
down it. Not like trying to actively destroy
something. Yeah. No, that is. Ooh. And it's not
even that. Honestly, I would have lost it at
pouring apple juice on my area rug. I would have
lost it at them drawing on my chair with permanent
marker. Those chairs themselves are like $300
to $500. Yeah, but that was after all the pouring
apple juice on the area rug. I know, that was
after everything. Oh, so you don't care about
an area rug. No, I'm just, if that happened first,
I would have been done with it. If the kid went
in the room and even unplugged a thing, I would
have been like. Can you not? Yeah. She definitely
needs to take responsibility. I mean, there are
a lot of comments, almost 3 ,000, and it's been
five days. Yeah. And there is also an entirely
new post to this, and it's an update. So there's
two updates, a tiny update that's underneath.
There's two tiny updates in this post, and then
there's an entirely new post. Okay. Let's do
the tiny updates. Okay, let's start with the
comments as well. Yeah, let's do comments. Someone
replied, not overreacting. That kid is a menace,
and parents are on the hook financially for whatever
their dumb kids do. Your relationship with your
family has already taken a hit, so I understand
why you're concerned about souring it even further.
Stop trying to text your family for a moment.
Before heading to a small claims court, collect
up your evidence. Purchase receipts for the damaged
items, photographs, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
Include text showing your sister refusing to
take responsibility for her child's damages and
your parent and your brother blaming you for
allowing her child to trash your stuff. To go
above and beyond, price out local hotels in your
area showing what a night in a hotel or respectable
motel would have cost your sister had she gone
that route instead. If your parents and or brother
live in the area as well, include a map of the
distance from your sister's place to one of their
homes, showing that she could have easily stayed
at one of them, making five additional copies
of your evidence file, keeping the original in
a safe place. This person has been through some
stuff. Oh, my God. And then there's more. from
that same person yep they say attempt to set
up a meeting with your sister and your extended
family if they're in the area if they agree to
meet present your sister your parents and your
brother each with your own with own copies of
evidence files tell them that you won't want
to take your sister to court but you did her
a favor and the exchange allows her child to
trash or tell them that you don't want to take
her sister to court but that you did her a favor
And in exchange, she allowed her child to trash
your expensive equipment. You shouldn't have
to pay for her mistake. If they and the other
adults in the family want to shoulder the replacement
costs between them, then there will be no need
for a small claims court. If they all expect
you to shoulder the cost alone for doing your
sister a favor, tell them that you will secure
a lawyer and add the legal fees and damages for
the harassment that they have committed. Their
response will be whatever it is, and it might
be very ugly. Remain calm and do not raise your
voice. Leave if they start being unreasonable.
You will have your answer. If they see the extent
of the damage and your sister pays up or the
rest of your family chips in to help, then you'll
get your replacements and everything will eventually
blow over. If they dig their heels in and start
calling you names, then it's time for the lawyer.
I think that person might be a lawyer. Possibly.
OP did respond to them. They said, hey, thank
you so much for this reply. It honestly gave
me a lot of clarity in the middle of a really
overwhelming situation. A bit of an update. My
sister's husband actually reached out to me privately
earlier and said he wants to figure something
out. He didn't know full extent of what happened.
He suspected my sister lied to him, and yeah,
she seemed genuinely sorry. That gives me a little
hope. Part of what made this so frustrating is
that I work as a janitor, part -time too, and
I don't make a lot. I saved for years to build
that setup, and it's not even a year old yet.
Seeing it treated like this no big deal by my
family members who know how much I struggle has
been honestly disheartening. Your advice about
collecting evidence and presenting it calmly
is something I'll definitely do. Just knowing
I have a game plan and options helps a lot. Thank
you. Do we know if the entire setup is worth
the $2 ,000 or what the kid destroyed was $2
,000? I believe the entire setup might have been
$2 ,000. Okay. But what it sounds like is the
entire thing was over $2 ,000. Yeah, it sounds
like most of it was destroyed. I will read the
updates now. Update one, wow, just wow. Four
hours later, I wake up from my nap to this. Thank
you, guys. That's so real, taking a nap after
writing all of that. I would go like, yeah, I
got to take a nap. It'll take a bit for me to
read all this. My sister still has not unblocked
me, but her husband reached out to find out what
happened. I'm sorry I don't have more to tell
you yet, but I'll update again when I do. Seriously,
thanks guys for the insight. Everyone, my head
is a lot clearer now. Update two. Hey all, my
sister's husband reached out and as mentioned
earlier, and we're working out a solution if
possible. He's been really understanding as of
all of you. Also, to clarify the office situation,
my one bedroom apartment on the smaller side.
It gives square feet. It's 355 square feet -ish.
So the landlord converted an old ex -closed cabinet
into a makeshift office. It's weird, but the
building is from the 40s, and I guess they have
to get creative with the space with older tenants
or something. So it's in the living room where
her sister and her sister's kids slept. And it's
in the kitchen where she basically sleeps plus
the office. She, as in her sister, basically
slept in the kitchen. Thanks for all the support
and the award. Really don't have the words for
how nice people have been in both DMs and comments.
I'm trying to see if OP responded to other...
Comments? Yeah. But I don't think so. I think
it was just the one. But everyone in the comments
is saying you are not overreacting and your sister
is very disrespectful and a lazy mother. Yeah.
But we have a long update. Oh, wow. That is a
long update. Let's get into it. Okay. So this
was eight hours ago. Oh. Yeah. The original post
was five days ago. So this was today. This is
today. Oh, shoot. The update for am I overreacting
for threatening to take my sister to court after
her toddler destroyed my $2 ,000 gaming setup
because she said I should have baby proofed my
apartment. She says. hey again just wanted to
post a quick update since i've been a little
under a week and quick what they say yeah a quick
update it's paragraphs long i just wanted to
post a quick update since it's been a little
under a week and a few people have asked what
happened next things are better pretty effing
weird and still ongoing but here's where we're
at last saturday my brother -in -law okay so
if this was five days ago one two three four
five so friday This happened on Friday. Saturday
was the day after. Last Saturday, my brother
-in -law came over to check out the damage himself.
He actually brought Max, the toddler, with him.
And I was almost livid about it at first. But
he had reason. He asked Max to try opening the
door slash closet door. The kid couldn't do it.
The door was too heavy for him. You probably
can guess where this is going. Brother -in -law
offered to take my PC to the store that originally
built it for me just to see if it was fixable.
I agreed but asked for something in writing just
so I had some peace of mind. We put together
a little agreement so that he would be responsible
for it while it was with him. Yeah, yeah, it
was just formality and it would not hold much
merit anywhere, but it helped me feel a bit more
in control. On Monday, he dropped it off at the
shop and gave me the number so they could keep
me updated. He also told me that he confronted
his sister about how things played out. I sent
him my original Reddit post too so he can read
some of the comments and apparently showed them
to her. She hasn't unblocked me yet and from
what I've heard, she was not happy about the
fact my brother -in -law was actually listening
to me. A lot more. I also shared the post and
some comments with my parents and brothers since
no one really believed me before. My parents
still don't fully get it, but they've at least
stopped pushing back. My brother is more understanding
now, though some reason he mostly wanted to talk
about how many people saw the post. I don't think
either of those three still care, really, but
I'm fine if they see this. Do better. Anyways,
I went to see the PC today, Wednesday, here.
The shop said it's mostly salvageable, it needs
a very, very careful internal clean, and few
fans replaced, and some wiring, but overall the
main part survives somehow. Brother -in -law
told me he'll cover the cost of repair, no hesitation.
When I brought up what my sister said about not
being able to pay even $200, he said she's lying.
He said also he's not sure Max actually did the
damage. He thinks the door was left open on purpose
or that my sister might have done some of it
herself based on the height of the tower and
where the crackers ended up. It didn't quite
add up to toddler acting alone. Apparently, she's
been telling him I have a gambling addiction.
And then in parentheses, it said I did get a
bit hooked on Genshin like four years ago. Oh
my gosh. And that may be... And that maybe this
whole thing will wake me up, which is new. She
used to be supportive or at least indifferent.
No idea where that switch came from. So yeah,
this is where we're at. In bullet points, my
PC is being cleaned and fixed. My brother -in
-law is covering all costs. Second bullet point,
my sister still has me blocked and won't talk
to me. Still tempted to start something with
her TBH, especially if she actually did all this
on purpose. Third bullet point, still not ruling
out small claims court depending on how things
go. Thanks again to everyone who responded to
the original post. Seeing how many people understood
what happened really helped me hold line with
this in my family when it felt like I was losing
my mind. One thing I've been turning over in
my head lately is what if my sister did do something
to my setup on purpose? I don't want to believe
that. It feels like a stretch. But the more I
think about it. The less so, I guess, but then
I remember how she acted when I asked her to
keep Max out of my office. The eye roll, the
he's curious comments, like she didn't take any
of it seriously. And now hearing from my brother
-in -law that she's been saying I have a crippling
gambling gaming whatever addiction and need to
grow up. It's just weird. She used to be cool
about it, never super into games herself, but
she got that I was important to me. Uh, if something's
changed, I don't know when or why. And if this
was some weird way to make a point or teach me
a lesson, that's messed up. You're not our mom.
How about talking first instead of this? I don't
want to jump to conclusions, but the more I think
about it, the less it makes sense that Max could
have done all of this alone. It's sick if she
blamed her own son for it. So yeah, not accusing
anyone outright, but thought there's that to
be thinking about now. Um, and if my sister is
reading this, which I'm guessing you are because
I bet you love to look at the comments that are
all on your side, I don't know why you blocked
me. I don't know what shifted in your head about
all this, but if you actually had anything to
do with damaging my setup, whether it was on
purpose or through complete carelessness, f***
you. You know I worked hard for that. You know
that that rig meant, uh, you know what that rig
meant to me. You know I would never do something
like this to your stuff. And if Max really did
all of this on his own, I hope you're paying
closer attention now. Not for my sake, but for
his. Read the comments on my first post again
from other parents and other people with younger
siblings who clearly know better than you. That's
all. Thanks for reading for those who did. And
then there's a question. Wait, I thought your
whole family was blowing up your phone telling
you how you were mean. She said, yes, a week
ago before my first post, there's something I
can clarify for you here. My sister was talking
incredible smack about them, about me to them,
making it seem like I screamed at her child over
a minor mistake. I do see people going on, haha,
blowing up her phone, and I do not understand
what's wrong with the wording. Everyone is just
saying, not overreacting. That's it? Well, they're
saying it in paragraphs, but I'm just giving
you the summary being like... I'm just saying
that there's no more things from OP. I'm reading
the comments. It doesn't look like she's responded
to many other posts, I guess. Wow. Yeah, I mean,
but that was also like, it was posted eight hours
ago, and it says two people are currently typing.
But yeah, no, it said currently Wednesday, which
is today. Yeah. That Wednesday. Yeah, all of
that happened within four days, five days. Well,
at least she's getting it cleaned. And I'm glad
that the husband stepped up. Yeah. Okay, I don't
know if you can hear, but Harper just stepped
out because we have a student service we're going
to record after this one. So if you hear them,
ignore it. I don't know if she'll walk back in,
but me and Mackenzie are still here. Oh. She
is coming in. I told Jen and Ross that they can
give their opinion on the Reddit story. So we
just read a Reddit story, and it's, Am I overreacting
for threatening to take my sister to court after
her toddler destroyed my $2 ,000 gaming setup
because she said I should have baby -proofed
the apartment? The last thing that came out from
the person who wrote it was eight hours ago.
So it happened today. Oh, wow. It happened a
few days ago. Wow. They were writing about it
today. What are other people saying in the comments?
Like, are people coming in on her side? People
are telling her to go to small claims. Yeah.
The husband is paying for repairs on the computer,
though. Yeah. The husband stepped up, which was
cool. Yeah. So one of the responses says, wow,
not overreacting. Went back and reread the original
post. Your brother -in -law is very smart. I
agree with his assessment that the toddler likely
had help. I find it a bit of a stretch that a
curious toddler would go to pulling keys out
of a keyboard unless they fell off by it being
pulled and falling to the floor. The chair coloring,
yeah, I could see that unattended toddler doing
that, but where did he get a hold of the Sharpie
in the first place? Are your monitor cords connected
to each other? If so, like... what's she trying
to say he did climb on the chair and only knock
one over there are plenty of room for there's
plenty of room for interpretation but i feel
like if you go into the office visualize the
setup as was as it was before and after then
play out the events that likely led to the damage
it should have fairly been easy to figure out
that her theory of the crime holds up Super cool
that brother -in -law has stepped up. Super crummy,
forgive the pun, that your sister did not. The
kid had supposedly put stuffed crackers into
the computer as well. Stuffed crackers, poured
juice in it. I mean, that's pretty deliberate,
you guys. If that child did that, that child
was coached to do that. Especially everything
combined. The kid's only three. Yeah, like one
thing maybe, but yeah, I see what you're saying.
Like there's a lot there. I feel like the kid
would get bored. Genuinely. He wouldn't be able
to do all that. There's only so much destruction
you can cause, you know? Here's where I feel
like it's sketchy. So it's an old apartment from
the 40s. So it's a one bedroom, one bath apartment.
And this office is a closet space that was converted
into an office. Does that make sense? So it's
right next to where her sister was staying, which
was the living room, like living room kitchen
area. So it's there, but the door is like a swing
open. And she's saying that A, the kid was able
to climb and like open the door when the door
was too heavy. The brother -in -law brought over
the toddler and um was like can you like open
this door for me and the toddler couldn't the
door was too heavy but the door was closed when
they went to bed and so they would have been
sleeping on the couch that's like nearly close
to the office so the door was closed the toddler
can't open the door and there's crackers and
apple juice where did they get the crackers and
apple juice from yeah where did they get the
sharpie from i assume it's a desk so there's
probably like sharpies or whatever or whatever
yeah but I mean, the parent would be, I would
guess, legally liable for any damage that the
child causes. But, I mean, any kind of willful,
malicious intention behind it, that's just...
I'm just assuming, how did the mom not wake up?
Or if she did wake up, like, why didn't she stop
him and, like, immediately, like, hey? So, it
was early in the morning. She said the toddler
woke up before her. And then she, like, woke
up to, like, screaming. So... uh like she was
like yelling at her like oh my gosh so and the
mom when the mom found out that her kid did it
she said like in a very like Plain voice, like,
oh, no. Oh, no. That kind of, like, solidifies
it, though. She definitely had something to do
with it. Yeah, or knew about it. I think she
opened the door and it helped. I feel like the
only thing the kid did was probably draw on the
chair, and that's it. She probably literally,
like, grabbed him, put him on the chair, and
he was like, go, Johnny, go. And she was like,
okay, I don't know. Right. See what mommy's doing?
Do that. No, but the sister, which is the...
original poster the biological sister i assume
biological but uh sounds like it yeah i would
think brother -in -law yeah but uh the sister
says that apparently it's like talking to the
outside family because the outside family did
get involved um the family got involved and was
like yelling at her saying oh like yelling at
the original poster saying oh like it's like
your fault like you shouldn't have done like
it's like you should have been more careful kind
of deal and then apparently apparently the sister
was talking smack on the original poster to the
family members saying that the sister had or
saying that the original poster had a gambling
addiction because they were playing a game the
game is genshin impact Which has some gambling
aspects. I'm so lost. Okay. So I'm a homeowner.
I'm an apartment owner. And I decorate my apartment
the way I want to because I don't know it's mine
and I pay rent for it. And your little monster
or you or somebody comes in and destroys that.
And it's my fault because I should have baby
-proofed it. Fun fact, I didn't have a kid. Why
would I baby -proof it? Yeah. Yeah. I'm missing
something, which maybe I am. No, the mother is
crazy. But yeah, no, honestly, I don't, I honestly,
like, I trust the brother -in -law. I feel like
the sister, like, completely set this up. We'll
come back to that story next week. You won't
be here. I'll send them to you. We might wait
for you to come back. I think it would be the
same. That'd be a good idea. I know, we're kind
of all invested at this point. Like, we should
take this journey together. If there's no update
by next week, I will come back, well, I'll be
back by the week after. Yeah. So we'll hopefully
have a new update by then. We'll finish. Yeah,
because... I have a child. She's 23. And if she
would have, like, caused any damage to anything,
I would have been mortified. I certainly wouldn't
have been like, oh, oops. um yeah no small claims
car lady yeah no uh i mean i can't even like
i'm trying to find it again where my saved things
are but the comments are like all supportive
and like hey like you didn't do it this one said
Another thing to consider that the door was shut.
She said keep an eye on him for the sheer amount
of time it must have taken him to do all that
damage. He could have been hurt while clamming
over monitors. If it had happened, I'm sure he'd
be holding you responsible. Her son got a hold
of crackers and put them in vent slots. How do
you get the crackers? Did your sister give them
to him? Like, was he wandering around in the
kitchen? The entire thing of apple juice? Yeah.
Did he pour the liter of apple juice, or did
he have a little sippy cup? Yeah, it could have
been a juice box, too. And also, like, what...
Because I guarantee, if the liter of apple juice
is sitting on the desk with the cap off, the
kid didn't do it. Sure, well, it couldn't be
that. I don't think a four -year -old can lift
an entire liter of apple juice. Well, and, I
mean, of course, I only raised a daughter, but
I... She was never destructive like that. Are
children inherently destructive? No. She has
to be coached to be like, okay, let's do this.
I was saying that earlier. Like, that's just
not how children act. Yeah, no, everyone's just
saying that the mom is, like, a really bad parent.
Like, you're teaching your child this if the
kid did do it. Because the original first post
was saying how the kid was known for being destructive.
That's not something your kid should be known
for. And within the first 10 minutes of the kid
being at her apartment, he was knocking over
books. He was pouring juice on the area rug.
Why were you not supervising your child? Especially
if you know that they're destructive. Or at least
telling the sister that you're staying at this
apartment. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt
you. Go ahead. No, I finished. I might have missed
this. Why was the sister and the kid, why were
the sister and the kid there? Were they staying
there? Were they just visiting? Their house was
getting, like, demagated. Yeah. Probably because
a little monster put stuff in them. No, I'm just
kidding. Hi, I'm Stan the Orchid Man, and I see
six things of Oreos in your face. I might explain
to cockroaches. Have a nice day. But, yeah, no.
The husband was out of town and she's been lying
to her sister saying that she doesn't have the
money to pay for that. And then also told their
brother that, what was it? She told her brother
that there was a gambling addiction going on.
She told the parents that she was yelling at
her child. There was just like a bunch of like.
twisted things that got cleared up immediately
and i mean op has been sending this post to her
family members just be like yeah read this i
guess i'm lost where does the gambling addiction
come in the game apartment owner apartment owner
who's pc and then uh the op and brother -in -law
are assuming that the sister who's dating or
married to brother -in -law um are The sister
took it into her own hands because she thought
this gambling game was still a thing. But this
is also a software engineer who needs this computer
for work. So I think my sister has a gambling
addiction. So I'm going to walk in and trash
her computer and smash it on the floor because
that's the best way to do it. Yeah, no. Okay.
Sounds good to me. No. Doesn't sound criminal
at all. And then blame it on my son? Yeah. Like,
that just makes your son look bad. And the parent
of the year award goes to. Because you look like
a terrible parent, which you are. Not to mention
human. You're a terrible human. Anyways, I mean,
I think we all came to the same conclusion. And
there's very few people who are like, it's your
apartment. It's your property. Like, you need
to, like, take. ownership for it like it's not
her fault but there's only very few people that
are saying that it's not like like the sister's
fault for you know i would like those people
saying matt to flip the script i mean everybody
works so that they can afford nice things so
they can afford a home how would you feel that's
what the person was saying you know hey sister
if you're if you're reading this which i know
you are because you want the attention Screw
you. Well, I see you're jealous because I have
nice stuff and you have cockroaches. So they're
a software engineer, but they work part -time
as a janitor. So they don't make a lot of money.
And they need their PC to be a software engineer.
Wow. And also, apparently, they're a partial
pro -gamer, I think is what was mentioned. They
do professional video games. So that PC is worth
a lot more than just the $2 ,000. Yeah, like
a $200 monitor from Best Buy. So there's three
monitors, like a nice clicky keyboard. A nice
chair, which can cost like $500. If not more,
yeah, yeah. And then there was also like a tower,
which those cost $1 ,000. Computers are expensive.
And the fans themselves, those were like $300
each. Some of them needed to be replaced. So,
like, my PC, for just the PC parts alone in the
case, it was about $1 ,200. And then I had to
go buy the keyboard and the monitor, which I
got mine discounted because I bought it from
a friend. But if I had bought it from a store,
I would have spent at least, like, $300 on just
the monitor. And the keyboard that I bought was
only $40. No, yeah. I was going to say, like,
my PC is $1 ,800. My keyboard, mouse, and monitor
are completely different. I assume that's, like,
$800 combined. Because I think my monitor is,
like, $300. It depends on the monitor. Yeah.
I think my monitor is, like, $300. And honestly,
my keyboard and my mouse are probably, like,
$100 combined. Sounds about right, yeah. So,
like, I over -exaggerated, but still, that's,
like, that's over $2 ,000. And, you know, this
isn't 19 -whatever. This is 2025. Everybody knows
what a computer is, right? We all know they're
not cheap. We all know how they break, that kind
of thing. And we all know people use them for
their lives. Why would you not monitor your child?
Even if it wasn't, like, for work or whatever
purposes, like... Get it together. For real.
I don't know. I'm assuming most parents are like
this. My daughter couldn't move an inch without
me right on top of her. Where is she going? What's
she doing? What's she talking to? Because you're
afraid all the time something's going to fall
on them. Big monitors could fall and smush a
kid. I'm just saying. It said the monitor was
ripped off the wall. Is the kid hurt at all?
I couldn't rip one off the wall. I'm a grown
adult. No, but... I don't think a three -year
-old could fit the monitor. Right? Yeah, no,
those are things... Three -year -old is buff.
Like, I'll take my monitor sometimes, because
I had... Well, not my monitor, my TV that's bolted
to the wall, which is basically a monitor, just
to pull on it to see if it'll move, just because
sometimes I have to put my PS4 plug -in in there.
It's kind of annoying. But no, those things are
bolted in depending on how you bolt it in. As
they should be. I mean, there's a big difference
between trying to sneak something back there
and jerking it out of the wall. But no. Wow.
Yeah, I think we've come to our conclusion, but
thank you guys for putting your input in. We
can let you guys go to start your interview.
Rosslyn and Jen will be next Monday's podcast?
Yeah, well, upcoming Monday. This upcoming Monday's
episode. Hey. Yeah. Say hi. Get a little sneak
peek of us. But yeah, no, we can let you guys
go. And actually, we could end our podcast here.
Yeah, that's fine. Yeah. Well, do you guys want
to be included in our goodbye? Yeah. All right.
Yeah. Awesome. Yeah. Well, thank you guys so
much for joining me, Mackenzie, Zach, Rosslyn,
and Jen. We're starting to become a bit of a
mouthful. But. uh we'll talk to you guys next
week and if you guys want to like like comment
in on these reddit stories like we did red we
did reddit stories like one or two weeks ago
and yeah it was two weeks ago i don't think any
uh i don't think we saw any comments on our post
but also They're just fun for us to read anyways.
It would be fun to see what other people think.
Yeah. This one was crazy. That was bizarre. Thanks
for letting us be a part of this. That was really
fun. But yeah, you guys listening and everyone
in this room, have a good rest of your day. And
then, ready? Bye!