QUESTION FOR THE PD.COM ETHICS COMMITTEE

[Arafelis]

Sorry to dump this on you guys. I feel completely powerless to fix or alleviate the situation, probably because I basically am.

Call your grandpa.  Ask him if he's ever read a Playboy.

~Fin.

(yeah, right.)

[Corvidia]

I'd upgrade from disowning to maiming over such vicious nonsense.  But that's me.

In any case, get pics of the computer, serial visible, next to a current newspaper.  Send to Apple.

Yes, and yeeeees. That'll get her at least sued.

Your aunts should be taken behind the barn and shot. What horrible people.

[Template]

T and R would almost definitely be living with us if they weren't on the other side of the country.

And you know, the evil twins waited to do this until immediately after my parents came home from over there.

Shit.  That makes things way harder.  Call local cops/mob/discordians?

[The Good Reverend Roger]

This is the sort of thing you disown relatives over, yes?

Yes.  Loudly and publicly.

[hooplala]

I disowned my relatives over much less.  

Me too.  I disowned a cousin for not enjoying the movie Howard the Duck.

[hooplala]

What kind of "computer misconduct"?

The first thing I couldn't help thinking is that D1 and D2 are afraid T and R will inherit the house, and they want them out to make sure they get their cut of the house... which is horribly selfish.

Apparently D1 "found pornography" on the computer.

D1 gave them that computer, which she stole from her job at Apple. It had been listed as destroyed because it was used to run technical tests, meaning it was never supposed to be used. Who knows what kind of shitfuck stuff got put onto their computer through security holes and whatnot.

Also, T used to write romance novels. I don't know the details but for all I know D1 snooped through and found a racy chapter or something.

(And even so, all this over porn? Really? Bullshit.)

So basically D1 spent god knows how long snooping through their files (pretty typical behavior for her, really) and got them thrown out of the house over something she found on a computer which she stole and then gave to them.

Call me crazy, but you haven't got a leg to stand on if you give someone stolen and potentially defective property and try to get them in trouble for something on it.


It probably is over the house. D1 is the real instigator here; D2 is just her twin sister who probably sided with her on principle. D1 is a greedy, selfish, and stupid Rush Limbaugh listener whom I now believe is very capable of doing something like this and wheedling my ailing grandfather into putting her higher on the inheritance list, as Khara put it.

Unless its kiddie porn, D1 can go fuck herself.  She has no right to be snooping on a computer she gave away in the first place.  Sounds like an A-1 asshole to me.

[Cain]

In my case, my grandmother (who is in her mid-80s) went back to Australia.  She was going to say with my aunt and uncle while they sorted out her pension and somewhere to live, since she values her independence.  Cue my parents going to Australia, 18 months later, we find out she is essentially being held prisoner in an almost bare room in my aunt's place.  Because the forms for pensions were never filled out, she was living on less than 40 cents a week, and was not eligible for any sort of care or housing (despite spending over half her life in Australia etc).  She didn't qualify for free healthcare either, and she needed not only new glasses, but hearing aids as well.

Oh, and then my aunt tried to imply she was insane before my parents arrived, in order to poison the well when it came to the truth being told.

If I ever go back to Australia...well, I had the reflex reaction to not hit women beaten out of me a long time ago.  And my uncle will certainly learn that being a soldier does not impress or scare me anywhere near as much as he seems to think it should.

[Bebek Sincap Ratatosk]

Have a phone conversation with your grandpa. Ask leading questions... see if Grandpa can put two and three together... if he's not senile (which you said), then he should be able to get this shit. Esp if its from a grandkid that is 'asking' rather than 'telling'.

Just my opinion.

Of course I would also very sweetly call D1 and D2 to 'get their side of the story' aka 'find something to hang them with'... unless they don't trust you or something.

[hooplala]

Rat, you're more devious and manipulative than I ever gave you credit for... kudos!

[Bebek Sincap Ratatosk]

Rat, you're more devious and manipulative than I ever gave you credit for... kudos!

Squirrels of Discord rarely show their deviousness unless absolutely necessary. 

[Corvidia]

In my case, my grandmother (who is in her mid-80s) went back to Australia.  She was going to say with my aunt and uncle while they sorted out her pension and somewhere to live, since she values her independence.  Cue my parents going to Australia, 18 months later, we find out she is essentially being held prisoner in an almost bare room in my aunt's place.  Because the forms for pensions were never filled out, she was living on less than 40 cents a week, and was not eligible for any sort of care or housing (despite spending over half her life in Australia etc).  She didn't qualify for free healthcare either, and she needed not only new glasses, but hearing aids as well.

Oh, and then my aunt tried to imply she was insane before my parents arrived, in order to poison the well when it came to the truth being told.

If I ever go back to Australia...well, I had the reflex reaction to not hit women beaten out of me a long time ago.  And my uncle will certainly learn that being a soldier does not impress or scare me anywhere near as much as he seems to think it should.

I'd call that malice. And I'd have poisoned my uncle's morning oj in your shoes, because I'd have made a special trip (not saying you don't care about her because you didn't make the trip, of course).

I did it because my father abandoned my sisters in favor of his red neck girlfriend. I'm twenty so I don't exactly need him. They're just kids and he picked the whore over his own children.

I'd follow Rat's advice, myself. Give them the rope and let them hang themselves.

[Cain]

Maybe.  I wasn't there, and I'm not exactly on the best terms with my parents either (who are highly judgemental and tend to like throwing stones in glass houses) so while I tend to believe things play out more or less as they described, I have to take that into account.

Well me and my uncle were never on the best terms anyway.  We're not blood relatives either, so I don't feel the need to respect his blowhard ass and phony military record.  Plus he's the sort of person who thinks flexing his muscles, looking menacing and talking about how he plays with guns and gets to smack his grunts around makes him tough.  I, on the other hand, while not having the benefit of hitting people who are too afraid to hit back all day, did study terrorism.  I like to think I know how to deal out asymmetrical damage, and something about psychological warfare.

And yeah, your father sounds like a selfish jerk, to say the least.

[Verbal Mike]

Cainad, that is totally awful. The Ds should burn over this shit.

[The Wizard]

Also, see if you can maybe take advantage of the D's weaknesses. Admittedly I've never been in this kind of situation, but if they have a weak point, exploit it. For example, if they are incredibly concerned over what people think about them, then see if you can leak this shit to their neighbors. Or blackmail them with it. That may get them to leave your Aunt and Uncle alone.

[East Coast Hustle]

my question is this:

why haven't you provided certain non-existent organizations with D1 and D2's PI?

at the very least, they will be utterly desensitized to porn by the time it's all over.