The first OP could have saved so much face by just lying to us and saying he was buying the PS5 for his nephew or something, and we would have all been on his side, but his complete lack of social awareness let it slip that he's a PS5 scalper, one of the most hated kinds of people online with Karens themselves. What a card.
naw, he is a hussle culture dbag, Scalper pushed the price into the sky. Hussle bro's keep the prices up by running off with everything the scalpers missed.
"I already have a PS5 at home, but I can make some money by flipping the one I just bought from Walmart." That is called being a scalper. I hate this OP already.
The general consensus seems to be that the first one is probably fake. I actually agree for once. Why would you tell her that there are no more? If you hadn't, then she would've gone and looked for one and the interaction would've ended immediately. Why didn't he try to sell it to the person looking for one if that was his supposed goal?
Not to mention OP said they were a scalper & did not even attempt to sell the PS5 they just got even though a potential client walked right up to them. I'd believe it more if OP said "yeah sure, I'll sell it to you for $600" and the Karen started rampaging that she wanted it for free or for below the price he just got it for since it's "technically used".
@@LilChuunosuke Why would OP try to sell the PS5 to an entitled rude person? That type of person would also be a choosing beggar. And technically, every story on Reddit is all hearsay with no way to verify whether or not they're true. For all we know all three of the stories in this video are fake. I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt. Instead of innocent until proven guilty, I'm going with real until proven fake. I've noticed that fake stories are sometimes reposted under a different username.
As someone who went through a similiar program, that whole story really rubbed me the wrong way. The teacher was being quite judgemental, it's almost impossible to gauge someone's iq on limited interactions, the presentation of one's iq changes dramatically over one's life, and rslash really was quite disparaging wrt the kid.
The last story made me concerned for the EM's kid. I feel that..... she will do harm for the kid. She just want attention that her son is special without her son consent. I am afraid the kid will have a bad childhood with that kind of mother who seem to only care about herself.
I think that unfortunately, the kid will definitely be met with adversity later in life because of the EM's behaviour. Children know when it's not actually about them but rather about the parents all the time and the damage that does to a child is horrible.
I do as well! They should not have outed him in front of everyone... Just give a new test and then truth would come out without blaming the poor child. Hopefully it will get better when he becomes a young man
Whenever I hear people tell others to speak English I really wanna say through the screen “to graduate from school you technically need to know a second language so they’re learning early so they don’t have to worry about it later”
The second story is ridiculous. I have a Hispanic friend (born and raised in Mexico City, now lives in CA), his wife is from France. They raised 3 kids and taught them all French, Spanish, and English… and all were practically fluent in all 3 languages by 4 years old. It absolutely benefits kids to learn their native language and foreign languages at a young age!
Especially if English will be the 'Primary' language. It takes up about 5 times as much space in the brain as other languages, so if you start with that, it's even more critical to learn other languages early than it is if you're a native (French e.g.) speaker.
I feel so bad for the kid in the last story… being a « special » kid is hard enough when you have supportive parents, I can’t imagine how it’s going to be for him with this Karen of a mother She practically robbed him of a good school experience where he could have felt accepted too
It was kind of mean to call Karen’s kid dumb on the title considering he was more or less a victim in that situation and had more integrity than his mother.
Story 3: Wow, what a narcissist of a mother. Not only did she fake the results of an IQ test, but then boasted about it, tried to take over a class (based on my interpretation), and then threw a tantrum and ran for it once IK revealed the truth.
That is an abused child, and they should report her to CPS, although I've heard terrible stories about CPS. Sorry that child has a mentally disturbed mother.
That last story really hits close to home. To my mother, I was just a trophy to be paraded around because I happened to be a smart kid. She would take my straight A report cards to work to show off to her coworkers, and meanwhile at home, I would get screamed at and berated if any of my grades dropped below a B. I feel awful for that woman's son. I have a feeling she's going to do the same kind of thing to him if she isn't already.
I hate the kinda people who think you should only speak English in the United States, especially if you are just talking to your own family. My dad constantly complains about people speaking other languages in public when they do, and they aren’t even talking to him. That’s just annoying, dude. I’m glad I didn’t pick up on any of those traits.
The exact moment I began to suspect the first story was fake was when the kid said, “It’s been two years of you telling me you were gonna get me a PS5!” “It’s been two years of” No kid talks like that!
@@BeeWhistler Yeah, I get what dragon was trying to say. At the same time, those of us who grew up with parents who promised the world and delivered dust, all felt a collective wince of "yeah... yeah, we did talk like that.." "I promise, mommy will come visit you this weekend"... Two weeks later - "you have to understand, mommy wasn't 'feeling' well, she ran out of her 'medicine' (meth/coke/xanax). But this weekend, I pinky promise!" Rinse and repeat. Eventually you become distrustful, and start answering with "oh? Like last weekend or the 12 before it? You've been saying the same shit for XYZ time, and it never happens, cut the crap"... Which then turns into them saying "with an attitude like that, you don't deserve to go out this weekend! Now I'm going to have to sell whatever nonexistent item i claimed to have bought, that I think will hurt you to lose out on! Because rude children don't deserve rewards!"... "Yep, heard that one before too..." Rinse and repeat
I can't denounce the story as fake just yet, especially when my experience with children drastically differs from yours. As someone who literally grew up volunteering at summer schools and helping my mom with her Pre-K class, I've learned kids are much smarter than we give them credit and can hilariously act like 'little people' lol. 😂My own nephew shocked me when he was only 7. He remembered things I didn't think kids his age would remember. When he turned 10, I was able to actually have a well-engaging conversation with him over things he connected to. So based on my experience with kids, I can't declare this story as fake because of the kid's language. We also have to remember personal recounts posted online always have the strong possibility of being altered/edited by the OP for varied reasons. Perhaps they couldn't remember the exact wording exchanged. Or maybe the wording was grammatically way off that they fixed it during post. Whatever the reason, all personal accounts posted online will not be 100% accurate to what really happened, especially if the OP doesn't want to bore/confuse the audience. Finally, Tenshi Chan's comment here rings TRUE. Plenty of parents make promises they can't keep. As I just revealed from my experience, kids DO remember. They start keeping track of things when it personally matters to them. Even more, if that child is being raised by a parent who uses emotional manipulation/pressure to get things their way (which is what all Karens do), that child will LEARN and pick up on that habit and use it against their parent (in this case, the kid reminds the mom of how long they've been breaking their promise and is actively guilt-tripping the mom to get them that PS5). So yea. In conclusion, kids aren't stupid.
I'm so happy everyone is calling out OP in the 1st story. As soon as I heard he was planning on flipping it, I thought whatever the Karen was gonna give him is well deserved. Screw scalpers.
@@goyangi4143 I disagree on that definition. You can scalp a single concert ticket, just like you can scalp a single console. To me the difference is that scalping is targeting a specific circumstance in which there are highly desperate fans for a particular event (like a concert or release of a console). Flipping sounds more like reselling - it’s not targeted, maybe you purchase a game at a garage sale because you know you can find an interested buyer. You’re adding your knowledge of the market to generate more profit. I think it’s a fine line, but scalping preys on others. (Neither one are altruistic of course, but scalping definitely feels worse, lol) I’m not into economics, so I’m open to other definitions. What do you think?
Story about grandma in shoe store. A good response after "I care about what's best for your daughter" might have been "No you don't, you're using that as an excuse to justify your racism to yourself, but no one else is buying it." But it's not the easiest to keep your cool in a situation like that and come up with a witty response. I probably would have cussed at her too if I was there.
The first story OP also sucks, because Walmart employees aren’t allowed to take tips, so if anyone finds out especially with the amount that was tipped, he could potentially lose his job.
@@mrbadoochie1555 that is exactly what sent alarm bells off for me. only place of employment I've ever been allowed to keep tips was as a waiter. every other business banned the accepting of tips in its entirety
That story was so fake. No Walmart employee would accept any tip, for any reason. Because they know that they get fired and sued if they accept even the slighest penny from someone. They also have cameras that are monitored 24/7, so there's no chance in hell the employee can get away with that.
@@Imolos It still doesn't excuse racism. You're basically saying that all other races must be perfect or they deserve racism. You gonna say he deserves to be a slave too?
He deserves to be hated you dumb dumbs, racist is never justified but if i get across a person like OP i'd scream racial slurs at him like if my life depends on that.
From all these R-Slash stories about some one buying the last item. Then fighting a Karen. I have learned to always say "I think I saw 5 more left" or " competitor store had a new shipment today"
It's weird logic anyway. Kids are sponges for languages at that age, they can pick up 3 or 4 no bother with minimal effort, even a 'dumb' kid. Once they're older, it gets progressively harder. Literally every 'good parenting' book or course or professional will encourage teaching any language the parents know, the more the better. If they were refusing to teach her English at all, and only Spanish, then sure, that *might* make life harder depending on where they were going to be living by then, but knowing a second language as a child doesn't make you bad at the first at all!
@@SuzanneRush Plus, knowing Spanish will help with dealing with Spanish-speakers when the kid's older, of which there are 500,000,000 across the western hemisphere and Europe. It also has a lot of roots in common with English (mainly high-brow vocabulary shared with Latin) and being able to speak it will help the kid understand Italian and regional languages of Spain quite well along with giving the kid the ability to read Portuguese and, to a more limited extent, French. It will also give the kid a huge boost in case she decides to learn any of those in the future. So, there are far more advantages to learning it than not.
The first story made me so mad because I collect dolls (what, theyre pretty and they make me happy!) and scalpers are such a massive problem in the doll community, sometimes selling dolls for double or triple the initial price (yuck). Especially because there are Walmart exclusives of the brand I collect (Rainbow High) and I don’t live in America but I can’t afford $200usd a doll for a doll that’s $45usd (about $60aud) plus shipping. Scalpers make me so mad. Also for the last story, someone once told me “people who really have high IQs don’t brag about it because they don’t need to validate their intelligence” and that is all I could think about during the last story.
Scalping is also a problem in the Transformers toy collecting community. My nonexistent hat goes off to whoever can find a Legacy Cosmos at Walmart retail!
There are Walmarts in Australia? I'm in Queensland and I've never seen them. I'd love to buy those dolls just to sell them at a reasonable price to spite the scalpers and support the community.
@@RosesTeaAndASD there are not. That’s part of why I’m so upset that scalpers charge so much extra for them. I’m sorry my wording wasn’t clear, that’s my bad!
@@NerdySalemSays can’t you just ask the shop manager when the next time they restock that item so that next time you can get there before the scammers do, easy 😐
@@NerdySalemSays also you can ask the next time they restock that item they can keep one off the shelf for you that way you’ll get an advantage over the scammers 😊
I honestly thought the first OP was in the wrong initially. Before the racism of course. But the buying and reselling for a much higher price of something that you already have is honestly not very nice, and I hate it. He deserved to meet a Karen, even though he didn't deserve racism
@@sugarkane1571 physical racism ya, thats not acceptable. But the verbal racism, it aint hurt no one. That is, unless she tried to use his race against him when the police showed up. POC being called the N word it dont really affect us. Its annoying. We may get mad and react, but it doesnt hurt.
@@Josh_the_jester he said and I quote "I already have one but I could make some money flipping that or something like this". That sounds like hes talking about the new ps5 and not the old one
Third story: that school sounds like a dream come true! Especially for kids who want to learn about certain things but can’t get the chance because of their age and school, which I’ve always thought was stupid.
Right? My kid has always been advanced academically and he was often frustrated by his classes and felt like they were holding him back or punishing him. We did get lucky with some teachers when he was little that went out of their way to give him his own assignments. Like in 1st grade when all the other kids had to write a paragraph about their favorite animal, my kid got to write an essay about WWII. Or other kids would give book reports on picture books, but the teacher would have him give reports on chapter books. But not all teachers can/will meet kids where they are like that, and not all subjects lend themselves to that kind of work (ex: that teacher had to give my kid a book of multiplication and division problems and a book of logic problems to do during math class, because otherwise he’d start talking and making trouble out of boredom). My kid also lagged socially for a long time because when he talked about things, his peers didn’t understand him or just told him he was weird. Now that he’s a teen he’s caught up, but it was rough for a while. A school like that would have been awesome. (And I don’t know where my kid gets it from, lol. His dad and I love to learn, but we were both average students.)
I went to a school like this once a week as a child (the rest of the week I was at a public school). As an adult, I’m so thankful that my family found out about and encouraged me to do this. The “gifted” school helped to keep me mentally stimulated, and the public school helped me learn the basics and how to socialize (in large part due to ensuring I was exposed to kids of all types, rather than isolating my social experience - I think this really helped me with my EQ). For example, in 4th grade, my chosen “gifted” school classes were Shakespearean Theatre (we ended the semester by performing ‘Taming of the Shrew’) and Robotics (where we programmed a Lego car using DOS). Meanwhile, I was learning the more traditional curriculum most of the week; like fractions, cursive, and the cycle of life. I highly recommend any parents that feel like this is something that would benefit their kid to try to get it to happen (if it’s available where they live - I wish this scenario was available everywhere tbh). Speaking of, this happened in a town of 120,000 in middle America, not a big city - so it may be available, but not known about (thankfully we’ve got Google nowadays to help with the search).
@@AnEnderNon the problem with flipping is that you make money out of the desperation of people. A PS5 is already super hard to find on the market as it is, and already super expensive. People doesn’t need to pay 500$ more for that kind of shit
@@AnEnderNon it’s scamming I wouldn’t be suprised if op beat up a 7 year old to get that ps5 Also he’s selling it for more then it’s worth making them more expensive and other people still desperately trying to get one It’s been 2 years and the ps5 is still next to impossible to get
@@AnEnderNon they buy up the stock of a given product. Resulting in mass shortages. Which is what they want. They then try to sell it back almost double their prices. Not to mention scalpers could end up increasing the actual price of said goods. Look at the GPU shortage as an example.
2nd story: OP should have replied “actually, the best time to teach someone multiple languages is before the age of 6 because their brains are like sponges and absorb everything their first 6 years of life. Plus, studies show that people who speak multiple languages are less likely to develop dementia in their later years. I’m doing what has been proven best for her so have a nice day.” Then walk off with the Entitled woman standing their with her jaw on the floor
Well, that explains why I'm having difficulty trying to learn Spanish as an adult. And I was stupid for not wanting to learn Spanish from my mom at a young age. I guess I'll be getting dementia later on.
The second story: I can't stand people like the Karen in this story. It's like, tell me you're a racist without telling me you're racist. I'm multilingual myself. She should just stay home and not interact with anyone else. No one needs that toxicity in their life.
it is first come first severe tho she demanded it which without trying to start a conversation so op 0/5 and Karen 2/5 this is rare but i dont agree with RSlash
While listening to the first story I said to myself: "Well, OP is quite a bit of a stupid arsehole here for not just scalping but also failing at it in real time." Good that you caught it as well.
First story: yeah everyone kinda sucks here. I mean Karen's will always get suck points but op is definitely part of why people still can't get ps5's very easily
Well, he sucks even more because it's a fake story. Walmart Employees can't accept tips. I know this because I am a Walmart employee. It's against policy to accept tips or gifts from customers.
"I already have a PS5 but I'm gonna buy another one and sell it after I slap some paint on it!" I'm at a crossroad of deciding what's worse, PS5 scalping, or dealing with a Karen
@@serge263 It's the same policy at Kohl's. Probably a general retail thing. And yes, definitely an obviously fake story. Don't know why RSlash picked it. It's the same run-of-the-mill "innocent" bystander vs. racist Karen story (in quotes because scalpers suck!).
That last story was definitely a case of the mom wanting bragging rights. I see it in other moms way too much. One that I no longer associate with pushed her daughter to go to this really expensive private college for prestige, but complains about the cost. He daughter could have had a full ride scholarship to the local state college which is also a tier 1 research school, so not exactly a poor choice. Another mom I know has pushed her daughter (2nd grade and friends with my 1st grader) into gymnastics and all these things that she can show off. But she doesn't push academics at all, because you can't flaunt that easily. Her poor kid hears my kiddo reading words that she has trouble sounding out and doing math that she is struggling with and I just see this look of defeat in the kid's face. She isn't dumb, her mom just doesn't care about academics and would rather compete with her siblings vicariously through their kids. Raising kids shouldn't be a competition. (FYI: making sure your kid is ready academically to the point of being ahead doesn't solve problems, it just gives you different ones.)
My heart breaks for the son of EM. As a teacher aid I've seen how sometimes kids get under the pressure with their parents around OP and C did what they temporarily could for her son. I hope that kid finds freedom.
The first story: ngl op deserves to deal with a Karen for being a reseller, what a nice story: scammer meets a Karen, a bit of karma for abusing peoples need for items
whole business world works on this planet by selling something for more than you spent to make a profit, but when it's done by simple people youre all having a meltdown and wishing the guy what hitler deserved. What a snowflakes
r/slash. I've worked in private schools. Do not _ever_ give entitled parents the benefit of the doubt. They see it as "weakness," and they will your good nature against you.
Second story: Being bilingual will be incredibly useful in life. Not only in communicating, but having that on your resume looks really good for colleges. Plus it's a huge selling point when getting hired. She should mind her own business and realize that a family teaching their child their native language is a good thing.
First story: I'm completely on OP's side in that situation but F scalpers. He's probably gonna charge 200 dollars or more for that ps5, honestly hope he doesn't get to sell it. Again F scalpers.
Layla learning 2 languages is indeed good for her - my family speaks two languages but I only know english (parents didnt have time to teach me as a kid and now that im older i cant seem to wrap my head around it) it's kind of aggravating to frequently not know what your family is saying
The first story comes across as he knew people were going to tear him to shreds for being a garbage scalper person so he tried to create a different narrative and paint himself as the victim. But it didn't work
This guy I knew in high school bragged about his IQ being 133 or something, to which I asked, “Why aren’t you in college then?” Considering he looked like a 30-year-old man failing 10th grade chemistry. He was definitely lying
The school in the last story sounds like it would have been a *dream* when I was transitioning between elementary school and middle. Maybe the gifted kid syndrome wouldn’t have hit so hard then, lol
I became so apathetic about school because it was slow in the lower classes. It ended up with me basically being silent doing nothing in classes, or doing something else... not silent. I'd been looking so much forward to going to school, so when we got a book for math and my native language class one of the first school days I pretty much treated them as play and solved them that same day. I got scolded for it. Similar things became a common occurrence till I just lost the will to fight against the slow pace of the classes. I'm thankful kids today have the option of going somewhere they aren't scolded for being interested in learning at a young age.
I akways finished my work early but wasn't allowed extra work in primary school since I wasn't smart enough. I ended up reading in my spare school time. I practically finished the school library. I was so happy to move to a different school after primary school. Things were much better there. I still wonder what would have happened had I been challenged in those years.
As soon as I heard him mention he already had a PS5 and was just going to flip it, I already hated him and didn't care for anything that happened at that point. Literally 0 sympathy. You need harassment.
Honestly the second story gets me, like how ya gonna walk up go somebody and tell them to teach they kid English? Mind ya damn business is what some people need to learn how to do.
1st story: I work in the electronics department at Walmart. There is a group of people that come in and buy up all the PS5s that we have to sell in an overseas market. One person will call to see if we have any in stock and then we'll give 5 or 6 people right in a row that will come in to buy them. We recognize them now and we "conveniently" are sold out when we see them.
The school in the third story is something I needed as a kid but neither I nor my parents even knew existed. It makes me happy to hear that other kids will have opportunities I didn’t.
For those that refuse to know common knowledge, 1:30 there is a register in the back with the electronics department.... If it were not already that obvious 🙄🙄
aside from the racism, I'm kind of on the side of a parent looking for a PS5 for her son for years over a dipshit that just wants it to make money. both of the people in the first story represent different sides of what is wrong with our society.
If the first story is actually real, there’s no way that OP would tip the Walmart employee $50. Mans already admitted he was doing it for the money so I doubt he’d part with his own money like that.
The second story is what I like the most. I'm 22 and I still don't know Spanish, and I wished I grew up around it so I understood better and knew how to speak it. A lot of jobs nowadays favor people the most if you're bilingual, or know spanish.
I have so many doubts about story 1. Other than op being a scalper there were a lot of things that sound fake. If it is true he may have cost the employee his job with that "tip".
I worked in a school for gifted kids. Many of them ended up there because they had serious mental/personality/educational disorders. Imagine a kid with 145 IQ whose Tourette's and Asperger's made him spontaneously laugh and scream and have very little social understanding. A lot of these parents were at their wit's end, but I got a BA in language and was NOT a special ed teacher. I stayed for a year and left.
@@gamerplaytime8174 serve. FTFY. Just like the assholes who bought up all the sanitizer and toilet paper during the pandemic? Please, get outta here with that bullshit.
YOURE MOM A SCALPEL!!! HOW DARE HIM BUY SOMETHING AND SELL IT FOR MORE?! REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE MY SON NEEDS IT FOR FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Its funny that the first story of entitled parents literally has an entitled op. PS5's don't get found in the wild because people like him ruin it for us all
Being bilingual is actually a benefit studies have shown that people who are bilingual are smarter so it's actually a good thing to teach them both languages.
i hate when people buy a popular system just to resell for profit. I mean its ok if they are super common but when its still the point where people are dying to find one. its a jerk move to buy the rare in stock system to sell for a quick buck. So OP is a jerk not saying Karen shouldve gotten it. But its unfair for someone who does need it...didnt get a chance
are you kidding me? the kid doesn't need it also shows that you dont care about people of color since you know the karen called the person a racial slur
The first story definitely sounds fake, there's many plot holes, as can be seen by other comments, but what stood out to me is he tipped the store employee...? Walmart, best buy, target, etc employees can't accept tips. For 1, you don't "tip" people for backing up your story to the police 🤣 and 2. the guy is not allowed to even accept it
First story, All hate towards scalpers should be placed on people who have an unfair advantage, like buying bots, people who work/know people at a store to buy a lot and resell and of course unfair stores who basically sell to all instead of doing the bare minimal bot checks. As far as I know OP is fine, they just doing what every other human would so long as they don't mark it up too much that is a little bad but within normal levels.
I mean, even with how fake the first story seems, I wouldn't just sell them it either. She basically shot up to the guy and just kinda told him to give it to her. Even if it's a real story, I wouldn't accept money (even if it was offered) from a snotty parent and kid like that.
Dying laughing at the parent in the last story as soon as the jig was up bolted like she was going to be arrested or worse lmfao. The fact they all just stared as she ran kills me lol
I have no respect for Scalpers in General. For when Build-a-Bear released the First Wave of Axolotls. It was SWIMMING with Scalpers increasing the Price ten-fold. So Infuriating. Also While I don't like the ending to OP's Post. NO One deserves to be called Racist or Derogatory terms
@@paulroberto2286 exactly. I planned on getting an xbox x for a while, but since I can play most games I want to on Cloud Gaming, I stopped looking for a new xbox. Prices on FB marketplace and eBay are extortionate.
@@epichoagie5999 fair enough. They're both bad, but I find EPs to be significantly worse. Any entitled person, really. Had an encounter with an entitled couple a few years ago, and I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy.
Honestly I don't remember much about my childhood but I remember being told that when I was very young I had my IQ tested because of my speech problems (I might remember this but I thought it all was a vision test and basic stuff LMAO) and I don't even think I finished half the test when the instructor told mom my IQ wasn't the issue, I never put much faith in stuff like a metric able to state the intelligence of an individual but I still wonder if I could have been more without my apraxia of speech getting in the way, it literally made me give up school around 2 or 3 grade and my parents started thinking I was suicidal shortly after because I tried to be as illogical as the other students, plus with all the bullying I gave up on people (I actually lost "friends" because they thought my voice was interesting or funny). I know my story isn't the saddest but it always hits harder when its happening to you
I've never liked the name of the IQ test because it's not even really a measure of intelligence. It's a measurement of PART of the intelligence. Mainly your ability to solve problems and reason. Having a high one also tends to mean you're lacking some in other areas that SHOULD be treated as important too, but aren't.
The issue with IQ is that it is psuedoscience. There is no inherent brainpower that can be measured. Learning is about discipline and taking the time to learn something.
My mom refused to tell me mine because “it is lower than your sister’s” even though I got into the gifted program. I am dyslexic which I only figured out as an adult. I figured out and used the coping skills on my own that they teach kids now so that weird you are inferior to your sister stuff is just sad to me. My sister is incredibly smart but her ease in school in the early years caused them to miss her ADHD so when she hit the point where discipline and sitting to do boring to her work she almost flunked out. Stephen J Gould in the book The Mismeasure of Man talks about how IQ tests have been flawed from the start.(To clarify I don’t see my sister as lacking discipline her brain, all her kids, and even my spouse require help to do certain things)
It wasn't until my 3rd-grade son was tested and we were told he was "gifted', and what that meant, that I understood myself a lot better. He got to go to a "gifted" school one day a week. There was no such thing in my time, and I was often bored with the lack of challenge in my classes. I never finished college, but my son has a PhD in computer science.
I really have to say, in the first story, that's exactly what karma is. And in this instance, it's instant karma. That encounter happened because OP wasn't supposed to have the ps5. He already has one. He doesn't deserve the blatant racism, she's an AH for that 🤦🏻♀️. I know they were entitled and had bad behavior, but that p5 was supposed to go to the little boy who was looking for 2 YEARS. "maybe I can flip it and make some money". That's exactly the mindset that got us in the situation of low stock
With the 3rd story, the kid being able to memorize enough answers for a 140 is still pretty impressive. Most kids that age can't study like that. That said, IQ is mostly a bunk system, and the school should use something else to measure intelligence
First story..OP is an ass for buying a PS5 when he already had one. That is just an awful move. Morally. HOWEVER, eh Karen was way way waaaaay out of line
In the first story scalpers like OP are THE reason why there aren't any PS5's in the wild in the first place! Definitely an everyone sucks situation, except for the sales person and the cop (and the kid, although it's harder to say). Not only does scalping force potential legit buyers to pay more (don't buy from scalpers, btw) it also makes getting customer support more difficult if there's something wrong with the console. Scalpers also don't buy games per console like normal buyers would, so it also hurts Sony, which is why I don't understand why they aren't trying to do anything about it.
First story, "I'll make money flip it" scalping he wanted to scalp it! However Karen was an ass he bought it and it's his she had no right to do that to anyone for any reason, she wanted it for free! But yeah that guy was scalping 🤣
Story 1: OP is a Karen too, tbh. I can't abide by scalpers. Absolutely disgusting. They're part of the problem. If he already has one, and he's just here to flip it, why not just sell it to the kid for cost?
I think it would be fun to run a TH-cam channel reading the stories first as they are written and then again as “they really happened” So much fake escalation !
Man, I hate to say this, but were any of those stories real? The only one that doesn’t sound made up is maybe the middle one because it was brief and ended the way stuff like that usually does, with OP just trying to get away from the loser and the old lady pulling the “well I just think you should do this because I mean well and that makes me right” because many older ladies butt in with that exact rationale. But the other two? The first one reads like a textbook made up store Karen but the last one… who carries a five year old? Five year olds are not small. It’s technically possible to carry them but you generally would rather not to that to yourself and by that age kids generally expect to walk everywhere themselves. And the convenient confession by the kid? The multiple outbursts of “how dare you” don’t track either… does anyone even say that anymore? She just happened to find out which test they use from some random doctor who was willing to help her cheat? Sounds like an amateur writer trying to contrive a way for them to have been able to cheat without really having any idea how they’d be able to cheat. And the description of the school was frankly irritating. I understand the appeal of hanging out with other weirdos, that sounds lovely, but the whole “we can tell if their IQ is high enough just by talking to them” stuff was so pretentious. What an insufferable generalization. How about an after school program for kids who just don’t blend in at school, and save the judgment?
From what I've heard, on the rare occasions parents cheat and lie to get their kids into places they're not fit for, the kid is a complete fish out of water, has no idea what's going on, fails everything, then the crazed parents who forced their kid into this situation either blame the kid, berate and scold them, or they blame the teachers for "picking on their baby and forcing them to fail".
The first OP could have saved so much face by just lying to us and saying he was buying the PS5 for his nephew or something, and we would have all been on his side, but his complete lack of social awareness let it slip that he's a PS5 scalper, one of the most hated kinds of people online with Karens themselves. What a card.
He didn't deserve what he got though.
@@djharris10 No, but he's s complete tool himself for being a scalper. Assuming any of it is real since it comes off as fake.
naw, he is a hussle culture dbag, Scalper pushed the price into the sky. Hussle bro's keep the prices up by running off with everything the scalpers missed.
@@immorttalis he still doesn't deserve an AH score if this is real over scalping. That's a personal issue that has nothing to do with what he endured.
Scalpers are worse than Karens.
As an ex Walmart employee, accepting a personal tip can get you in trouble
Firable offense. Definitely a fake story.
(Edited because autocorrect hates me)
@@chessnitemayr Fake or extremely embellished to make him seem like a saint.
because the n-word could not refuse 50$money tip amitite? You racist
@@ShadowReignhart is a "and everyone started clapping" story.
@@ShadowReignhart he even fails at that since most people hate PS5 Scalpers
"I already have a PS5 at home, but I can make some money by flipping the one I just bought from Walmart." That is called being a scalper. I hate this OP already.
It’s called being a hustler, if you don’t like to make money that’s on you buddy.
@@ariellewithfriends yeah
Take an economy class
Not an AITA post, but still the asshole
@@dibby1045 I don't get what's bad about "scalpers" or why someone who's unapologetically racist is somehow better than someone who sells consoles.
The general consensus seems to be that the first one is probably fake. I actually agree for once.
Why would you tell her that there are no more? If you hadn't, then she would've gone and looked for one and the interaction would've ended immediately.
Why didn't he try to sell it to the person looking for one if that was his supposed goal?
Not to mention OP said they were a scalper & did not even attempt to sell the PS5 they just got even though a potential client walked right up to them.
I'd believe it more if OP said "yeah sure, I'll sell it to you for $600" and the Karen started rampaging that she wanted it for free or for below the price he just got it for since it's "technically used".
@@LilChuunosuke Why would OP try to sell the PS5 to an entitled rude person? That type of person would also be a choosing beggar. And technically, every story on Reddit is all hearsay with no way to verify whether or not they're true. For all we know all three of the stories in this video are fake. I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt. Instead of innocent until proven guilty, I'm going with real until proven fake. I've noticed that fake stories are sometimes reposted under a different username.
@@LilChuunosuke Just being a little nitpicky but dont forget OP paid sales tax which likely have boosted the cost to closer to $600
@@LilChuunosuke
Right
@@glennrishton5679
If they had chosen a slightly higher number in their example, then you'd have no response, so maybe just don't respond.
I feel sorry for James in the last story. You can tell he’s a good kid
And also definitely not "dumb" as rSlash decided to label him. What an absolutely disgusting decision on his part.
@@muneyotsuki8164 where exactly did rslash label the kid "dum"?
R/Slash did him so dirty on that clickbait title…
definitely smarter than his mom.
As someone who went through a similiar program, that whole story really rubbed me the wrong way. The teacher was being quite judgemental, it's almost impossible to gauge someone's iq on limited interactions, the presentation of one's iq changes dramatically over one's life, and rslash really was quite disparaging wrt the kid.
The last story made me concerned for the EM's kid. I feel that..... she will do harm for the kid. She just want attention that her son is special without her son consent. I am afraid the kid will have a bad childhood with that kind of mother who seem to only care about herself.
I see him going no contact as an adult.
I think that unfortunately, the kid will definitely be met with adversity later in life because of the EM's behaviour. Children know when it's not actually about them but rather about the parents all the time and the damage that does to a child is horrible.
Munchausen by Proxy.
I have a mother like his, and now as a 19 year old, I haven't spoken to her in over a year lmao
I do as well! They should not have outed him in front of everyone... Just give a new test and then truth would come out without blaming the poor child. Hopefully it will get better when he becomes a young man
Whenever I hear people tell others to speak English I really wanna say through the screen “to graduate from school you technically need to know a second language so they’re learning early so they don’t have to worry about it later”
In what country?
@@Finder245 US. Lots of high schools require it
@@Finder245 l don’t know if it is everywhere in Texas, but I know in my city we need at least 2 years of a different language to graduate.
Just tell them to speak Navajo.
Except that if you already know two languages, it doesn't count.
The second story is ridiculous. I have a Hispanic friend (born and raised in Mexico City, now lives in CA), his wife is from France. They raised 3 kids and taught them all French, Spanish, and English… and all were practically fluent in all 3 languages by 4 years old. It absolutely benefits kids to learn their native language and foreign languages at a young age!
Think of the job opportunities when they grow up!
@@giggle_snort exactly! And sooo much more!
Especially if English will be the 'Primary' language. It takes up about 5 times as much space in the brain as other languages, so if you start with that, it's even more critical to learn other languages early than it is if you're a native (French e.g.) speaker.
@@GoldenSunAlex I believe with their oldest they started with French, with a small sprinkling of English, with their middle they started with Spanish
I feel so bad for the kid in the last story… being a « special » kid is hard enough when you have supportive parents, I can’t imagine how it’s going to be for him with this Karen of a mother
She practically robbed him of a good school experience where he could have felt accepted too
I don’t know, I liked being a gifted kid.
It was kind of mean to call Karen’s kid dumb on the title considering he was more or less a victim in that situation and had more integrity than his mother.
Also wildly inaccurate if his IQ is 120.
@@BlueAversionYou mean to tell me most kids aren’t solving the hardest math problems ever?
yeah rslash has very click-baity titles, and i really don’t like it lol
Story 3: Wow, what a narcissist of a mother. Not only did she fake the results of an IQ test, but then boasted about it, tried to take over a class (based on my interpretation), and then threw a tantrum and ran for it once IK revealed the truth.
She belongs in prison and no contact at all with the son.
It’s a shame that such nice kids get such screwed up parents to grow up with
Faking IQ tests is not that uncommon. When I was in college we were offered IQ tests and I faked mine. To this day my official IQ is 44 😎
bet she beat shit out of her son for ratting her out.
That is an abused child, and they should report her to CPS, although I've heard terrible stories about CPS. Sorry that child has a mentally disturbed mother.
That last story really hits close to home. To my mother, I was just a trophy to be paraded around because I happened to be a smart kid. She would take my straight A report cards to work to show off to her coworkers, and meanwhile at home, I would get screamed at and berated if any of my grades dropped below a B. I feel awful for that woman's son. I have a feeling she's going to do the same kind of thing to him if she isn't already.
Me, too. I brought home straight A's and was berated because one of them was an A-.
@@heathermunday6878 Yup. It's never good enough for people like them. Hope you're doing okay now :)
I hope you're healing from that, sounds awful
Did any of you end up cutting your mothers out of your lives?
@@fanfictiondreamer7836 I want to. Sadly, I'm still dependent on my parents for money reasons
I hate the kinda people who think you should only speak English in the United States, especially if you are just talking to your own family. My dad constantly complains about people speaking other languages in public when they do, and they aren’t even talking to him. That’s just annoying, dude. I’m glad I didn’t pick up on any of those traits.
Someone should tell him:"Then you should also start talking english and stop talking BS."
The funny thing is that the US has no official language
@@lpfan4491 haha, lmao. I wish, he’d probably beat the shit out of me if I said that to him.
@@luringash5994 I know, right? It’s not supposed to, the US is supposed to be diverse.
You can speak any language you want, I don’t think it should be accommodated.
The exact moment I began to suspect the first story was fake was when the kid said, “It’s been two years of you telling me you were gonna get me a PS5!”
“It’s been two years of” No kid talks like that!
...I did.
@@water6703 To be fair, that was only the first thing that made them suspect it was fake. The rest of the story only confirmed it.
@@BeeWhistler Yeah, I get what dragon was trying to say. At the same time, those of us who grew up with parents who promised the world and delivered dust, all felt a collective wince of "yeah... yeah, we did talk like that.."
"I promise, mommy will come visit you this weekend"...
Two weeks later - "you have to understand, mommy wasn't 'feeling' well, she ran out of her 'medicine' (meth/coke/xanax). But this weekend, I pinky promise!"
Rinse and repeat. Eventually you become distrustful, and start answering with "oh? Like last weekend or the 12 before it? You've been saying the same shit for XYZ time, and it never happens, cut the crap"...
Which then turns into them saying "with an attitude like that, you don't deserve to go out this weekend! Now I'm going to have to sell whatever nonexistent item i claimed to have bought, that I think will hurt you to lose out on! Because rude children don't deserve rewards!"...
"Yep, heard that one before too..."
Rinse and repeat
I can't denounce the story as fake just yet, especially when my experience with children drastically differs from yours. As someone who literally grew up volunteering at summer schools and helping my mom with her Pre-K class, I've learned kids are much smarter than we give them credit and can hilariously act like 'little people' lol. 😂My own nephew shocked me when he was only 7. He remembered things I didn't think kids his age would remember. When he turned 10, I was able to actually have a well-engaging conversation with him over things he connected to.
So based on my experience with kids, I can't declare this story as fake because of the kid's language. We also have to remember personal recounts posted online always have the strong possibility of being altered/edited by the OP for varied reasons. Perhaps they couldn't remember the exact wording exchanged. Or maybe the wording was grammatically way off that they fixed it during post. Whatever the reason, all personal accounts posted online will not be 100% accurate to what really happened, especially if the OP doesn't want to bore/confuse the audience.
Finally, Tenshi Chan's comment here rings TRUE. Plenty of parents make promises they can't keep. As I just revealed from my experience, kids DO remember. They start keeping track of things when it personally matters to them. Even more, if that child is being raised by a parent who uses emotional manipulation/pressure to get things their way (which is what all Karens do), that child will LEARN and pick up on that habit and use it against their parent (in this case, the kid reminds the mom of how long they've been breaking their promise and is actively guilt-tripping the mom to get them that PS5).
So yea. In conclusion, kids aren't stupid.
My thoughts exactly, haha
I'm so happy everyone is calling out OP in the 1st story. As soon as I heard he was planning on flipping it, I thought whatever the Karen was gonna give him is well deserved. Screw scalpers.
True that but I was better Karen was gonna demand to have it for free and also the dreaded "Is ThE pRicE neGotIablE?"
It's not scalping, it's flipping. Scalping is buying multiple things at once. Flipping is buying only one thing.
@@goyangi4143Does it matter? They’re still a dick
@@goyangi4143 I disagree on that definition. You can scalp a single concert ticket, just like you can scalp a single console. To me the difference is that scalping is targeting a specific circumstance in which there are highly desperate fans for a particular event (like a concert or release of a console). Flipping sounds more like reselling - it’s not targeted, maybe you purchase a game at a garage sale because you know you can find an interested buyer. You’re adding your knowledge of the market to generate more profit. I think it’s a fine line, but scalping preys on others. (Neither one are altruistic of course, but scalping definitely feels worse, lol)
I’m not into economics, so I’m open to other definitions. What do you think?
@@goyangi4143 Flipping, scalping, however definition you try to spin, its still a POS move.
Scalpers and flippers are both the same to me.
Story about grandma in shoe store. A good response after "I care about what's best for your daughter" might have been "No you don't, you're using that as an excuse to justify your racism to yourself, but no one else is buying it." But it's not the easiest to keep your cool in a situation like that and come up with a witty response. I probably would have cussed at her too if I was there.
That was my immediate response too. Benefits of having an outside perspective, n'cest-ce pas?
@@ScooterBond1970 why dont u speak english?!
@@sk31370n sure Karen
EDIT: Came back later to say "And I believe the point has just been proven" 😁
the one that i thought of is "your just jealous your kid isn't bilingual"
plus no matter what your response is the lady will still view you negatively unless you agree.
First story: Karen didn't Want to buy a PS5, she wanted one for F-R-E-E, apparently.
She got a free trip to the big house.
I mean, OP’s trying to scalp the damn thing so I wouldn’t shed a tear
@@nekolalia3389 you wouldn’t shed a tear because he’s spending the money he earned? Lol I honestly don’t think op minds.
@@bkjay20 scalper mentality
The Karen is still stupid tho
First story: Look ma, the vulture is complaining about the bigot!
Vultures eat the dead because they don't want problems with the living. You're not using "vulture" correctly.
The first story OP also sucks, because Walmart employees aren’t allowed to take tips, so if anyone finds out especially with the amount that was tipped, he could potentially lose his job.
It honestly just sounds fake
Exactly! Most retail employers don't allow tips. The consequence can range from a write up to termination depending on the amount.
@@mrbadoochie1555 that is exactly what sent alarm bells off for me. only place of employment I've ever been allowed to keep tips was as a waiter. every other business banned the accepting of tips in its entirety
The associate never would have accepted it, he'd lose his job immediately. Fake story.
That story was so fake. No Walmart employee would accept any tip, for any reason. Because they know that they get fired and sued if they accept even the slighest penny from someone. They also have cameras that are monitored 24/7, so there's no chance in hell the employee can get away with that.
Not feeling sorry for the guy in the first story already. He is a scalper, he deserves no sympathy.
Same. And he seems so proud of it which makes him an idiot off the bat.
So you can exuse the Karen being racist over someone being a scalper?
I didn’t hear it all and I say yes. If he buys it just to be douches bag and flip he deserves it.
@@Imolos It still doesn't excuse racism. You're basically saying that all other races must be perfect or they deserve racism. You gonna say he deserves to be a slave too?
He deserves to be hated you dumb dumbs, racist is never justified but if i get across a person like OP i'd scream racial slurs at him like if my life depends on that.
From all these R-Slash stories about some one buying the last item. Then fighting a Karen. I have learned to always say "I think I saw 5 more left" or
" competitor store had a new shipment today"
Karen: "I just want what's best for her!"
Uh....you aren't even related to Layla and OP, what OP teaches her is none of that busybody's business.
It's weird logic anyway. Kids are sponges for languages at that age, they can pick up 3 or 4 no bother with minimal effort, even a 'dumb' kid. Once they're older, it gets progressively harder. Literally every 'good parenting' book or course or professional will encourage teaching any language the parents know, the more the better. If they were refusing to teach her English at all, and only Spanish, then sure, that *might* make life harder depending on where they were going to be living by then, but knowing a second language as a child doesn't make you bad at the first at all!
@@SuzanneRush Plus, knowing Spanish will help with dealing with Spanish-speakers when the kid's older, of which there are 500,000,000 across the western hemisphere and Europe. It also has a lot of roots in common with English (mainly high-brow vocabulary shared with Latin) and being able to speak it will help the kid understand Italian and regional languages of Spain quite well along with giving the kid the ability to read Portuguese and, to a more limited extent, French. It will also give the kid a huge boost in case she decides to learn any of those in the future.
So, there are far more advantages to learning it than not.
Honestly screw scalpers. I hope they all deal with Karen's constantly.
IKR?! My son NEEDS IT!!! Repulsive sand naggers should be sued!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1!111111!!!
For real
Exactly
@@SuperLordQ seriously I abhor scalpers.
Scalpers and bit miner's for raising the price on graphics cards for almost 2 years straight.
Story 1. I feel its false. Plus as a former store associate your not supposed to accept tips but at 50 ill take it😂
The first story made me so mad because I collect dolls (what, theyre pretty and they make me happy!) and scalpers are such a massive problem in the doll community, sometimes selling dolls for double or triple the initial price (yuck). Especially because there are Walmart exclusives of the brand I collect (Rainbow High) and I don’t live in America but I can’t afford $200usd a doll for a doll that’s $45usd (about $60aud) plus shipping. Scalpers make me so mad.
Also for the last story, someone once told me “people who really have high IQs don’t brag about it because they don’t need to validate their intelligence” and that is all I could think about during the last story.
Scalping is also a problem in the Transformers toy collecting community. My nonexistent hat goes off to whoever can find a Legacy Cosmos at Walmart retail!
There are Walmarts in Australia? I'm in Queensland and I've never seen them.
I'd love to buy those dolls just to sell them at a reasonable price to spite the scalpers and support the community.
@@RosesTeaAndASD there are not. That’s part of why I’m so upset that scalpers charge so much extra for them. I’m sorry my wording wasn’t clear, that’s my bad!
@@NerdySalemSays can’t you just ask the shop manager when the next time they restock that item so that next time you can get there before the scammers do, easy 😐
@@NerdySalemSays also you can ask the next time they restock that item they can keep one off the shelf for you that way you’ll get an advantage over the scammers 😊
I honestly thought the first OP was in the wrong initially. Before the racism of course. But the buying and reselling for a much higher price of something that you already have is honestly not very nice, and I hate it. He deserved to meet a Karen, even though he didn't deserve racism
Glad we have some standards! Harassed by an entitled person is a suitable punishment, but facing racism is taking it too far.
I don't believe that was OP's intentions, I thing they were gonna keep the new console and sell the old one for cheap, it's what I would do
Everybody deserves racism. You don't need to respond to it, but you should be able to deal with it.
@@sugarkane1571 physical racism ya, thats not acceptable. But the verbal racism, it aint hurt no one. That is, unless she tried to use his race against him when the police showed up.
POC being called the N word it dont really affect us. Its annoying. We may get mad and react, but it doesnt hurt.
@@Josh_the_jester he said and I quote "I already have one but I could make some money flipping that or something like this". That sounds like hes talking about the new ps5 and not the old one
Third story: that school sounds like a dream come true! Especially for kids who want to learn about certain things but can’t get the chance because of their age and school, which I’ve always thought was stupid.
Right? My kid has always been advanced academically and he was often frustrated by his classes and felt like they were holding him back or punishing him.
We did get lucky with some teachers when he was little that went out of their way to give him his own assignments.
Like in 1st grade when all the other kids had to write a paragraph about their favorite animal, my kid got to write an essay about WWII. Or other kids would give book reports on picture books, but the teacher would have him give reports on chapter books.
But not all teachers can/will meet kids where they are like that, and not all subjects lend themselves to that kind of work (ex: that teacher had to give my kid a book of multiplication and division problems and a book of logic problems to do during math class, because otherwise he’d start talking and making trouble out of boredom).
My kid also lagged socially for a long time because when he talked about things, his peers didn’t understand him or just told him he was weird.
Now that he’s a teen he’s caught up, but it was rough for a while.
A school like that would have been awesome.
(And I don’t know where my kid gets it from, lol. His dad and I love to learn, but we were both average students.)
IQ tests are complete BS anyway, they weren’t made to test intelligence IQ tests were made to see how well French kindergarteners were doing in school
I went to a school like this once a week as a child (the rest of the week I was at a public school). As an adult, I’m so thankful that my family found out about and encouraged me to do this. The “gifted” school helped to keep me mentally stimulated, and the public school helped me learn the basics and how to socialize (in large part due to ensuring I was exposed to kids of all types, rather than isolating my social experience - I think this really helped me with my EQ). For example, in 4th grade, my chosen “gifted” school classes were Shakespearean Theatre (we ended the semester by performing ‘Taming of the Shrew’) and Robotics (where we programmed a Lego car using DOS). Meanwhile, I was learning the more traditional curriculum most of the week; like fractions, cursive, and the cycle of life. I highly recommend any parents that feel like this is something that would benefit their kid to try to get it to happen (if it’s available where they live - I wish this scenario was available everywhere tbh). Speaking of, this happened in a town of 120,000 in middle America, not a big city - so it may be available, but not known about (thankfully we’ve got Google nowadays to help with the search).
The school and story is likely fake, they don't have schools with admittance based on IQ...
@@truereaper4572 maybe not where you live…
I have no sympathy for people trying to flip PS5s. They're literally the problem.
how? what is wrong with flipping?
@@AnEnderNon the problem with flipping is that you make money out of the desperation of people. A PS5 is already super hard to find on the market as it is, and already super expensive. People doesn’t need to pay 500$ more for that kind of shit
@@AnEnderNon it’s scamming
I wouldn’t be suprised if op beat up a 7 year old to get that ps5
Also he’s selling it for more then it’s worth making them more expensive and other people still desperately trying to get one
It’s been 2 years and the ps5 is still next to impossible to get
@@AnEnderNon they buy up the stock of a given product. Resulting in mass shortages. Which is what they want. They then try to sell it back almost double their prices.
Not to mention scalpers could end up increasing the actual price of said goods. Look at the GPU shortage as an example.
gpu shortage was propelled by miners and silicon shortage. not scalpers alone
2nd story: OP should have replied “actually, the best time to teach someone multiple languages is before the age of 6 because their brains are like sponges and absorb everything their first 6 years of life. Plus, studies show that people who speak multiple languages are less likely to develop dementia in their later years. I’m doing what has been proven best for her so have a nice day.” Then walk off with the Entitled woman standing their with her jaw on the floor
Well, that explains why I'm having difficulty trying to learn Spanish as an adult. And I was stupid for not wanting to learn Spanish from my mom at a young age. I guess I'll be getting dementia later on.
While that is true, she shouldn't have to explain herself to a nosey stranger, just out of principle.
The second story: I can't stand people like the Karen in this story. It's like, tell me you're a racist without telling me you're racist. I'm multilingual myself. She should just stay home and not interact with anyone else. No one needs that toxicity in their life.
Omg, I rarely agree with Rslash, but he's totally right on the first story. I detest scalpers, screwing people, especially kids, out of things.
Fist come first severe
@@gamerplaytime8174 he already had one though.
It's not like he was buying it to play it. He was buying it to sell it for more than it's worth.
@@insufferableanarchist and that's an excuse for him to encounter racism?
it is first come first severe tho she demanded it which without trying to start a conversation so op 0/5 and Karen 2/5 this is rare but i dont agree with RSlash
@@maxyes422 after that racism, he's in tbe negative. Rslash was very wrong.
While listening to the first story I said to myself: "Well, OP is quite a bit of a stupid arsehole here for not just scalping but also failing at it in real time."
Good that you caught it as well.
It's not scalping, it's flipping. Scalping is buying multiple things at once. Flipping is buying only one thing.
First story: yeah everyone kinda sucks here. I mean Karen's will always get suck points but op is definitely part of why people still can't get ps5's very easily
Well, he sucks even more because it's a fake story. Walmart Employees can't accept tips. I know this because I am a Walmart employee. It's against policy to accept tips or gifts from customers.
"I already have a PS5 but I'm gonna buy another one and sell it after I slap some paint on it!" I'm at a crossroad of deciding what's worse, PS5 scalping, or dealing with a Karen
@@serge263 oh I'm pretty sure it is. That or they're just really terrible at telling a story. Or both. Could be both
@@serge263 It's the same policy at Kohl's. Probably a general retail thing. And yes, definitely an obviously fake story. Don't know why RSlash picked it. It's the same run-of-the-mill "innocent" bystander vs. racist Karen story (in quotes because scalpers suck!).
That last story was definitely a case of the mom wanting bragging rights. I see it in other moms way too much.
One that I no longer associate with pushed her daughter to go to this really expensive private college for prestige, but complains about the cost. He daughter could have had a full ride scholarship to the local state college which is also a tier 1 research school, so not exactly a poor choice.
Another mom I know has pushed her daughter (2nd grade and friends with my 1st grader) into gymnastics and all these things that she can show off. But she doesn't push academics at all, because you can't flaunt that easily. Her poor kid hears my kiddo reading words that she has trouble sounding out and doing math that she is struggling with and I just see this look of defeat in the kid's face. She isn't dumb, her mom just doesn't care about academics and would rather compete with her siblings vicariously through their kids.
Raising kids shouldn't be a competition.
(FYI: making sure your kid is ready academically to the point of being ahead doesn't solve problems, it just gives you different ones.)
My heart breaks for the son of EM. As a teacher aid I've seen how sometimes kids get under the pressure with their parents around OP and C did what they temporarily could for her son. I hope that kid finds freedom.
The first story: ngl op deserves to deal with a Karen for being a reseller, what a nice story: scammer meets a Karen, a bit of karma for abusing peoples need for items
No one needs a ps5😅
No one needs a PS5, but I also don't have love for scalpers.
resellers should gib their ps5 for free to karen
I agree with op, scalpers deserve this. (Not the racism but harassment)
You can't find a ps5 for less than $1000 and it's exclusively their fault
whole business world works on this planet by selling something for more than you spent to make a profit, but when it's done by simple people youre all having a meltdown and wishing the guy what hitler deserved. What a snowflakes
r/slash. I've worked in private schools. Do not _ever_ give entitled parents the benefit of the doubt. They see it as "weakness," and they will your good nature against you.
honestly that scalper kind of got what was coming to him (minus the slurs)
That first story is written like a fifteen year old's Karen fan fiction. Definitely a bullshit story.
does smell faintly of BS.....seems like a bit of fanfic to get a funny ending..might fit to r/f**kyoukaren tho
Second story: Being bilingual will be incredibly useful in life. Not only in communicating, but having that on your resume looks really good for colleges. Plus it's a huge selling point when getting hired.
She should mind her own business and realize that a family teaching their child their native language is a good thing.
First story: I'm completely on OP's side in that situation but F scalpers. He's probably gonna charge 200 dollars or more for that ps5, honestly hope he doesn't get to sell it. Again F scalpers.
Layla learning 2 languages is indeed good for her - my family speaks two languages but I only know english (parents didnt have time to teach me as a kid and now that im older i cant seem to wrap my head around it) it's kind of aggravating to frequently not know what your family is saying
The first story comes across as he knew people were going to tear him to shreds for being a garbage scalper person so he tried to create a different narrative and paint himself as the victim. But it didn't work
This guy I knew in high school bragged about his IQ being 133 or something, to which I asked, “Why aren’t you in college then?” Considering he looked like a 30-year-old man failing 10th grade chemistry. He was definitely lying
I mean, he could have an IQ that high. A high IQ don't mean shit about intelligence. It just means you do well at IQ tests.
The school in the last story sounds like it would have been a *dream* when I was transitioning between elementary school and middle. Maybe the gifted kid syndrome wouldn’t have hit so hard then, lol
I became so apathetic about school because it was slow in the lower classes. It ended up with me basically being silent doing nothing in classes, or doing something else... not silent.
I'd been looking so much forward to going to school, so when we got a book for math and my native language class one of the first school days I pretty much treated them as play and solved them that same day. I got scolded for it. Similar things became a common occurrence till I just lost the will to fight against the slow pace of the classes.
I'm thankful kids today have the option of going somewhere they aren't scolded for being interested in learning at a young age.
I akways finished my work early but wasn't allowed extra work in primary school since I wasn't smart enough. I ended up reading in my spare school time. I practically finished the school library. I was so happy to move to a different school after primary school. Things were much better there. I still wonder what would have happened had I been challenged in those years.
This is why college was the best.
Its more about the fact that walmart, target, and bestbuy will call the police on any scalper they catch in their store
I'm so glad rslash understands that scalpers suck too lmao. ESH on that first story for sure
It's not scalping, it's flipping. Scalping is buying multiple things at once. Flipping is buying only one thing.
@@goyangi4143 uh no that's scalping, "a person who resells shares or tickets at a large or quick profit."
@@hero-bo7qc it has to be multiple items.
3:30 I think the issue was, that she didn't believe he bought it. With that I wouldn't want to sell it to a stuck up birch tree. ;)
As soon as I heard him mention he already had a PS5 and was just going to flip it, I already hated him and didn't care for anything that happened at that point. Literally 0 sympathy. You need harassment.
Honestly the second story gets me, like how ya gonna walk up go somebody and tell them to teach they kid English? Mind ya damn business is what some people need to learn how to do.
What a jerk for scalping a PS5
I've scalped one made 750 bucks🤣✌🏼
@@gamerplaytime8174 doubt it
1st story: I work in the electronics department at Walmart. There is a group of people that come in and buy up all the PS5s that we have to sell in an overseas market. One person will call to see if we have any in stock and then we'll give 5 or 6 people right in a row that will come in to buy them. We recognize them now and we "conveniently" are sold out when we see them.
I am so glad you called the first OP out for wanting to flip a PS5.
Story 2: As a Dominican myself, the reputation that Dominicans can get here in the states is not always very favorable
Yeah I have zero sympathy for that first scalper. I wish every single one of them was forced to endure a Karen every time they go outside.
The school in the third story is something I needed as a kid but neither I nor my parents even knew existed. It makes me happy to hear that other kids will have opportunities I didn’t.
Man that last story. Talk about having kids as an accessory.
For those that refuse to know common knowledge, 1:30 there is a register in the back with the electronics department.... If it were not already that obvious 🙄🙄
I hope the first OP can't find a buyer and holds on to that PS5 forever.
aside from the racism, I'm kind of on the side of a parent looking for a PS5 for her son for years over a dipshit that just wants it to make money. both of the people in the first story represent different sides of what is wrong with our society.
If the first story is actually real, there’s no way that OP would tip the Walmart employee $50. Mans already admitted he was doing it for the money so I doubt he’d part with his own money like that.
Honestly the fact that the kid was able to remember all the answers to those IQ questions is kinda impressive on its own
5:36 Isn't being bilingual a useful skill/trait that make you very employable and looks good on college applications?
The second story is what I like the most. I'm 22 and I still don't know Spanish, and I wished I grew up around it so I understood better and knew how to speak it. A lot of jobs nowadays favor people the most if you're bilingual, or know spanish.
I have so many doubts about story 1. Other than op being a scalper there were a lot of things that sound fake. If it is true he may have cost the employee his job with that "tip".
I worked in a school for gifted kids. Many of them ended up there because they had serious mental/personality/educational disorders. Imagine a kid with 145 IQ whose Tourette's and Asperger's made him spontaneously laugh and scream and have very little social understanding.
A lot of these parents were at their wit's end, but I got a BA in language and was NOT a special ed teacher. I stayed for a year and left.
aspergers is an outdated term as well as special ed.
To the first OP, Karen or not, YOUR A SCALPER! Your the only thing worse than a Karen.
EDIT: you’re
Bro just wants a quick buck. First come first severe
@@gamerplaytime8174 just because it's legal doesn't mean it's moral
@@gamerplaytime8174 serve. FTFY. Just like the assholes who bought up all the sanitizer and toilet paper during the pandemic? Please, get outta here with that bullshit.
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YOURE MOM A SCALPEL!!! HOW DARE HIM BUY SOMETHING AND SELL IT FOR MORE?! REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE MY SON NEEDS IT FOR FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
My favorite thing about rslash videos is the way he says, Hoooow DARE you!?!?!
People not understanding why the OP from the first story is wrong are part of the problem.
It's now customary to tip $50 for someone to tell the truth!? I think the tipping culture is getting dangerous.
First story: can't stand flippers / scalpers
Its funny that the first story of entitled parents literally has an entitled op. PS5's don't get found in the wild because people like him ruin it for us all
Being bilingual is actually a benefit studies have shown that people who are bilingual are smarter so it's actually a good thing to teach them both languages.
Scalpers deserve entitled parents every transaction they make. Racists? No. Entitled? Yes. May they be inconvenienced by Karen's for life.
i hate when people buy a popular system just to resell for profit. I mean its ok if they are super common but when its still the point where people are dying to find one. its a jerk move to buy the rare in stock system to sell for a quick buck. So OP is a jerk
not saying Karen shouldve gotten it. But its unfair for someone who does need it...didnt get a chance
are you kidding me? the kid doesn't need it also shows that you dont care about people of color since you know the karen called the person a racial slur
Someone needed to call child protective services on the genius kid's mom. Like seriously.
The first story definitely sounds fake, there's many plot holes, as can be seen by other comments, but what stood out to me is he tipped the store employee...? Walmart, best buy, target, etc employees can't accept tips. For 1, you don't "tip" people for backing up your story to the police 🤣 and 2. the guy is not allowed to even accept it
First story: Everyone sucks but the walmart employee and the cops.
First story, All hate towards scalpers should be placed on people who have an unfair advantage, like buying bots, people who work/know people at a store to buy a lot and resell and of course unfair stores who basically sell to all instead of doing the bare minimal bot checks.
As far as I know OP is fine, they just doing what every other human would so long as they don't mark it up too much that is a little bad but within normal levels.
I mean, even with how fake the first story seems, I wouldn't just sell them it either. She basically shot up to the guy and just kinda told him to give it to her. Even if it's a real story, I wouldn't accept money (even if it was offered) from a snotty parent and kid like that.
Assuming the first story is real, I already lost sympathy for the OP when he admitted to scalping a PS5.
people treat IQ like some sort of magical number that decides whenever your kid will be millionaire or not
I mean, if you ask me to choose a side between karens and scalpers, I'm instead gonna set up a boxing rink and a popcorn station and watch the fun.
Dying laughing at the parent in the last story as soon as the jig was up bolted like she was going to be arrested or worse lmfao. The fact they all just stared as she ran kills me lol
I have no respect for people flipping already scarce ps5 and xbox x. However, no one deserves being in EPs warpath.
right? feels like a lesser of two evils type of situation.
Gotta respectfully disagree. Scalpers and Karens deserve each other, absolutely.
I have no respect for Scalpers in General. For when Build-a-Bear released the First Wave of Axolotls. It was SWIMMING with Scalpers increasing the Price ten-fold. So Infuriating.
Also While I don't like the ending to OP's Post. NO One deserves to be called Racist or Derogatory terms
@@paulroberto2286 exactly. I planned on getting an xbox x for a while, but since I can play most games I want to on Cloud Gaming, I stopped looking for a new xbox.
Prices on FB marketplace and eBay are extortionate.
@@epichoagie5999 fair enough. They're both bad, but I find EPs to be significantly worse. Any entitled person, really. Had an encounter with an entitled couple a few years ago, and I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy.
I feel so bad for James... I hope that mom didn't do anything to him
Honestly I don't remember much about my childhood but I remember being told that when I was very young I had my IQ tested because of my speech problems (I might remember this but I thought it all was a vision test and basic stuff LMAO) and I don't even think I finished half the test when the instructor told mom my IQ wasn't the issue, I never put much faith in stuff like a metric able to state the intelligence of an individual but I still wonder if I could have been more without my apraxia of speech getting in the way, it literally made me give up school around 2 or 3 grade and my parents started thinking I was suicidal shortly after because I tried to be as illogical as the other students, plus with all the bullying I gave up on people (I actually lost "friends" because they thought my voice was interesting or funny). I know my story isn't the saddest but it always hits harder when its happening to you
I've never liked the name of the IQ test because it's not even really a measure of intelligence. It's a measurement of PART of the intelligence. Mainly your ability to solve problems and reason. Having a high one also tends to mean you're lacking some in other areas that SHOULD be treated as important too, but aren't.
The issue with IQ is that it is psuedoscience. There is no inherent brainpower that can be measured. Learning is about discipline and taking the time to learn something.
My mom refused to tell me mine because “it is lower than your sister’s” even though I got into the gifted program. I am dyslexic which I only figured out as an adult. I figured out and used the coping skills on my own that they teach kids now so that weird you are inferior to your sister stuff is just sad to me. My sister is incredibly smart but her ease in school in the early years caused them to miss her ADHD so when she hit the point where discipline and sitting to do boring to her work she almost flunked out. Stephen J Gould in the book The Mismeasure of Man talks about how IQ tests have been flawed from the start.(To clarify I don’t see my sister as lacking discipline her brain, all her kids, and even my spouse require help to do certain things)
“the cashier happened to be black and the officer happened to be hispanic” mkay sure mr. scalper man
It wasn't until my 3rd-grade son was tested and we were told he was "gifted', and what that meant, that I understood myself a lot better. He got to go to a "gifted" school one day a week. There was no such thing in my time, and I was often bored with the lack of challenge in my classes. I never finished college, but my son has a PhD in computer science.
Yeah the Karen was Bad .. But buying something rare is also pretty assholish
Oh thats what you ended up saying .. shoulda Trust rslash
I really have to say, in the first story, that's exactly what karma is. And in this instance, it's instant karma. That encounter happened because OP wasn't supposed to have the ps5. He already has one. He doesn't deserve the blatant racism, she's an AH for that 🤦🏻♀️. I know they were entitled and had bad behavior, but that p5 was supposed to go to the little boy who was looking for 2 YEARS. "maybe I can flip it and make some money". That's exactly the mindset that got us in the situation of low stock
With the 3rd story, the kid being able to memorize enough answers for a 140 is still pretty impressive. Most kids that age can't study like that.
That said, IQ is mostly a bunk system, and the school should use something else to measure intelligence
Yeah there's going to be a lot of kids who could use a school like that who just don't test well.
First story..OP is an ass for buying a PS5 when he already had one. That is just an awful move. Morally. HOWEVER, eh Karen was way way waaaaay out of line
In the first story scalpers like OP are THE reason why there aren't any PS5's in the wild in the first place! Definitely an everyone sucks situation, except for the sales person and the cop (and the kid, although it's harder to say). Not only does scalping force potential legit buyers to pay more (don't buy from scalpers, btw) it also makes getting customer support more difficult if there's something wrong with the console. Scalpers also don't buy games per console like normal buyers would, so it also hurts Sony, which is why I don't understand why they aren't trying to do anything about it.
First story, "I'll make money flip it" scalping he wanted to scalp it! However Karen was an ass he bought it and it's his she had no right to do that to anyone for any reason, she wanted it for free! But yeah that guy was scalping 🤣
Yeah it’s funny that he calls it “flipping it” because that’s what you do with like an old ass house, not a literal mint condition console
Story 1: OP is a Karen too, tbh. I can't abide by scalpers. Absolutely disgusting. They're part of the problem. If he already has one, and he's just here to flip it, why not just sell it to the kid for cost?
Eh scalpers suck but they aren't Karens.
I think it would be fun to run a TH-cam channel reading the stories first as they are written and then again as “they really happened” So much fake escalation !
Man, I hate to say this, but were any of those stories real? The only one that doesn’t sound made up is maybe the middle one because it was brief and ended the way stuff like that usually does, with OP just trying to get away from the loser and the old lady pulling the “well I just think you should do this because I mean well and that makes me right” because many older ladies butt in with that exact rationale. But the other two? The first one reads like a textbook made up store Karen but the last one… who carries a five year old? Five year olds are not small. It’s technically possible to carry them but you generally would rather not to that to yourself and by that age kids generally expect to walk everywhere themselves. And the convenient confession by the kid? The multiple outbursts of “how dare you” don’t track either… does anyone even say that anymore? She just happened to find out which test they use from some random doctor who was willing to help her cheat? Sounds like an amateur writer trying to contrive a way for them to have been able to cheat without really having any idea how they’d be able to cheat.
And the description of the school was frankly irritating. I understand the appeal of hanging out with other weirdos, that sounds lovely, but the whole “we can tell if their IQ is high enough just by talking to them” stuff was so pretentious. What an insufferable generalization. How about an after school program for kids who just don’t blend in at school, and save the judgment?
From what I've heard, on the rare occasions parents cheat and lie to get their kids into places they're not fit for, the kid is a complete fish out of water, has no idea what's going on, fails everything, then the crazed parents who forced their kid into this situation either blame the kid, berate and scold them, or they blame the teachers for "picking on their baby and forcing them to fail".