Bar Kamtza AITA remix
Jul. 31st, 2020 10:51 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
livSo lannamichaels wrote Am I the Asshole: Kamtza and Bar Kamtza. And I love it, but I think it could be more reddit-y. So I'm trying my hand at a remix, which is something I've never done before.
Not to go into too many details or dredge up old drama, there's this guy who really hates me. I might have done something to piss him off, but anyway, it was years ago and he just ghosted me for basically no reason. So anyway, he invites me to a party, and I'm like, cool, maybe he's gonna give me a second chance after all?! But when I turned up he claimed it was a mistake, something about a deaf guy mishearing my name or some bullshit like that. He started up again with all that, I never want to speak to you again stuff. I was feeling really bummed, I hadn't even said anything, and he did invite me after all, why would he start something the moment I arrived? And there were all these important and cool people there, I knew they'd take his side if he started playing the victim over an old misunderstanding. I tried to save my reputation and prove what a nice guy I am by offering to pay for the whole party, but he got the bouncer to throw me out.
I have to admit I was pretty sore about that. So I came up with this great prank, and maybe I took it a bit too far but I was really embarrassed, you know? Thing is, this guy, who has always been a jerk to me honestly, claims to be super religious. I reckoned if I set him up, well, not him directly but his community, to make an unfit sacrifice, he would know how it feels to be humiliated in front of everybody. And honestly it was quite funny. You see, there's currently an army occupation of my country, NBD, they mostly just let us get on with our lives as long as we don't try to make trouble. So anyway, I go to some soldiers I sort of know in passing, and I drop hints that maybe some people are planning a revolt. I didn't name the dude directly, obviously that wouldn't be cool, but I say "they" have set up a secret signal about refusing to sacrifice an animal gifted by the occupiers.
Anyway long story short, the army send a sacrifice as a gift and I damage it so it doesn't quite fit the extremely detailed rules my religion has. And all the religious leaders have, like, a huge debate about it and decide they have to stick with the letter of the law. (Personally I think that was sort of OTT, but ok.) And then everything kicks off, I totally had no idea that was going to happen! But yeah, it seems like the army took me completely seriously when I said my people were planning a revolt, I didn't get a chance to explain it was just a harmless prank, they started killing people and burning everything. And, well, the most holy site of our religion got destroyed and quite a lot of people were killed and now everybody thinks it's my fault!
[Slightly more serious version of the story, in case you're wondering...]
lannamichaels wrote Am I the Asshole: Kamtza and Bar Kamtza. And I love it, but I think it could be more reddit-y. So I'm trying my hand at a remix, which is something I've never done before. AITA if I pranked my frenemy's religion after he humiliated me in public?
Not to go into too many details or dredge up old drama, there's this guy who really hates me. I might have done something to piss him off, but anyway, it was years ago and he just ghosted me for basically no reason. So anyway, he invites me to a party, and I'm like, cool, maybe he's gonna give me a second chance after all?! But when I turned up he claimed it was a mistake, something about a deaf guy mishearing my name or some bullshit like that. He started up again with all that, I never want to speak to you again stuff. I was feeling really bummed, I hadn't even said anything, and he did invite me after all, why would he start something the moment I arrived? And there were all these important and cool people there, I knew they'd take his side if he started playing the victim over an old misunderstanding. I tried to save my reputation and prove what a nice guy I am by offering to pay for the whole party, but he got the bouncer to throw me out.
I have to admit I was pretty sore about that. So I came up with this great prank, and maybe I took it a bit too far but I was really embarrassed, you know? Thing is, this guy, who has always been a jerk to me honestly, claims to be super religious. I reckoned if I set him up, well, not him directly but his community, to make an unfit sacrifice, he would know how it feels to be humiliated in front of everybody. And honestly it was quite funny. You see, there's currently an army occupation of my country, NBD, they mostly just let us get on with our lives as long as we don't try to make trouble. So anyway, I go to some soldiers I sort of know in passing, and I drop hints that maybe some people are planning a revolt. I didn't name the dude directly, obviously that wouldn't be cool, but I say "they" have set up a secret signal about refusing to sacrifice an animal gifted by the occupiers.
Anyway long story short, the army send a sacrifice as a gift and I damage it so it doesn't quite fit the extremely detailed rules my religion has. And all the religious leaders have, like, a huge debate about it and decide they have to stick with the letter of the law. (Personally I think that was sort of OTT, but ok.) And then everything kicks off, I totally had no idea that was going to happen! But yeah, it seems like the army took me completely seriously when I said my people were planning a revolt, I didn't get a chance to explain it was just a harmless prank, they started killing people and burning everything. And, well, the most holy site of our religion got destroyed and quite a lot of people were killed and now everybody thinks it's my fault!
[Slightly more serious version of the story, in case you're wondering...]
