TASK DEFINITION: In this task you are given an anecdote. You must find out whether the anecdote is something the author has done or is considering doing. Label the instances as "HISTORICAL" when the author has already done something and label them as "HYPOTHETICAL" when the author is considering doing something in the future.
PROBLEM: So I'm kinda pissed off at a certain sub. It's for professionals in a certain field. 

This field is very lucrative - starting salaries of around 60-70K out of undergrad and very common career trajectories of around 150K by age 35 (obviously not everyone). 

Anyways, so this subreddit does a few really annoying things. 

1. Some people think they're better than everyone else, including other people on the sub. Especially people who are still in college for this field. They act as if they understand everything and they are incredibly harsh with their words. 
2. Some people think they're poor as fuck. They would post comments like "I got a 70K salary and the salary is so laughable and disgraceful." But it always has a tone of humblebragging - they know they are successful and capable, but they still act like they're not. 


Obviously #1 is just the regular egotistical asshole. But #2 is what truly pisses me off. They are completely undermining everyone else. I chose this field, I make a lot of money, and I know that. I don't deny it and I'm incredibly grateful for it. I know I live a privileged life and none of my success is possible without the rest of society. I don't look down on anyone making less, and I don't up to anyone making more. 

These people who are humblebragging are literally dragging down other professions such as teachers, environmentalists, nurses, biologists, and more. I mean we are in a field that literally gets money handed to us after undergrad, as long as your GPA is okay. 

I see my friends, people smarter than myself, go to nursing school and environmental graduate school and I see them saving lives. While I won't change my own career because frankly I like money and financial stability, I know that they deserve more than me. I wish they earned as much as I did, really. 

So it pisses me off to no end that this subreddit is treating it like shit. 

That being said, I think I might be an asshole if I make the post because I would be telling others how to live their lives and how to think. I am appreciative of other professions that help the world, and I feel that those professions make way too little money. But that's my worldview, and I don't expect other people to have the same worldview. 

SOLUTION: HYPOTHETICAL

PROBLEM: I’ll keep it short. I’ve been friends with “Ben” since we were 12. He’s kinda popped in and out of my life since, disappearing for a couple years at a time when he has a new gf etc. We recently started talking again about 3 weeks ago, and within that time he’s disappeared 3 times.  I’m not into forced communication texting, I don’t need to talk everyday. Our friendship has always been platonic but I consider us very close. I’m annoyed because one of these times he ignored my messages for 24 hours after I had an important question about something I was purchasing for his mom while in an airport. This current time, he had been drinking and was upset so I asked him to let me know when he was safe or at least open my message if he didn’t feel like talking so I knew he was ok.  He has now been ghosting me for 3 days and will not open my message. 
I would love to continue our friendship but it is very intense when we are in communication and then quite saddening when he disappears as I never know if it’ll be for 24 hours or 3 years. 
I know he’s going through some stuff but as I’ve gotten older I just don’t have the time for one sided friendships where I feel like I’m chasing the other person half the time. I don’t have the energy to beg someone to stick around and then wonder if they’re ignoring me or if they’re in trouble. 
Would I be the asshole if I just don’t respond to his next text when he (inevitably) resurfaces? 

TL;DR - wibta for ending a friendship the other person clearly doesn’t care that much about 

SOLUTION: HYPOTHETICAL

PROBLEM: Important to note that I’m a huge animal lover. I’ve rescued a handful of stray dogs and two stray cats from the streets, however I am not a vegan or vegetarian.

I’ve been dating this guy for close to six months now. Everything’s been going really well except he recently surprised me with tickets to Sea World. Although I appreciated the gesture, I explained that I don’t think I would want to visit a place that is so cruel to its animals and was surprised he didn’t know the living conditions of the animals there. He got defensive and said that Sea World rescues animals from the ocean and that it’s hypocritical of me to say all this when I eat meat (he’s sort of a pescatarian—only eats sushi a couple times a year). He said he had already spent the money and the ticket isn’t refundable, so either way, Sea World has already benefited from the money whether we like it or not and we might as well go if that’s the case (he said we won’t have to eat any of the food there and won’t buy any souvenirs—essentially we won’t be giving them any more money than he’s already spent).

Still, I don’t feel right going to Sea World because I don’t support the establishment. I understand that the money has been spent and it’ll go to waste if we don’t go, but I told him I just didn’t want to go. He doesn’t seem to understand this and keeps saying that Sea World isn’t all that bad and that they help animals too. I’m frustrated that he doesn’t see the cruelty behind their actions and because I love animals, I’m really considering breaking up over this. I can’t tell if I’m overreacting or not but all I know is I’ve always wanted an SO who, at the very least, cares about animals.

SOLUTION:
HISTORICAL

