TASK DEFINITION: Given a post that is a real-life anecdote of a complex ethical situation and an associated claim about its type, verify if the claim is true or not. The claim asks if the posts are historical or hypothetical. The posts are "HISTORICAL" when the author has already done something and they are "HYPOTHETICAL" when the author is considering doing something in the future. Say 'yes' if the claim is true otherwise say 'no'
PROBLEM: CLAIM : The following post is HYPOTHETICAL. POST : (Trigger Warning: Self harm, abuse, suicide, that kind of thing)

For context, me and my friends are fairly young, all around 15. We all have bad or incredibly strict parents, so we’re all dealing with our own issues in some way, and we have no real way to get help.

One friend, who we’ll say is called Luke, is the worst. They have massive self-worth issues, self-harms, drinks beer all the time, falls in and out of toxic relationships, and is, quite honestly, selfish. They never listen, and they never want to.

I’ve yelled at Luke over text multiple times about what they do. When they wanted to get back with their ex, I basically said “Fine, go be destructive, I don’t care anymore, but don’t come crying to us when it doesn’t work out.” I’ve constantly told them that I don’t care because I’m just so emotionally exhausted from dealing with them. I mean, why should I bother or care?

The scary thing is that Luke’s been constantly saying that they’re going to commit suicide this year. And I mean CONSTANTLY. Every few days it’s been brought up, and in a kind of way that’s like “ha ha I only have a few months to live anyway lol”

We’re all worried about them, but it just feels...manipulative, at this point. Like it’s just another way for them to get attention. (They glorify their alcoholism and show when they sniff GLUE, for God’s sake.) 

There’s about eight of us altogether, and we see each other at school everyday, so cutting Luke off is probably not going to be as easy as I want it to be. But I’m just so fucking tired of dealing with them. I’m already working through my own stuff. I have awful self-esteem, I’m dealing with getting over my toxic dad, and I likely have ADHD. If they’re not even going to THINK about getting help, I don’t see why I should bother.

I don’t want to deal with Luke anymore but there’s also my other friends, and I keep feeling like that would just be abandoning them because of my own emotional issues.

So, do you think WIBTA if I cut Luke off?

SOLUTION: yes

PROBLEM: CLAIM : The following post is HISTORICAL. POST : So I was raised Catholic but I don't consider myself one. 

My parents are Catholic and tonight during midnight mass my youngest brother went up and recieved the bread/body of christ. Thing is though he hasn't had his first communion yet. 

For those who don't know Roman Catholics literally believe that the bread and wine become the body and blood of christ. You have to take a class in order to be allowed to receive communion. 

I don't agree with this which is why I left the church (among a few other reasons) but I respect it that I don't go up and receive communion because I know many devoted Catholics who truly believe in it.

My parents (who say they are devoted catholic) says that it's okay to receive communion without going to class while I said no.  They said that I was being too rigid and "a pharisee" because I was saying they should follow this. I can understand not following EVERYTHING in any religion but this is literally one of the biggest things in Catholicism so I felt like this is one of those things which they should respect and follow. 

Am I the asshole? 

SOLUTION: yes

PROBLEM: CLAIM : The following post is HISTORICAL. POST : So a little background info, I’ve had a roommate in the past that had a drug addict boyfriend who she secretly moved into our place. They sat in her room and wouldn’t come out for days doing who knows what. They would always come out just to fight in the middle of the night, I’d wake up in a panic. This stressed me out so much. Never again. 

Now, my current roommate who I’ve lived with 2 years now is wanting to do the same. She’s been dating this guy for maybe 4-5 months but he lives in a different city. He sometimes comes for a couple days, but ultimately he is planning on moving to Chicago for her. 

He failed a background check, so he didn’t get the job he wanted, but still plans on coming here in December. Red flag? Idk. Anyways, I had a talk with my roommate about a couple weeks ago about him contributing and she totally understood that. YESTERDAY, she was in a bad mood and brought it up to me how it’s not fair to do this to him cause he barely has money. She brought up my ex, which I think was completely unfair + he would only stay over like once a week... I also don’t think she can compare a SO staying over to a SO MOVING into our place. I don’t care if “I’ll barely even know he’s there”, I am losing my privacy. He’s gonna use our electricity, our water, gas, etc, I think he should pay. I didn’t have to say yes to letting him stay, I’m doing her a favor in the first place by doing so. 

SOLUTION:
yes

