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Remember, Sticks And Stones... | Reading Reddit Stories

Sat, 22 Mar 2025

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Stop bullying! PODCAST: https://smo.sh/PitRedditSpotify https://smo.sh/PitRedditiHeart https://smo.sh/PitRedditApple 0:00 Intro 1:38 I refuse to stop bringing my Pokemon lunchbox to work 6:47 I didn't listen to my wife and ate the wrong cookie 15:23 My bf gave me an ultimatum over audiobooks 28:18 Goofy Movie... 29:02 okay back to Reddit stories 31:37 I expect my brother to turn down a job for me 40:29 My sister's husband was weird about my husband's manhood 48:14 I unplugged my fiance's phone to use his charger 54:29 Should I tell my son to not wear his favorite jacket?  SUBSCRIBE: https://smo.sh/Sub2SmoshPit WEAR OUR JOKES: https://smosh.com WHO YOU HEAR Shayne Topp // https://www.instagram.com/shaynetopp/ Damien Haas // https://www.instagram.com/damienhaas/ Tommy Bowe // https://www.instagram.com/tomeybones/ WHO YOU DON’T HEAR (usually) Director: Emily Rose Jacobson Editor: Rock Coleman Director of Programming, Smosh Pit: Emily Rose Jacobson Associate Producer, Smosh Pit: Bailey Petracek Production Designer: Cassie Vance Art Director: Erin Kuschner Assistant Art Director: Josie Bellerby Art Coordinator: Alex Aguilar Prop Master: Courtney Chapman Prop Master: Carly Hough Audio Mixer: Scott Neff Audio Utility: Dina Ramli Director of Photography: Brennan Iketani Videographer: James Hull Camera Operator: Eric Wann Assistant Director: Alexcina Figueroa Executive Vice President of Production: Amanda Barnes Senior Production Manager: Alexcina Figueroa Production Manager: Jonathan Hyon Production Coordinator: Zianne Hoover Operations & Production Coordinator: Oliver Wehlander Production Assistant: Caroline Smith Post Production Manager: Luke Baker DIT/Lead AE: Matt Duran IT: Tim Baker Director of Design: Brittany Hobbs Graphic Designers: Ness Cardano, Monica Ravitch Senior Manager, Channel & Strategy: Lizzy Jones Channel Operations Coordinator: Audrey Carganilla Director of Social Media: Erica Noboa Social Creative Producer: Peter Ditzler, Tommy Bowe Merchandising Manager: Mallory Myers Social Media Coordinator: Kim Wilborn Brand Partnership Manager: Chloe Mays Talent Coordinator: Selina Garcia People Operations Specialist: Katie Fink Front Office Assistant: Sara Faltersack CEO: Alessandra Catanese EVP of Programming: Kiana Parker Coordinator Producer of Programming: Marcus Munguia Executive Coordinator: Rachel Collis OTHER SMOSHES: Smosh: https://smo.sh/Sub2Smosh Smosh Games: https://smo.sh/Sub2SmoshGames El Smosh (Spanish Dub): https://smo.sh/Sub2ElSmosh SmoshCast: https://smo.sh/Sub2SmoshCast FOLLOW US: TikTok: https://smo.sh/TikTok Instagram: https://instagram.com/smosh Facebook: https://facebook.com/smosh

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Chapter 1: What are the hosts discussing about bullying?

00:00 - 00:17 Shayne Topp

Hello, welcome to Smosh Reads Reddit Stories. I'm Shane, and today we've got some classic Am I the Asshole stories. A lot of bullies this episode, so prepare yourselves. I'm joined by two people who are not bullies. You don't know that. I'm joined by one bully.

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00:17 - 00:26 Damien Haas

Yeah, I'm gonna just say, nice hair. and you don't know which way I mean that. So now you don't know whether I'm Schrodinger's bully.

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00:26 - 00:32 Shayne Topp

The compliment bully. Yeah. Pretty good. I like how you just wear whatever. Cool slaps, dude.

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00:32 - 00:33 Damien Haas

Yeah. Oh, I had something like that last year.

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00:00 - 00:00 Shayne Topp

And before we move on, a reminder that tomorrow is the last day to buy tickets for our live show. To get the VOD, go to live.smosh.com and you can watch Smosh Reads Reddit Stories Live. It was a great time. What was your favorite part of the show? It's probably that one part when everything and it all happened and it was really good. Oh, it's so good. Yeah, it's definitely happened.

00:00 - 00:00 Shayne Topp

As of reading this, we've definitely done it. So it was definitely cool.

00:00 - 00:00 Tommy Bowe

For sure.

00:00 - 00:00 Shayne Topp

Anyways. Tommy, Damien, thank you for being here. Thank you. What? I realize I never said your name, so people listening didn't know who you were. Oh. I feel like they could sense it, though.

00:00 - 00:00 Damien Haas

Yeah, our aura. Yeah. Yeah. Just unstoppable. Cool guy. Riz, I guess. Yeah. Okay.

Chapter 2: Why does someone refuse to stop using a Pokemon lunchbox at work?

01:32 - 01:51 Shayne Topp

So no one else could bully me. I'll talk about it in therapy. Our first story is an Am I the Asshole? Yes. Am I the asshole for refusing to stop using my embarrassing lunchbox at work? I, a 28-year-old man, bring my lunch to work every day in a bright blue Pokemon lunchbox. I've had it for years, and I don't think much about it.

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01:52 - 02:12 Shayne Topp

It's just the perfect size, keeps my food cold, and honestly, I think it's kind of fun. Recently, a new coworker, Matt, who's 35, started making comments about it. At first, it was just joking around. Stuff like, nice lunchbox, dude, my kid has the same one. Whatever, I laughed it off. But then he kept bringing it up, saying it was unprofessional, and that I should grow up and get a real lunch bag.

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02:12 - 02:28 Shayne Topp

I told him I didn't see the issue and that it's literally just a lunchbox. But last week, he took it further, telling me in front of our coworkers that it was weird for a grown man to be carrying around kid stuff. I told him he should worry less about my lunchbox and more about his own life.

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02:28 - 02:39 Shayne Topp

Now he's been acting cold toward me, and a couple of coworkers said I was being too harsh, that he was just messing around. But I don't see why I should change something harmless just because one guy thinks it's weird. Am I the asshole?

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00:00 - 00:00 Damien Haas

No! Unless there's way more information.

00:00 - 00:00 Tommy Bowe

Yeah, I mean, unless it's the naked Pokemon lunchbox, I think it's... What? Where can I buy it?

00:00 - 00:00 Damien Haas

Yeah, I was about to say, where do you even get that?

00:00 - 00:00 Shayne Topp

It's so funny to hear about different types of workplaces, because we work here, right? Which is just such a different environment from any job.

00:00 - 00:00 Tommy Bowe

If someone brought in that lunchbox, we'd be like, oh shit, that's a sick-ass box, dude.

Chapter 3: What happened with the wrong cookie incident?

06:08 - 06:09 Tommy Bowe

I think it's great. Okay.

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06:09 - 06:10 Shayne Topp

There's a cool vibe. I agree with you.

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06:10 - 06:12 Tommy Bowe

With the gold and the whisker.

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06:12 - 06:17 Shayne Topp

Yeah, like as a Pokemon, garbage. The no brain. Gyarados was one of my favorites as a kid, though.

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00:00 - 00:00 Tommy Bowe

Well, he's freaking rock and roll.

00:00 - 00:00 Damien Haas

Very confusing.

00:00 - 00:00 Shayne Topp

Absolutely badass.

00:00 - 00:00 Damien Haas

It's like flying in water, and you're like, I beg your unbelievable goddamn pardon. What did you say about that dragon? Right.

00:00 - 00:00 Shayne Topp

I know.

Chapter 4: Why did a boyfriend give an ultimatum over audiobooks?

19:35 - 19:55 Damien Haas

It's a trust issue either way. Right, yeah. It's, you know, there are video games out there that are pornographic. So it's like, if he's gonna play video games in the other room, like, oh, I can't stop thinking about the potential of you doing that. It's like, you have to sort of have that separation with hobbies. And something tells me that

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19:56 - 20:10 Damien Haas

this is the type of person that would have the same kind of insecurity if she had a dodgeball local league that she would go to and be like, are you going there to meet guys? You have to have that level of trust or you're not ready for a relationship.

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20:10 - 20:15 Shayne Topp

And to just try to put that type of control on someone. It's like, what do you think's gonna happen?

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20:15 - 20:30 Tommy Bowe

What are you doing? Yeah, what got me was the yank of the headphones. That's like a, just a little look-see, a little peek through to see how maybe violent this person might could be. And that's not a good sign. You should never yank on someone's thing.

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00:00 - 00:00 Shayne Topp

Yeah, yeah, I agree. I agree. Unless they want it. Unless it's a consensual thing. We got new merch. We got new merch. Here we go. A shirt that says consensual yanking. Yanking. The Yankees have new merch ideas. The Yankee and the Yankeed. Yeah, the headphone polling is absolutely a red flag. Comments, or sorry, verdict is not the asshole, which I agree with. Comments, not the asshole.

00:00 - 00:00 Shayne Topp

You should reevaluate your relationship with him. He is acting insecure, jealous, and controlling. Don't stop doing what you are doing. Someone else said, he is completely out of line. Being jealous of audiobooks is next level insecurity. Not the asshole.

00:00 - 00:00 Damien Haas

Can I add a little something to that? Yeah. When she said, this is a book for teens written by a literal Mormon, I think that might be Twilight. Probably.

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And so she's listening to Twilight and he's like, you and your vampire wolf boyfriend and I hate it.

00:00 - 00:00 Shayne Topp

God, we're back in 2007. This guy. Hey. Someone said, this is a big red flag to me. Is he so insecure that he can't stand the idea of you listening to, gasp, another man? You weren't even listening to anything provocative when he did this, and he had that kind of reaction. Where is all his anger coming from?

Chapter 5: What was the outcome of the audiobook ultimatum?

25:36 - 25:39 Damien Haas

Can't yank. Someone send that girl some AirPods.

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25:41 - 25:52 Shayne Topp

Update. I forgot about that. This update came two months later. Do we have any predictions? They broke up. He's an author. You think they broke up? He's an author. He's insecure because he's like, it's not as good as my book.

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25:53 - 26:00 Damien Haas

The Good Intercourse Dragon by Kyle. Here you go. Just Kyle?

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26:00 - 26:01 Tommy Bowe

Just Kyle.

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00:00 - 00:00 Damien Haas

If I saw a book in the bookstore and there was one name.

00:00 - 00:00 Shayne Topp

Okay.

00:00 - 00:00 Shayne Topp

Uh-huh, very reasonable. All right, those are good odds. Yeah. Here we go. So it's been a while. I didn't think I would update because the original update would have been mostly us talking and working things out, agreeing that whenever he felt insecure, he could tell me and I could focus my attention on him for a while. It worked really great.

00:00 - 00:00 Shayne Topp

Well, until I found out he had been fucking his coworker, that is.

00:00 - 00:00 Damien Haas

Well. There you go. You know what's crazy about that? It is a pretty big pattern where if someone is being unfaithful, they will often look at you and be like, I bet you're unfaithful. In fact, you're mean and you're unfaithful. Right, they're justifying their unfaithfulness.

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