r/Maliciouscompliance I Make $10,000/Month By Obeying My Narcissistic Mom 

The Fire Nation from Avatar didn't have a Dresscode, but hey if some Micromanager told me to obey a Dresscode i'd get creative too

I thought it was for firefighters because for police is police academy

The Academy in the Fire Nation involves burning buildings to the ground

@@haakontherayquaza4046 they actually do have a strict dress code, even down to their top-not in their hair.

@@maggierex5675 Yeah they even have school uniforms.

True but she doesn't want to rock the cradle too much since she still needs them for college and that 60k would vanish fast. Use them until she gets her degree move out with the money she's saved up from her writing and cut contact.

So many abandoned parents these days and 90% of the time, the parents bring it on themselves.

@@SinisterScoundrel6562 the other 5% ig is rebelious kids, manipulation or w/e for fault being every1 else, the last 5% is just alot of coincidences/fate/bad luck and misunderstandings. mayb even 80% and 10% each :(

Or “do you want any?”

Me too! I'd love advice on writing from them too!

It's easily my best story on rslash. I like how she's keeping her cool, growing and still respectful. She's a smart one

Same!

You could probably find the post by scrolling through reddit.

Same and I'm not even big on reading in my free time. 😅 Parents (or people with that mindset about children) like that should not be parents. I might even say they should be force sterilized.

I have nothing but sheer contempt for delusional savages like OP's parents at this point. Im so thoroughly DONE with people who cant put two and two together and simply NOT be a disgusting asshole to their family with flimsy barbaric justifications like "but but....but Im justified always because wah wah reasons wah wah im in a bad mood wah wah im upset and i can never do wrong and if you challenge me I'll scream at you". My mom is like this, and it felt SO cathartic to watch OP put those monsters in their place like the animals they are :) Oh, and its so funny how they want OP to apologize for something THEY started, thats a VERY strong classic with delusionals who cant admit fault.

I literally thought you said “bag of forgiveness” I really need more sleep omg

@@ramenbomberdeluxe4958 I'm glad OP didn't give her mom what she wants, which is to beg. Kudos to OP for having massive self-control. OP didn't just make a lot of money, she even destroyed her psychologically.

@@dracko158 If only I could do the same to my mother, my situation isn't quite as easy.

"If they came to hear me beg, they will be disappointed."

@@ThickmoidYeast I did three years of travel and tourism and whilst i only learnt how to be a flight attendant and not tsa i know those rules very very well. That tsa agent was full of shit. If they had tried that on me you bet your ass i would have held up the line demanding to talk to a manager and would have recorded everything

Aren't those things allowed in checked baggage? Isn't cabin luggage the only place where they have an issue?

@@j.j.juggernaut9709 Not everyone checks baggage. Also, I wouldn't put a bottle of expensive perfume there, they airport employees aren't exactly gentle with those bags...

Shouldn't there be rules against agents taking things they confiscate to prevent exactly these situations??

@@limiv5272 Good. I just wanted to know coz I have travelled with some weird stuff in my checked luggage and was now wondering if I did anything against the rules lol. Many people I know often travel with huge alcoholic beverages but they put in it plastic bottles or cover it with a lot of clothes so it doesn't break. Haven't had problems so far

Right? Making 60k a month from Patreon is no small feat. That’s gotta be a good story.

@@animeotaku307 yeah no kidding. Like, I adore reading stories on Wattpad or Tapastic or whatever (and kinda cry when I don't have the money to continue the story) and love when I find out they have small simple ways to support them if I ever get to the financial point to do so. Haha if I could, I would probably spend like 2k a month of Patreon alone supporting all of my favorite content creators

It's probably not the OP from this video, but PirateAba has a book series "The Wandering Inn" which is a webnovel, who has (as of writing) 4433 patrons, most of whom pay $5 per month. Obviously Patreon takes a cut of that, but that's still around the range of what OP makes in this video It's really well written and so far I think the book series is at 8 million words, tho since it's a YA type series it doesn't appeal to everyone I guess

@@insu_na I've actually heard about that but haven't read it. Honestly I'm still struggling to stop reading all the fanfiction I do lol and continue reading "regular" stories (*cough* all the light novels I have bought and stored on my phone *cough*)

I'm an aspiring writer as well. I wrote a couple of initial chapters of a fanfic, but I gave up on it as I felt no passion for it. I have ideas for an entire series, but I don't know if I'm confident enough to write it.

The TSA does not apply to Cuba. The USA does not rule the world so ya.

@@karladelatorre3166 still it’s absolutely ridiculous to try and take someone’s empty water bottle just because it’s glass, and realistically they could have probably gotten a supervisor and been fine

It's Cuba. It's stupid chinese made water bottle. Let's hold up customs and get a supervisor!!! Eff sakes...get a clue. She was soooo tired though....I bet everyone clapped!

@@blackrosebud2331 a racist woman who thinks airport security is trying to steal a glass WATER bottle from her is most definitely not getting a supervisor 😂 she gets her super exclusive stuff thrown in the trash. OBVIOUSLY they got mad when she took he cap with her because she was implying he was a thief. Yeah, she was not getting a supervisor.

@@tungstenanderson5991 lol, irrelevant of if its a water bottle made in a certain country. The security was being a dick, case closed. You wouldn't roll over and hand them your bottle, would you? It's just being mugged, legally.

No. I value my money. : )

Yeah, but not because they feel unloved or anything. They might feel embarrassed around people they know, but they probably just think that their daughter is stupid and soft enough to fall for stuff like that.

I had a similar situation growing up. My parents were abusive. I cut them out of my life once my mom started getting worse after my dad died. Don't really care what they think anymore.

In reality, they don't love OP, they love her money because she makes a lot.

Absolutely had that happen with my mother when I left as soon as I could around 19, a charity helping young people from broken homes helped me escape, I then went very low contact and she constantly whined, asked for money, asked why I didn’t love her, continued to gaslight me, and continued to enable my brothers abuse. She’d ask “why don’t you love me” and I’d tell her “because you let my brother constantly beat me up”, “because you laughed when my brother knocked me unconscious and told me I was being dramatic”, “because you forced me to bring my brother up because you didn’t want to be a responsible parent”, and she’d constantly brush all this off. I eventually got fed up of her and went no contact, and the only time she ever tried to contact me was to send abuse, until threatened with police action for harassment, where I had a friend in police Scotland helping me with restraining orders should they be needed. She is terrified of being held actually responsible and the cops knew how terrible she was (but social work wouldn’t do anything and their hands were tied) so they’d send the community beat officer every week to pop by for a cup of tea and check in, strangely my mother would always mysteriously vanish because she didn’t want asked any questions such as “why do you constantly supply your 14 year old son with alcohol”, “have you considered your daughter has PTSD”, “did you know your son stole money from the elderly”, “are you aware it’s illegal to be supplying teenagers alcohol”, “are you aware it’s illegal to be buying teenagers cigarettes” (yes, she’d buy kids aged 13-16 alcohol and smokes). They were aware she played favourites and chose my brother as the golden child and me as the scapegoat so they kept an eye on me, so they tried to keep an eye on me when possible. She’d act all nicey with the cops, like she was a struggling single mother with an “ungrateful” daughter, whereas they knew I was being abused by my mother and brother, acting out because of the sheer amount of abuse, struggling mentally and had undiagnosed PTSD (thankfully diagnosed as an adult), and she was very jealous of the father-like relationship I had with one cop, who I still speak to today, as I’d hug him when I saw him “she never gives me hugs WTF”, as soon as he left I’d get more psychological abuse “why don’t you give me hugs, why don’t you love me, you just want me to kill myself don’t you? You’re the reason I want to kill myself”. Parents like that always whine and cry after we leave and cut them from our lives, she always posts on my birthday and sends friends to contact me, and every single year I have to tell them she abused me, I’ve cut her out my life for a reason, and I don’t care about her attention seeking FB posts on my birthday because she ALWAYS words it like “happy birthday to my ungrateful, spiteful daughter who refuses to talk to me” so she can get attention, so every year I send a copy paste with public FB posts detailing the abuse over the years, most never respond, some tell me “but she’s your mother, you need to forgive her” (no thanks), and some tell me to get over myself. She constantly whinges online and crying for attention, yet still can’t face that she is the reason I cut all contact. She’s in her 50’s, she won’t ever accept that she was responsible and this is on her.

my catholic school wasnt too strict, i got away with my shirt being untucked a good 80% of the time

@@nekosimp7751 meanwhile at my catholic school my sister's one and only detention was because her socks didn't completely cover her ankle.

@@itsybitsybosmer sorry principal but did you forget that people grow before they get new clothing?

fire nation schools at least let kids have 2% control over their hair

Yeah, that was so sad. Like, the parents don't believe OP could ever be happy in their home except on drugs. How awful.

This wasn't a TSA story. This happened in Varadero which is in Cuba. The only thing I was thinking is that the OP is being an entitled brat and all for a silly water bottle that was likely purchased from Amazon. The OP was making a scene, holding up a very long line through customs in a third world country all because he/she wanted to keep a glass water bottle that was declared to be over the volume limit. OP just needed to stop. That water bottle likely cost more than what that customs official made in a week. And if you argue with custom officials enough, you might find your stay in Cuba to be a bit longer and a bit less pleasant than what you had originally intended. The only thing you need in your luggage bag is clothing.

@@superdave8248 Dave, I'm sure that your comment was incredibly helpful for OP. It's nice to see how people on the interwebs like to dictate what other people say, do, and how much their personal property costs or means to them, of course without any background information or seeing it. Good for you Dave. We need more people like you, trying to force your own ideas and morals onto others. Nice work!

@@H-to-O Corrupt or not, arguing with an authoritative figure in a third world country is never something you should do. She was lucky it played out the way it did. Other alternatives? Get pulled out of line for interfering with a public official in their duties. Get interviewed by agents. Get strip searched by agents. All of the above. Regardless you still end up with the same thing missing out on your flight and possibly paying additional fees as your missed flight was a direct result of your actions of not following legally given instructions. Not to mention you have an army of angry passengers behind you who also need to get through security and you are holding them up. And from their point of view? This is all because of a glass jar. At the end of the day it still played out the same way. The bottle didn't leave with the OP on the flight. That bottle stayed in Cuba. And that look the custom official gave the OP ... it was interpreted as a look of disbelief because the OP thought the agent wanted the bottle. I'd argue that if the agent wanted the bottle he would not have asked the OP if they wanted the top off the bottle. I'd argue that look was nothing more than a custom official wondering why on earth a person would want a bottle top he/she couldn't use. And it had nothing to do with whether the agent actually wanted the bottle. I mean seriously think about it. Would you want a used glass bottle form a complete stranger?

@@superdave8248 Ok. So no one in the world should ever visit Cuba because Corruption is a ok. How about corruption is never ok and people should not steal because their life is shit.

@@superdave8248 Thats my thought exactly. Last thing I wanna end up in the a Cuban jail for 6 months over a stupid water bottle. And the rest of you, you are visiting a authoritarian country like cuba dont try and spread your moral garbage on them because they dont care. Or do it and see how it works out in your favor

Flame-o, hotman

Yes. No contact is the only way to go. The OP doesn't need that negativity in her life.

@@aduckofsomesort yeah people need to realise doing things that look like the best choice isn't always the right one

Stories about parents like them make me grateful my parents aren't like that. Sure, they annoy me but at least they don't treat me like garbage.

That would be some *r/prorevenge* material there.

True but not right now since she at least wants to use them to pay for her college. After that they have no leverage over her and she can go scorched earth ruining their reputation.

I was so happy when I heard that lol!! My SO and I love Avatar!!

I heard Fire Nation and got so excited! I’m 53 and I LOVE The Avatar. Bought the entire series for my kids, not me. 😂😂😂 That and Spongebob will always will alive and well in this Nana and Papa’s house!

It seems I might be the only person that thought of Fire Force instead of Avatar

I watched only a few episodes of that show compared to owning all seasons of avatar. Ironically I was planning on rewatching and finishing fire force.

Flameo Hotman *CLAP* Flameo

allegedly.

Right? It's now part of the Routine: Coffee? Check. Bagel/muffin? Check. Rslash vid? Check.

My day doesn’t start until rslash says so.

Best way to get the day started

@@theonlybomber BWAHAHA! I’m commenting on 2 different videos. The other video is about death/embalming/etc. Both are fun conversations, but I saw your comment in the mix. “Best way to start the day” Me: Wait, being embalmed is NOT the best way to start your day…..

I watch it after work when I go to the store

It's annoying of all the BS that they try to pull, because there is no one who can really stop them.

Me too! I always loved to write short (and long lol) stories but becoming a paper book author is so hard that I stopped dreaming about it. I guess my dream job is back on the table^^

1 College is expensive in EVERY country, 60k won’t cover as much as you think. 2 getting her own place and paying her own bills WHILE still in college will eat it up faster 3 You severely underestimate the power of cultural pressure, especially when it’s combined with abuse, OP has just started standing up for herself so there’s still some deprogramming to do. 4 OP herself states that she doesn’t think her income is secure enough to break from her parents yet, which, given points 1-3, makes sense.

True but still that 60k is still basically nothing is ridiculous

It is also worth noting that this story might not have taken place in the US, meaning that might not be nearly as much money as it looks like.

@@angterrastriker6535 It’s a good nest egg but until and unless it’s in a separate bank account in her name only, it might as well be $0.

@@black1917 actually not here lol

And then you find out that a lot of these stories on reddit come from people who have a passion for writing books. But 60K from just writing chapters for an online book seems very highly unlikely.

@@FOGoticus the 60k could have been different currency and its earned over a long period of time

IKR!

In my personal experience, those types of parents rarely view their child as an individual person

@@scmontgomery yep child means property

I feel ya. Its not pleasant

When traveling, since you aren't allowed to take it and they cannot hold items, they have them destroyed. For example, fruits and veggies, nuts, ect that are considered "illegal" or "not allowed through" all go into a grinder at the end of the night/start of the day. Not sure what they call the machines to crush the plastic/makeup, ect, but yes. Your items are either destroyed or given to police to search and after that, you're just shit outta luck my friend. (Have a cousin who works for American Airlines and SouthWest so she's told me a few of their methods for doing a lot of different things. Knives, sharp objects, and even alcohol go directly to the police for "evidence" in case something happens on your flight after passing through)

If they are confiscating it that's what they should do as usually it's taken off you because they is potential for it to be dangerous in some way. Glass can be used as a weapon. Liquid used to make bombs or something. Food can be a bio hazard etc.

That's technically destruction of property isn't it? Like what about things like phones? Or medicine that they could see as drugs?

It is quite simple. The airport security gives people a choice. Eater you freely surrender prohibited items, or you can't not go true the security check and you will miss your flight, the choice is yours. And after people freely surrenders prohibited items, the airport can either discard them or keep the items in storage for ever.

@@the_puppeteer2136 Thete are rules about medicine and phones. Prohibited items section spells out some of this. My experience with TSA has been pretty good, and I keep up with their requirements. Once I spaced out that I had a pocket knife on my person and they let me leave the line to put it back in my vehicle. They didn't have to do that.

It's always the flight marshells or cabin crew that do the real work.

2 weeks in the US in a lot of other countries it is 2 years and death by police is lower

Proving TSA are typically feckless.

the tsa selecting crossbow: fine glass vase: contraband would have been better if it was loaded.

I had a similar thing happen I had homemade arrows that I had craved during a trip yet they ignored that and tried to take my water bottle (it was metal too)

This is very true

start recording too

My vollie dept doesn’t have a dress code or a hair code. Just a requirement that the mask has to be able to seal. That typically prevant facial hair but not head hair of any kind.

Must have been a commercial flight chartered by the Air Force. My experience flying on US military aircraft is that custom agents aren't even remotely allowed to get close to them. usually the pilots will use "US government sovereign property" or "you lack the proper security clearance to board" to get custom agents to turn right around and go about their business. But most of the time the military aircraft are landing on military bases. So there is no custom checks to begin with. The one exception I remember is Diego Garcia. A military base on an island in the Indian Ocean. It is owned by the Brits, managed by the US military, and kept functional by a Philippino work force. But customs is strictly British personnel. They check anybody and everybody coming through the island. I once witnessed them check bags for a group of civilian workers heading back to PI for vacation and the pile of contraband they confiscated from them would have over flowed a dumpster.

@@superdave8248 it was a mil air flight but we had to pass through a security gate when we where on layover at Ramstein

@@H-to-O exactly, he had just embarrassed himself with lack of knowledge for the regulations, so refused to back down.

Wtf even q 5 yr old knows q fish can only swim in water

My sister took back a fish in a water bottle of 75ml. The fish survived and the most common rule in flying was respected.

Her reaction was childish, she knew there was a dress code so why get a hair cut that makes it difficult to adhere to it

@@radhiadeedou8286 Except it was in dress code hence why the power tripping instructor couldn’t do anything about it despite wanting to.

it is very likely that story didn't happen in the US

It’s more about what she did to earn that income than it does the income itself. Writing as an income is very hard to pull off because you constantly have to be thinking about the story you’re writing, and believe me, it takes a toll on your brain rather quickly. You also need some way to have proof of your work because with that kind of money, someone’s going to try to steal it. At least with a copyright you can sue the thief, but if it’s not published, they can just claim OP’s work for themselves and even sue them out of the money already made. I do agree with the other commenter that this could be something that took place outside the US, but even stateside where you live varies. Places like New York City and San Francisco are so expensive that you could have a salary of $200k a year and STILL just be scraping by. Hawaii’s bad too, being the most expensive state in the country. In those places, 10k a month is not enough to allow financial independence, though in NYC you can at least just work there while living elsewhere for cheaper prices because of how interconnected their transportation system is. Writing can be a great source of income if you are really good, but it should NEVER be looked at as a stable source of income because nothing about it is stable.

If the story ends, if op loses motivation, if their audience doesn't like certain decisions they make, their income could be severely cut or even dry up entirely. Writing as an income source, most any creative venture as an income source, is not stable.

I agree but would probably swap Tales from tech support to AITA

I loved the reference too - I was like yeah - TeamAvatar!

Goodluck yo..

@@thetruth1816 thanks

Best of luck!

Big facts

not really. glass can be used as a weapon (break it in the toilets use it to attack the crew etc) the liquids can start a fire (it only takes two minutes for smoke to fill the air in a plane). Well the rules say you can take on glass bottles (as long as its empty) the rules about liquids are there for a reason

Same, I stay up to watch rslash post

It is 100% obvious, I think his brain is just glitching