An anonymous alien asks this very important question: I (129) have thrown away an object of significant value to my Human roommate (29M) during a routine cleaning of our shared housing unit. Now he won’t stop sulking and refuses to converse with me. AITA?
My roommate and I, John the Human, have recently cleaned out our shared housing unit as it had been getting cluttered due to the amount of trinkets John the Human had been collecting. We agreed to dispose of any unnecessary clutter and finished the cleaning yesterday. The day after, John the Human became unexpectedly distressed, asking if I had seen an object while cleaning his room, which I have identified among the things I have disposed of. Now John the Human is sad. I am confused.
For clarification purposes, the object, or rather, the set of objects John the Human described is a group of humans clad in bulky blue armor locked in battle with a swarm of strange purple insectoid creatures. Such a battle clearly did not exist, as the purple creatures did not come up when I looked them up on the Net. John the Human fell for a scam; how gullible he is. I explained my reason for disposing of the phoney miniatures to John the Human, citing the clear fabrication of the event displayed and the poor quality of the paintwork. This… unfortunately made John the Human even more dejected.
What is the best course of action? I could search for them, but I threw the figurines in the disposal chute, where everything is incinerated.
Update:
Thank you all for your comments clarifying the value of John the Human’s figurines. I have ordered several boxes of the figurines for John the Human. Despite it taking a significant chunk out of my wallet, hopefully it will cheer up John the Human. I do not like seeing him unhappy.
It will arrive in a few days.
Update:
I have received the packages and have opened them; the figurines do not seem to have any paint on them. Is this a production error?
Update:
Thank you for informing me that I have to paint the figurines myself. I see now why John the Human was so affected by my comment. I will apologize to him later.
I have gone about painting the miniatures, it does not seem that difficult.
Update:
It seems I have overestimated my artistic skill.
I have failed. I have wasted gallons of paint repainting the figurines over and over. I type these words with paint-stained hands—what would John the Human think of this?
Update:
John the Human discovered me making a last-ditch attempt to salvage the miniatures. Rather unexpectedly, he began to help me with the painting; together we produced a passable product after a day of working.
When John the Human asked me why I was painting the figurines, I told him that I felt bad that I threw away his precious figurines and that I tried to make up for it. John the Human thanked me with a wide smile and said that it was never a big deal. We went out for pizza afterward.
Thank you all—the issue is solved.
Republished with permission from the author, Ergonomic_Brick. Image created using Stable Diffusion.