My roommate destroyed my MLP: FiM poster?

[Dusty Soul 2,611]

He destroyed your property, so that counts as something, but one must remember it's his room too. He did overreact like a lot, but it is his room too.

[Unified Draft 130]

Sorry to hear about your poster glad things are resolved now yet he had no right to do that you should do something weather it be get the money back or just get back at him.

[Fallen Angel 93]

has he even watched the show, if he has then he shouldn't have done that, but if he hasn't seen the show then he doesn't have to see it but he shouldn't worry about about what u like that is your own business and i shouldn't matter to him and if he can't deal with it then u should get a new room mate

Edited October 1, 2012 by TechnoDash

[Zerul 554]

Wow.He would have paid for that.I would have understood if he just rolled it up and put it nicely in the corner,but ripping it to shreads?

Gimme my 25.

[Shadow Chaser 633]

Yea, that's easily a room transfer. Whether he's sorry or not. And don't let the love and tolerance get you sympathizing with him. He had no right to do that. You said you hung it up over your computer which is completely your area. And if he was so upset over the poster then he should've asked you to take it down before his friends got there.

 

People want to talk about communication, then he should have initiated that if he had a problem with the poster. You had every right to hang it. Communication time is over. He took action. Now it's your turn. Request a new roommate. Get him to pay you the cost of the poster (you won't get postage costs). And move on. Someone who can get (possibly) drunk and angry enough over a poster to destroy it, means he probably wouldn't hesitate to hit you. Distance yourself from him and get a new room.

 

You're not in the wrong for hanging up the poster. If it had been anything else, the poster would've remained because it was on your side. But the fact that MLP carries a negative connotation, for some, is what sparked this, and it makes you faultless.

[Cranium Tyranus 216]

I can see his side of the whole fiasco up until he got off the phone with his friends, at that point he could have asked you to take it down while his friends were there, or even organized whatever they were planning somewhere else. The fact that he ripped up your poster is enough to tell him that he should give you a refund. I can still empathize with him, since he feels bad for what he did or whatever, but blaming his friends for something he did is outrageous, not to mention childish.

 

I don't know how often he gets drunk, but from the way you described his behavior while intoxicated, (if he was) then he's similar to a roommate that I used to have. It's not too fun being around a drunk who acts in a condescending manner towards you. So at the very least, persue the option to get a new dormmate, this guy is trouble with a capital TROUB.

 

Though wouldn't it be nice if there was a way to pull a Pinkie Pie in this situation?

[Pinkazoid 3,493]

After reading post:

 

Revenge bro, destroy some of his 25 dollar crap o3o

 

After Reading Edit:

 

Eh' yeah, cut the guy some slack, talk to him and say that you'll take the poster down whenver his friends are coming, even though they don't sound like very good friends to me...

 

has he even watched the show, if he has then he shouldn't have done that, but if he hasn't seen the show then that's his problem but he shouldn't worry about about what u like that is your own business and i shouldn't matter to him and if he can't deal with it then u should get a new room mate

 

Na'h I really disagree

 

He doesn't have to be forced to watch the show, it's kinda unnecessary and not everyone will like the show.

[Samrules350 179]

He hath comitted thee ultimate sin, we must burn him to death with stakes... NO TRIAL!

 

I would DESTROY ANYONE that did that... lolo

[Unified Draft 130]

Or.... More lovingly and tolerantly the most we could for what would be to him toucher

is watch the show maybe he would convert or something

Edited October 1, 2012 by Brohoof117

[Magicon 468]

So far from what I've seen has been either crazy bad advice or overreacting. We need to take a step back and look at this carefully.

 

1. You bought a Rarity poster and hung it on your side of the room that you and your roommate previously agreed to. Fine, nothing wrong with that. There are no problems there.

 

2. Did you ever ask your roommate if he had a problem with MLP? Did he have any objections when you first put up the poster? You said he was uncomfortable with it, or what you interrupted with it as uncomfortable. Maybe you should've asked him if he was alright with you posting a Rarity poster. While you are completely entitled to put up the poster, maybe you could've been a little more considerate to him. Then again, he could've also said that he didn't like the poster instead of just looking at it uncomfortably.

 

3. In regards with your argument with him, I believe you were slightly on the right side and he overreacted. But in all fairness, he was embarrassed by your poster in front of his friends. You shouldn't be forcing your roommate to be embarrassed. As a college student myself and a Brony, I agreed not to display my broniness other than a few shirts out of respect of my roommate. Sure, I'm entitled to putting up a poster if I wanted to, but consider a role reversal. What if your roommate put up a poster that you didn't like or was embarrassed to have your friends see? You'd want to take the poster down. That's exactly as he feels. He was embarrassed.

 

4. His drunkenness did not help the matters. You were smart to at least try and encourage him to sleep, but he had no interest. The destruction of the poster is truly sad, but he did return to your room and apologize. That counts for something. Maybe you can tell him how you feel and how you understand what he feels like with regards to his friends. I know it's really sad to see guys in today's world thinking Brony's are all gay and that sh*t, but that's the world we live in. Forgive him and try to mend this situation for the better.

 

5. Try to get a compensation of some sort. Maybe not the full $25 dollars, but something and if you do decide to do a poster of MLP, do something he actually won't mind. Give him a voice in your decision process. Hopefully, he'll be reasonable.

 

Finally, my sympathizes and I hope this all works out for the best.

[RazzyJam 1,519]

Given the update, and the assumed drunkenness, I would say you can forgive him. If he was chill enough to apologize it should be fine.

[Driku12 64]

I think this was just a big misunderstanding mixed with some alcohol and a bad choice of friends.

 

Yeah, you probably should have asked him before putting it up, but it was no reason to go and tear the poster up. And there was definitely no reason for his friends to make fun of him for something you put up. So in the end all this is is bad communication, and some stupid friends. Kevin was probably feeling just horrible because those douche bags insulted him and over reacted, taking his anger out on you (the alcohol probably didn't help either). Then again, none of this would have happened had he just straight-out told you his thoughts on the poster in the first place, or you had asked him about it.

 

I'd say just work on the communication and see how it goes. And just the fact that he apologized is a good thing to work off of to reach an equilibrium between the two of you. I mean, that alone shows that he's not heartless, you were both just put in a bad situation. And you could both use this to make sure it doesn't happen again. So you won't make him too uncomfortable, but he won't infringe on your property or rights either. You just have to make sure you both set boundaries for the other person and make sure they know where they are.

[One 498]

Charge him $25, and then one day when he leaves before he gets back, completley ponifiy the room to see how mad he gets.

 

Although he over reacted you shouldn't be to mad at what he did, because....uh... Friends are better then enemies?

[Gears of Halo Duty V 394]

"...his friends said they couldn't be friends with a guy who associated so closely with a 'gay fag'"

 

One poster. One simple poster.

 

They could have said "Hey, that's pretty gay", moved on and I'd be cool with this situation. But if this is how "friends" treat each other today, then my hope in humanity is quickly waning.

[coconutbunny 121]

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Edited June 30, 2020 by coconutbunny

[jackleapp81 456]

but....it's just a poster? Hell, I don't even think my older jock brother and friends would even get annoyed by that. People gotta stop arguing over small s**t. He needs to pay you back though, that isn't really fair.

 

EDIT: My friends would probably lol at it but not get annoyed to the point where they're gonna tear up a 'Simple, harmless, poster made out of a simple harmless piece of paper'

 

I could see if someone would be offended by a poster that was anti-religious, overly-sexual, or super-gory, but a relatively small picture of a cartoon pony? It's just not right. I expect him to pay me back as soon as possible. I still kinda want to put a pony picture in the room, but if Kevin is not okay with it, then there's not a whole lot I can do besides move out, or get another roommate.

[Black Star 62]

Have him pay for the poster and then if it means tha much to you get a new roommate. Or if you really want to piss him off say you agreed with him that the one poster was lame and then the next day hang up like ten because the "one" poster was lame.

[Shadow Chaser 633]

I could see if someone would be offended by a poster that was anti-religious, overly-sexual, or super-gory, but a relatively small picture of a cartoon pony? It's just not right. I expect him to pay me back as soon as possible. I still kinda want to put a pony picture in the room, but if Kevin is not okay with it, then there's not a whole lot I can do besides move out, or get another roommate.

 

Exactly. This is a very good reason to seek a new roommate. Having dealt with too many drunk people in my life I have no remorse for my disdain of them. What's to stop him from getting drunk and breaking something else of yours for a trivial reason? Even if you can't get the money for the poster, just cut your losses and move out. The stress of a situation like that, and I mean of having a drunk and irrational roommate, isn't something you should have to deal with on top of college class work stress.

[dragon4111 914]

get a new room mate i mean if I was your roommate well hell my friend would rib you for likeing it but hey if you like it you like it.

[jackleapp81 456]

Have him pay for the poster and then if it means tha much to you get a new roommate. Or if you really want to piss him off say you agreed with him that the one poster was lame and then the next day hang up like ten because the "one" poster was lame.

 

I like the way you think, Black Star. While I'm at it, I'll ask him, "Do you mind if I read my story out loud? It helps me concentrate on the plot better."

 

When he agrees, I'll start reading MLP fanfiction as loud as I can.

 

Another awesome way to troll would be to occasionally replace the word 'everybody' with 'everypony'.

 

"What did you say?" he would ask.

 

"Everybody. Why?"

 

"I thought you said--"

 

"You're crazy dude, I don't know what you're talking about."

 

Or I could surprise him too and set his (or my) ringtone as "Winter Wrap Up" or "Smile, Smile, Smile". But I'm not that kind of a person, so I certianly would never do any of those awful things...

 

[Unified Draft 130]

You should either read cupcakes just to freak the crap out of him or my little dashie those are the only two I have read and a little FYI if you read those two on the same day your day is going to be really crappy

[Driku12 64]

I like the way you think, Black Star. While I'm at it, I'll ask him, "Do you mind if I read my story out loud? It helps me concentrate on the plot better."

 

When he agrees, I'll start reading MLP fanfiction as loud as I can.

 

Another awesome way to troll would be to occasionally replace the word 'everybody' with 'everypony'.

 

"What did you say?" he would ask.

 

"Everybody. Why?"

 

"I thought you said--"

 

"You're crazy dude, I don't know what you're talking about."

 

Or I could surprise him too and set his (or my) ringtone as "Winter Wrap Up" or "Smile, Smile, Smile". But I'm not that kind of a person, so I certianly would never do any of those awful things...

 

 

 

You know what'd be even better? Fill his mp3 player with pony music while he's not looking. Nothing like trying to find Metallica among dozens of songs by Eurobeat Brony.

 

Then put a single 'trololo' song at the very end of his list.

 

 

u mad bro?

Edited October 1, 2012 by Driku12

[Black Star 62]

I like the way you think, Black Star. While I'm at it, I'll ask him, "Do you mind if I read my story out loud? It helps me concentrate on the plot better."

 

When he agrees, I'll start reading MLP fanfiction as loud as I can.

 

Another awesome way to troll would be to occasionally replace the word 'everybody' with 'everypony'.

 

"What did you say?" he would ask.

 

"Everybody. Why?"

 

"I thought you said--"

 

"You're crazy dude, I don't know what you're talking about."

 

Or I could surprise him too and set his (or my) ringtone as "Winter Wrap Up" or "Smile, Smile, Smile". But I'm not that kind of a person, so I certianly would never do any of those awful things...

 

 

or if you want to go too far download pony porn to his computer and name it something he would need or replace his documents with it. If you want to torure him you know.

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Edited April 16, 2022 by throw

[Steel Matt 250]

Sorry to hear about that. A few things:

 

1st: You have my respect for hanging an awesome poster up, in the land of many haters.

 

2nd: I know you are upset, but the fact that you took into consideration that he might not have been in his right mind, I also respect you for that.

 

3rd: He seems pretty insecure at the moment. Just keep loving and tolerating him, and maybe he will find out what a true friend is someday.

 

In my humble opinion, if one has to "fit in" to be friends with somone, they arn't ver good friends.

 

One more thing! Persistance is key good sir! Like the following video: --he should eventually give you $25 dollars though, but that is up to you--