Cruel aunt messes with nephew's new betta fish, receives ultimate 'Godfather-style' revenge: 'That is some scorched earth kind of petty'

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JR Atkinson • Writer and Editor
Apr 15, 2024 3:00 PM EDT

Fish are friends, not instruments in generational warfare. I've never owned a fish, but from what I hear, it's like having any other type of pet. You get attached. They become like family. Sure, they're tiny and you can't pet them, but I'm sure they offer emotional support in their own special way. Like anything you're charged to take care of, they become a part of your routine. So when a family member messes with your fish, that's round one in the battle soon to come. 

That's exactly what happened in this story when a boy's aunt messed with the wrong betta fish. I'm all for revenge, but this story ruffled a few feathers (or should I say gills). Some folks thought it was the perfect eye for eye, others thought it was an indicator of psychopathy. I lean a little toward the latter, but I'm not the ultimate arbiter of good taste. What do y'all think? 

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  • 01
    "This is the start of a long battle"
    via Ahmed Hasan
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    r/pettyrevenge u/Bendy4848 • 18h You took apart my fish tank? We both sink to the bottom.
    via u/Bendy4848
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    So to keep it simple, yesterday, I got a Siamese Fighting Fish (or known as a betta fish) named Eclipse (due to obvious reasons) I unfortunately didnt have a proper aquarium for it. So I made one out of a large storage container from Home Depot (Plastic), a coffee mug, sponge filter+ air pump and a lil bit of sand. Wasnt perfect, but it would do until then. So my aunt complains earlier this morning that "why you got this big container for this small fish" and "it dont need all that ." (for those
    via u/Bendy4848
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    Anyway, I leave off of school. I get a call from my girlfriend (god I I love her) that i can have her old 30 gallon aquarium + filter and heater. I leave 2 hours early from school to put Eclipse in his new home..... only to find that she took upon her self to dismantle my makeshift fish tank piece by piece, leaving Eclipse dead in a tupperware bowl filled with freezing cold water in the middle of my bedroom floor. When I confronted her she said "I told you her dont need all that " and "thats wha
    via u/Bendy4848
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    So once she left to run errands, I went into the living room and grabbed her picture of her deceased grandfather. (the only thing she has left related to him) and i dismantled the frame, bit by bit. And when she comes back home, where she's gonna find the picture? At the bottom of the bowl, torn in shreds, in freezing cold water, in the middle of her bedroom floor.
    via u/Bendy4848
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    Sure, it might be a fish. But it was MY fish. MY money. MY joy. literally murdered in cold blood. Welp tonight she's gonna learn just how little things can make a big difference. Swim in peace Eclipse, who lasted as long as her namesake.
    via u/Bendy4848
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    Dr_mombie 17h • Get her cheap fish themed gifts every christmas. Jesus fish magnets for her car. Cheap little figurines. A scratched copy of finding nemo. 1 fish 2 fish red fish blue fish. Used books on the care and keeping of fish. Fish themed home decor. Fisherman themed gifts people usually buy for outdoorsmen. Taxidermy Mounted fish. Get her those old singing fish from ebay. Make it motion activated. Haunt her forever with fish stuff.
    via u/Dr_mombie
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    LossingMassive Pots 18h This is the start of a long battle, keep us updated please
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    No-Elephant-Dies • 17h r/pettyrevengethatstartsworldwars
    via u/No-Elephant-Dies
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    snarkisms. 18h jfc you don't take prisoners do you. I don't know if I'm horrified or impressed...no, i'm definitely both.
    via u/snarkisms
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    dalaigh93 8h "My name is u/Bendy4848. You killed my fish. Prepare to die"
    via u/dalaigh93
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    Hempsox 17h Not to condone the destruction of anyone's property but |! That is some scorched earth kind of petty. I would have gone with wrapping Eclipse in the picture and then put it in the bowl, in the water, on her floor. Godfather style. Old photographs like the one you describe really don't like water.
    via u/Hempsox
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    Guilty Objective4602.17h I hope you aren't dependent on your aunt for a place to live. Because this is the kind of thing a person as callous and petty as her is likely to go nuclear over and kick you out for. But, this is definitely revenge served cold!
    via u/GuiltyObjective4602
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    Mr_Gus3114 · 17h I give my sword and loyalties to the army of Eclipse
    via u/Mr_Gus3114
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    jcqlnzmmrmnn • 18h . Revenge is best served cold Bendy4848 OP. 18h and wet Reply 175
    via u/jcqlnzmmrmnn & u/Bendy4848
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    AHO Scruffersdad • 17h That is the reaction killing your fish deserves. Can't fix the photo? Can't bring my fish back from the dead either, guess we're even.
    via u/Scruffersdad
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    ghotiermann ⚫ 13h Killing your fish was wrong. But destroying the irreplaceable picture of her grandfather is worse.
    via u/ghotiermann

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