This is an automated archive made by the Lemmit Bot.

The original was posted on /r/maliciouscompliance by /u/Marshmelty on 2025-07-10 20:23:01+00:00.

Growing up, my younger brother was obsessed with his privacy. Totally fair except he took it to an extreme and was rude about it.

He used to yell at me for even walking near his things. One day, I tried to grab his phone to hand it to him because it was ringing right next to me. He snatched it out of my hand and shouted

Stop touching my stuff! Never touch anything that’s mine. Ever!

Alright, message received.

Sometime later, he left his laptop on the edge of the table, charger stretched across the floor. I noticed it was going to fall and crash. I reached out to move it… then remembered his rule.

So I didn’t touch it.

About 30 seconds later, he walked by, tripped over his own charger, and the laptop crashed to the floor.

He lost his mind. Why didn’t you move it? He asked me

You told me never to touch your stuff. I reminded him.

He was furious. My parents backed me up. Rule’s a rule. Guess who stopped making blanket demands after that?