r/AmItheAsshole
You might remember it as Am I the Asshole
The verdicts are YTA, NTA, ESH for “everyone sucks here” and NAH for “no assholes here”
2013·The social era
A forum on Reddit where people describe a quarrel they were in and strangers vote on who was in the wrong.
At a glanceThe facts
- Remembered as
- AITA
- Spread in
- 2013
- Format
- Post
- Made by
- Marc Beaulac
- What it said
- The verdicts are YTA, NTA, ESH for “everyone sucks here” and NAH for “no assholes here”
- Origin
- No single original
- Available
- Not held by ViralWorld
What this wasThe story
A subreddit where people describe a conflict and are judged in initials: YTA, NTA, ESH, NAH. The verdicts escaped the site entirely and are now ordinary shorthand for taking sides in an argument.
TimelineIn order
- Made
The forum is launched.1
- Later
It reaches a million members.1
- Later
It is receiving about 800 disputes a day.1
Why it is here: something the internet still knows by name · it got out of its own corner of the internet fast · still being watched and quoted years later
Where it came fromWhat we know
This spread through many posts rather than one identifiable original. No copy is held here — what it was, when it spread and what people called it is what this page can tell you.
Nothing here is claimed to be the first version of this. It spread through many posts rather than from one identifiable original.
Not established. This index only names a creator where the evidence supports it.
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SourcesWhat was read
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