WIBTA
Would I be the a**hole
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I’m thinking about eating the last slice of cake even though my roommate saved it. WIBTA?
Honestly… yeah, that’s kind of a jerk move
Fine, fine. I’ll let them have it… this time
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WIBTA is a common shorthand used on Reddit’s popular AITA subreddit (sub). People use WIBTA when they're asking if something they're thinking about doing would make them the bad guy in a situation, as opposed to AITA, which is usually about something they've already done. The term started gaining traction around the late 2010s, as the AITA subreddit grew in popularity and developed its own shorthand for different types of posts.
Today, WIBTA appears in Reddit titles, comments, and even outside of Reddit when people joke about hypothetical situations. People use it to crowdsource moral judgment, often on tricky or funny scenarios (e.g., "WIBTA if I didn't invite my roommate's lizard to my wedding?"). While people mostly encounter it on AITA, many netizens will likely understand the phrase outside of Reddit, especially those who enjoy debating social etiquette and morality.