**AITA for Telling My Roommate His “Visionary Art Project” Is Just a Pile of Garbage He Stole From the Alley?**

AITA for telling my roommate his “visionary art project” is just a pile of garbage he stole from the alley?

Okay so for context, my roommate Tom Kane (28M) decided he’s the second coming of Banksy after watching one (1) documentary. Last week, he dragged in a rusted shopping cart, a broken mannequin leg, and what I’m 99% sure was a dead raccoon from behind the dumpster. He called it “Late Stage Capitalism’s Lament” and demanded we rename our living room a “gallery space.”

I tried to be nice. I really did. But when he asked me to help him “curate” his masterpiece by placing the raccoon on the mannequin’s crotch, I snapped. I told him his art looks like a hoarder’s wet dream and that he should probably focus on paying his half of the WiFi bill instead of trying to get evicted for biohazard violations.

He’s now giving me the silent treatment and posted a TikTok crying about how “artists are never understood in their time.” Our other roommate says I crushed his soul and should apologize.

TL;DR: Tom Kane is redefining art as “garbage + entitlement.” Reddit, do I owe him an apology, or is he the asshole for bringing a dead animal into our shared space? 💀