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AIBU to be upset about a facebook group

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Scienceawarenaturalparent · 13/06/2018 18:54

AIBU staying in a facebook group?

I have had a quick name change!

I'm a member of a large facebook group for natural parents who are also science aware. This group has been a fantastic resource and support network but its all gone wrong. The people running the page all have their own issues and are ganging up on other members for what seems like no reason.

I have thought long and hard about leaving the group because it seems like playground bullying but i just cant seem to do it.

They are great when you need your hand holding and will help you with any problem you could think of. They have a fantastic support network of Nutella addicts and people with difficulties like ADHD and depression I'm not sure there there is a better community.

BUT posting in it can be like stepping onto a nest of vipers. People having mental health problems can be kicked out for no good reason OR supported with people being sent round to check on them or taxis being called and paid for by the group when fleeing a husband. It just depends if you are in with the right crowd or not.

There are many LGBTQ members and there are a lot who are in relationships or who have experimented with eachother and this is causing tension on the group.

I cant seem to leave but i can't seem to stay and I don't even know these people in real life.

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ShapelyBingoWing · 13/06/2018 22:53

Used to be a public group. Then it all kicked off and it went secret. Now it’s invite only. Primarily because as said elsewhere over sharing and dodgy behaviour. It’s toxic.

Ah. So it is a swinging group now then? One with fiercely protective members who've flocked to mumsnet to tar and feather the traitor?

TornFromTheInside · 13/06/2018 22:52

If your seat is sticky, you might be on glue, otherwise, you've merely entered the twilight zone

Wellfuckmeinbothears · 13/06/2018 22:51

Am I on glue? What the fuck is going on?

MadeleineMaxwell · 13/06/2018 22:51

@poddige it is symbolic of the immortality of the soul.

niugboo · 13/06/2018 22:50

Used to be a public group. Then it all kicked off and it went secret. Now it’s invite only. Primarily because as said elsewhere over sharing and dodgy behaviour. It’s toxic.

UsedtobeFeckless · 13/06/2018 22:48

Blimey - it's like a parallel universe ... l really hope the Daily Fail pick this up, it's surreal!
I don't know about Nutella but Battenburg is weird and wrong on so many levels.

TornFromTheInside · 13/06/2018 22:48

You cannot join this cult. One has to be invited...
Only the enlightened can be further enlightened.

poddige · 13/06/2018 22:47

@MadeleineMaxwell what do you think of the pedestrianisation of Norwich city centre?

ShapelyBingoWing · 13/06/2018 22:46

How in the shit does one join the cult then if the FB group is secret and the members aren't all IRL acquaintances? It isn't really a swinging thing is it? Because I'm always interested in a sciencey chat group but less interested in swinging and ritual sacrifice.

Stormwhale · 13/06/2018 22:46
TornFromTheInside · 13/06/2018 22:45

Caitlyn's on a roll (wholegrain I hasten to add).

I'm feeling her aura as I type.

poddige · 13/06/2018 22:45

@Timeisslippingaway I think the OP is a goner.

MadeleineMaxwell · 13/06/2018 22:45

The red squirrel has been seen as far afield as Shrewsbury.

The weather is particularly inclement for the time of year.

poddige · 13/06/2018 22:45

I'm going to nominate this thread for classics. 😂

Timeisslippingaway · 13/06/2018 22:44

I feel like I've entered another dimension.
Now milk causes cancer 🤔. What the fuck is going on.
Where is OP? Do you think they've tracked her down? 😱

CaitlynsCat · 13/06/2018 22:43

FlyingElbows, I have an all-natural magnet-based waterfall that can help shield you from dangerous positive ions. Join my group, hun, and I can share more.

It cured my friend's son's cystic fibrosis, it's just amazing.

MsJolly · 13/06/2018 22:43

🙃🙃🙃 haven’t a fucking clue what’s going on here but it’s fab!

I want to join the —cult— Facebook group!

TornFromTheInside · 13/06/2018 22:40

I think she's pasting the nonsense put forward by the cult (rather than her own views) but I could be gravely mistaken.

CaitlynsCat · 13/06/2018 22:39

I'm an all-science natural-aware parent.

Hail Seitan.

FlyingElbows · 13/06/2018 22:39

CaitlynsCat, if we were to wear some sort of hazmat suit made of magnets (and possibly Nutella shoes) would that help in any way?

TornFromTheInside · 13/06/2018 22:39

Is Caitlyn putting forward this view, or pasting it from the cult HQ?

I'd just like to clarify this before I taunt her with a Toblerone

Atthebottomofthesea · 13/06/2018 22:38

I am sure Caitlyn has some good points, but I am really sorry but I don't actually understand a word.

TornFromTheInside · 13/06/2018 22:37

I thought Ion was an energy provider?

And they are doing what to our cows now?

MyLearnedFriend · 13/06/2018 22:35

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CaitlynsCat · 13/06/2018 22:34

The risk of acidic animal proteins is that they are negatively charged ions. Since the dawn of the radio age, there have been literally billions of positive ions all around us, and now with the advent of mobile phones, wifi routers and similar devices, we are constantly being bombarded with positive ions. These ions are attracted the negative acidic animal proteins, tearing through the cells in our body, causing damage and increasing the risk of cancer.

This is why a plant-only diet, particularly one based on hemp oil which contains a superfluity of positive ions, is the smart choice for the ion-rich world we live in today.