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The Mumsnet passive aggressive comment thread 😂

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RootbeerLolly · 30/07/2023 16:16

I was driving through a small cotswold village yesterday and there were a number of roadsigns that really reminded me of mumsnet. 😂

First there were several 30mph signs. A few hundred feet along was another sign saying 'It's still 30'. Next was 'Remember?' and then my favourite....'Had you forgotten?'

I've no issue as the fact they stayed in my memory likely means they better achieved their purpose than if they just went unnoticed, but the 'Had you forgotten?' really reminded me of the mumsnet classic 'Did you mean to be so rude?' 😂😂😂

I thought it'd be funny to have a thread to capture these mumsnetisms. The other common one I always see is 'doesn't sound like you like her very much' which I just encountered five mins ago on the thread where the OP is concerned her obese friend may not cope with the physical aspects of the job she's putting her forward for.

Hit me up with your favourites or show me your passive aggressive anger at my daring to mock this established mumsnet institution!

OP posts:
malificent7 · 31/07/2023 03:00

My favs are:
Oh it's you op.
I couodn't read that as there are no paragraphs.

Toohotto · 31/07/2023 02:29

One I read that irked me a couple of years ago. Poster was, unjustifiably, giving op a hard time, twisting everything op had written. She was like the annoying child who always had to have the last word. Ended her last reply :"I don't know what else you want me to say" rather smugly.
Here's an answer - how about nothing & shut the f* up?

PyongyangKipperbang · 31/07/2023 02:21

In fairness "Are you on glue" was said (iirc) as a suggested response to someone the OP was posting about. It was very funny and a perfect response.

Sadly it then became MN standard, like "cancel the cheque" or "Have you thought about penguin bollards" trotted by people who think that they are being witty and original.

MysteryBelle · 31/07/2023 02:07

“Are you on glue?”

“FFS”

“Sweetie (I despise you)”

“I mean this kindly but…”

“You knew all this before you married/moved in with/had children with the bastard.”

“Reported (because you disagreeing with me is not allowed)”

”I don’t know why you’re getting such a hard time on here, Op. Of course it’s ok to expect neighbors to take your children to school every morning for free so you can sleep in/your mother to take bus for 6:30 pickup, dress and feed the children, take them to school, pick them up every afternoon, for forever, it’s what neighbors/retired parents are for.”

And the most annoying of all: “Just that really.” Usually preceded by a ridiculous AIBU.

PyongyangKipperbang · 31/07/2023 01:31

I dont mind bore off as a response to an attempted PA "clever" comment. Sometimes someone who thinks that they are being oh so clever and oh so original needs telling that they are not in fact being either of those things.

Sux2buthen · 31/07/2023 01:25

Isittimeformynapyet · 31/07/2023 00:32

I sincerely detest any poster who says "grow up".

And is "bore off" clever? It sounds rubbish. Is it a real stinger?

I stand by 'bore off' Grin

PyongyangKipperbang · 31/07/2023 01:25

Personal favourite posted on a thread I started about worrying I was too old to wear a particular outfit for my 50th "Well I can see why it was in the sale"

Fuck off. I wore it. I rocked it.

Itsbritneybitch22 · 31/07/2023 01:17

I know they’re right but the fucking vulva queens every time someone says vagina .. have a day off.

Somanyllamas · 31/07/2023 01:00

‘You posted something that I mildly disagree with so you are vile, pathetic and mustn’t forget bizzare’

‘It’s the summer holidays, don’t feed the troll people’

Callyem · 31/07/2023 00:52

HTH when they do not, in fact, hope that helps.

Elephantsdontlikechocolate · 31/07/2023 00:50

Are we bored?

Isittimeformynapyet · 31/07/2023 00:34

I'll never forget a sign in the New Forest that screamed

BEAT REMORSE! DON'T KILL A HORSE!

Isittimeformynapyet · 31/07/2023 00:32

I sincerely detest any poster who says "grow up".

And is "bore off" clever? It sounds rubbish. Is it a real stinger?

Farcry66 · 31/07/2023 00:28

PFB?

Why are you so invested in this?

temosmail · 31/07/2023 00:26

RootbeerLolly · 30/07/2023 16:33

Cocklodger!

(tbf these creatures do exist and I know it's not a passive aggressive comment but it's such a mumsnet term).

It's so good! I swear it originated in here

DeNeushoornHeeftEenHoorn · 31/07/2023 00:24

I love ‘Did you, aye’. I always want to post. ‘Chinny reckon’.

KimberleyClark · 31/07/2023 00:24

Some threads do make you want to be pass agg though, especially the ones about how hard it is to be beautiful and how being called slim is an insult.

temosmail · 31/07/2023 00:23

You sound like hard work

Comtesse · 31/07/2023 00:22

I bet the 4 Yorkshire men of the apocalypse had dead mothers too. Mother? we couldn’t AFFORD to have a mother……

Rathouse · 31/07/2023 00:21

Sheranovermytoes · 30/07/2023 23:06

Why did you marry him/ have children with him........
..so unhelpful.

Some of the shite you read on here makes you wonder though.

KimberleyClark · 31/07/2023 00:15

I can’t believe you actually started a thread about this.

autienotnaughti · 30/07/2023 23:56

"And what happened after you told him to fuck off?"

The op clearly hasn't done this so it just makes them feel worse.

"Read the room op"

Said to me once when I complained about my mil during a Ukraine attack.

Sheranovermytoes · 30/07/2023 23:06

Why did you marry him/ have children with him........
..so unhelpful.

Chickenkeev · 30/07/2023 23:01

When people start a sentence with 'so'. It drives me mad. There is no need for it, at all, whatsoever. Argh!

Sux2buthen · 30/07/2023 22:55

Posts baby scan
"I think you mean sex not gender don't you?"

Bore off