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TwoAndTwoEqualsChaos · 24/05/2015 16:28

I know Mumsnet is a robust site used by adults but I am finding the Conception titles (which appear in Active, I am not seeking them out) a bit too much. There were mildly amusing before, but they are now, IMO, crude and unnecessary. Can they be reined in a little?

Thank-you.

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LaLaLaaaa · 24/05/2015 17:52

Ha! Honey I think that was one of my titles!

True story by the way...can't remember which of the jsers it happened to though.

LaLaLaaaa · 24/05/2015 17:51

Hide the threads with titles that offend, or don't read the conception section.

Funny titles help to make what can be a long, painful and emotional time ttc a bit more bearable.

Was it the word 'bum' that offended? It can't be the jsers for once, I think their current title is the tamest so far

Love those girls though - kept me sane through 2 years ttc when I couldn't talk to anyone in RL.

Welcome to the dark side of MN ;)

LaLaLaaaa · 24/05/2015 17:46

Yawn.

honeysucklejasmine · 24/05/2015 17:17

The first conception thread I was on started "Jizz in your eye..." Can't remember the rest, but it sure set the tone! Grin

BerylStreep · 24/05/2015 17:14

OP, there was a thread about this a few weeks ago. Someone said they almost brought up their lunch again when they read a title (when I went looking for it, I agreed it was pretty grim too).

If anything, I find thread titles which extend to 4 lines long a bit tiresome and try too hard, no matter what topic they are in, but I just ignore them. As others have said, you could just hide the topic, and it won't come up on active convos.

pretzelpieces · 24/05/2015 17:14

Thank you Thursday ;)

ThursdayLast · 24/05/2015 17:13

Good linking pretzel Smile

LuisSuarezTeeth · 24/05/2015 17:12

The folks in conception have rather more serious issues to consider.

Just don't read them. Or hide the topic. Or stop being precious.

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TwoAndTwoEqualsChaos · 24/05/2015 17:08

No, not bum.

Like I said above, I did think they were amusing, but now, IMO, they have become too crude. Note the IMO and the moderate way I phrased my initial question. My opinion, for it is just that, may not chime with yours, but that does not make it automatically wrong.

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honeysucklejasmine · 24/05/2015 17:08

Ah, this old chestnut again. We added a new rule after the last one on JSing... "I will not be offended by the word vagina".

pretzelpieces · 24/05/2015 17:07

MN have commented on this here.

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TwoAndTwoEqualsChaos · 24/05/2015 17:05

I did get that, You, I was just suggesting it had gone a little far. I was not saying that any content was altered, as it could more easily be avoided, unlike titles. Ha, to the italics: was trying to avoid an over-use of quotation marks ...

Stick, I thought they did?

Twart, why the eye-roll? I was asking a polite question, not issuing a diktat.

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StickEm · 24/05/2015 17:02

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TwartFaceBeetj · 24/05/2015 16:59
YouMeddlingKids · 24/05/2015 16:59

Also on the old thread about this lots of people posted to say that actually those threads were generally made up with people having a horrendously difficult time trying to conceive, so if a silly title helps them along the way there's really no harm in it.

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YouMeddlingKids · 24/05/2015 16:58

Haha OP your italics are making me read each italicized word in a hushed voice, a la Miranda's mum.
I have conception hidden so have just had a quick look to see if there was anything scandalous - do you mean the bums in the air one? My mind had conjured up much more smutty titles...
Generally though I think conception is one of those topics that you only need to see if you're ttc, so you wouldn't miss much just by hiding it.

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TwoAndTwoEqualsChaos · 24/05/2015 16:55

Would they all be hidden or would each thread need to be individually? I don't wish never to see anything on Conception, but having to hide each title would sort-off defeat the object, as I would read each heading ...

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TwoAndTwoEqualsChaos · 24/05/2015 16:52

Was it? Had a quick scan and didn't see a thread on it. Fair enough, if that is what MNHQ say, but I don't think I am unreasonable to ask a question in Site Stuff.

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Flisspaps · 24/05/2015 16:50

You've been offered a solution - it's up to you to use it Hmm

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TwoAndTwoEqualsChaos · 24/05/2015 16:46

Am I onto a loser here? I thought I was fairly open-minded, but each title is just a bit more, well, graphic.

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