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please sign in if you gate AIBU threads

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codswallop · 02/03/2007 20:04

and hten mn towers cna ban em

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AitchTwoOh · 02/03/2007 22:41

agreed zippi. it's too black and white, too simplistic, too...

dumb.

CAMy · 02/03/2007 22:37

Is this a petition Cod

zippitippitoes · 02/03/2007 22:36

on another note i think they encourage posters to give the op a really rough ride

bran · 02/03/2007 22:34

I think I would rather have a MN jury topic, it's broader and you can have threads where there is a decision to be made without either side necessarily being considered unreasonable.

I do love a good AIBU thread if it gets heated and contentious though.

maisym · 02/03/2007 22:31

I like them - interesting discussions.

AitchTwoOh · 02/03/2007 22:27

i don't think that the towers will ban them though as they've been so popular. what about campaigning to re-name it 'MN Jury' and then at least the OP is forced to come up with something slightly more interesting.

Legacy · 02/03/2007 22:07

Can't stand them... another nail in the coffin... all part of the dumbing down and moan-fest that MN has become these days

Perhaps we could counter them with a new "Can I just be a bit smug about this...." category

pointydog · 02/03/2007 22:03

don't like 'em much. They're usually over simplified, two-camps-only rants

AitchTwoOh · 02/03/2007 21:22

no, it's self-limiting moaning, that's why i don't like it... it's a yes or no thing. except that in reality it's a smug 'i'm right, aren't i?' thing.

mytwopenceworth · 02/03/2007 21:13

and before AIBU nobody moaned at all, did they?!

half the posts in every topic are moaning! at least with AIBU you know exactly what you're getting.

Don't ban it. i haven't had a chance to use it yet!

fishie · 02/03/2007 21:10

yes loathe them, are an excuse to whinge.

Earlybird · 02/03/2007 21:07

We can tick 'without chat' or 'without buying and selling' - why not a place to tick for 'without AIBU'?

FrannyandZooey · 02/03/2007 21:00

I do get a bit irritated by the ones that are not real questions. I mean they did used to actually concern a genuine desire to weigh one's actions and be judged by one's peers. Now they are mostly rhetorical, another way of saying "Come and tell me how right I was"

AitchTwoOh · 02/03/2007 20:56

i agree with zippi, they are all closed questions so [yawn]. the answer to even the most anodyne of questions must be yes or no, but somehow (because the OP almost always gets the huff on) it never works out like that.

and they're taking over the damned board...

harpsichordcarrier · 02/03/2007 20:51

I love em actually, they're my favourites
I Like Simple Questions

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codswallop · 02/03/2007 20:51

god the FIRST one was only on jan 31st
farkign nora

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codswallop · 02/03/2007 20:49

any mroe for any more

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zippitippitoes · 02/03/2007 20:26

it's just so lazy and unimaginative to have half your thread title written

they are crap

and where is the interest in asking sa closed question?

and who should be strung up for the first recorded use of am i being unresonable on mn

Lazylou · 02/03/2007 20:25

Does seem to be loads of em about now. And yes, they are pretty annoying, so here I am signing in

TeeCee · 02/03/2007 20:16

didn't think I would but yes, getting more than irritating so consider this me signing in.

SoupDragon · 02/03/2007 20:15

Anyway, all the AIBU threads would still be here even without the topic heading. you need a "without AIBU" check box.

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codswallop · 02/03/2007 20:15

am i being unresonable to eat food
fakrorf oyu losers

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TinyGang · 02/03/2007 20:15

Show off

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codswallop · 02/03/2007 20:15

am i being unresonable to inhale air

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SoupDragon · 02/03/2007 20:14

Where do you keep it?