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Original poster

Has mumsnet become too much of a battle to make the funniest/ most cutting remark at the cost of normal interaction?

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TheDevilWearsPrimark · 12/02/2008 17:58

I have found that these days, even serious threads are full of irrelevant 'funny' comments and it never used to be like this.
I am not bitching here, as I am sometimes just as guilty.

Is this the competition for quote of the week or something?

(Or people wanting to become the 'new' cod?)

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onebatmother · 12/02/2008 20:05
Grin
Vacua · 12/02/2008 20:00

oh yes!

brightens considerably and also does small dance of happiness before sashaying out of thread

onebatmother · 12/02/2008 19:52

oh vacs darling - you held your own. please don't worry, MN is your oyster. Don't you remember me cutting and pasting your teen advice?

Vacua · 12/02/2008 19:45

would be happy if was capable of even one of those - being funny, being cutting or able to participate in normal interactions

Greensnogs · 12/02/2008 19:44

message cruelly ripped out with red hot pincers by sadistic blood-lapping monsters at MN Towers

onebatmother · 12/02/2008 19:43

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Wotznotreallyhere · 12/02/2008 19:22

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littlelapin · 12/02/2008 18:26

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LadyJogsAlot · 12/02/2008 18:22

IS THIS ABOUT THE TREE? oops damn caps
it didn't sound like a serious problem

littlelapin · 12/02/2008 18:21

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TheDevilWearsPrimark · 12/02/2008 18:20

No I mean I don't go to those, just chat and aibur these days, oh and food, always food.

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Cappuccino · 12/02/2008 18:15

just to clarify are we talking about irrelevant or irreverent?

Cappuccino · 12/02/2008 18:15
Carmenere · 12/02/2008 18:13

Oh well I can't speak for the pregnancy, nappies or anything related to babies threads as I don't go near them but I would say there has always been a tendency towards the irreverent on mn.

Wotznotreallyhere · 12/02/2008 18:13

I had a massage depleated the other day first time for me.

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TheDevilWearsPrimark · 12/02/2008 18:11

Carmenere I beg to differ,

though maybe it's because I am attracted to andpost on different threads to the ones I used to
(i.e pregnancy, nappies)

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littlelapin · 12/02/2008 18:11

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Saturn74 · 12/02/2008 18:11

Depends if it is a P&T parking thread, or a real issue.

KerryMum · 12/02/2008 18:10

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Carmenere · 12/02/2008 18:09

It has always been like this.

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TheDevilWearsPrimark · 12/02/2008 18:09

Idle hands Kerrymum

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Tortington · 12/02/2008 18:04

i don't know what you mean - i haven't noticed a change

Desiderata · 12/02/2008 18:02

@ KM