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Why do the British press hate people like me and my friends so much?

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GrinitchSpinach · 14/01/2019 00:04

266 upvotes on r/mtf

Mumsnet (or Momsnet? poster not sure) gets a special mention because although our posts might seem reasonable at first, they hide an underlying "hateful garbage" aimed at persuading "honest nice women."

For clarity, this MNetter does not wish any trans person out of existence. I do wish trans people happy lives free from discrimination in housing, employment, etc. I am not concerned about potential grandchildren.

Why do the British press hate people like me and my friends so much?
Why do the British press hate people like me and my friends so much?
OP posts:
Rufusthebewilderedreindeer · 14/01/2019 14:50

angry

I dont think it hapoens to everyone

But everyone i know has stopped or is skipping periods and mine are getting more sodding frequent

There must be some sort of trade off as thats well unfair

AngryAttackKittens · 14/01/2019 14:48

Wait, is this lack of sweet tooth in menopause a thing that happens to all/most women? If so my dentist will be delighted.

Rufusthebewilderedreindeer · 14/01/2019 14:48

vicky

Really?

Oh hopefully I'll get that as well...I bloody doubt it but you never know

ScienceIsTruth · 14/01/2019 14:47

Personally, I think they mean datun, angryattackkittens, and lang to name but a few.

They've definitely ruined me, all I used to think about were fluffy whites kittens and baking. Now I have opinions! Shock

VickyEadie · 14/01/2019 14:45

Rufusthebewilderedreindeer

No, it's great! I'm massively more choosy about what carbs I ingest and as a result have lost weight without much effort for the first time in my life.

Still love chocolate, but only eat really good stuff and will only have a pudding if (a) I can look at it first and (b) it looks good enough.

AngryAttackKittens · 14/01/2019 14:43

Tea is a leaf, and thus virtuous.

Rufusthebewilderedreindeer · 14/01/2019 14:42

Wine is grapes...so thats one as well

Again...fact

AngryAttackKittens · 14/01/2019 14:42

(I introduced my non-British DH to sticky toffee pudding and his first words were "where has this been all my life?")

Rufusthebewilderedreindeer · 14/01/2019 14:42

Coffee is actually a bean so one of your 5 a day

Chocolate is actually a bean so one of your 5 a day

Thats like verifiable fact

AngryAttackKittens · 14/01/2019 14:41

5 a day, UK style

Chips
Biscuits with chocolate
Biscuits without chocolate
Curry
Just plain chocolate
Sticky toffee pudding?

Rufusthebewilderedreindeer · 14/01/2019 14:41

vicky

😧

VickyEadie · 14/01/2019 14:39

Treacle tart doesn't appeal to me so much now I'm 8 years past menopause - one of the very few (possibly the only) positive side-effects is that I don't like things to be (whispers) too sweet.

Rufusthebewilderedreindeer · 14/01/2019 14:36

Syrup must be one of your 5 a day

Isnt it

Its like a vegetable

Rufusthebewilderedreindeer · 14/01/2019 14:35

Oh angry is completely right george

Treacle tart...or syrup sponge and custard

Oh ma god!!!

AngryAttackKittens · 14/01/2019 14:28

Has anyone explained treacle tart to you yet, George? Not that I'd want to be unhelpful or anything...

Knicknackpaddyflak · 14/01/2019 14:25

When your entire sense of existence is predicated on whether or not a total stranger is prepared to abandon reality and validate you...

Refusing to enter into a codependent relationship with you, or to allow you to coercively control what I think, feel and say, isn't 'hating you'. Not letting you have your unconditional own way is not 'hating you'. It's normal, healthy, social boundaries. Most mentally healthy people don't have a problem in understanding this.

GeorgeFayne · 14/01/2019 14:22

All this talk of an almond tart is LITERAL VIOLENCE to me. I'm on a low(er) carb, sugar-free diet and yes, right now, there is nothing I want more than an almond tart. Well, maybe some cake, too.

I thought you would be kind and supportive British mums to this poor American mother who is trying to drop the baby weight. I now see you truly are a nest of vipers!

VickyEadie · 14/01/2019 14:14

(Please imagine the gif of Judge Judy impatiently tapping her wristwatch)

ALMOND TART RECIPE!

Rufusthebewilderedreindeer · 14/01/2019 14:08

Im deeply suspicious of anything cat related now

Im obviously very easily influenced

SaskiaRembrandtWasFramed · 14/01/2019 11:53

I realise this may sound mean, but the kind of person referenced in the OP (and probably their friends) have the same effect on me as those people who 'discover' religion as adults. I don't hate them, I just find them really, really annoying and wish they'd go away and proselytise somewhere else.

Franheaton · 14/01/2019 11:46

I innocently came here wanting to discuss cleaning, unaware that such conversations were in fact gateway drugs to FULL ON HATEFUL TERFDOM. And now it is too late.

ArcheryAnnie · 14/01/2019 11:35

That seems like fairly standard "unless you center me in everything and treat me as a cross between Nelson Mandela and Mother Theresa, you hate me and want to kill me and all trans people" narcissistic bullshit.

Just for the record: I don't want any almond tart recipes. I want an almond tart that someone else has made for me. (And if none of you feckkers have made me one, you clearly hate me because I'm alive, etc etc.)

LangCleg · 14/01/2019 11:33

My pastry is always too short and won't roll out.

Life is full of trials more significant than adolescent Redditors throwing wallies in my direction.

DayAfterTomorrow · 14/01/2019 11:21

Ah there we go. Not doing 'womanning' properly again with all our talk about things than aren't "all things woman" - like politics 'n' stuff.

LordProfFekkoThePenguinPhD · 14/01/2019 11:19

And a cold counter top. Unlike the one above the bloody dishwasher when it’s been on 🥺

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