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Once again, I'm having a bad day....

35 replies

AutumnRose1 · 07/10/2019 21:03

But why is everyone so fucking academic on this board?

I can't engage with anything or anyone. Who is going to stand up for ordinary women if specialist knowledge is required even in a thread about safe spaces?

It's so depressing.

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TheLidoOfThighs · 09/10/2019 16:02

Yes, a Thalphabet. I suppose we’d better construct it on our own thread.

NeurotrashWarrior · 09/10/2019 10:50

Magdalen, it will come in handy at a pub quiz that must be won...

NeurotrashWarrior · 09/10/2019 10:49

thigh and thigh that cheered me right up!

Thalphabet would be great please. Would it be Jolly Thighs or Read Thigh Ink?

A a a a aneurism.

Creepster · 08/10/2019 23:06

People have misunderstandings on a fairly regular basis both online and in person. I have certainly had my share on this forum.
FYI, I am a high school drop out who takes a dim view of those who express contempt for education.

ThighThighOfthigh · 08/10/2019 22:57

A Thalphabet?

BeMoreMagdalen · 08/10/2019 22:37

I'm really not academic. I can be a pedantic piss taking arse if my dad talks about having a prostrate exam, but the only thing I have specialist knowledge of is Doctor Who, which really doesn't serve any useful purpose at all. I learn to use the tab key properly last week, though. So I'm definitely going to be a force to be reckoned with when it comes to not having to use a mouse to fill in online forms.

Voice0fReason · 08/10/2019 22:05

This is an awesome place, full of amazing women but there will inevitably be times when wires get crossed or people don't explain themselves very clearly. We've learnt to be cautious of new posters due to the goading we've had.
Stick with us, we're a real cross-section of women, some academic, many not so. I have learnt so much from here.

TheLidoOfThighs · 08/10/2019 21:41

Would you like some help reading the card? We can sound it out together?

Maybe we should do them a Thigh alphabet Thigh.

RufusthebewiIderedreindeer · 08/10/2019 21:19

neurotrash

😘

NeurotrashWarrior · 08/10/2019 20:03

Lol thigh, thanks for our card 😘

😘 Rufus!

Helmetbymidnight · 08/10/2019 16:30

This is how we learn 🤷🏻‍♀️

HDDD · 08/10/2019 16:28

This Plain language that people at all levels can understand is an important skill. Not everyone has it.

RufusthebewiIderedreindeer · 08/10/2019 16:16

I used to like sozmix

RufusthebewiIderedreindeer · 08/10/2019 16:15

Im soz as well 😭

ThighThighOfthigh · 08/10/2019 15:52

You're having a laugh, we're thick as shit.

Look, this is our greetingz card to you

Soz your thick

BeMoreMagdalen · 08/10/2019 11:56

Ouch! 😂

AnyOldPrion · 08/10/2019 11:47

AngryAttackKittens ate me for breakfast when I arrived. She was quite right too and it didn’t take long for me to realise.

And if you don’t understand a post because it’s too academic, then the poster is posting ineffectively.

Plain language that people at all levels can understand is an important skill. Not everyone has it.

Ereshkigal · 08/10/2019 11:29

No one can keep up with the Thighs!

truthisarevolutionaryact · 08/10/2019 10:03

Well done Defenestrator
There are so many insightful comments posted on here - I learn such a lot (although not always things I want to know about - thinking of the anal sex for girls thread) Sad

And yes OP - don't worry - we none of us get it right and this board is so regularly targeted it's not surprising that people are suspicious.

Defenestrator · 08/10/2019 09:50

I've started to dip a tentative toe having read a lot of FWR threads over many months so I'm worried about appearing ignorant or goady, but today I've just read in the comments section of a Times article some of my very own words posted here - someone has copied and pasted my words! I've arrived!

But as others are saying, once you've seen the regular faux-naive, wide-eyed "explain it to me" posts hoping to elicit content for screengrabs, you become weary and wary of "I don't understand..." posts. But keep in reading and you will understand!

AlwaysTawnyOwl · 08/10/2019 09:22

I’m in awe of some of the posts here. Such background knowledge and written so well. You’re not alone OP.

RufusthebewiIderedreindeer · 08/10/2019 08:23

I'm too thick to keep up with the thighs, definitely

Same Grin

NeurotrashWarrior · 08/10/2019 08:18

I'm too thick to keep up with the thighs, definitely. I try but >> Confused

NeurotrashWarrior · 08/10/2019 08:17

AutumnRose1 honestly there's times I feel I can't match the intelligence or viewpoints here. I'm often posting while juggling kids and breastfeeding and my brain is mashed, especially as thing 2 isn't sleeping and I'm a bit hypothyroid at the mo. Plus fucking work.

As with texts, it's sometimes hard to 'read' a post and that's when wires get crossed. We have innumerable goady posts here and many of us have learnt the hard way to be sharp if we sense anything, which means we are probably sometimes being a bit quick to assume the worst.

2BthatUnnoticed · 08/10/2019 06:00

You belong here OP , so hope you keep posting! Not sure what it’s about but like others, I offer my support to you